Alumni

There are over 150 graduates of the BMS PhD Program

Thanks to all who responded when the web site was revised in 2008.

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William B. Albery, '87
Area of Concentration: Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Henning von Gierke
Employed: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Team Leader
Email: [personal] [professional] I am the manager of the centrifuge facility at Wright-Patterson. We conduct research on human volunteers in the high-sustained acceleration environment. I continue to conduct my own research. I am interested in spatial disorientation and the effects of multi-axis acceleration.

Anthony Richard Arment, '95
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Mentor: Wayne Carmichael
Employed: Central State University
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I graduated from WSU in 1995, then left for UW-Madison where I completed three post-docs from 1996-2000. While there I also taught as adjunct faculty at Alverno College in Milwaukee. In 2000, I accepted a fulltime teaching post at SAPC, a small, liberal arts college that focuses intensely on interdisciplinarity. My broad background and devotion to this type of education helped me get this position and has advanced me quickly. Part of that is due to the education I received within the BMS Program.

Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology
Mentor: Mark Mamrack
Employed: Kalamazoo Centre for Medical Studies, Michigan State University, MD/PhD Medical Resident
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Married, with one daughter in Heaven. Will join private practice of medicine in Michigan, most likely in Detroit area.

Roy A. Blay, '86
Area of Concentration: Immunology
Mentor: Nancy Bigley
Employed: Food and Drug Administration, Director, Regulatory Review Office, Office of Medical Policy, Division of Scientific Investigation, Good Clinical Practice Branch
Email: [personal][professional]

Pedro E. Cruz, '96
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Area of Concentration: Immunology
Mentor: Nancy Bigley
Employed: University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics; Coordinator of Research Programs and Services
Email: [personal][professional]

Nicholas J. DelRaso, '01
Area of Concentration: Environmental Toxicology
Mentor: John M. Frazier
Employed: Department of Defense (US Air Force), Research Scientist
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Alfredo J. Garcia, III 06
Area of Concentration: Cell Biology and Physiology
Mentor: Jay Dean
Employed: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
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Ryan Geyer, 07
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Mentor: Lawrence Prochaska
Employed: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Case Western Reserve University
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Carol M. (Goecke) Flora, '94

Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Mentor: Nicholas Reo
Employed: Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis, Adjunct Professor
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Dave and I are blessed with four children: Becka, 6; Amanda, 4; Jenifer, 2; Gregory, almost 1 year [written 2001]

Michael L. Gargas, '88
Area of Concentration: Environmental Toxicology
Mentor: Melvin E. Andersen
Employed: The Sapphire Group, Inc.; Managing Principal
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- Moved back to the Dayton area in July 2000.
- Spent 8 years in the Cleveland, Ohio area and 3 years before that in Durham, North Carolina
- Have been blessed with a 2-year-old grandson, Max, who lives in the Dayton area

Marc S. Greenberg, '02
Information received: August 2002
Area of Concentration: Environmental Toxicology
Mentor: Allen Burton
Employed: Senior Environmental Toxicologist, US EPA Environmental Response Team
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Hello and I hope that this message finds you doing well. I have recently moved from Dayton, OH and started a position with the USEPA ...

Erik Gustafson, '96
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Mentor: Jack Bernstein
Employed: Genome Therapeutics Corporation, Senior Scientist
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Kate Heminger, 07
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Mentor: Steven Berberich
Employed: Scientist, The Proctor & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH
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Ingrid L. Hermanson-Miller, '00
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Mentor: John J. Turchi
Employed: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Senior Technical Support Consultant
Email: [personal][professional]

Gregory Higgins, '89
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Area of Concentration: Environmental Toxicology
Mentor: Robert Gardier
Employed: Oregon Health and Science University, Assistant Director
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C. David James, '86
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Mentor: Michael Leffak
Employed: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Professional history since graduation:

- Post-doctoral fellow, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, McGill
University, Montreal, 1986-89
- Associate then Senior Staff Investigator, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI,
1989-91
- Assistant then Associate Professor, Emory University School of Medicine,
Atlanta, GA, 1991-1996
- Associate then full Professor and Consultant, Department of Laboratory
Medicine & Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 1996-present>

Research focus has been in the area of Neuro-Oncology since graduation from WSU

Married with 4 children (2 children from previous marriage and 2 step-children)

Miranda Jarnot, '98
Area of Concentration: Neuroscience
Mentor: Adrian M. Corbett
Employed: Information Ventures, Inc./ National Library of Medicine; Biomedical Indexer [telecommuter]
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Moved to New Jersey after graduation and did a postdoc at UMDNJ; had Alex (who's now 6). Moved to Houston in 1997 with Bruce's job at Exxon, and had Nick, who's now 3 1/2. Moved to Virginia in 2000 with Exxon. I'm working on MEDLINE and really like the work and the schedule. Ran the 2000 Houston Marathon and am training for the Army 10-miler.

