Graduate Program Alumni

Graduate Alumni 2020-present

Name	Year	Mentor	Current Position	Thesis Title
Julio C. Sanchez	2020 PhD	Musselman	Postdoctoral Researcher, Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	"Characterization of the DNA Binding Activity of the BRG1 AT-hook-bromodomain"
Tingting Duan	2020 PhD	Geyer	Postdoctoral Researcher, Immunology, University of Pittsburgh	"The nuclear lamina is required for stem cell mitosis and survival"
Sean C. Tompkins	2020 PhD	Taylor	Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago	"The role of the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma"
Nitija Tiwari	2020 PhD	Fuentes	Research Scientist-Input Traits Discovery, Corteva Argiscience	"Regulatory mechanisms of the Staphylococcus aureus SrrAB two-component system"
Brittany Ripley	2020 PhD	Washington	Field Application Scientist II, Bio-Rad	"RAD6-18 interactions with translesion synthesis polymerases, Pol H and Rev1"
Devin T. Reusch	2020 MS	Washington	Protein Biochemistry, Protein Structure, Analysis, & Design Core, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine	"Time lapsed X-ray crystallography of DNA polymerase ι"
Ryan Mahling	2020 PhD	Shea	Postdoctoral Researcher, Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University	"Recognition of NaV1.2 by Calmodulin and Fibroblast Growth Factor Homologous Factors"
William C. Hacker	2020 PhD	Elcock	Clinical Instructor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine	"Computational modeling of the Escherichia coli chromosome and integrated simulations of bacterial transcription and translation"
Colleen C. Caldwell	2021 PhD	M. Spies	Postdoctoral Researcher, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	"RPA DNA-binding domain dynamics: A target for homologous recombination regulation"
Alicia M. Salvi	2021 PhD	DeMali	Senior Scientist, Zeotis Inc	"Mechanisms of E-cadherin force transmission"
Diamond Jelani	2021 MS	Fuentes	TBD	"Chemical regulation of two-component systems: a study of the regulation of Staphylococcus aureus two-component systems, SrrAB and ArlRS, through the effects of small molecules"
Robert T. McDonnell	2021 PhD	Elcock	Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals	"Modeling RNA: From Small Molecules to Bacterial Polysomes"
Colten Lankford	2021 PhD	Baker	Postdoctoral Researcher, Neuroscience, The Scripps Biomedical Research Institute	"Function and regulation of the photoreceptor hyperpolarization-gated channel HCN1"
Kelli L. (Sylvers) Davie	2021 PhD	Davies	Principal Chemist, Ecolab	"The Regulation of Endothelial Lipase and Lipoprotein Lipase by ANGPTL3 and ANGPTL8"
Christopher B. Ball	2022 PhD	Price	Senior Scientist, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research	"The Impact of Gdown1, IE2, and Human Cytomegalovirus Infection on Transcription"
Fletcher E. Bain	2022 PhD	M. Spies	Scientist I, Nautilus Biotechnology	"Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1: DNA complexes are dependent on DNA sequence and secondary structure"
Zachary J. Wehrspan	2022 PhD	Elcock	High Performance Computing Engineer, Rescale	"Whole cell models of the Escherichia coli peptidoglycan and the identification of iron-sulfur cluster and zinc binding sites in predicted 3D protein structures"
Venkata R. Sanaboyana	2022 PhD	Elcock	Postdoctoral Scientist, Corteva Agriscience	"Integrating signal peptide- and protein structure-prediction methods to better determine protein subcellular localization"
Damien O. Castor (K.F. Hobbs)	2023 PhD	A. Spies	Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Iowa	"Caspase-7 Allostery and Drug Targeting"
Emily D. Lavering	2023 PhD	Weeks	Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of Michigan-Flint	"Examining membraneless compartmentalization in the nucleolus"
Justin A. Ling	2023 PhD	Washington	Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Kansas Medical Center	"Structures and non-canonical functions of E3 ubiquitin ligases in DNA damage bypass"
Nicholas M. Wells	2024 PhD	DeMali	Postdoctoral Researcher, Creighton University	"Linking Mechanics and Metabolism in Endothelial Cells and in vivo"
Rebecca Splitt	2024 MS	DeMali		"The Effects of Different Amplitudes of Force on AMPK Signaling"
Zachary B. Frevert	2025 PhD	Washington		"Visualizing DNA polymerase iota catalyze Hoogsteen-directed DNA Synthesis"
Jordan C. Riley	2025 MS	Pufall	Lab Technician II, Integrated DNA Technologies	"Transcription Factor Binding Enhances UV DNA Damage at Specific Loci within Their Binding Sites"
Grace Ciampa	2026 PhD	Song	Postdoctoral Researcher
Logan Dawson	2026 PhD	DeMali
Nicholas Hammons	2026 PhD	Fuentes
Andrew Kalenkiewicz	2026 MD, PhD	Elcock	Medical Scientist Training Program	"Predicting E. Coli Outer Membrane Protein Behavior From Long-Timescale, Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations"

