Alumni Spotlight: Joy Barnitz

  “From the lab bench to the corporate boardroom and at the bedside.” Current Employer: Self-employed Job Title: Chaplin Home Town: Near Chicago, Illinois Current Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California Short Description of your …

Alumni Spotlight: Brittany Jacobs

Current Employer: United States Environmental Protection Agency Job Title: Biologist Home Town: Glen Burnie, MD Current Location: Maryland/Washington D.C. Research Topic: Using molecular techniques to define how mechanical signals regulate skeletal muscle mass Faculty Advisor: …

Alumni Spotlight: Emily Vaughan

Current Employer: Affinergy, LLC Job Title: Senior Scientist Home Town: Fort Wayne, IN Current Location: Cary, NC Research Topic: I studied the regulation of actomyosin contractile rings in cellular wound repair and cell division. Faculty …

Alumni Spotlight: Matthew Clay

Current Employer: Thermo Fisher Scientific Job Title: Scientist III Home Town: Grand Ledge, MI Current Location: Madison, WI Research Topic: Molecular characterization of zebrafish neural crest cell epithelial to mesenchymal transition Faculty Advisor: Mary Halloran …

Alumni Spotlight: Thomas Yeager

Current Employer: Victoria University Job Title: Senior Lecturer Home Town: Portland, OR Current Location: Melbourne, Australia Research Topic: The role of tumor suppressor genes in bladder cancer Faculty Advisor: Catherine Reznikoff CMB Degree Received in: …

Alumni Spotlight: Kim Schultz

Current Employer: US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Job Title: Biologist Home Town: Buffalo, NY Current Location: Baltimore, MD Research Topic: Virus-induced apoptosis Faculty Advisor: Paul Friesen CMB Degree Received in: 2008 Describe your current …

Alumni Spotlight: Saheed Imam

Current Employer: Synthetic Genomics, Inc. Job Title: Scientist II Home Town: Lagos, Nigeria Current Location: San Diego, CA Research Topic: Transcriptional and metabolic network analyses of Rhodobacter sphaeroides (a photosynthetic microbe) Faculty Advisor: Timothy Donohue …

Alumni Spotlight: Kate Cooper

Current Employer: Loras College Job Title: Associate Professor of Biology and Chair of the Division of Molecular, Life, and Health Sciences Home Town: Dubuque, IA Current Location: Dubuque, IA Research Topic: Investigation of the role …