Where are they now?

Former Graduate Students

2015-2024 Natalie Sawaya – Ph.D. student. Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Alaska.

2021-2024 Keith Keel – M.S. student. Currently a Gulf Research Program Science Policy Fellow with NOAA – National Centers for Environmental Information.

2021-2024 Caitlyn Parente – M.S. student, co-advised with Dr. Kristen Buck. Currently applying to PhD programs.

2019-2023 Christina Chadwick – M.S. student. Currently a Laboratory Scientist at Immunologix Laboratories.

2017-2019 Makenzie Burrows Kerr – M.S. student. Currently outreach coordinator for my lab and co-director of the USF-CMS Oceanography Camp Especially for Girls

2016-2021 Kema Malki – Ph.D. student. Currently a Senior Scientist at Illumna

2015-2017 Amanda Sosnowski – M.S. student, co-advised with Heather Judkins. Subsequently earned a MA in Wildlife Filmmaking at the University of the West of England and is now a Researcher for Offspring Films.

2015-2018 Alexandria Creasy – M.S. student, co-advised with Larry Dishaw. Currently a Microbiologist at VistaPharm, Inc

2014-2019 Chelsea Bonnain Chase – M.S. student, co-advised with Dr. Kristen Buck. Currently North FL Area Representative for LABRepCo, LLC

2013-2016 Stephanie Lawler-Ellington – M.S. student, co-advised with Christina Kellogg. Currently Program Director at Keep Pinellas Beautiful

2012-2017 Brittany Leigh – Ph.D. student, co-advised with Larry Dishaw. Currently an Account Executive at LifeSci Communications

2012-2017 Elizabeth Fahsbender – Ph.D. student. Currently a Product Applications Scientist at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

2011-2014 Max Hopkins – M.S. student, 2011-2014. M.S. received Summer 2014. Currently a Scientist at Felix Biotechnology

2009-2012 Darren Dunlap – M.S. student. Currently a Microbiologist at Boeing Research & Technologies

2009-2012 Sheila O’Dea – M.S. student Currently a Lead Marine Mammal Observer for Petroleum Geo-Services (Africa)

2007-2015 Monica Mion Cook – Ph.D. student, co-advised by Ted Van Vleet. Currently an Instructor at Saint Petersburg College

2007-2010 Anthony Nitti – M.S. student, co-advised by David Hollander. Currently employed at NovoBiotic Pharmaceuticals

2007-2014 Dawn Goldsmith – Ph.D. student. Currently a Forensic DNA Examiner for the Defense Forensic Science Center

2006-2010 Terry Fei Fan Ng – Ph.D. student. Currently a Senior Service Fellow at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia

2006-2010 Karyna Rosario – Ph.D. student. Currently a Scientific Writer at the Chan Zuckerburg Initiative

2006-2011 Camille Daniels – Ph.D. student. Currently a bioinformatician at Medical Device Innovation Consortium

2006-2008 Erin Symonds – M.S. student. Currently Strategic Partnership Manager at Water for Good

Former Postdoctoral Researchers

2021-2022 Meredith Kernbach. Currently in Oncology Sales at Pfizer

2018-2019 Y Nguyen. Currently a Gene Therapy Reviewer at the Food & Drug Administration

2017-2021 Erin Symonds. Currently Program Development Officer at Water for Good

2017-2018 Noemi Van Bogaert, Belgian American Education Foundation Fellow. Currently a Research Scientist at the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food

2015-2019 Anni Djurhuus. Currently an Assistant Professor at the University of the Faroe Islands

2015-2016 Dawn Goldsmith. Currently employed as a Forensic DNA Examiner for the Defense Forensic Science Center

2013-2015 Anna Szekely, Marie Curie Fellow. Currently an Associate Professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

2011-2022 Karyna Rosario. Postdoc from 2011 – 2013, Research Associate from 2013-2020. Currently a Scientific Writer at the Chan Zuckerburg Initiative

2009-2012 Bhakti Dwivedi. Currently a Senior Research Scientist at The Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

2007-2010 Kimberly Pause. Currently the Direction of STEM Initiatives and an Assistant Professor of Biology at Stevenson University