Graduate Alumni 2010-2019

Name	Year	Mentor	Current Position	Thesis Title
Michael D. Feldkamp	2010 PhD	Madeline Shea	Senior Scientist, Janssen BioTherapeutics	"Thermodynamic and structural determinants of calcium-independent interactions of Calmodulin"
Philip Louis Butler	2010	Rama Mallampalli	Deceased
Aaron C. Mason	2010	Marc Wold	Lead Scientist, Avitide LLC	"Functional analysis of an alternative Replication Protein A complex containing RPA4"
Stanley C. Sedore	2010 MD, PhD	David Price	Clinical Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine	"Gene-Specific Regulation of P-TEFB by HIV"
Eric M. Brown	2010 PhD	Subramanian Ramaswamy	Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Vanderbilt University	"Uncovering the role of exogenous sulfide through novel donors and radioactive tracers"
Bret D. Freudenthal	2010 PhD	Todd Washington	Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center	"Studies of proliferating cell nuclear antigen and its role in translesion synthesis"
Tyson R. Shepherd	2011 PhD	Ernesto Fuentes	Co-Founder, Firelight Biosciences	"Structural and thermodynamic origins of distinct ligand specificity of two homologous PDZ domains"
Xiao Peng	2011 PhD	Kris DeMali	Senior Staff RA Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific	"The function and regulation of vinculin in cell-cell adhesions"
Shun Zhu	2011 PhD	Adrian Elcock	Associate Professor of Cellular and Genetic Medicine, Fudan University School of Basic Medical Sciences	"Computational and experimental studies of protein kinase-inhibitor interactions"
Lawrence R. Gray	2012 PhD	Shahram Khademi	Scientific Applications Specialist, Integrated DNA Technologies	Detailed characterization of the urea channel urei from helicobacter pylori
John M. Pryor	2012 PhD	Todd Washington	Senior Scientist, Analytical Development, CSL	"Studies of the Rev1 protein and its role in the replication of damaged DNA"
Karina A. Kruth	2013 PhD	Peter Rubenstein	Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Vision Research, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine	"Effects of three deafness-causing gamma-actin mutations on actin structure and function"
Aaron M. Ver Heul	2013 PhD	Subramanian Ramaswamy/Robert Piper	Assistant Professor of Medicine-Allergy & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine	"Molecular basis of Nod1 And Nod2 signaling"
Lacy J. Barton	2014 PhD	Pamela Geyer	Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio	"Defining the role of the nuclear lamina LEM Domain protein Otefin in germline stem cells"
Xu Liu	2014 PhD	Ernesto Fuentes	Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Emory University	"Specificity, structure, dynamics and inhibition of the Tiam PDZ domain/ligand complexes"
Casey Andrews	2014 PhD	Adrian Elcock	FT Faculty in Chemistry, Henry Ford College	"Coarse grained potential functions for proteins derived from all-atom explicit-solvent molecular dynamics simulations"
Yuan Pan	2015 PhD	Sheila Baker	Assistant Professor of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center	"Targeting membrane proteins to inner segments of vertebrate photoreceptors"
Ran Chen	2015 PhD	Marc Wold	Scientist II, PineTree Therapeutics, Inc	"Dissection of molecular interactions of replication protein A in replication and repair"
Zhen Xu	2016	Ernesto Fuentes	CryoEM Specialist, Protein and Crystallograpy Facility, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine	"Auto-inhibition mechanism of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Tiam1"
