Group Alumni
Former Research Associates and Postdoctoral Fellows
| John Ramphal | 2010-2011 | Scientist, InterMune, Brisbane, CA |
| Alexander Yurkovetskiy | 2000-2002 | Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Mohamed Ismail | 1997-1998 | Senior Principal Scientist, Paratek Pharm., Inc., Boston, MA |
Former Ph.D. Students
| Venkata Raman | Ph.D. 2014 | Tufts University |
| Gizem Akçay | Ph.D. 2012 Postdoc MIT (Pentelute) |
Research Scientist, AstraZeneca R&D, Boston, MA |
| Laila Dafik | Ph.D. 2008 Postdoc Stanford (Khosla) |
Postdoc, Stanford (Pehr Harbury) |
| Viatcheslav Azev | Ph.D. 2006 | Branch of Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Bioorganic Chemistry Institute, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia |
| Nilanjana Chakraborty | Ph.D. 2005 | VisEn Medical, Wouburn, MA |
| David Turner | Ph.D. 2004 | Senior Manager, CMC & Process Development, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, MA |
| Georgia Marnerea | Ph.D. 2001 | Business Unit Manager, Arriana Pharmaceuticals, Athens, Greece |
| Christine Jaworek-Lopes | Ph.D. 2000 | Chair, Dept. of Chemistry and Physics, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA |
| Alexander Kornienko | Ph.D. 1999 Postdoc Montreal (Hanessian) |
Associate Professor, Texas State University, San Marcos |
| Pericles Calias | Ph.D. 1996 | Senior Vice President of Translational Medicine, to-BBB, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| Sarah Iacobucci | Ph.D. 1996 | Director of Laboratories, Tufts University, Medford, MA |
| Robert Plourde | Ph.D. 1992 Postdoc Amherst (Hansen) |
Director of Business Development, Avomeen Analytical Services, San Diego, CA |
| Dong Yu | Ph.D. 1991 | Research Scientist, Hybridon, Inc., Cambridge MA |
Former M.S. Students
| Sudi Sabet | M.S. 2014 | Visiting Researcher, San Jose State University |
| Vivian Tarkul | M.S. 2012 | Medical Student |
| Anaradha Sundaram | M.S. 2011 | Scientist, BASF, Singapore |
| Smita Fulzele | M.S. 2011 | Senior Applications Specialist, Cargill, Wayzata, MN |
| Meenakshi Goel | M.S. 2010 | Research Assocaite, Genentech, S. San Francisco, CA |
| Patricia Novelli Edwards | M.S. 1995 | Sr. Biostatician, Novella Clinical |
| Erin Buchanan McGurn | M.S. 1994 | Laboratory Coordinator, Quincy College, Quincy, MA |
| Roushan Afroze | M.S. 1992 | Res. Investigator, Millennium, the Takeda Oncology Company, Cambridge, MA |
| Charlene Driscoll | M.S. 1989 | Freelance Graphic Designer, W. Townsend, MA |
| Nha Vo | M.S. 1989 | Principal Scientist, Synta Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, MA |
Former B.S. and Postbac Students
| Jacinto De La Cruz | B.S. 2014 | Researcher, Intitute Pasteur de Lille (Oleg Malyk) |
| Anh-Dai Nguyen | B.S. 2014 | Researcher, San Jose State University (Alberto Rascon) |
| James Nguyen | B.S. 2014 | Researcher, San Jose State University (Alberto Rascon) |
| Adam Crawford | B.S. 2013 | Lead Lab Technician, Teknova, Hollister, CA |
| Ngoc Huynh | B.S. 2013 | Intern, MOSU Systems, Fremont, CA |
| Jorge Sanchez |
B.S. 2012 | Ph.D. student, Univ. of California, Davis |
| Phillip Calabretta | B.S. 2012 | Ph.D. student, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison (Laura Kiessling) |
| Caitlin Crowder | B.S. 2012 | Ph.D. student, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (Anthony Burgett) |
| Jeremy Beckford | B.S. 2011 | AIDS United, AmeriCorps, New Orleans, LA |
| Douglas Fox | Postbac 2010 | Ph.D. student, Univ. of California, Berkeley (Carolyn Bertozzi) |
| Lawrence Zieske | Postbac 2010 M.D., Wash. U |
Medical Resident, Washington U., St. Louis, MO |
| Leon Castaneda | Postbac 2010 M.D. Stanford |
