Department of Microbiology and Immunology Graduates 1987 - present
2009
C. Njeri Maina, Ph.D. - Finishing M.D. portion of MD/PhD degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in January
Timothy Brandon Campbell, Ph.D. - Finishing M.D. portion of MD/PhD degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in February
Josetta Lynn Houlihan, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Drs. Steven Miller & Xunrung Luo, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology Department, Chicago, IL - Graduated in April
Nan Wang, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Dr. Elizabeth Mellins, Stanford University, Stanford, CA - Graduated in April
Amy Jo Casbon, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Dr. Zena Werb, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA - Graduated in April
Ayele-Nati (Nathalie) Ahyi, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Dr. Jay Mizgerd, Boston University, Boston, MA - Graduated in May
Jorge Alejandro Henao-Mejia, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Dr. Johnny He, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in May
2008
Joshua Fischer, Ph.D. - Entered medical school at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA - Graduated in January
Jeffery David Altenburg, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Dr. Rafat Siddiqui, Methodist Research Institute, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in February
Wei Zou, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Dr. Victor Garcia, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX - Graduated in February
Guiandre Joseph, Ph.D. - Finishing M.D. portion of MD/PhD degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in June
Andrew McDaniel, Ph.D. - Finishing M.D. portion of MD/PhD degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in September
Juan Antonio Jimenez, Ph.D. - Finishing M.D. portion of MD/PhD degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in December
John O'Malley, Ph.D. - Finishing M.D. portion of MD/PhD degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in December
2007
None.
2006
Tina L. Sumpter, Ph.D. - Research Associate, Dr. Angus Thomson's Laboratory, University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, PA - Graduated in October
Anubhav N. Mathur, Ph.D. - Finishing M.D. portion of MD/PhD degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in September; currently Resident in the Department of Dermatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
2005
Nathan Schmidt, Ph.D. - Postdoc, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA - Graduated in December
Yue Si, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Gladstone Institute, San Francisco, CA - Graduated in December
Kristin Hall, Ph.D. - Lecturer in Biology at Colorado State University Pueblo - Graduated in December
Qing Yu, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Mark Kaplan's Laboratory, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in October
Helena Spartz, Ph. D. - Finished M.D. portion of MD/PhD degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Resident in the Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in September
Allison Thiele, Ph.D. - Enrolled in medical school at the College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canada - Graduate in June; Residency in OB/GYN
Roberta Litavecz, M.S. - Technician in Dr. Barbara Hocevar's Laboratory, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Research Scientist, Pierce Biotechnology, Rockford, IL - Graduated in May
Qi Xu, M.S. - Research Associate, MedImmune Vaccines, Mountain View, CA - Graduated in May
Sung Yoo Cho, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Dr. Melanie Ott's lab, Gladstone Institute, San Francisco, CA - Graduated in April
Samantha Ciccone, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Wade Clapp's Laboratory, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Postdoc, Dr. Rothstein's Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY; - Graduated in January
Geling Li, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Dr. Hal Broxmeyer's Laboratory, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Postdoc, Dr. Irwin Bernstein, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA - Graduated in January
2004
Delu Zhou, Ph.D. - Postdoc, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA - Graduated in December
Patrick O'Donnell, Ph.D. - Finished M.D. portion of MD/PhD degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN in 2006; currently Resident in Orthopedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN- Graduated in June
Ying Zhou, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Dr. Linzhao Cheng's Lab, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; currently Research Scholar, California Stem Cell Research Initiative in Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), Los Angeles, CA- Graduated in April
Andrew Faber, M.S. - Biologist, Cancer Research, Eli Lily and Company, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in April
2003
Jonathan Howell, Ph.D. - Finished M.D. portion of MD/PhD degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Resident in the Pediatric Residency Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH - Graduated in September
R. Nicholas Laribee, Ph.D. - Postdoc, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC; currently Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memphis, TN - Graduated in April
Heather Bruns, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Ball State University, Muncie, IN - Graduated in August
Alicia Cecil, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Applied Biology, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN - Graduated in August