Elizabeth M. Boehm	2016 PhD	Todd Washington	Patent Agent in Biotechnology, Wolf Greenfield Intellectual Property Law	"The regulation of translesion synthesis through the binding and activation of polymerases by PCNA"
Sarah R. Hengel	2017 PhD	Maria Spies	Assistant Professor of Biology, Tufts University	"Dissecting RAD52 function in DNA repair"
Xun (Allison) Chi	2017 PhD	Brandon Davies	Data Scientist, Bon Secours Mercy Health	"Extracellular regulation of LPL activity by angiopoietin-like proteins"
John E. Brogie	2017 PhD	David Price	Deputy Chief, Core Laboratory Brooke Army Medical Center	"Reconstitution and functional analysis of the 7SK snRNP"
Jennifer (McQuown) Bays	2017 PhD	Kris DeMali	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Boston University Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology	"Mechanisms of E-cadherin mechanotransduction"
Shuxiang Li	2017 PhD	Adrian Elcock	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University	"Computer simulations exploring conformational preferences of short peptides and developing a bacterial chromosome model"
Liyang Zhang	2017 PhD	Miles Pufall	Associate Director, Moonwalk Biosciences	"Defining the DNA binding energetics of the glucocorticoid receptor"
Mark S. Miller	2018 PhD	Adrian Elcock	Science Educator, Iowa Mennonite School	"Use of osmotic coefficient measurements to validate and to correct the interaction thermodynamics of amino acids in molecular dynamics simulations"
Kyle T. Powers	2018 PhD	Todd Washington	Senior Research Scientist, Advanced Diffraction Technologies, Bruker AXS	"Structure and function of the disordered regions within translesion synthesis DNA polymerases"
Emily (Malcolm) Cushing	2018 PhD	Brandon Davies	Biotherapeutics Specialist, Eurofins Discovery	"Regulation of plasma triglycerides by ANGPTL4 and GPIHBP1"
Venkata Sanaboyana	2018 MS	Adrian Elcock	Postdoctoral Scientist, Coreva Agriscience	"Progress towards molecular simulations of plasmid segregation system in E. coli"
Arpit Sharma	2018 PhD	Eric Taylor	Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	"The role of the skeletal muscle mitochondrial pyruvate carrier in systemic glucose homeostasis and whole-body adiposity"
Quinn Li	2018 PhD	M. Ashley Spies	Business Development Manager, Biocytogen Boston Corps	"Elucidating enzyme catalytic power and protein-ligand dynamics of human glucokinase: the role of modern allostery"
Wesley K. Lay	2018 PhD	Adrian Elcock	Data Scientist and Lead, Sharecare	"Optimizing computer simulation models for carbohydrates and proteins at the atomistic and coarse-grained level"
Tyler M. Weaver	2019 PhD	Catherine Musselman	Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Kansas Medical Center	"Regulation of the polycomb repressive complexes by histone reader domains"
Jacob M. Litman	2019 PhD	Michael Schnieders	Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texas-Austin	"Advanced optimization and sampling techniques for biomolecules using a polarizable force field"
Young Joo Sun	2019 PhD	Ernesto Fuentes	Instructor, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford	"Engineering PDZ domain specificity"
Hannah K. (Miller) Campbell	2019 PhD	Kris DeMali	NGA Applications Scientist, Integrated DNA Technologies	"Mechanisms of E-cadherin force transmission"
Lalita Oonthonpan	2019 PhD	Eric Taylor	Associate Director, Generation Bio	"Two human Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier mutations reveal distinct mechanisms of molecular pathogenesis"

