Steve Travis
Grace Guardian
Luisa Gillian Angeles
Graduated: Winter 2020
Ph.D. Thesis: Development and applications of gas chromatography with low- and high-resolution mass spectrometry in assessing human and wildlife exposure to organic contaminants
Job: Bristol Myers Squibb
(New Brunswick, NJ)
Graduated: Winter 2020
Ph.D. Thesis: Development and Optimization of Liquid Chromatography with Tandem and High - Resolution Mass Spectrometry Approaches to Identify and Resolve Structures of Emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and other Micropollutants in Environmental Matrices
Job: Eurofins Scientific (MD)
Graduated: Winter 2020
Ph.D. Thesis: Assessing the Global Occurrence, Fate, and Ecotoxicological Effects of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Environment Using Target Analysis and Suspect Screening
Job: Eurofins Scientific (NC)
Nita Gabriela Chavez Soria
Kayla Naas
Tyler Scheving
Graduated: Summer 2019
Ph.D. Thesis: Understanding the Effects of Engineered Nanomaterials on Mammalian Cells and Plants Using Mass Spectrometry Based Approaches
Job: Research Scientist, Merck
(Rahway, NJ)
Graduated: Summer 2019
Masters Thesis: Assessing Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Conventional Wastewater Treatment and Ultraviolet-Peracetic Acid Advanced Oxidation Process and Development of a Comprehensive Analytical Method for the Quantification of Veterinary Antimicrobials Spanning Several Livestock Industries
Graduated: Winter 2019
Masters Thesis: Colorimetric Determination of the Antioxidant Strengths of Various Garlic Forms to Measure their Potential as Anticancer Agents
Job: Student, University at Buffalo
(Buffalo, NY)
Becky Wombacher
Lucia Nitsch - Velasquez
Graduated: Winter 2019
Masters Thesis: Analysis of Pharmaceuticals and Hormones in Urine and Environmental Samples via Liquid and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
Job: Lab Tech, Roswell Park
(Buffalo, NY)
Graduated: Winter 2018
Ph.D. Thesis: Bioprospecting Three Plants from the Tropical Rainforest as Potential Antimicrobial Adjuvants
Job: Vice-president/Director R&D Department at PERA (Proyectos Educativos Regionales de Autoayuda)
(Guatemala, Guatemala)
Ping He
Jerod Hurst
Rachel Mullen
Graduated: Summer 2018
Ph.D. Thesis: Development of mass spectromergy based methods and sample preparation strategies for the analysis of pesticides, hormones, metals, and biomarkers of endocrine disruption in the environment
Job: Post-doc, John's Hopkins University
(Baltimore, MD)
Graduated: Summer 2018
Ph. D. Thesis: Comprehensive evaluation of dairy manure management strategies for the removal of antimicrobials and spread of antimicrobial resistance genes
Job: Research Scientist, Merck
(Rahway, NJ)
Graduated: Summer 2018
Ph. D. Thesis: Tracing pharmaceuticals from urine through wastewater treatment plants and assessment of their potential transfer to edible crops
Job: Research Scientist, Regeneron
(Albany, NY)
Randolph Singh
Deena Butryn
Elizabeth Mullin
Graduated: Summer 2017
Ph.D. Thesis: Many doors, one key: addressing ecotoxicological, engineering, environmental, and toxicological questions using liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry
Job: Post-doc at the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(Durham, NC)
Graduated: Summer 2017
Ph.D. Thesis: Investigation of sample preparation methods for the analysis of PBDE and metabolite accumulation in humans using gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
Job: Center for Disease Control
(Atlanta, GA)
Graduated: Summer 2017
Ph.D. Thesis: Assessing metal accumulation in biological systems and the transformations of trace organic contaminants in the environment using mass spectrometric methods
Job: New York State Department of Health (Albany, NY)
Mitchel Mayville
Katia Noguera Oviedo
Josh Wallace
Graduated: Spring 2017
Master of Arts in Chemistry
Job: Research Scientist, Alphora Research Inc.
(Mississauga, ON)
Graduated: Winter 2016
Ph.D. Thesis: Tales of mass spectrometry applications: detection of legacy and emerging contaminants in the environment
Job: Research Scientist, Alphora Research Inc.
