Lab Alumni

Post-doctoral associates
  • Chamel Khoury, Karl-Franzens University, Graz Austria
  • Anup Ghosh, Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh – 160012, India
  • Indrani Som, National Institutes of Health
  • Olga Kulaeva, Robert Woods Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ 

Graduate Students
  • Victoria Morrissette, Ph.D. 2021; consultant with Kx Advisors, one of the top Health Care Strategy advising companies.  
  • Tanaporn (Gift) Wangsanut, Ph.D. 2018; post-doctoral fellow in Jason Carlyon's lab in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.  She is now a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Gift received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the Department of Biology in 2018. 
  • Elizabeth Steidle, Ph.D. 2016; conducted post-doctoral research in Charles Query's laboratory at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, IRACDA-BETTR Fellow at Albert Einstein.  She is now a scientist at Myriad Genetics.  Elizabeth received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the Department of Biology in 2016.
  • Rebecca (Becca) M. Koehler Lenzi, Ph.D. 2007; conducted a post-doctoral fellowship at the Henry Jackson Foundation; served as an intern at the Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy at American Association for the Advancement of Science.  She is a Program Officer at the Institute of Medicine.
  • Emily Gray Garcia, M.S. 2001 (Georgetown University), Ph.D. 2007 (University of Santa Barbara)
  • Shengzhong Lu, M.S. 1998; senior technical advisor BCBS
  • Petra S. Buc, M.S. 1998 

Undergraduate Students
  • Georgia Payne (BS, May 2021), applying to medical school for 2022 admission
  • Jeff Reitano (BS, May 2020), attending graduate school in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Duke University.  
  • Jack Ryan (BS, May 2020), attending medical school at UC San Diego
  • Natasha Garamani (BS, May 2019), attending medical school at the University of Colorado Anschutz
  • Robert Monsour (BS, May 2019), attending Florida State University School of Medicine
  • Joshua Tobin (BS, May 2018), attending Washington University in Saint Louis in 2019 to obtain the MD/PhD degree.  Chapman medal winner, 2018
  • Kristin Krumenacker (BS, May 2018), attending medical school at NY State University at Stony Brook 
  • Liliana Seabol (BS May 2017), attending medical school at the University of Pittsburgh
  • Erica Rapheal (BS May 2017), MPH from the University of Minnesota in Epidemiology, 2020; epidemiologist with the State of Minnesota 
  • Augustine Eze (BS May 2016), MS in Physiology and Biophysics, 2017; clinical research coordinator at Children's National Health System
  • Daisy Walker (BS May 2015), MPH, MA, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Joe Cusano (BS May 2015), MD, Boston University School of Medicine; orthopedic resident at RIH, Brown University
  • Arturo Altamurano (BS May 2014), MS 2016 from San Francisco University
  • Joseph Wiedemer (BS May 2014), MS in Physiology 2015, Georgetown University Medical School; attending medical school at Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine
  • Geoff Newcomb  (BS May 2013), MD, University of Cincinnati 
  • Marie Smithgall  (BS May 2013), MD, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
  • Irene Ching (BS May 2013), DDS, University of California San Francisco
  • Jessica Quick (BS 2012), DDS, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
  • Peter Metzger (BS 2011), MD, University of Washington, after conducting research with Dr. Kappe studying malaria parasite; pediatrician in Seattle.  
  • Alexandra Porcu (BS 2011), DDS, SUNY-Stony Brook Dental School 
  • Matthew Toth (BS 2010), MD, Georgetown University Medical School
  • Pat Manning (BS 2008), MD, Tufts School of Medicine 2012
  • Brenda Huang (BS 2007), PhD she obtained her PhD from Emory University after being a technician at Columbia University; post-doc at Stanford University.  Product manager at Takara Bio USA.  
  • Jory Caulkins (BS 2006); MBA, Stanford University Graduate School of Business; CEO Independent Energy Standards Corps; founder Enduring Companies
  • Paul Fiorelli (BS 2006); MD from Georgetown University Medical School
  • Jessica Silverman (BS 2005); MD from Washington University
  • Joseph Zullo (BS 2004); PhD from University of Chicago in 2011 with Harinder Singh; post-doc with Bruce Yankner at Harvard Medical School; Lead Scientist at Centaura 
  • Genevieve (Gigi) Stoler (BS May 2004); MD from Tufts University specializing in emergency medicine
  • Sarah Connolly (BS May 2004); joined the Jesuit Volunteer Corps after graduation
  • Ron Codario (BS 2003); MD from Georgetown University Medical School, specializing in endocrinology
  • Michael Grieco (BS 2003); MD from UMDNJ and is a practicing physician
  • Elizabeth Bohnett (BS 2003); JD from Harvard Law School; practicing attorney
  • Helen Sun (BS 2001); middle school science (biology) teacher  
  • Kristen Whelihan (BS 2001), MD from Jefferson Medical College specializing in pediatrics
  • Ben Armstrong (BS 2001); MD from the University of Connecticut specializing in emergency medicine
  • Phil DeBiase (BS 1999) ; JD from the University of San Francisco; working to bridge the scientific and legal communities
  • Julia Wren (BS 1999); MD from Medical College of Wisconsin in internal medicine and pediatrics 
  • Catherine (Yankelovitch) Jennings (BS 1999); MBA in Marketing and Strategy at the UCLA Anderson School of Management; Vice President of Marketing, Boston Scientific
  • Janine Hill (BS 1998), MPH from Boston University; University of Illinois, Chicago in the MPH Program and President Soar Strategies