Alumni
We thank the following people for their time and research in the Hittinger Lab:
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William G. Alexander, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Currently: Oak Ridge National Labs
D. Peris Navarro, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Currently: Postdoctoral Research Assistant at University of Oslo, Norway
Meihua (Christina) Kuang
PhD Earned from CMB
Currently: Postdoc at UCSD
Emily Baker
PhD Earned from Microbiology Doctoral Training Program
Currently: Postdoc at University of Oregon
Quinn Langdon
PhD Earned from Genetics PhD Program
Currently: Postdoc at Stanford
Drew Doering
PhD Earned from Graduate Program in CMB
Currently: Scientist at JGI
Dana Opulente, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Currently: Assistant Professor at Villanova
Sae-Byuk "Karl" Lee, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Co-Advised by Trey Sato
Currently: Assistant Professor at Kyungpook National University Website
Dave Krause, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Currently: Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Kaitlin Fisher, PhD
Morgridge Metabolism
Interdisciplinary Fellow
Check out this interview with Dr. Fisher!
Currently: Assistant Professor at SUNY Oswego
Jacek Kominek, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Currently: LifeMine
Jonathan Schmitz
PhD Candidate
CMB PhD Program
Co-Advised with Dave Pagliarini @ WashU
Undergraduates, Interns, and Masters Students
Brielle James
Wild YEAST Program
Currently: PhD Student at Georgia State University
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Heidi (Tessmer) Gurung
Computer Scientist
Currently: Research and Programming at IEM
Russell Mendez
Wild YEAST Program
Michael Price
Summer REU student from University of Montana Western
Currently: Scientist at Patheon in St. Louis, MO
Jin Kang, MSc
Masters Graduate from Bacteriology
Krystal Almazan
Lab Assistant
Kayla Sylvester
Wild YEAST Program, Research Intern
Currently: PhD Student at Duke University
Daniel Rodriguez
Wild YEAST Program, Lab Assistant, POSSEE Student
Kevin Chen
Wild YEAST Program,y1000+ Project
Cleome Bernick-Roehr
y1000+ Project
Aaron Barton
Wild YEAST Program
Ryan Moriarty
Wild YEAST Program
Currently: Graduate Student at UW-Madison in the MDTP Program.
Kelly Buh
Wild YEAST Program
Currently: Clinical Genomic Scientist at Invitae
Max Haase
Wild YEAST Program
Currently: PhD Student at NYU
Edward Cao
Undergraduate Research Student, Lab Assistant
James Boudouris
Computer Scientist
Martin Jarzyna
Wild YEAST Program
Currently: Researcher and Lab Manager at UW-Madison
Sam Considine
Wild YEAST Program
Ellie Austin
Wild YEAST Program
Currently: In Dental School at Marquette University School of Dentistry
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Napoleon Nosker
Wild YEAST Program
Manuel Valdivia
REU Student from Arizona
Currently: Beginning Grad School at UW-Madison in Fall 2021 in the Laboratory of Genetics
Yuren Sun
Computational Researcher
Raymond Wang
Hourly Worker
Ritika Punathil
Wild YEAST Program and Undergraduate Research with Dave Krause
Currently: Starting med school at UW-Madison in Fall 2021
Rachel Schneider
Wild YEAST Program, Undergraduate Researcher with GLBRC
Currently: Test Article Coordinator at Covance
Damayanti Rodriguez-Ramos
REU Student from Puerto Rico
Hayley Stoneman
Undergraduate Researcher with Russell Wrobel, Intern with Dana Opulente
Currently: PhD Candidate at University of Colorado in Denver
Caroline Miller
Research Intern
Currently: Beginning Marquette University School of Dentistry in Summer 2021
Jenna Vandenavond
Research Intern
Currently: Beginning at University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in Summer 2021
Taylor Meyer
Wild Yeast Program and Student Hourly
Currently: Starting UW Cytogenetics in Fall 2021
Hezekiah Gillies
Wild YEAST Program
Lisa Liu
Masters Student
Co-Advised with Trey Sato
Will Spurley
Wild YEAST Program
Currently: Graduate Student in Genetics at UW-Madison
Rishitha Nalabothu
Wild YEAST Program
Visiting Scientists, Teachers, and High School Students
Qi-Ming Wang, PhD
Visiting Research Associate from the Bai Lab in China
Sarah Wright
Summer RET -Teacher at Monona Grove High School
Mariana Lopes, PhD
Visiting student from Brazil - completed PhD in Brazil
Bing Wang
Visiting Bioinformaticist
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Angela Sheddan
Summer RET
Lisa Sorlie
Summer RET - Teacher at Bonduel School District
GLBRC Reporting on her successes
STEM Diversity program reporting
Yvonne Butterfield
Summer RET - Teacher at Mauston High School
Thomas Silver
YAP Student
