Congratulations to former PhD grads!

November 21, 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. Recent recognitions can be read here or here. Look for the next batch of recognitions in December!

  • Meredith Sigman (2021 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Slotkin lab) has been promoted to Scientist II at Bayer Crop Science
  • Mohammad Marhabaie (2020 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Wharton lab) is now a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at Nationwide Children's Research Institute
  • David Glasbrenner (2019 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Seeger lab) has been promoted to Senior Scientist at Battelle
  • Rebecca Hennessey (2018 Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, CE Burd lab) now a Scientist at Miltenyi Biotech
  • Stephanie LaHaye (2017 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Garg lab) has been promoted to Director, Data Solutions at Tempus Labs.
  • Mahesh Chemudupati (2016 Ph.D. Ohio State Biochemistry Program, Osmani lab) is now a Senior Medical Writer at CMC Connect
  • Jingyan Wu (2015 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Hopper lab) is now a Senior Scientist II at AbbVie 
  • Sizhun Li (2014 Ph.D. in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Bisaro lab) is now an  Analytical Scientist II at GeneFab
  • Nripesh Dhungel (2012 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Hopper lab) is now Head of Business & Market Development at Singer Instruments
  • Srilakshmi Makkena (2011 Ph.D. in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Lamb lab) is now a Manager, Plasmid Process Development at Metagenomi 
  • Litty Paul (2008 Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Simcox lab) is now a Scientist II at the University of Kentucky
  • Yuh-Ying Yeh (2010 Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Herman lab) has been promoted to TA Lead, Gastro - Intercontinental, Asia at AbbVie