Alumni

Our alumni have gone on to positions in academia, industry, government, and other ventures and made their marks on the world.

Alumni to Date

17 Grad Students
14 Postdocs
3 Research Specialists
>57 Undergrads

Rachel Arango

Position title: Visiting Researcher

Rachel Arango's website

Delanie Arend

Position title: Undergrad

Frank Aylward

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech

Frank Aylward's website

Adam Book

Credentials: Postdoc

Position title: Research Scientist at Exact Science

Knisha Boswell

Credentials: Undergrad

Jennifer Bratburd

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: MOST Policy Fellow

MOST Website

Gaspar Bruner Montero

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: M.Sc. received August 2015; recipient of Panamanian Government Fellowship; current position: PhD student, University of Cambridge, UK

Peter Burnham

Position title: Postdoc

Email: pburnham@wisc.edu

ORCID Profile

Julia Buskirk

Credentials: Undergrad

Matias Cafaro

Credentials: Postdoc

Position title: Professor, Univ. Puerto Rico

Matias Cafaro's website

Eric Caldera

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: PhD received July 2017, NSF Predoctoral Fellow, NSF DDIG Award, Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow UCLA

Caitlin Calhoun

Position title: Research Specialist

Email: caitlin.carlson@wisc.edu

Google Scholar Link

Camila Carlos

Position title: Assistant Professor Texas State University- San Marcos

Camila Carlos's website

Amy Cavanaugh

Credentials: Postdoc

Position title: Assistant Professor, Univ. Wisconsin-Rock County

Amy Cavanaugh's website

Marc Chevrette

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: PhD received April 2019, Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Marc Chevrette's website

Timothy Davenport

Credentials: Undergrad

Dale Deng

Position title: Undergrad

Dev Desai

Position title: Undergrad

Huan Fan

Credentials: Postdoc

Position title: Research Scientist Wilmar International, Singapore

Charlotte Francoeur

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: Postdoc at Rutgers University

Kirsten Gotting

Position title: Grad Student

Email: gotting@wisc.edu

Google Scholar Link

Kirk Grubbs

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: PhD received August of 2013; current position: Research Scientist, Bayer Crop Sciences

Alissa Hanshew

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: PhD received August of 2013, MBGT training fellowship; current position: Research Safety Specialist, Penn State University

Kristi Hetchler

Credentials: Undergrad

Donny Hoang

Position title: Grad Student

Email: dqhoang@wisc.edu

Heidi Horn

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Edgewood College

Email: hhorn@edgewood.edu

Heidi Horn's website

Jiri Hulcr

Credentials: Postdoc

Position title: Associate Professor, Univ. Florida

Jiri Hulcr's website

Lily Khadempour

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: PhD received August 2018, Assistant Professor Rutgers- Newark

Lily Khadempour's website

Jonathan Klassen

Credentials: Postdoc

Position title: Associate Professor: UCONN Molecular and Cell Biology / Microbiology

Jonathan Klassen's website

Gina Lewin

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: PhD received July 2016, NSF fellow. Current position: post-doc Georgia Tech, Prof. Marvin Whiteley

Hongjie Li

Credentials: Postdoc

Position title: Assistant Professor

Ainslie Little

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: PhD received December 2006; current position: U.S. Patent Agent, Torys Law Firm, Toronto, Canada

Sarah Marsh

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: PhD received December of 2012

Daniel May

Credentials: Postdoc

Position title: Assistant Professor at Washington College

Daniel May's website

Bradon McDonald

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: PhD received October 2016, Molecular Biology and Graduate Training fellow; Current position: Translational Genomics Research Institute

Leya Mozafari

Credentials: Undergrad

Margaret Nilsen

Credentials: Undergrad

Olivia Panthofer

Credentials: Undergrad

Adrian Pinto

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: PhD received December 2008; current position: Associate Professor, University of Costa Rica

Adrian Pinto's website

Michael Poulsen

Credentials: Postdoc

Position title: Professor, Ecology and Evolution, University of Copenhagen

Michael Poulsen's website

Shelby Sandstrom

Credentials: Research Specialist

Laura Schwab

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: MSc received September 2011

Jarrod Scott

Credentials: Grad Student

Position title: PhD received September 2011, recipient of a Smithsonian Doctoral Fellowship and a UW-Madison distinguished graduate student fellowship; Current position: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

Adrienne Simpson

Position title: Undergrad

Alex Smith

Position title: Research Specialist

Email: smith238@wisc.edu

Robb Stankey

Credentials: Postdoc

Position title: Senior Scientist at Varigen Biosciences

Reed Stubbendieck

Credentials: Postdoc

Position title: Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State

Reed Stubbendieck's website

Garret Suen

Credentials: Postdoc

Position title: Associate Professor of Bacteriology / Alfred Toepfer Faculty Fellow

Garret Suen's website

Margaret Thairu

Credentials: Postdoc

Gabriel Vargas

Position title: Postdoc

Email: gabriel.vargasasensio@wisc.edu

Evelyn Wendt-Pienkowski

Credentials: Research Specialist

Lindsay Wilson

Credentials: Research Specialist

Susan Zelasko

Position title: Grad Student

Email: szelasko@wisc.edu

Nat Zeng

Position title: Grad Student

Email: bzeng6@wisc.edu