Jason Gustin, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO - Graduated in August
Tonya J. (Roberts) Webb, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Dr. David Wilkes Laboratory, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN,; Postdoc, Drs. Schneck & Oelke laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; currently, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD - Graduated in August
Kena A. (Woods) Swanson, Ph.D. - Postdoc, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Labs, Hamilton, MT - Graduated in August
Brian Freie, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA - Graduated in October
Esra Toussaint-Smith, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Dr. Van Meir's Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; currently Medical Technologist/Molecular Biologist, Department of Clinical Investigation, Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Building 38705, Ft. Gordon, GA; - Graduated in December
2002
Jennifer Jayne, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Biology, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT; currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, Earlham College, Richmond, IN - Graduated in August
Hui Lin Chua, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Dr. Nakshatri's Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in September
Lisa Kohli, M.S. - Research Technician - Dr. Kenneth Knox, Medicine Department, Pulmonary Division, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in March
Elizabeth Lehr, M.S. - Laboratory Supervisor, Dr. Darron Brown's Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Law clerk, Barnes and Thornburg, Intellectual Property Division, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in March
2001
Jonathan Hansen, Ph.D. - MD/PhD degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Internal Medicine Resident at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC - Graduated in June
Kelley Hiatt, Ph.D. - Finishing M.D. portion of MD/PhD degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in August
Stacy Nelson, Ph.D. - Postdoc, St. Jude's Children's Hospital Research Center, Memphis, TN - Graduated in August
Robert Throm, Ph.D. - Postdoc, St. Jude's Children's Hospital Research Center, Memphis, TN; currently in Dr. Clare Sample's Laboratory, St. Jude's Children Hospital Research Center, Memphis, TN - Graduated in August
2000
John Lich, Ph.D. - Postdoc, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC; currently faculty member, Department of Microbiology/Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC - Graduated in October
Shuli Zhang, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA; currently Postdoc, DNAX Research Institute, Schering-Plough, Palo Alto, CA - Graduated in July
Abing Wang, M.S. - Research Technician, Cell Genesys Inc., Foster City, CA - Graduated in June
1999
Ihn-Kyung Jang, Ph.D. - Postdoc, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD - Graduated in March
Diane N. Turvy, M.S. - Research Specialist, Sera Dyne, Corp., Indianapolis, IN; currently enrolled in medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in May
Jacqueline A. Hobbs, Ph.D. - Intern/Resident, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY; Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida in Gainesville, Gainesville, FL - Graduated in May
John Michael Scherer, Ph.D. - Postdoc, U.S. Army at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC - Graduated in July
1998
Lorraine A. Cramer, Ph.D. - Postdoc, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC; Instructor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC - Graduated in May
Janine Terese Bryan, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Indiana University School of Medicine; currently Staff Scientist - MERCK, Philadelphia, PA - Graduated in May
John Alexander Ritchie, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Scripps, LaJolla, CA, currently Scientific Review Administrator, National Institutes of Health-NIAID, Bethesda, MD - Graduated in June
Jay Gaddy, Ph.D. - MD/PhD, Hematology Fellow, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in June
Mathias N'Cho, Ph.D. - Sr. Biologist, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in July
Chang H. Kim, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; currently Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN - Graduated in December
Cathryn S. Mah, Ph.D. - Postdoc, University of Florida, UF Pediatrics - Division of Cellular & Molecular Therapy Cancer & Genetics research Complex, 1376 Mowry Road, Room 493, Gainesville, FL - Graduated in December
1997
José Carlos Hurtado, Ph.D. - Current position unknown - Graduated in February
Benjawan Khuntirat, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Chief of Molecular Biology, AFRIMS, Dept. of Entomology, Bangkok, Thailand - Graduated in April
Byung-Soo Youn, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Assistant Scientist Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine; Vice President/Scientific Director; KOMED Institute for Life Science, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea & Adjunct Professor, Chosun University School of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea; currently CEO/Scientific Director, AdipoGen, Inc., Korea University, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Room 641-B, 1, 5-ka, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-ku, Seoul 136-701, Korea - Graduated in August
Dagmar M. Kube, Ph.D. - Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Postdoc at Roche Pharmaceutical, Basal, Switzerland - Graduated in October
