MSU Genetics Alumni: Where are they now?

 

Geoff Attardo, (2004)Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Yale School of Medicine, Geoff is co-founder of Key Point Graphics, delivering graphic design solutions that communicate information in an elegant, efficient, and attractive manner.

Tom Barber, (1993) Postdoctoral fellow - Johns Hopkins University

Christoph Benning, (1991) Michigan State University, benning@msu.edu
Biosynthesis and function of membrane lipids in photosynthetic organisms; molecular and biochemical genetics of Arabidopsis and photosynthetic bacteria.

Gustavo Bonaventure, (2003) Postdoctoral fellow, Plant Molecular Biology (DBMV); Biophore, University of Lausanne

Chi-Ju Chen, (1997) Assistant Professor, National Ying-Ming University

Tseh-Ling Chang (1997) Name changed to Celine Chen, Molecular Biologist, Diet, Genomics and Immuniolgy Lab, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD (updated 2/09)

Kirk Deitsch, (1994), Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College, Cornell University

Ivan J Delgado, (2001), Principal Scientist, Cell and Molecular Biology (Dept. 16), Lancaster Laboratories. idelgado@lancasterlabs.com

Roger Denome, (1985)Associate Professor and Chair, Biology, Stonehill College

Neal Dittmer, (2000) Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. Biochemistry, Kansas State University

Harrie Van Erp , (2007) Post doc at Washington State University

Jim Dombrowski, (1995) Plant Molecular Geneticist, USDA-ARS, Oregon

Tom Glover, (1979) Professor of  Human Genetics, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan

Paula Hauk, (2004) Postdoctoral fellow - Virginia Commonwealth University

Susanne Hoffmann-Benning, (1993) Research Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

David Horvath, (1993) Plant Physiologist - Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center

Paul J Koivuniemi, (1972) Legal Associate General - Eli Lilly and Company Foundation

David Lacher , (2007) Post doc at FDA in Baltimore

Nicole (Nikki) LeBrasseur, (2001) Associate News Editor, Journal of Cell Biology, NYC

Chentao Lin, (1992) Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles

Ningguang Luo, (2004) Postdoctoral fellow, Buck Institute, California

Carlos Martinez, (2007) Postdoc in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Stony Brook University

Eileen M. Mahoney, (1981) President, Mahoney Associates, Inc. Risk Assessment Specialists

Adam Nelson , (2008) Post Doc at Univ. of Michigan

Kanchan Pavangadkar (2008), Postdoc,  Laboratory of Genomics, Evolution and Development, Michigan State University. http://ged.msu.edu/

Jeffrey Regier, (1993) Taylor University, Associate Professor, regulation of gene expression in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Linda Sherwood, (1985) Professor, Montana State University

David Silver, (1996) Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, N.Y.

Rebecca Slager, (2004) Assistant Professor- Wake Forest University Health Services+

Larry Smart, (1992) Associate Professor, State University of New York-Syracuse

Christy Mecey-Smith, (2006) Research Associate and Lab Manager, Plant Research Laboratory Natural Science, Michigan State University

Steve Suchyta, (2000) Senior Field Application Scientist - Genomics Solutions Inc., Ann Arbor

Guoqiang Sun, (2003) Postdoctoral fellow -  Beckman Research Institute

Hiroko Takayasu, (1998) Instructor for English, yoga, meditation; Takayasu International, Okinawa, Japan, moon2002@nirai.ne.jp

Crispin Taylor, (1993) Executive Manager, American Society of Plant Biology, ctaylor@aspb.com

Jun Tsuji, (1992) Associate professor at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan. In addition to his research publications, Jun has recently authored a book called "The Soul of DNA".

Helga Toriello, (1982) Spectrum Health, Director of Genetics Services

Bill Underwood, (2006) Postdoctoral Research Associate, Carnegie Institute of Washington, williamu@berkeley.edu

Greg Velicer, (1997) Associate professor in the Department of Biology at Indiana University at Bloomington, gvelicer@indiana.edu

Ajith Vengellur, (2007) Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Bilology, Michigan state University.

Chris Vlangos, (2005) Post Doctoral, University of Michigan, Department of Pediatrics

Julie Zwiesler-Vollick, (2002) Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Purdue University

Trevor Wagner, (2006) Senior Scientist/Microbiologist at OpGen in Madison, twagner@opgen.com

Thanda Wai,  (1993) Staff Scientist - American Type Culture Collection

Lori Walrath, (1991) University of Iowa, lori-wallrath@uiowa.edu
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry; Chromatin structure and gene expression.

Stephen Warren, (1981) Emory University School of Medicine, William Patterson Timmie Professor & Chair of Human Genetics; Human genetics; molecular basis of fragile X syndrome; genetic basis of behavior.

Sainan Wei, (2002) Michigan State University, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development; Director of Clinical DNA Diagnostic and Cytogenetics laboratories in the Dept. of Pediatrics and Human Development

Hua Zhang, (2004) Postdoctoral fellow, University of Maryland