Graduate Alumni 2000-2009

Name	Year	Mentor	Current Position	Thesis Title
Natalie A. (Leech) Catlett	2000 PhD	Lois Weisman	Knowledge Management Expert, QuartzBio	"Role of a Yeast Myosin-V in Movement of the Vacuole and Other Cargoes"
Xiangwen Dong	2000 PhD	Robert Deschenes	Director, Clinical Scientist, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson	"Plasma membrane localization of Ras2 protein via a novel subcellular trafficking pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
James P. Dean	2000 PhD	Robert Deschenes	Senior Medical Director, Pharmacyclics, LLC.	"STE6, A Yeast ABC Transporter: Intracellular Trafficking and Interaction with a-Factor"
Vicci L. Korman	2000 PhD	Larry Tobacman	Biochemist, Head of Formulations, Rover Med Bioscience, LLC.	"The Use of Yest Actin Mutants to Probe the Interactions with the Cardiac Regulatory Proteins, Troponin and Tropomysin"
Vera (Ogniewski) Desmarais	2000 PhD	Daniel Weeks	Co-Director of Light Microscopy and Image Analysis, Research Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine	"Examination of AN3P Nuclear Export, Modification, and Cellular Function"
Kuo-Kuang Wen	2000 PhD	Peter Rubenstein	Core Facility Research Specialist, High Throughput Screening, University of Iowa	"Modulation of Actin Filaments by Tropomyosin and Porin"
Ye Lao	2000 PhD	Marc Wold	Vice President of Worldwide Research, Kemin Industries	"Multiple Interactions Between DNA and Human Replication Protein A (RPA)"
Andre P. Walther	2000 PhD	Marc Wold	Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Cedar Crest College	"Replication Protein A: Role in the Elongation Phase of DNA Replication and Function in Cellular Response to DNA Damage"
Addison D. Ault	2001 PhD	Robert Deschenes	Retired. Last position: Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office	"Analysis of the Molecular Mechanisms of Signaling by SLN1, Part of a Two Component Phosphorelay Pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
Stephen P. Edgcomb	2001 PhD	Kenneth Murphy	Principle Scientist, BPS Bioscience Inc.	"Linkage of Small Ligand Binding to the Inhibition of Serine Proteases"
Olav R. Jaren	2001 PhD	Madeline Shea	Neurologist, Overlake Medical Center and Clinics	"Paramecium calmodulin mutants that disrupt ion channel regulation have defects in calcium -induced conformational switching"
Mingyi Liu	2001 PhD	David Price	Senior Research Investigator II, Bristol-Myers Squibb	"Function of TTF2 in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II"
Qin Zou	2001 PhD	Kenneth Murphy	Associate Research Fellow and Group Leader, Analytical Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc.	"Cosolvent effects on protein stability: Thermodynamic studies of model compounds"
Xiaoyi Yao	2001 PhD	Peter Rubenstein	Associate, Martindale Law Firm	"Molecular determinants of actin structure and polymerization"
Cammon B. Arrington	2001 PhD	Andrew Robertson	Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford	"Dynamics of native proteins from EX1 -type amide hydrogen exchange"
James R. Horn	2002 PhD	Kenneth Murphy	Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University	"Linked equilibria in protein -protein binding: Thermodynamic modeling of contributions to the binding of a serine protease inhibitor to a serine protease"
Runa Musib	2002 PhD	Peter Rubenstein	Team Lead, Office of Manufacturing Quality, Food and Drug Administration	"Conformational changes in a subdomain 3 /4 loop of yeast actin"
Karen S. Myung	2002 PhD	John Donelson	Medical Director of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Dignity Health	"Regulation of gene expression of the major surface proteins, GP46 and GP63, in Leishmania chagasi"
Jon K. Rubach	2002 PhD	Bryce Plapp	Senior Scientist, Kemin Industries	"Dynamics of catalysis by liver alcohol dehydrogenase"
Fusheng Tang	2002 PhD	Lois Weisman	Associate Professor of Applied Science, University of Arkansas at Little Rock	"Analysis of the roles of Myo2, Vac17, and Vac8 in vacuole inheritance"
TingTing Yao	2002 PhD	Robert Cohen	Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University	"Processing of protein substrates by the 26S proteasome"
