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
  • 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; post-doctoral fellow in Charles Query's laboratory at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, IRACDA-BETTR Fellow at Albert Einstein.  Elizabeth received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the Department of Biology in 2016.
  • Rebecca (Becca) M. Koehler Lenzi, Ph.D. 2007; post-doctoral fellow at the Henry Jackson Foundation; Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy Intern at American Association for the Advancement of Science; 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
  • Petra Buc, M.S. 1998 

Undergraduate Students
  • 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 metal 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), attending the University of Minnesota to obtain a MPH focused on epidemiology
  • Augustine Eze (BS May 2016), Biomedical certification, 2017
  • Daisy Walker (BS May 2015), MPH, MA, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Joe Cusano (BS May 2015), attending medical school at Boston University School of Medicine, in 2016
  • Arturo Altamurano (BS May 2014), M.S. 2016 from San Francisco University, Ph.D. candidate at UC San Diego
  • Joseph Wiedemer (BS May 2014), MS in Physiology 2015, Georgetown University Medical School; attending medical school at Wright State University
  • 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), conducted research with Dr. Kappe studying malaria parasite; MD, Univ of Washington; Pediatrician in Seattle.  
  • Alexandra Porcu (BS 2011), attending dental school SUNY-Stony Brook
  • Matthew Toth (BS 2010), MD, Georgetown University Medical School
  • Pat Manning (BS 2008), MD, Tufts School of Medicine 2012
  • Brenda Huang (BS 2007), technician at Columbia University; she obtained her PhD from Emory University, studying human genetics and is a post-doc at Stanford University.  Currently employed at Takara Bio USA.  
  • Jory Caulkins (BS 2006); Stanford University Graduate School of Business;  CEO Independent Energy Standards Corps
  • Paul Fiorelli (BS 2006); MD from Georgetown University Medical School
  • Jessica Silverman (BS 2005);MD from Washington University
  • Joseph Zullo (BS 2004); applied to graduate schools 
  • 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); attended law school; practicing attorney in NYC
  • 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) 
  • Julia Wren (BS 1999); MD from Medical College of Wisconsin in internal medicine and pediatrics 
  • Catherine (Cat) Yankelovitch (BS 1999) 
  • Janine Hill (BS 1998), MPH from Boston University; currently Executive Director at the Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition,