Alumni - Current Positions

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(updated 06/2024)

Name Year of Graduation Advisor's Name Thesis Project Current Position
Christina Maksymiuk 2014 Nathan, Carl

Multifunctionality of 2-hydroxy-3-oxoadipate synthase (HOAS) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence, metabolism, and resistance to reactive nitrogen intermediates

Director, Strategic Growth, Walmart Healthcare Research Institute at Walmart

Jamie McBean 2014 Luo, Minkui

Biochemical Elucidation of SET7/9-Mediated Protein Methylation

Director, Oncology Scientific Communications Lead at Pfizer

Julie Pickett 2014 Pasternak, Gavril

Site-specific Approaches for Incorporating Radioiodine

Radiobiologist at Aktis Oncology

Joel Schrock 2014 Pasternak, Gavril Pharmacological and Biochemical Characterization of Sigma1 Receptors and their Ligand Director, Portfolio & Decision Analysis at Pfizer
Nicholas Veomett 2014 Scheinberg, David Regulating the Therapeutic Efficacy of a TCR-like Antibody to Intracellular WT1 via Fc Engineering and Target Modulation Director of Corporate Development at Vividion Therapeutics - San Diego, California
Narae Bae 2013 Nimer, Stephen The Role of p53 in DNA Damage Response and MLL Re-arranged Leukemia Chemosensitivity Manager, Regulatory Affairs Korea/Pharmaceuticals
Christina Crump 2013 Li, Yueming Target Identification and Mechanism of Y-Secretase Modulators and Inhibitors as Alzheimer's Disease Therapeutics Manager of Research and Development at ABCO Global, Panama City, Panama
Iva Dincheva 2013 Lee, Francis The Role of Neurotrophins and Neurotrophin-like Receptors in CNS Disorders Technical Specialist, Intellectual Property Dept. at WilmerHale, NY
Kasia Marcinkiewicz 2013 Gudas, Lorraine Altered Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression in Human Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Lines Locum Assistant Editor at Nature Biotechnology at Springer Nature, New York, NY
Elissaveta Petrova 2013 Resh, Marilyn Development of Hedgehog Acyltransferase Inhibitors as a Novel Method to Inhibit Sonic Hedgehog Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer Laboratory Head at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Gina Rocco 2013 Cartegni, Luca Characterization of Alternative Splicing Events of AML1-ETO Fusion Protein in Leukemia Senior Medical Writer at BGB Group, New York, NY
Daniele Rohle 2013 Mellinghoff, Ingo Characterization of the Role of Mutant Isocitrate Dehydrogenase (IDH1) in Gliomagenesis. Scientist at Roche, Basel Area, Switzerland
Aneesh Sheth 2013 Scheinberg, David Inhibition of Mitochondrial Peptide Deformylase Causes Apoptosis in C-myc Overexpressing Cancers CEO, Dr. Sheth Enterprises, Mumbia, India
Matthew Sung 2013 Giannakakou, Paraskevi

Towards the Understanding of Clinical Taxane Resistance

Director at AstraZeneca

Rui Wang 2013 Luo, Minkui Profiling Substrates of Protein Methyltransferases with SAM Analogues and Engineered Enzymes Senior Scientist at AbbVie Cambridge, Massachusetts