Biology PhD program alumni
Our PhD graduates further their training at prestigious research institutions, pursue research opportunities in academia or industry, or pursue careers in education, publishing and science communication.
For example:
Kayla Anatone (PhD, Chernoff Lab) is an Environmental Scientist at McLaughlin Research Corporation.
Nickesha Anderson (PhD, Grabel Lab) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Mustafa Sahin at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Kemal Asik (PhD, Kirn Lab) is a Lead Clinical Scientist at Genentech. Kemal was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at Genentech.
Melissa Bernardo (PhD, Singer Lab) is a Science Teacher at The Ethel Walker School.
Michael Barresi (PhD, Devoto Lab) is a Professor at Smith College and the co-author of the 12th edition of the textbook Developmental Biology (ISBN-13: 978-1605358222) (co-authored with Scott Gilbert, who completed his BA at Wesleyan).
Hunter Cai (PhD, Grabel Lab), is an Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Jim Casanova (PhD, Grabel Lab), is a Professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
Christopher Chen (PhD, Grabel Lab), is a Scientist at Simcere Innovation.
Justin Cherny (PhD, Weir Lab), is a Director of Customer Success Engineering at Cambridge Mobile Telematics. He previously worked for JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments).
Rob Clark (PhD, Singer Lab) is a Research Scientist at Great Hollow Ecological Resarch Center and Owner of EcoData Technology LLC. He was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Dave Crowder at Washington State University.
Tirtha Das (PhD, Weir Lab) is an Assistant Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Lisa D'Angelo (PhD, Bodznick Lab) is Associate Provost for Research at Yale University.
Miles DeAngelis (PhD, Johnson Lab) is a Research Scientist at InveniAI.
Tim Earley (PhD, Sultan Lab) is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Chernoff Lab at Wesleyan University.
Xuesong Feng (PhD, Devoto Lab) is a Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation at the NIAMS
Claire Fournier (PhD, Weir Lab) is a Lecturer and Laboratory Coordinator at Trinity College.
Charlotte Freeland (PhD, Robinson Lab) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Yale School of Medicine.
Noelle Germain (PhD, Grabel Lab) is an Assistant Professor of Genetics and Genome Science at the University of Connecticut Health Center.
Jyoti Gupta (PhD, Naegele Lab) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the of Michael Higley at Yale University School of Medicine.
Nate Hartman (PhD, Grabel Lab) is an Associate Professor at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.
Jacob Herman (PhD, Sultan Lab) is a Program Manager in the Broad Research Communication Lab, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Previously Jacob was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Joy Bergelson at the University of Chicago.
Rulang Jiang (PhD, Grabel Lab) is a Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Sarah Kopac (PhD, Cohan Lab) is an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Haven, Middlesex Community College, and Wesleyan University.
Michelle Kraczkowski (PhD, Chernoff Lab) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Saint Joseph
Trish Labosky (PhD, Grabel Lab), is a Program Leader in the Division of Program Coordination at the NIH
Stephen Lanno (PhD, Coolon Lab), is a Lecturer and Academic Advisor in the Department of Allied Sciences, University of Connecticut.
Chelsea Lassiter (PhD, Grabel Lab) is a Patent Liaison, Mayo Clinic Ventures. Before that she was Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Kaylee Schwertfeger at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Kate MacDonald (PhD, Kirn Lab) is a STEM Learning Specialist at Connecticut College.
Peri Mason (PhD, Singer Lab) is an Assistant Professor of Ecology at Bard High School Early College. Before that Peri was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Deane Bowers at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Peter Maye (PhD, Grabel Lab), is an Associate Professor at the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development, University of Connecticut Health Center.
Kate Miller (PhD, Chernoff Lab) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University.
Sara Patterson (PhD, Devoto Lab) is Associate Director of Clinical Genomics Informatics Products at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine.
Kevin Serra (PhD, Devoto Lab) is Dean of General Education at Arizona College of Nursing, Hartford.
Rebecca Shearman (Postdoc, Burke Lab) is an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Science Foundation and an Associate Professor at Framingham State University.
Swechhya Shrestha (PhD, Aaron Lab), is a Senior Scientist at the Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research.
Frank Stellabotte (PhD, Devoto Lab) is an Associate Professor at Middlesex Community College.
Christos Suriano (PhD, Bodznick Lab) is an Assistant Professor at Montclair State University. Before that he was Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Lisa Boulanger at Princeton University.
Frank Tulenko (PhD, Burke Lab) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Peter Currie at Monash University in Australia.
Meghan Van Zandt (PhD, Naegele Lab) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Christopher Pittenger at Yale University School of Medicine.
Pavrithra Vivekanand (PhD, Weir Lab) is an Associate Professor at Susquehanna University.
Stefanie Windner (PhD, Devoto Lab) is a Research Fellow in the lab of Mary Baylies at Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center.
Zhi Zhang (PhD, Bodznick Lab) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, Dearborn.