Undergraduate Students
Ali Parand (BS Chemistry 1998) -- MD University of Cincinnati 2005; current: MD Internal Medicine, San Jose, CA
Linda Banovic Baughn (BS Chemistry 1998) -- PhD Immunol. 2004 TUFTS Univ; Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University. current: Faculty member Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
Matt Weitzel (BS Chemistry 1999) -- MD Dartmouth College 2005; Residency, Lancaster General Hospital (2005-2008); current Physician in Lancaster, PA
Lisa Chatwood Garrity (BS Chemistry 2001) -- MS MIT 2004, PharmD SUNY Buffalo 2008; current: Clinical Spec-Pharm, Cincinnati Children's
Rebecca Finley (BS Chemistry 2001) - Research scientist at Procter & Gamble
Kelly Ashton Hand (BS Biochemistry 2003) - MS Univ Illinois Chicago 2005; current: forensics analyst Hamilton Co., OH
Greg Patton (BS Chemistry 2003) - PhD University of Illinois 2008; current: Principal Development Scientist New England Biolabs.
Robert B. Yates (BS Chemistry 2004) - MD Ohio State University 2008; current: Senior Surgery Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Patrick Shaw (BS Chemistry 2004) - PhD Michigan State University 2008; current: Sr. Researcher Bristol Myers Squibb
Renee Cilliers Strauch (BS Biochemistry 2004) - PhD Northwestern University 2011; current: Res Specialist, Plants Human Health Institute
James Pauff (BS Chemistry 2004) - PhD/MD Ohio State University 2008/2011; current: Investigator, Sarah Cannon Research Institute in Oncology, Franklin, TN
Priya Gursahaney (BS Chemistry 2004) - MD University of Pittsburgh 2010; current: OB-GYN, University of Cincinnati Medical Center and West Chester Hospital.
Dan Sobieski (BS Biochemistry 2002) - PhD UC Davis 2008; current: Program Manager, Lam Research, Leuven, Belgium
Adam Jablonski (BA Biochemistry 2004) - MD University of Toledo 2006; current: OB/GYN in Indianapolis, IN
Megan Matthews (BA Chemistry 2005) - PhD Penn State University 2011; postdoctoral fellow at Scripps (2011-17); Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania (2017-present)
Karen Anderson (BA Chemistry 2006) PharmD UC San Diego 2011; current: Medical Science Liaison, Novartis.
Maria Han (BS Chemistry 2006) - MD Yale University 2010; current: Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Medical school.
Lindsey Klingbeil (BS Biochemistry 2007) - MD University of Cincinnati 2011; current: Surgeon MD Chicago Institute of Advanced Surgery, Chicago, IL
Stacy (Sugarbaker) Rose (BA Biochemistry 2008) - current: Physician's Assistant in Illinois
Christine Hajdin (BS Biochemistry 2008) - PhD University of North Carolina 2013; current: Associate Director of Screening and Computational Sciences, Ribometrix; Flagship 63.
Katie Bender (BA Biochemistry 2008) - MD University of Cincinnati 2013; current: Cardiology resident at Mount Carmel Medical.
Andrew Herre (BS Zoology 2010) - JD University of Denver 2013; current: Senior Corporate Counsel, Tolmar, Fort Collins, CO
Tyler Richards (BA Biochemistry 2010) - MD University of Cincinnati; current: resident Physician UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA
Ross McKinney (BA Biochemistry 2010) - current: PhD program in Biology, Washington University.
Lauren Spadafora (BA Biochemistry, BA Microbiology 2010); PhD Pathobiology, University of Washington 2015; current: Influenza Surveillance Coordinator, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (2018-present)
Tim Richmond (BA Chemistry 2011) MD Ohio State Univ 2015, Resident at Akron Children's Hospital (2017-2022); Oxford Peds.
Heather Mandrell (BA Chemistry 2011) Pharmacy Ohio State Univ 2015, MD NEOMED 2022; Oxford Peds MD.
Carlos Sanchez ( )
Raquel Reese (BA Biochemistry 2012); FNP Ohio University; Family Nurse Practitioner at Tina Joyce DO LLC.
Heather Young (BS Chemistry 2013) current:
Alyssa Hetrick (BA Zoology 2012) Veterinary Doct, Ohio State 2017; Captain, US Army Med Dept (2015-present)
Alyssa McGhee (BS Chemistry 2013) current: research scientist at PPG Industries.
Matt Jindra (BA Chemistry 2014) current: Aseptic Processing Specialist at AMRESCO LLC.
Theresa Warner (BS Biochemistry 2015) current: Technical Services, Epic.
Katherine Makaroff (BS Biochemistry 2016) MD University of Cincinnati 2020; residency Indiana University
Lucien Turner (BS Biochemistry 2014) current: Research Assistant III at Cincinnati Children's Hospital; graduate student Immunology, U. Penn. (2018-present)
Lindsay Moritz (BS Biochemistry 2015); PhD Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology 2021; post-doctoral fellow University of Michigan.
