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2023 Alumni
| Mark Edens | M.S. |
2022 Alumni
| Zach Beamer | Ph.D. | |
| Maddison Melchionna | Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Montreat College |
| Jyotirmoy Mondal | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Paul Falkowski and Vikas Nanda, Rutgers University |
| Udodirim Onwubiko | Ph.D. | Postdoc @ Univ. of NC at Chapel Hill |
| Chris Turpin | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Josh Bembenek, Wayne State U. |
| Yujie Ye | Ph.D. |
2021 Alumni
| Nathan Brady | Ph.D. | Postdoc at Sandia National Labs, New Mexico |
| Daniel DeGennaro | Ph.D. | Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| Jessica Fernandez | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Simon Gilroy, UW-Madison |
| Sterling Field | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Sue Rhee, Carnegie Institution for Science |
| Qiutao He | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Nancy Kleckner, Harvard |
| Dana Layo-Carris | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Elizabeth Bhoj, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia |
| Brandon Reagan | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Federica Brandizzi, Michigan State |
| Julie Rich-Robinson | Ph.D. | |
| Madison Rost | M.S. | English Second Language Teacher, Changwon, South Korea |
| J. Ryan Simmons | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Jianbin Wang, UT-Knoxville |
2020 Alumni |
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| Gabriel Fuente | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Peter Wright, Scripps Research Institute |
| Rosela Golloshi | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Andrew Ewald, Johns Hopkins |
| Kathryn Abrahamsson Halter | Ph.D. | Research Scientist with 490 BioTech |
| Kathleen King | M.S. | |
| Yue Ma | M.S. | |
| Aleksandra (Ola) Noras | M.S. | |
| Thomas Payne | Ph.D. | |
| Jacob Sanders | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Peter Ly, UT Southwestern |
| Rebecca Shrem | M.S. | |
| Justin Westerfield | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Gunnar von Heijne, Stockholm University |
2019 Alumni |
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| Cidney Allen | M.S. | Lab Technician, Functional Fluidics |
| Brian Hercyk | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Joel Boerckel, U. Penn. |
| Deepika Nambiar | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Robert Vanacore at Vanderbilt University |
| Vanessa Nguyen | Ph.D. | Medical Writer for Omni Tech Medical, Atlanta |
| Lindsey O’Neal | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Matt Parsek, University of Washington |
| Emily Stow | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Victoria Belancio, Tulane University |
| Liang Zhang | Ph.D. | |
| Alexa Hartman | M.S. | |
| Seda Kocaman | Ph.D. | |
| Craig Conner | Ph.D. | |
2018 Alumni |
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| Xiaofei Bai | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Andy Golden, NIH |
| Joanna Cooper | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Dudley Strickland, University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore |
| Ramya Enganti | Ph.D. | Postdoc at Howard Hughes Medical Center |
| Alexa Hartman | M.S. | |
| Pawel Kosentka | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Wusheng Liu at NC State University. |
| Christopher Mendoza | M.S. | |
| Tanmoy Mukherjee | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Beiyan Nan at Texas A&M |
| Andrew Stafford | Ph.D. | Professor, Florida College |
| Haden Scott | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Fred Heberle, Bredeson Center, UT-Knoxville |
2017 Alumni |
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Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor at Universidad de Ciencias y Humandiades Perú | |
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M.S. |
STEM Program Manager at MCLA | |
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Ph.D. |
Postdoc with Jill Bettinger, Virginia Commonwealth University | |
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Ph.D. |
Postdoc with Charles Rock, St. Jude Research Hospital | |
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Ph.D. |
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2016 Alumni |
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| Kristen Holbrook | Ph.D. | Postdoc with Sabeeha Merchant, UCLA |
| Ph.D. | Postdoc Fellowship, Sandia National Labs Postdoc 2 with Monica Gerth, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Ph.D. | Postdoc with Helmut Kirchhoff, Wash. U. | |
| Ph.D. | Postdoc with Nicholas Baker, Albert Einstein College of Medicine | |