Wendy S. VanScyoc	2003 PhD	Madeline Shea	Senior Manager, Field Applications Support, Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC	"The molecular basis for defective sodium channel regulation by mutants of Paramecium calmodulin"
Travis T. Waldron	2004 PhD	Kenneth Murphy	Operations Manager, IDEXX Laboratories	"Energetics of ion -protein interactions"
Greta L. Schrift	2004 PhD	Kenneth Murphy	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dartmouth Medical School	"Energetic consequences of structural features and dynamics changes upon nucleotide binding to ribonuclease Sa: Molecular basis for nucleotide binding specificity"
Rhonda A. Newman	2005 PhD	Madeline Shea	Director of Cell Biology Research and Development, Thermo Fisher Scientific	"Roles of calmodulin domains in allosteric regulation of the ryanodine receptor type 1"
Yutian Peng	2005 PhD	Lois Weisman	Senior Scientific Researcher, Genentech	"Regulation of vacuole inheritance"
Zeynep Akyol Ataman	2006 PhD	Madeline Shea	Associate Professor of Biology, Mt. San Jacinto College	"Calmodulin interactions with neighboring regulatory regions of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor"
Qintong Li	2006 PhD	David Price	Professor, West China Women's and Children's Hospital, Sichuan University	"Regulation of P -TEFb"
Ling Song	2006 PhD	Robert Cohen	Director of Translational Science, BeiGene	"Regulation of Usp14 and Uch37 deubiquitinating enzymes by proteasome association"
Andrew Scott Thomas	2006 PhD	Adrian Elcock	Associate Professor, Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Morningside University	"Use of molecular simulations to study the effects of temperature and salt on charged and hydrophobic interactions"
Anne M. (Dickson) Sheehan	2007 PhD	Marc Wold	Senior Scientist, Immunoassay Development, Abcam	"The role of RPA32-DNA interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
Jared R. Helm	2007 PhD	John Donelson	Scientist II, BioFire Defense	"Differential regulation of the MSP (GP63) genes in African trypanosomes"
William Rockey	2007 PhD	Adrian Elcock	Clinical Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa	"Computational prediction of the targets of protein kinase inhibitors"
Sean McGuffee	2007 PhD	Adrian Elcock	Senior Application Software Engineer, Marmon Foodservice Technologies	"On the development and performance of multiple-macromolecule Brownian dynamics simulations"
Nathan P. Coussens	2007 PhD	Subramanian Ramaswamy	Senior Research Scientist in Biology, Division of Pre-Clinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health	"The roles of Nod1 and SiaP in host/pathogen interactions"
Yanling Zhang	2008 PhD	Lois Weisman	Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Soochow University	"The roles and regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphates in mammals"
Karissa D. Carlson	2008 PhD	Todd Washington	Professor and Chair of Chemistry, Northwestern College	"Translesion DNA synthesis by eukaryotic DNA polymerases eta and kappa"
Daniel J. Ferraro	2008 PhD	Subramanian Ramaswamy	Radiation Oncologist, Springfield Clinic	"Structure-function studies of Rieske oxygenases"
Bryan G. Allen	2008 PhD	Daniel Weeks	Professor, and Chair of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine	"Assessing the roles of XNkx2 genes in Xenopus cardiac development"
Beibei (Bill) Chen	2008 PhD	Rama Mallampalli	Professor of Medicine-Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh	"Novel mechanisms for enzymatic regulation of phosphatidylcholine synthesis by proteolysis"
Tamara A. Frembgen-Kesner	2008 PhD	Adrian Elcock	Research Professional	"Simple models of molecular flexibility and their application to drug design and protein folding"
Ema Stokasimov	2009 PhD	Peter Rubenstein	Research Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	"Insights into the allosteric interactions within the actin molecule"
Keith E. Bryan	2009 PhD	Peter Rubenstein	Senior Staff Scientist, Integrated DNA Technologies	"Biochemical basis for deafness-causing actin mutations"
Susan Ellen O'Donnell	2009 PhD	Madeline Shea	Chemistry Teacher, Pasco Community Schools	"Recognition of calcineurin by the domains of calmodulin: Thermodynamic and structural determinants"