Michael G. Kemp, 06
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Mentor: Michael Leffak
Employed: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina

Lawrence N. Killian, '91
Area of Concentration: Pharmacology and Toxicology [now Environmental Toxicology]
Mentor: Robert Gardier
Employed: Clark State Community College, Faculty Development Coordinator and Associate Professor
Email: [personal][professional]

- Teach Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology.
- Conduct orientations for fulltime faculty and adjuncts
- Cordinate development sessions for fulltime faculty and adjuncts

Michelle Malott, '99
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Mentor: Michael Leffak
Employed: Minnesota State University, Moorhead; Assistant Professor of Biology
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Lindsey D. Mayo, '97
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Mentor: Steven Berberich
Employed: Indiana University School of Medicine, Postdoc
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Married for three years, with a 1-year old daughter named Grace

Lee McDonald, '89
Mentor: Mark Mamrack
Employed: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, part of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (www.mskcc.org), as manager of the Functional Proteomics Project. I am also an adjunct faculty member for the Chemistry Department and the Biology Department at Adelphi University.

1989-1994 Post-doctoral training at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH) in Maryland.
1994-1995 Molecular Geriatrics Corp., a biotechnology company in suburban Chicago.
1995-1998 IIT Research Institute, Chicago, a drug development R&D contract provider.
1998-2002 Ortec International, Inc., a tissue engineering biotechnology company in New York City.
2002-present Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in New York City.

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I married in 1996. We live in the New Jersey suburbs of NYC, and have 2 children.

Steve M. Patrick, '99
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Mentor: John Turchi
Employed: Wright State University, Postdoc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Cassandra C. Paul, '86
Area of Concentration: Immunology
Mentor: Randall Smith
Employed: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Research Health Scientist
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Christopher M. Rutherford, 06
Area of Concentration: Applied & Predictive Toxicology
Mentor: David Cool
Employed: Clinical Trial Management Services, Winston Salem NC
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Gregory A. Shanower, '97
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Mentor: George Kantor
Employed: Princeton University, Department of Molecular Biology; Research Staff Member
Email: [Personal][Professional]

Donata R. Sizemore, '91
Area of Concentration: Immunology
Mentors: Richard Warren, Pam Fink
Employed: Megan Health, Inc.
Email: [Personal][Professional]

Sandra L. Specht, '00
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Mentor: Michael Leffak
Employed: Wright State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Instructor
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Kaisa Selesniemi, 05
Area of Concentration: Cell Biology and Physiology
Mentor: Thomas Brown
Employed: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Patrick Sonner, 07
Area of Concentration: Neuroscience & Physiology
Mentor: Javier Stern
Employed: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Wright State University
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Susan E. Waltz, '94
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Mentor: Michael Leffak
Employed: Children's Hospital Medical Center [Cincinnati], Division of Developmental Biology; Assistant Professor
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Michael T. Williams, '97
Area of Concentration: Pharmacology, Neuroscience
Mentor: Harry N. Davis, Jr.
Employed: Pharmacology Research Center, Children's Hospital Research Foundation; Research Instructor. Faculty member of the University of Cincinnati graduate program in Neuroscience.
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology, Sinclair Community College
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Dazhong Xu, '99
Area of Concentration: Cell Biology and Physiology
Mentor: Luo Lu
Employed: Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School; Research Fellow
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Soonpin Yei, '87
Area of Concentration: Immunology
Mentor: David J. Giron
Employed: The Immune Response Corporation, Senior Scientific Investigator
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Married and have 3 lovely children! Happy life. Wife: Claire A. Yang. Children: Kevin Yei (7 yr), Simen Yei (2 yr, boy twin), Elena Yei (2 yr, girl twin)