Thomas James Hiltke, Ph.D. - Postdoc, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY; Assistant Scientist, Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY; currently Contract Scientific Review Administrator, LTS Corporation, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease, Bethesda, MD - Graduated in October
Karla J. Biberstine-Kinkade, Ph.D. - Scientist track position, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Research Associate, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in December
Chandrika Kurpad, M.S. - Research Associate, Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN
Rema Ramani, M.S. - Research Analyst, Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in July
1996
Brian D. Reynolds, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Alma College, Alma, MI; started a company to place graduate trained scientists for temp jobs - Graduated in April
Angela Horn Montel, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Bluffton College, Bluffton, OH - Graduated in July
Scott Pattison, Ph.D. - Postdoc, St. Jude's Hospital; Staff Scientist, Genetics Therapy, Inc, currently Director of Molecular Biology, Kemp Biotechnologies, Inc., 7307 Governors Way, Frederick, MD - Graduated in October
1995
William Scott Goebel, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; received M.D. at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Assistant Professor in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in April
Anne Trudy Quets, M.S. - Research Associate, Department of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in May
Deborah Jane Fry Armstrong, Ph.D. - Received M.D. at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Resident, Department of Dermatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in May
Markian Roman Bochan, Ph.D. - Received M.D. at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN; currently at Vanderbilt University, TN - Graduated in June
David E. Morgenstern, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Associate Medical Program Coordinator, Merck Pharmaceutical, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in August
Burton J. Webb, Ph.D. - Postdoc, College of Medicine, Madison, WI; Assistant Professor, Indiana Wesleyan College; current faculty member at Ball State University, Muncie, IN - Graduated in August
1994
Karen Kathleen Gerlach, Ph.D. - Postdoc, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; currently Program Leader, Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ - Graduated in June
1993
Paul Curtis Hendrie, Ph.D. - Finished M.D., Intern and Residency at IU School of Medicine; currently Hematology Research Fellow/Clinical Acting Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA - Graduated in August
1992
Catherine E. Carow, Ph.D. - Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Piruz Nahreini, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Cold Spring Harbor, NY; currently Sr. Instructor, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver CO - Graduated in August
Rodney G. Maze, M.S. - Finished Ph.D. in the Department of Medical Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently in Law School - Graduated in December
Dan L. Wood, M.S. - Sr. Patent Technician, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in December
Michael Woody, M.S. - Research Tech, Department of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently an attorney
1991
Hidemi Amy Tomita, M.S. - Ciba Geigy Pharmaceutical Co., Basel, Switzerland - Graduated in May
Abigail Farr, Ph.D. - Received M.D. Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, Intern and Residency at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; currently Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in December
1990
Thomas G. Plant, M.S. - Received Law Degree, Patent Attorney at Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in Jannuary
Mark A. Hughes, M.S. - Sr. Process Engineer, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN, currently Associate Senior Biochemist at Research Triangle Park Laboratories, Eli Lilly & Co., Research Triangle Park, NC - Graduated in May
Mark John Halvorson, Ph.D. - Postdoc, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; currently in Law School - Graduated in December
Amiya Maria Shenoy, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; currently at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA - Graduated in September
1989
Tony J. Fleming, Ph.D. - Postdoc, University of Florida at Miami; Postdoc and Scientist tract at National Cancer Institute - Graduated in February
Wei-Min Tsai, Ph.D. - Postdoc at Salk Institute; currently a Faculty member at a Medical School in Taiwan - Graduated in August
Bobbie Ann Collett-Sutton, Ph.D. - Postdoc, University of Kentucky; Received her M.D.
1988
Don Charles Dailey, Ph.D. - Postdoc, University of Texas Health Center, San Antonio, TX; currently Professor, Chair, Department of Biology, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN - Graduated in January
Timothy Arthur Steele, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Miami, OH; currently at Mercer School of Medicine, Mercer, GA - Graduated in November
Susan T. Karimi, Ph.D. - Instructor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN - Graduated in November
1987
Scott Irwin Abrams, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; currently Senior Scientist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD - Graduated in August
Jr-Shin Twu, Ph.D. - Postdoc, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; currently Research Scientist, GeneMed Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA
