The department is excited to share good news about our recent (and less recent) Ph.D. graduates and the amazing things they've been doing in the last year. See the last batch of recognitions here and look for the next batch of recognitions in October!

Dr. Christina Yu (2020 Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, Christin Burd lab) has a new position as Data Scientist at Genmab

Dr. Stevin Wilson (2019 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Bird lab) has a new position as Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at Illumina

Dr. Kristi Miller (2019 Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Park lab) has a new position as Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at Providence College.

Dr. Huayang Liu (2015 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Leone lab) was recently promoted to Associate Principal Scientist at AstraZeneca.

Dr. Khyati Shah (2014 Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Herman lab) was recently promoted to Associate Director at Sutro Biopharma, Inc.

Dr. I-Ju Lee (2013 Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Wu lab) has a new position as Assistant Professor at National Tsing Hua University

Dr. Elisa Leyva-Guerrero (2011 Ph.D. in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Sayre Lab) was recently promoted to Senior Scientist at Bayer Crop Science

Dr. Xianfeng Xu (2011 Ph.D. in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Meier Lab) was recently promoted to Vice president for Intellectual Property at Inscripta.

Dr. Nirodhini Siriwardana (2011 Ph.D. in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Lamb Lab) was recently promoted to Associate Director at Remix Therapeutics

Dr. Casey Jowdy (2010 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Seeger lab) has a new position as Senior Product Manager at Agilent Technologies.

Dr. Jennifer Carmichael (2008 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Fuerst lab) was recently promoted to Dean, Mathematics & Natural Sciences at San Diego Mesa Community College.