Medical Resident, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA |
| Jan Bello | Postbac 2010 | Ph.D. Student, UC Riverside, CA (Jocelyn Millar), |
| Evan Sarina | B.S. 2010 | Ph.D. Student, UC Davis, CA (Alan Balch) |
| Kejia Ding | B.S. 2009 Ph.D. UCSD (Hermann) |
Scientist, Diagnaostics for the Real World, Sunnyvale, CA |
| Inema Orukari | B.S. 2009 | M.D./Ph.D. Student, Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO |
| Henry Workman | B.S. 2009 | D.O. Student |
| Thuy Huong Le | B.S. 2008 | Pharmacy Intern, San Jose, CA |
| Michael Yiu | B.S. 2008 M.B.A. SJSU |
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| Jennifer Siu | B.S. 2008 | |
| Jordan Jastrab | B.S. 2008 | M.D./Ph.D. Student, NYU, New York, NY |
| Camille Petersen | B.S. 2008 | Ph.D. Student, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA |
| Alexandra Kunin Wong | B.S. 2007 M.D. Minnesota |
Medical Resident, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA |
| Simina Grigoriu | B.S. 2007 Ph.D. Brown (Peti) |
Postdoc, Harvard Med (Gerhard Wagner) |
| Lauren Bowen | B.S. 2006 M.D. Florida |
Neurology Resident, Univ. of Florida. Gainesville, FL |
| Mina Fung | B.S. 2006 | M.D. Student, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA |
| Jacqueline Haker | B.S. 2006 D.D.S. Columbia |
Dental Resident, New York University, New York, NY |
| Scott West | B.S. 2005 Ph.D. Berkeley (Sarpong) |
Research Engineer, Chevron, Richmond, CA |
| John Prensner | B.S. 2005 M.D./Ph.D. Michigan | Pediatrics Intern, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Eric Simmons | B.A. 2004 Ph.D. Berkeley (Sarpong) Postdoc, Illinois (Hartwig) |
Senior Research Investigator, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ |
| Willmen Youngsaye | B.S. 2003 Ph.D. BU (Panek) |
Medicinal Chemist, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA |
| David Luftman | B.S. 2003 M.D. St. George’s |
Medical Resident, Stony Brook School of Medicine |
| Mark Kristjanson | B.S. 2000 | Boston Probes, Bedford, MA |
| Michael Hilinski | B.S. 2000 Ph.D. Stanford (Wender) Postdoc, Virginia (Lannigan) |
Assistant Professor, Univ. of Virginia, Charlotte, VA |
| Sheila (Aslami) Newth | B.S. 1999 | Institutional District Business Manger, TNovo Nordisk, Brookline, MA |
| Gregory L. Beutner | B.S. 1998 Ph.D. Illinois (Denmark) Postdoc CalTech (Grubbs) |
Senior Research Investigator II, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ |
| Hien Nguyen | B.S. 1996 Ph.D. Illinois (Gin) Postdoc Stanford (Trost) |
Associate Professor, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
| Kirsten Overoye-Chan | B.S. 1994 M.S. Northeastern |
Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs, Progenics Pharmaceuticals |
| Rebecca Kuntz Willitz | B.S. 1994 Ph.D. Cornell |
Associate Professor, U. Akron, Akron, OH |
| Nina Filippova | exchange student 1994 | Associate Professor, Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University |
| Anatoly Braylovsky | B.S. 1993 M.D. Ross Univ. |
Family Practice M.D., Wallingford CT |
| Robert M. Whitehouse | B.S. 1993 M.D. UMass |
Nephrologist, Bangor, ME |
| Nicolas Winssinger | B.S. 1993 Ph.D. Scripps (Nicolaou) Postdoc Scripps (Schultz) |
Professor, Univ. of Geneva |
| Jason Winslow | B.S. 1993 M.D. Tufts |
Emergency Physician, Patchogue, NY |
| Phieng Siliphaivanh | B.S. 1992 Ph.D. UNC (Crimmins) |
Principal Scientist Merck Research Laboratories, Boston |
| Christopher Caputo | B.S. 1991 M.D. Stony Brook |
Nephrologist, Mineola, NY |
| David Fay | B.S. 1988 Ph.D. Yale postdoc Johns Hopkins |
Professor, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY |
| Christopher Petti | B.S. 1988 M.D. NYU |
Radiologist, Bergen Imaging Center, Englewood, NJ |