Alumni list last updated in 2021.
To be updated soon with photos, more information. If you are one of the question marks, please email etpapish@ua.edu, and let me know what you are up to!
Undergrads | Joined when? | Did research how long? | BS when? | Where are they now? | |
1 | Chinonye Ekeocha | Spring 2004 | 1 semester | 2004 | Pharmacy school? |
2 | Michael Rodig | Spring 2004 | 2 semesters | 2005 | Eastman Chemical |
3 | Michael Taylor | Fall 2004 | 1.5 years | 2006 | Professor – U of Wyoming |
4 | Robert Shawhan | Fall 2004 | 2 semesters | 2006 | MD received, now practicing medicine |
5 | Finith Jernigan | Spring 2005 | 2.5 years | 2007 | PTC Therapeutics |
6 | Bryan Klebon | Spring 2006 | 1.5 years | 2009 | LaMotte Company |
7 | Brian Smith | Spring 2006 | 1 semester | 2008 | USDA genomics research |
8 | Aaron Jenkins | Spring 2006 | 1 semester | 2008 | DOD: analytical chemist at Naval Base |
9 | Brittany Rowe | Summer 2006 | 1 summer | 2007 | Pharmacist with CVS, Charleston, SC |
10 | Kirsten Wells | Fall 2006 | 1 year | 2008 | Lancaster Labs, PA |
11 | Patrick Fadden | Spring 2007 | 1 semester + 1 summer | 2008 | MD received, now practicing medicine |
12 | Trisha Donahue | Spring 2007 | 1 semester | 2009 | employed |
13 | Sean Gardner | Fall 2007 | 1 year | 2008 | Grad school – U of Pittsburgh |
14 | Jessica Bongiovanni | Fall 2007 | 2 years | 2009 | began PhD at Princeton, died of cancer during studies |
15 | Mark Mangir | Summer 2008 | 1 summer | 2012 | Medical Lab Scientist, U Penn |
16 | Paul DeGregory | Summer 2008 | 1 summer | 2012 | Grad school – UT Austin, deceased |
17 | Shannon Oseback | Fall 2008 | 2 years | 2010 | Chemical Engineer – GE Power |
18 | Sarah Shim | Winter 2009 | 1.5 years | 2010 | Dental School – Temple U. |
19 | Stephen Fredericks | Summer 2010 | 6 months | 2011 | Applying to grad school |
20 | Russell Carpenter | Winter 2011 | 3 months | 2010 | Research SUNY Binghamton |
21 | Lauren Reuther | Spring 2010 | two years | 2012 | Department of Defense |
22 | Keisha Lemar | Summer 2010 | 9 months | 2014 | Regulatory Coord. U Penn |
23 | Mi Kieu Bui | Summer 2011 | six months | 2015 | Medical Writer, ETHOS Health Commun. |
24 | Jodi Kraus | Summer 2011 | two years | 2015 | U of Delaware – PhD program |
25 | Lee Serpas | Summer 2011 | 1.5 years | 2015 | NYU – MD/PhD program |
26 | Hayden Truong | Fall 2011 | 9 months | 2012 | Dental School – Temple U. |
27 | Anh Duong | Fall 2012 | 6 months | 2013 | Dental School – Temple U. |
28 | Dave Charboneau | Summer 2014 | summer REU | 2015 | Yale PhD program |
29 | Katherine Jernigan | Spring 2014 | spring + summer | 2015 | Texas A&M Med School |
30 | Jay Law | Summer 2015 | summer REU | 2016 | Florida St. U PhD program |
31 | Nicole Chambers | Spring 2014 | 3 years | 2017 | Med School |
32 | Anthony Curto | Spring 2014 | 3 years | 2017 | U Penn PhD program |
33 | Katlyn Hughes | Fall 2014 | 1.5 years | 2016 | PhD program |
34 | John Lundeen | Spring 2015 | 2 years | 2017 | Med School – GA |
35 | Sydney Reed | Summer 2016 | summer REU | 2017 | student at U of Arkansas for Medical Sci |
36 | Samantha McKee | Summer 2016 | summer REU | 2017 | lab tech, Pace Anal. |
37 | Lindsey Taylor | Fall 2014 | 3 months | 2018 | lab tech, Tusc. Eye care |
38 | Lizzy Douglas | Fall 2014 | 9 months | 2018 | DCS co-op rotation |