Graduate Alumni 1990-1999

Name	Year	Mentor	Current Position
David Engman	1990	Donelson	Retired. Last position: Professor, Department of Pathology and Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Debra Martin	1990	Van Ness	Chair, Professor of Biology, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Paul S. Eder	1991	Walder	Senior Medical Diagnostics Analyst, Tunnell Consulting
Lixing W. Reneker	1991	Spector	Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
John Dagle	1991	Weeks	Associate Director, Iowa Statewide Perinatal Care Program, Program Director Neonatal-Perinatal Medical Fellowship, Professor of Pediatrics-Neonatology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Yung-Chih (Judy) Wang	1991	Rubenstein	Vice President, Corporate Development, China, HUYA Bioscience International
Hong-Wei Sun	1992	Plapp	Chief, Biodata Mining and Discovery Section, National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, National Institute of Health
Gloria Borgstahl	1992	Arnone	Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Jeff Linnen	1993	Weeks	Vice President of Product Development at Grifols, San Diego, CA
Raj Gururajan	1994	Weeks	Senior Licensing Officer, InnovationAccess, School of Medicine, US Davis Medical Center
Sigrid C. Roberts	1994	Donelson	Professor and Associate Dean for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pacific University of Oregon
Daniel Kephart	1994	Price	Vice President of Research & Development, LCG
Shiyong Li	1995	Donelson	Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Susan Pedigo	1995	Shea	Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Mississippi
Liskin Swint-Kruse	1995	Robertson	Professor and Director, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center
Brian Baker	1997	Murphy	Rev. John A. Zahm Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
Gregory T. DeKoster	1997	Robertson	Senior Scientist in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine
Debbie C. Thurmond	1997	Goodridge	Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, City of Hope
Eric Vincent	1997	Weeks	Sr. Global Product Manager at Promega Adjunct Faculty at University of Wisconsin, Madison and BioPharmaceutical Technology Center
Nei-Li Chan	1998	Arnone	Professor at National Taiwan University
Victoria Robinson	1998	Arnone	Associate Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut
Kristin C. (Scott) Caruana	1998	Geyer	Vice President of Research and Lead Writer, Grant Engine
Bridget Coughlin	1999	Donelson	President & CEO, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois
Junmin Peng	1999	Price	Professor of Structural Biology, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital
Yong-Xu Wang	1999	Weisman	Associate Professor, Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Wei Xu	1999	Cohen	Professor of Oncology, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Cheryl Bailey	1999	Weeks	Dean, School of Natural and Health Sciences, Mount Mary University

