Department of Biology

Where Do Biology Graduate Students Go After Graduation?

The tables below list postdoctoral positions of recent graduates from Department of Biology laboratories, followed by current positions of earlier graduates of Biology labs.
Student PhD Advisor Postdoctoral Position (laboratory PI, institution, location)
Erin McCarthy 2007 Goldstein Johnny Fares, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Elizabeth Mandel 2007 Conlon Rudolf Grosschedl, Director, Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany
Sarah Goetz 2007 Conlon Kathryn Anderson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
ACS Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jan LaRocque 2007 Sekelsky Maria Jasin, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship (priority score 117!)
Sarah Radford 2006 Sekelsky Kim McKim, Waksman Institute, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ
Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship
Nate Dudley 2006 Goldstein Joel Rothman, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship
Don Fox 2006 Peifer Alan Spradling, Carnegie Institute, Baltimore MD
Jane Coffin Childs postdoctoral fellowship
Melissa Hayden 2006 Peifer Akira Chiba, U. of Illinois
Daniel Brown 2006 Conlon Perry Blackshear, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC
Jeremy Kupsco 2006 Duronio Ken Moburg, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Chad Pearson 2005 Bloom Mark Winey, U. Colorado, Boulder, CO
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation fellowship
Joe Kearney 2004 Bautch Steve Crews, UNC Biology
NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dave Roberts 2004 Bautch Mark Peifer, UNC Biology
NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jen-Yi Lee 2003 Goldstein Richard Harland, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Zack Nimchuk 2003 Dangl Elliot Meyerowitz, Cal Tech, Pasadena, CA
Pelin Cayirlioglu 2003 Duronio Larry Zipurski, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Jane Coffin Childs postdoctoral fellowship
Julie Canman 2003 Salmon Bruce Bowerman, U. Oregon, Eugene, OR
Jane Coffin Childs postdoctoral fellowship
Özlem Yildiz 2003 Sekelsky Ken Onem, U. Chicago, Chicago, IL
Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Fellowship
Yung-Shu Kuan 2003 Searles Marnie Halpern, Carnegie Institute, Baltimore, MD
 
Student PhD Advisor Current Position
Dale Beach 2002 Bloom Assistant Professor, Indiana Univ. East
Paul Maddox 2003 Salmon Assistant Professor, Inst. for Research in Immunology & Cancer, Université de Montréal.
Jian-Qui Wu 2002 Pringle Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State Univ.
Rebecca Cheeks 2002 Goldstein Educator at the Museum of Natural History, New York
Shaun Cain 2001 Lohmann Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Eastern Oregon Univ.
Rob Cavallo 2000 Peifer Medical Science Liaison, 3M Pharmaceuticals
Kim Ritchie 2000 Petes Manager, Marine Microbiology Program, Mote Marine Lab
Michael Whitfield 1999 Marzluff Assistant Professor, Dept. of Genetics, Dartmouth University
Kelly Williamson 1999 Searles Patent agent, Biotech Plant Group, Alston & Bird, LLP
Hemayet Ullah 1998 A. Jones Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Howard Univ.
Joe Loureiro 1998 Peifer Group Leader, Genstruct
Mark Hall 1998 Matson Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Purdue Univ.
Andrew Groover 1997 A. Jones Geneticist, USDA Forest Service, Inst. of Forest Genetics
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology, UC Davis
Sandra Orsulic 1997 Peifer Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology, MGH/Harvard Medical School
Li-Mei Pai 1997 Peifer Assistant Professor, Chang-Gung Univ., Taiwan
Johnny Fares 1996 Pringle Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biol., Univ. Arizona
Bill Nelson 1996 Matson Data Specialist, The Institute for Genome Research
Fei Xu 1996 Petes Cancer Model Database Curator, NCI Center for Bioinformatics
Judy Thorn 1995 Kay Associate Professor, Knox College
Rong Wang 1994 Bautch Mildred V. Strouss Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery, UCSF
Jo-Ann Brock 1993 Bloom Director, Laboratory of Cytogenetics, Univ. British Columbia
Mike Edgerton 1993 A. Jones Head, Division of Plant Genetics, Monsanto
Michael White 1992 Petes Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
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