Lab Alumni
We are extremely proud of our lab alumni, who have gone onto a variety of positions in basic and clinical research. Many also plan to pursue graduate studies of one form or another. The list below shows what our alums are doing now.
Class of 2023
Salim Metri '23 graduated in May and is currently working as a research associate at Geneius Biotechnology in Natick, MA. Salim's current work focuses on a novel immunotherapy for cancer. During his time in the lab, Salim studied the functional divergence of the saturn gene. He gave an excellent poster on his work at the 2023 Drosophila meeting in Chicago. Salim's future plan is to attend medical school.
Class of 2022
Sara Guay '22 graduated in May and is currently working as a research technician in the lab of Dr. Shyamala Maheswaran at Massachusetts General Hospital while she applies to medical school. Shown above are Sara and Geoff at the Fly Meeting in April 2022, in San Diego. Sara gave an excellent platform talk on her research in the lab!
Class of 2021
We graduated five outstanding seniors in the Class of 2021! Pictured above left to right, they are:
Jill O'Toole '21 worked as a Research Data Specialist in genitourinary oncology clinical research at Dana Farber after graduate. In Fall 2023, she began earning her Masters in Genetic Counseling at the University of Pennsylvania.
Sarah Arnold '21 worked after graduate as a research technician in the lab of Dr. Mansi Srivastava at Harvard, studying regeneration in worms. She is now a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Leslie Babonis at Cornell University, where she focuses on evo-devo.
Andrew Ludwig '21 is in dental school at Harvard.
Ryan Barrett '21 has worked at a zebrafish developmental genetics lab at MGH and is currently working in biotech.
Rebecca McSweeney '21 is working as a research technician in the lab of Dr. Yonatan Grad in the Harvard School of Public Health, studying drug resistance in gonorrhea. She will be starting a PhD program in Fall 2024.
Class of 2020
While the COVID-19 pandemic prevented us from taking the customary picture, Allen Zou '20 graduated from the lab in 2020 and worked for two years as a clinical research coordinator in cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is currently in medical school at UMass Chan, right here in Worcester.
Class of 2019
Grace, Brendan, Geoff, Emily and Fiona after graduation, May 24, 2019.
Emily Rivard '19 is a PhD candidate with Dr. Cassandra Extavour in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University.
Brendan Kelly '19 is a PhD candidate in Entomology with Dr. Sarah Short at The Ohio State University.
Fiona Busser '19 worked as a clinical research coordinator at the Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and is currently pursuing a joint DO/MPH degree at Midwestern University outside of Chicago.
Grace Mascha '19 worked for two years as a nursing assistant in transplant medicine in Cleveland, OH and is currently in medical school at UMass Medical School.
Class of 2018
Kaitlin, Purva, Geoff and Ryan after graduation, May 25, 2018.
Purva Rumde '18 worked as a research technician in the lab of Dr. Nicholas Dyson at MGH, studying the genetics of the tumor suppressor gene, Rb. She is currently in medical school at the University of Pittsburgh, where she will also pursue an extra year of research.
Ryan Snow '18 worked as a research technician in the Hurley-Yonker Lab at MGH, which focuses on the role of transepithelial neutrophil migration in diseases such as cystic fibrosis and pneumonia. He is currently in medical school at Brown.
Kaitlin Kelleher '18 is working as a clinical research coordinator at the Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Class of 2017
Meaghan, Ben, Geoff, Haylie and Kendra after graduation, May 26, 2017.
Ben Nicholson '17 worked for three years as a research technician in the lab of Dr. Shyamala Maheswaran at Mass General Hospital studying cancer genetics. He is currently pursuring a PhD in Cancer Biology at the University of Chicago.
Haylie Butler '17 graduated as the class valedictorian and spent the next year in Galicia, Spain, as an English Teaching Assistant in the Fulbright program. She then worked at Boston Healthcare for the Homeless before matriculating for an MD at Harvard Medical School.
Kendra Kelly '17 worked for two years certified nursing assistant at a hospital in Maine and is currently a PA student at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston.
Meaghan McKenna '17 is working at Mass Eye and Ear in Boston and plans to apply to medical school.
Class of 2016
Mike, Max, Geoff, Meaghan and Anna after graduation, May 27, 2016.
Meaghan McGeary '16 earned her PhD at Yale University in Biological and Biomedical Sciences in the lab of Dr. Marcus Bosenberg, studying tumor heterogeneity in melanoma. She is currently an NIH F99/K00 postdoctoral fellow at MIT.
Anna Gubala '16 worked for a year at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in the Boston area before earning her MD from UMass Medical School. She is currently completing her residency at UMass in internal medicine.
Mike Kearns '16 is working as a research technician in the lab of Dr. Jean Zhao at the Dana-Farber Cancer Research Institute. The lab studies signaling pathways in normal and cancerous cells. His long-term goal is to attend medical school.
Max Kearns '16 spent 2016-17 in France and is currently working toward a masters in Mathematics and Statistics at Georgetown.
Class of 2015
Tery, Geoff and Kaitlyn after graduation, May 23, 2015.
Kaitlyn McGuinness (née Baranowski) '15 is worked for three years as a research technician in the lab of Dr. Catherine Wu at the Dana-Farber Cancer Research Institute before moving on to work in the biotech industry at Sanofi in Waltham, MA.
Tery Vinh '15 worked for two years as a clinical research assistant at the Eye Disease Consultants practice affiliated with Hartford Hospital, where she helped organize several national clinical trials and assisted in ophthalmic examinations. She then matriculated at UConn Medical School, where she earned an MD in 2021. Tery is now doing her residency in OB/GYN at Rutgers Newark Beth Israel Hospital.
Other Lab Alums
Nury Herrera '20 (FRAP Program, 2016-17)
Brandon Hwee '20 (FRAP Program, 2016-17)
Emilie Scott '19 (Spring and Summer 2017)
Gynesis Vance '22 (FRAP Program, 2018-19)
Elvis Perez '22 (FRAP Program, 2018-19)
Amanda Grace Wambui (Fall 2021-Summer 2023)
Josel Perez '26 (FRAP Program, 2022-23)
Stephanie Ribeiro '26 (FRAP Program, 2022-23)