Graduate Alumni 1980-1989

Name	Year	Mentor	Current Position
Gary L. Firestone	1980	Heath	Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkley
John P. Groff	1980	Blakley	Retired from Abott Laboratories Diagnostic Division
Earl J. Gubbins	1980	Donelson	Scientist, Abbott Laboratories Diagnostic Division, Dept. of Bio-Analytical Research
Linda J. Sealy	1980	Chalkley	Associate Professor, Cancer Biology & Cell and Developmental Biology, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Vanderbilt University
Dale D. Vandre	1980	Montgomery	Professor and Chair of Biomedical Sciences, Associate Dean of Research, Western Michigan University
Robert J. Gould	1981	Spector	President & CEO, Fulcrum Therapeutics
Kathryn H. Brooks	1981	Feldbush	Emeritus Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetic, Michigan State University
Teresa Andreone	1982	Granner	Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Saint Louis University of School of Medicine
Tristram G. Parslow	1983	Granner	Chief of Pathology Section, The Emory Clinic, Attending Pathologist, Emory Healthcare, Emory University School of Medicine
Steven Ellis	1983	Conway	Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville
Sabin Colton	1984	Dowing	Science Educator at Linsly School, Wheeling West Virginia
Warren Johnson	1984	Heath	Associate Lecturer of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Green Bay
Laurence L. Louters	1984	Chalkley	Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Calvin College
Richard Ingraham	1984	Swenson	Scientific Review Officer of Translational and Clinical Sciences, Musculoskeletal, Oral and Skin Sciences, NIH/CSR
Ruth Ann Henriksen	1985	Owen	Associate Professor of Biochemistry, East Carolina University
Kent L. Redman	1985	Rubenstein	Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine-Fort Wayne
Henry Jakubowski	1986	Owen	Professor of Chemistry, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
Kathryn M. Verbanac	1986	Heath	Professor of Surgery Oncology, East Carolina University
Clark Tedford	1986		President and CEO LumiThera, Inc
Larry M. Karnitz	1988	Chalkley	Professor of Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic
Gerene Denning	1989	Fulton	Adjunct Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa

Graduate Alumni 1960-1979

Name	Year	Mentor	Last Known Position
Yuan-Chuan Lee	1962	Montgomery	Research Professor & Academy Professor of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University
Robert L. Smalley	1963	Dryer	Professor of Physical Sciences, Emporia State College
Carleton D. Nordschow	1964	Bull	Professor and Chair of Clinical and Anatomical Pathology, Indiana University College of Medicine
Horace H. Loh	1965	Berg	Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, , University of Minnesota
Christian Schwabe	1965	Kalnitsky	Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of South Carolina
Billy G. Hudson	1966	Barker	Elliott V. Newman Professor of Medicine, Cell & Developmental Biology, Professor of Biochemistry, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Medicine, Vanderbilt University
Francis J. Castellino	1968	Barker	Kleiderer-Pezold Professor of Biochemistry and Director of WM Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame
Julio E. Celis	1968	Conway	Professor & Associated Scientific Director of the Danish Cancer Society Research Center
Lourdes J. Cruz	1968	Berg	Professor Emeritus, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines
Nicholas W. Seeds	1968	Conway	Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Gary R. Gray	1969	Barker	Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Thomas J. Lindell	1969	E. Stellwagen	Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Arizona Health Sciences Center
Cheng-Chun Huang	1970	Montgomery	Professor of Otolaryngology, Columbia University
Richard D. Mavis	1970	E. Stellwagen	Professor of Radiation, Biology, and Biophysics, Rochester University
Jorge Babul	1971	E. Stellwagen	Professor and Director of Chemistry, University of Chile
Sakol Panvim	1971	Chalkley	Professor of Biochemistry, Mahidol University
David B. Henson	1972	Swenson	President of Lincoln University
Vaughn E. Jackson	1972	Chalkley	Professor of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin
Richard McGee, Jr.	1975	Spector	Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment & Professional Development, Professor in Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Virginia L. Shepherd	1975	Montgomery	Director Emerita, Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach
Nongnui Tanphaichitr	1975	Chalkley	Senior Scientist of Chronic Disease and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Biochemistry and Microbiology & Immunology, University of Ottawa
Ross C. Hardison	1977	Chalkley	T. Ming Chu Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University
Joseph H. Lechner	1977	Kalnitsky	Professor of Chemistry, Chair, Chemistry/Physical Sciences Department, Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Charles B. Shoemaker	1979	Chalkley	Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Graduate Alumni 1940-1959

Name	Year	Mentor	Last Known Position
John E. Harris	1940	Gibson	Professor and Head of Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota Medical School
Raymond L. Borchers	1942	Berg	Professor and Chair of Biochemistry and Nutrition, University of Nebraska
Ollie B. Houchin	1942	Mattill	Director of Clinical Biochemistry, Mercy Hospital in Springfield Ohio
Robert M. Featherstone	1943	Berg	Professor and Chair of Pharmacology, UCSF
Elizabeth L. Knapp	1943	Stearns	Chief of Chemistry Service, Children's Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle
Arnold H. Schein	1943	Berg	Professor of Biochemistry, San Jose State University
John P. Hummel	1947	Mattill	Professor of Biochemistry, University of Iowa
Robert L. Dryer	1949	Routh & Paul	Professor of Biochemistry, University of Iowa
John F. Van Pilsum	1949	Berg	Professor of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota
Willard B. Elliott	1950	Kalnitsky	Professor of Biochemistry, State University of New York
John P. Kaltenbach	1950	Kalnitsky	Professor of Pathology and Biochemistry, Northwestern University Medical School
Merle Mason	1950	Berg	Professor of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan
David R. Celander	1952	Berg	Professor and Chair of Biochemistry, College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, Des Moines University
George E. Inglett	1952	Mattill	Lead Scientist, Functional Foods Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, US Department of Agriculture, ARS
Harold P. Cohen	1953	Berg	Professor of Neurology, Mayo Hospital, University of Minnesota
Ralph Penniall	1953	Routh	Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry & Nutrition, University of North Carolina
William A. Phillips	1953	Berg	Professor of Biochemistry, Kansas State University
James R. Gillette	1954	Kalnitsky	Chief of Chemical Pharmacology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, N.I.H.
Fountaine C. Brown	1955	Berg	Professor of Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Medical School
John M. Franz	1955	Lata	Professor and Associate Chair of Biochemistry, University of Missouri
Arthur F. Fishkin	1957	Lata	Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine
Clara Y. Lim-Sylianco	1957	Berg	Professor of Chemistry, University of the Philippines
Bernard F. Gerulat	1958	Berg	Director of Clinical Chemistry and Assistant Professor of Pathology, New Jersey College of Medicine
John V. Straumfjord	1958	Hummel	Professor and Chair of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Janardan P. Aroskar	1959	Berg	Professor of Biochemistry, Edinboro State College
Lewis B. Barnett	1959	Bull	Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Harold Resnick	1959	Kalnitsky	Professor of Biochemistry, West Virginia University Medical Center

Graduate Alumni 1920-1939

Name	Year	Mentor	Last Known Position
William J. Husa	1923	Rockwood	Head and Professor of Pharmacy, University of Florida
Dempsie B. Morrison	1928	Myers	Professor and Director of Clinical Chemistry, University of Tennessee
Edward Muntwyler	1928	Myers	Professor and Chair of Biochemistry, State University of New York
Joseph J. Pfiffner	1928	Myers & Rockwood	Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Harold S. Olcott	1931	Mattill	Professor of Food and Science and Technology, University of California
Frederick C. Freytag	1932	Smith & Mattill	Professor of Chemistry, University of Wyoming
Adrian C. Kuyper	1933	Mattill	Professor of Physiological Chemistry, Wayne State University Medical School
Byron B. Clark	1934	Gibson	Director of the Pharmacology--Toxicology Program Branch, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Walter H. Seegers	1934	Smith & Mattill	Professor and Chair of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Ralph M. Conrad	1936	Berg	Professor, University of Denver
Walter K. Hall	1936	Gibson	Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia
Samuel P. Miller	1936	Kuyper	Professor of Chemistry, American University of Cairo
Charles W. Bauer	1937	Rockwood & Berg	Professor, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Harold W. Schultz	1937	Mattill	Professor and head of Food Science and Technology, Oregon State University
Fred E. Deatherage, Jr.	1938	Mattill	Professor of Biochemistry, Ohio State University