39 | Courtney Thompson | Fall 2014 | 2 years+ | 2018 | Engineer at Exxon Mobil |
40 | Jamie Tesh | Spring 2015 | 2 years+ | 2018 | Engineer |
41 | Joseph Nelson | Spring 2015 | 9 months | 2018? | Engineer at Tenaska Power services co. |
42 | Jillian Houston | Fall 2015 | 1 semester | 2016 | Quality Assurance Overwraps Packaging |
43 | Jack Fitzgerald | fall 2016 | 2 semesters | 2019 | Huntsman Advanced Materials |
44 | Jake Southern | fall 2016 | 2 semesters + summer | 2019? | ? |
45 | Sarah Altman | summer 2017 | summer REU | 2018 | PhD program U of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
46 | Orrion Kuykendall | summer 2017 | summer REU | 2018 | Kennesaw State U. |
47 | Angela Hairston | summer 2017 | summer REU | 2018 | Adjunct Prof OK city commun college |
48 | Stefan Knorr | fall 2017 | 2 years | 2019 | MD school |
49 | Anna Perkins | spring 2018 | 1 semester | 2021 | UA student |
50 | Daniel Hayes | spring 2018 | 2 years | 2019 | PhD program Purdue eng. |
51 | Breanna Holmes | summer 2018 | summer REU | 2020 | Product Manager at Unicorn Hits LLC |
52 | Courtney Dale | summer 2019 | summer REU | 2021 | grad school – Michigan State University |
53 | Emily Shrewsbury | summer 2019 | summer REU | 2021 | grad school – Clemson University |
54 | Alexa DeRegnaucourt | spring 2018 | 2.5 years | 2021 | medical school |
55 | Thomas Cope | Fall 2019 | 1.5 semesters | 2022 | |
56 | Kierra Schmitz | Spring 2020 | 1 semester | 2022 | |
57 | Charles Johnson | Spring 2020 | 1 semester | 2022 | |
58 | Adeline Heeney | Spring 2020 | 1 semester | 2021 | |
Graduate Students | Joined when? | Degree | Year | Where are they now? | |
PhD students: | |||||
1 | Natalie Dixon | Fall 2008 | PhD | 2013 | Chemours Inc. |
2 | Joseph DePasquale | Fall 2008 | PhD | 2013 | Northeastern visiting professor |
3 | Sopheavy Siek | Fall 2011 | PhD | 2017 | Adesis Inc. |
4 | Dalton Burks | Fall 2014 | PhD | 2019 | Louisiana School Math, Science, & Arts |
5 | Jessica Gray | Fall 2014 | PhD | 2020 | Catalent Inc. |
MS or other grad students: | Joined when? | Degree | Year | Where are they now? | |
1 | WaiSum Li | Spring 2008 | MS | 2009 | Adjunct instructor |
2 | Tom Reffle | Winter 2009 | MS | 2009 | DOW Chemical |
3 | Michelle Livings | Winter 2011 | MS expected | HS Teacher – NJ | |
4 | Bill Hunt | Winter 2011 | MS | 2013 | Multi-Flex Plating Co |
5 | Jay Sacci | Spring 2011 | MS expected | Drexel in MS program | |
6 | Nick White | Fall 2011 | MS expected from Drexel | PhD received (Bonizzoni group) | |
7 | Corey Herbst-Gervasoni | Fall 2011 | MS expected from Drexel | Temple U PhD program | |
8 | Molly Lockart | Summer 2014 | rotation in Papish group | 2014 | PhD received (Bowman group) |
9 | Silas Brown | Fall 2014 | rotation in Papish group | 2014 | PhD received (Vincent group) |
Postdocs | Where are they now? | ||||
1 | Mukesh Kumar | May 1, 2008 | postdoctoral fellow, research scientist | Momentive, Inc. | |
2 | Ismael (Sam) Nieto | March 1, 2009 | postdoctoral fellow | Albemarle Corp., Baton Rouge LA | |
3 | Salome Bhagan | October 1, 2012 | postdoctoral fellow | Food and Drug Admin | |
4 | Deidra Gerlach | July 2014 | postdoctoral fellow, cryst. | Prof. U. of Wisconsin Eau Claire | |
5 | Fengrui Qu | November 1, 2015 | postdoctoral fellow, cryst. | Crystallographer at UA |