| Ph.D. | Postdoc , Environmental Protection Agency | |
| Ph.D. | Adjunct Instructor of Chemistry, Maryville College | |
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Tiffany Thomas |
M.S. | |
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Yufei Yue |
Ph.D. | |
2015 Alumni |
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| Ana Bernal | M.S. | Informatics Associate, LabAnswer, Orlando, Florida |
| Xiaomin Jing | Ph.D. | Ph.D. Intern, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals |
| Ansul Lokdarshi | Ph.D. | Postdoc , Albrecht von Arnim, UT-Knoxville |
| Brittany Soto | M.S. | Graduate Student, Georgia State University |
| Sai Keerthana Wuppalapati | M.S. | Graduate Student, University of Louisville School of Medicine |
2014 Alumni |
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| Anastasia Aksenova | M.S. | |
| Badri Krishnan | Ph.D. | Postdoc , Cold Spring Harbor Labs, State College, PA |
| Stephanie Madison | Ph.D. | Lecturer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Sherin Raval | M.S. | |
| Rebecca Wilson | Ph.D. | Science Instructor in middle school, Tampa, FL |
| Jianzhuang Yao | Ph.D. | Postdoc , U. Kentucky |
2013 Alumni |
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Shih Jui Hsu |
Ph.D. | |
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| M.S. | ||
| M.S. | Industrial Hygiene Scientist, BMS New Brunswick site | |
2012 Alumni |
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| Mark Bundy | M.S. | Process Development Associate II, Novavax |
| Yuzhuo Chu | Ph.D. | Postdoc, Louisiana State U. |
| Nicholas Lopes | M.S. | Chemical Technician, Kemira |
| Quian Ma | M.S. | |
| Brittany Miller | M.S. | |
| Tihami Qureshi | Ph.D. | Postdoc, Albany Medical College |
| Todd Schoborg | Ph.D. | Postdoc, NIH |
| Bayu Sisay Tiruneh | M.S. | Lab tech., Reprogene |
2011 Alumni |
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| Amber Bible | Ph.D. | Postdoc, ORNL- Biological and Nanoscale Systems |
| Kristen Holbrook | M.S. | |
| Dhivya Kumar | M.S. | Graduate student, U. Connecticut Health Center |
| Brittany McDaniel | M.S. | |
| Matthew H. Russell | Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, South College |
| George Samaan | Ph.D. | |
| Mary Jane Timson | M.S. | Lab Study Analyst, Hyde Engineering and Consulting |
2010 Alumni |
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| Seth Albright | Ph.D. | Adjunct faculty, Pellissippi State, Knoxville |
| Ashita Dave | M.S. | |
| Sumi Goswami | M.S. | Research Scientist, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals |
| Olivia Hill | M.S. | |
| Hyuck-Joon Kang | Ph.D. | Postdoc, Harvard University |
| Xiang Mou | Ph.D. | Postdoc, Baylor University |
| Adrianne Norris | Ph.D. | Professor, Pellissippi State Community College |
| Evan Reddick | Ph.D. | Postdoc, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| Bijoyita Roy | Ph.D. | |
| Ritika Sehgal | M.S. | |
| Richard Simmerman | M.S. | |
| Dustin Stutts | M.S. | |
| Jui-He Tsai | Ph.D. | Postdoc, Washington University, St. Louis |
| Justin Vaughn | Ph.D. | Postdoc, University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
| Heather Wallace | Ph.D. | Postdoc, Dartmouth |
| Shaofei Zhang | Ph.D. | Postdoc, National Cancer institute |
2009 Alumni |
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| Seung-Hoon Choi | Ph.D. | Postdoc, MD Anderson |
| Won-Gyu Choi | Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin |
| William Crenshaw | M.S. | |
| Jim Fairman | Ph.D. | Postdoc, NIH-NIDDK Laboratory of Molecular Biology |
| Lindsay Staron | M.S. | |
| Ian Wallace | Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Nevada-Reno |
2008 Alumni |
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| Cynthia Brown | M.S. | |
| Shaileja Chopra | Ph.D. | |
| Su Hwa Kim | M.S. | |
| Vita Lam | M.S. | |
| Ruwan Parakrama | M.S. | Regeneron, Tarryton, NY |
| Eric Daniel Vincill | Ph.D. | Research Scientist, Monsanto Company, St. Louis |
| Qin Xu | Ph.D. | Postdoc, University of Tennessee- Knoxville |
2007 Alumni |
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| Robert Beahm | M.S. | |
| Chandrashis Bhowmick | M.S. | |
| Jian Ma | M.S. | |
| Charles Mangrum | M.S. | |
| Rihui Yan | Ph.D. | Professor at Hainan University |
2006 Alumni |
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| Youn Jeong Choi | Ph.D. | IRTA Postdoc Fellow NIEHS, NC (Blackshear group) |
| Srilalitha Kuruganti | Ph.D. | |
| Shannon Matulis | Ph.D. | Postdoc at Miami Medical School, Miami, FL |
| Kenneth Minor | Ph.D. | |
| Walter Wiles | M.S. | |
2005 Alumni |
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| Brad Bennett | Ph.D. | Research Associate for Mark Yeager at the University of Virginia |
| Srividya Bhaskara | Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology University of Utah School of Medicine |
| Randall Holzberger | M.S. | |
| Israel Huff | M.S. | |
| Michael Jackson | Ph.D. | Postdoc at Univ. Central Florida |
| Shawn Leland | M.S. | |
| Amy Wiles | Ph.D. | |
| Edward Wright | Ph.D. | Manager, BCMB Bioanalytical Resources Facility |
2004 Alumni |
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| Kim Caldwell | Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at The University of Alabama | |
| Stephanie Hicks | Polypeptide Hormone Action Group at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | |
| Taeck-Joong Jeon | Postdoc at University of California, San Diego | |
| Kenneth H Minor | Instructor, University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver, CO | |
| Cagdas Son | Postdoc at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA | |
| Lori West | Associate Professor at Lee University | |
| Amy Wiles | Assistant Professor of Biology, Mercer University, Georgia | |
2003 Alumni |
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| Drew Robert Ekman | Staff Scientist, FDA, Georgia | |
| To-Yu Huang | Postdoctoral fellow: UCSD Cancer Center, La | |
| Amy L. Inselman | Staff fellow at the national center for toxicology research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | |
| Tae-Houn Kim | Assistant Professor, Duksung Womens University, Seoul, Korea | |
| Vanny Narita | Section Head, Indonesian Research Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| Michael B Strader | Laboratory of Biochemistry and Vascular Biology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda | |
| Ayca Akal-Strader | Teaching at Catholic University | |
2002 Alumni |
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| A. Carole Dabney-Smith | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Miami University | |
| James Guenther | Ph.D. | Instructor, Delgado Community College, New Orleans |
| April Pyle | Assistant Professor at UCLA School of Medicine | |
2001 Alumni |
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| Shannon Eaker | Cell Therapy Division, GE Healthcare | |
| Olga Kopp | Faculty at Utah Valley University, Orem, UT | |
| Weikai Li | Postdoc in Tom Rapaport’s Lab at Havard HHMI | |
| Chitra Subramanian | Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital | |
2000 Alumni |
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| Jennifer Cobb | Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary |
| Christine Schar | Research Scientist, Aarhus University, Denmark | |
| Sharon Thomas | Currently with Knox County School | |
1999 Alumni |
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1998 Alumni |
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| John Cobb | Assistant Professor University of Calgary, Dept of Biological Sciences | |
| Enrico Digiammarino | Staff Scientist, Abbott | |
| Susan Dombrowski | Next Generation DNA sequence analyst, Genomatix Corporation | |
| Angelia Gibson | Assistant Professor at Maryville College, Maryville, TN | |
| Robert Ivey, III | Director of Fermentation and an co-Founder of Chem Bio at Osprey | |
| Michael Mohler | Research Scientist/legal liaison for GTx, Inc | |
1997 Alumni |
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| James R. Cox | University Distinguished Professor, Murray State University | |
| Sushmita Maitra | Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Researcher, Durham University |
1996 Alumni |
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| Chang-Hoon Han | Ph.D. | Brain Korea 21, Division of Agricultural Biotech., Seoul National University, Korea |
| Yaa Difie Osei | Senior Lecturer, Biochemistry Department, University of Ghana, Legon (2008) | |
| Kameshwari Pappu | Patent specialist at the University of Florida | |
1995 Alumnus |
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| Jung Weon Lee | M.S. | Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Korea |
1994 Alumni |
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| Chang-Hoon Han | Brain Korea 21, Division of Agricultural Biotech., Seoul National University, Korea | |
| C. David Weaver | Ph. D. | Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Vanderbilt |
1993 Alumni |
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| Jay D. Gregory | Ph. D. | Marketing Communications Writer, Agilent Technologies |
| Kausik Ray | Ph. D. | Scientist, NIAAD, NIH |
1992 Alumni |
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| Rajesh Krishnan | Ph. D. | Director of Business Development, Celerion |
| Suk Heung Oh | Ph. D. | Professor, Department of Food and Biotechnology, Woosuk University, Jeonju, Korea |