(Mississauga, ON)
Graduated: Summer 2016
Ph.D. Thesis: Modernizing environmental analysis: Mass spectrometry as a tool for investigating and answering salient environmental questions
Job: Patent Clerk at Simpson & Simpson LLC (Buffalo, NY)
Mike Gross
Stacia R. Wegst-Uhrich
David Stewart
Graduated: Summer 2016
Ph.D. Thesis: Many doors, one key: addressing ecotoxicological, engineering, environmental, and toxicological questions using liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry
Job: Mendenhall Research Fellow
(Sacramento, CA)
Graduated: Summer 2014
Ph.D. Thesis: Trace Analysis of Organic and Metal contaminants in Biological and Environmental Systems by Liquid Chromatography-, Inductively Coupled Plasma-, and Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Job: Research Scientist, Quad Pharma
(Buffalo, NY)
Graduated: Summer 2014
Ph.D. Thesis: Emerging Environmental Contaminants and the Metabolic Effects of Exposure Investigated by Mass Spectrometry
Job: Assistant Professor, D'Youville College
(Buffalo, NY)
Lijuan Su
Susan Mackintosh
Seungyon (Tony) Baik
Graduated: Summer 2014
Ph.D. Thesis: Analysis of Emerging Contaminants and Biomarkers of Endocrine Disruption by using Liquid Chromatography and Different Mass Spectrometry Techniques
Job: Research Scientist, Merck
(Boston, MA)
Graduated: Summer 2013
Ph.D. Thesis: Answering burning questions: Analysis and quantification of halogenated flame retardants and their metabolites in environmental and biological matrices
Job: Scientist, Exponent, Inc.
(Menlo Park, CA)
Graduated: Fall 2012
Ph.D. Thesis: Quantification and identification of pharmaceuticals and their treatment by-products in drinking water and wastewater by LC/MS/MS
Job: KIST EUROPE Forschungsgesellschaft mbHUniversitaet des Saarlandes Campus
(Saarbruecken, Germany)
Divina Navarro
Jolene Wu
Jerry Tso
Graduated: Summer 2011
Ph.D. Thesis: Investigating the fate and transport behavior of cadmium selenide quantum dots and transition metal oxide nanoparticles in aquatic and soil environments
Job: Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
(Adelaide, Australia)
Graduated: Summer 2011
Masters of Science in Chemistry Education
Job: High School Teacher
(Hawaii)
Graduated: Summer 2011
Ph.D. Thesis: Methodologies for emerging contaminants in environmental and food matrices by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and by capillary electrophoresis-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
Job: Research Scientist, GenenTech
(San Francisco, CA)
Sarah Lupton
Mary Dawn Celiz
Michael Farkas
Graduated: Summer 2010
Ph.D. Thesis: Analysis of PBDEs, PCBs and their metabolites in environmental and biological samples by gas and liquid chromatography with mass spectrometric detection
Job: Postdoctoral Scientist, US Department of Agriculture
(Fargo, ND)
Graduated: Winter 2009
Ph.D. Thesis: Analysis and fate of pharmaceuticals and quantum dots as emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment
Job: Postdoctoral Scientist, Michigan State University
(East Lansing, MI)
Graduated: Winter 2008
Ph.D. Thesis: Plant processes that affect the phytotoxicity of pharmaceutical contaminants in the environment
Job: Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
(Boston, MA)
Elmer-Rico Mojica
Seamus O'Connor
Fatin Samara
Graduated: Summer 2010
Ph.D. Thesis: Molecularly imprinted xerogels for tetracycline: Binding and isolation experiments and computational modeling
Job: Assistant Professor, PACE University
(New York, NY)
Graduated: Fall 2007
Ph.D. Thesis: Development of strategies to improve extraction, clean-up, and detection of tetracycline antibiotics from various soil types
Job: Research Scientist, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
(Albany, NY)
Graduated: Winter 2006
Ph.D. Thesis: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment and their endocrine disruption effects on fish
Job: Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Sciences at the United Arab Emirates
(Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi)
Christine Klein
Sungpyo Kim
Angela Batt
Graduated: Fall 2007
Ph.D. Thesis: Degradation of 17alpha-ethinylestradiol in wastewater treatment systems
Job: Assistant Professor, Adirondack Community College
(Queensbury, NY)
Graduated: Winter 2006
Ph.D. Thesis: The effect of operational parameters on the fate of tetracycline resistant bacteria in biological wastewater treatment plants
Job: Associate Professor, Korea University
(Sejong, Korea)
Graduated: Summer 2006
Ph.D. Thesis: Investigating the occurrence and fate of human and veterinary antibiotics in environmental water systems
Job: Research Analytical Chemist at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(Cincinnati, OH)