Congratulations to former PhD grads!

September 23, 2024

Congratulations to former PhD grads!

Congratulations to former Mol Gen Ph.D. recipients

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. Look for the next batch of recognitions in October!

  • Ashton Holub (2022 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Husbands lab) is now a postdoctoral researcher at Nationwide Children's Research Institute 
  • Kara Braunreiter (2020 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Cole lab) has been promoted to Scientist II in Gene Editing at Sarepta Therapeutics
  • Allison (Webb) Chasser (2019 Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Chamberlin lab) is now a Clinical Trial Manager at PERI
  • Anne (Kalinoski) Witzky (2019 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Ibba lab) is now an Assistant  Professor of Biology at Capital University
  • Anna Newman-Griffis (2018 Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Meier lab) is now an Assistant Professor at Durham University
  • Kaushik Panda (2017 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Husbands lab) is now a Genome Editing Scientist at Bayer Crop Science
  • Huayang Liu (2015 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Leone lab) has been promoted to Associate Director at AstraZeneca
  • Anju Gangadharan (2014 Ph.D. in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Mackey Lab) is now Director, Clinical Biorepository at CHDI Management
  • Yadira Malavez (2012 Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Doseff lab) has been promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
  • Nirodhini Siriwardana (2011 Ph.D. in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Lamb Lab) was recently promoted to Associate Director at Remix Therapeutics
  • Tania (Nayak) Kamphaus (2008 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Oakley lab) has been promoted to Associate Vice President, Science Partnerships and Director of FNIH Patient Engagement at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
  • Casey Jowdy (2010 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Seeger lab) is now a Senior  Product Manager at Synthego Corporation.
  • Kristin (Armstrong) DeSouza (2008 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Chamberlin lab) is now a Toxicology Consultant at Akkeri, Inc