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Congratulations to former PhD grads!

October 31, 2025

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 additional postings in the next month.

Isabella Mendes (2025 Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Meier lab) will start as an Assistant Professor in Biology at Wesleyan College in Macon GA

Zhongxia Yi (2021 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Singh lab) is now Senior Scientist, RNA Science at Moderna.

David Ignacio (2021 Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Dawes lab) is now a Microscope and Imaging Specialist at Hunt Optics and Imaging

Aaron Bruns (2019 Ph.D. Ohio State Biochemistry Program, Bisaro lab) has been promoted to Senior Scientist at Natera

Katherine Mejia-Guerra (2015 Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Grotewold lab) has been promoted to Principal Scientist, Multi-omics Pipelines and Research at Sarepta 

Hsiao-Yun (Ivy) Huang (2015 Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Hopper lab) has been promoted to Staff Scientist at Natera

Valerie Coffman (2013 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Wu lab,) has been promoted to Lead Analytics and Insight Associate at  Vizient Inc 

Maurisa (Riley) Croce (2011 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Cole lab) is now Vice President, Marketing at Nuvalent

Tahera Zabuwala (2008 Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Ostrowski lab) is now an Analytics Manager at Guardant Health