Omar Sanyurah (BS Biochemistry 2015) MD Wright State University 2019; resident University of Nevado, Las Vegas
Abraham Jon Moller (Biochemistry/Microbiology 2015) MS CMBS Miami University 2016; PhD Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (2021) Emory University; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NIAID (2021-present)
Nick Paz (BA Biochemistry 2015) current: Clinical Trial Manager at Medpace
Caitlin O'Meara - freshman Microbiology major (2015-16)
Aileen Decker - BA Gerontology 2018; current: BS Nursing at University of South Carolina 2020
Alex Waldherr - Current: DO student at Marian University Indianapolis, IN.
Malachi Zeitner - Dentist in Iowa
Elaine Koberlein - BA Zoology 2015; DO West Virginia 2022
Mara Viterisi - (BA Chemistry 2017); medical scribe, West Oakland Health Council, San Francisco, CA.; Physician Assistant student - Alderson Broaddus University (2020-present)
Austin Lee (BS Biochemistry 2017) - MD Univ Toledo 2021
Zachary Adkins (BS Biochemistry 2017) - medical school, Ohio State University
Jessica Hill - transferred to Univ Akron 2017
Sam George (BS Biochemistry 2017) - DO candidate at Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Adam Eggert (BS Biological Physics 2018) - DO candidate at Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Delaney Clayton (BS Biochemistry 2018) - Dentistry school, Ohio State University 2022; Dentist at Monfredi Family Dental.
Kelly Mason (BS Chemistry 2018) - Graduate school, University of Missouri
Andrew Katko (BS Biochemistry 2018) - MD Emergency Medicine Specialist, University of Toledo 2022
Devin Spivey (BS Biochemistry/premedical studies 2019) - Medical school, NEOMED
Jordan Tennenbaum (BA Biochemistry 2019) - research position at Children's in Columbus
Elle Hellwarth - BS Biological Engineering, Purdue University 2020; MS program in Biomedical Engineering at Ohio State
Faith Baxter - BA Chemistry and Pre-med co-major; Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) in Spartanburg, SC (2023-present)
Robert Kimble (BS Biochemistry / Pre-med co-major, 2020) - currently medical school at Ohio State University.
Callie Miller (BS Biochemistry / MS French, 2020) - currently graduate school at Colorado School of Mines
Aidan Sturgill (BS Biochemistry 2023) - medical school at University of Kentucky.
Alex Szymczak (BA Chemistry and Economics 2023) - medical school at Northwestern University.
Isabelle Powell (summer 2023) - sophomore at Dartmouth College
NSF-REU students
Heather Peterman (REU 1996) CCCC XXXX university - MD XXXX; current physician in Pennsylvania
Kristie Durst Goodwin (REU 1997) BA Biochemistry Hanover College 1998, PhD Vanderbilt University 2003; Postdoc at IUPUI; teacher at Lower School Science (2021-present)
Mary Siefert Zander (REU 1999) BS Biological Chemistry from College of Mount St. Joseph; PhD Biomedical Sciences South Carolina 2004; current: Associate Director of Medical Writing at INC Research.
Nathan Rude (REU ); BA Chemistry Earlham College 1999; current: co-owner Free Range Markets (2019-present)
Amanda Crabtree ( ) MD East Tennessee State University; current: physician in Bristol, TN
Lisa Detar ( ) -
Kimberly Markert (REU 2002) - Grad program at University of Maryland
Lana Bruney ( ) PhD University of Missouri; current:
Erica Shubeck Story (REU 2005) BA Biochemistry/Molecular Biology College of Wooster 2006, MS Food Science/Nutrition North Carolina State University 2011, current: Senior Tech R&D Smucker Company.
Jessica Bennett (REU 2006) BS Biology Central State University 2008; current: Scientist, R&D J.M. Smucker Company
Michelle Wandstrat (REU 2001) BS Chemistry/Biology College of Mount St. Joseph 2002, PhD Miami University 2006; current: Supervisor, Development Team, Thermo Fisher Scientific (2016-present)
Althea Gunther (REU 2011) BA Biochemistry 2012 Agnes Scott College; MD Eastern Virginia Medical School 2017; current: Family Medicine Resident at Ghent Family Medicine
Zahilyn Roche Allred (REU 2012) BA Biochemistry 2014 Florida International University; current: PhD Miami University 2019; Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University, (2022-present).
Larissa Jennings (REU 2016) BA Chemistry 2017, Xavier University, PhD Miami University 2019; current: Visiting Postdoctoral Associate Florida International University.
Meghan West (REU 2016) BS Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, 2017; Industrial Hygienist, US Department of Veteran Affairs (2020-2021); Regulatory Analyst, Pace Analytical (2021-present).
Aramis C. Smith (REU 2017) BS Biochemistry, Eastern Illinois University 2017; Medical school at Indiana School of Medicine
William Phillips (REU 2018) BASc Applied Science, University of Hartford 2020; graduate student Univ Mass Amherst (2020-present).
Diego Orea - (REU 2019) BA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, California State University San Marcos 2021; Graduate student at University of Illinois at Champaign (2021-present)
Kelechi Onuoha - (REU 2021) BS Biology, Saint Michael's College 2023; Patient Access Specialist, University of Vermont Medical Center.