Alumni

(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!

Undergraduate Students

NameJoined when?Did research how long?BS when?Where are they now?
Chinonye EkeochaSpring 20041 semester2004Pharmacy school?
Michael RodigSpring 20042 semesters2005Eastman Chemical
Michael TaylorFall 20041.5 years2006Professor – U of Wyoming
Robert ShawhanFall 20042 semesters2006MD received, now practicing medicine
Finith JerniganSpring 20052.5 years2007PTC Therapeutics
Bryan KlebonSpring 20061.5 years2009LaMotte Company
Brian SmithSpring 20061 semester2008USDA genomics research
Aaron JenkinsSpring 20061 semester2008DOD: analytical chemist at Naval Base
Brittany RoweSummer 20061 semester2007Pharmacist with CVS, Charleston, SC
Kirsten WellsFall 20061 year2008Lancaster Labs, PA
Patrick FaddenSpring 20071 semester + 1 summer2008MD received, now practicing medicine
Trisha DonahueSpring 20071 semester2009employed
Sean GardnerFall 20071 year2008Grad school – U of Pittsburgh
Jessica BongiovanniFall 20072 years2009began PhD at Princeton, died of cancer during studies
Mark MangirSummer 20081 summer2012Medical Lab Scientist, U Penn
Paul DeGregorySummer 20081 summer2012Grad school – UT Austin, decease
Shannon OsebackFall 20082 years2010Chemical Engineer – GE Power
Sarah ShimWinter 20091.5 years2010Dental School – Temple U.
Stephen FredericksSummer 20106 months2011Applying to grad school
Russell CarpenterWinter 20113 months2010Research SUNY Binghamton
Lauren ReutherSpring 20102 years2012Department of Defense
Keisha LemarSummer 20109 months2014Regulatory Coord. U Penn
Mi Kieu BuiSummer 20116 months2015Medical Writer, ETHOS Health Commun.
Jodi KrausSummer 20112 years2015U of Delaware – PhD program
Lee SerpasSummer 20111.5 years2015NYU – MD/PhD program
Hayden TruongFall 20119 months2012Dental School – Temple U.
Anh DuongFall 20126 months2013Dental School – Temple U.
Dave CharboneauSummer 2014Summer REU2015Yale PhD program
Katherine JerniganSpring 2014Spring + Summer2015Texas A&M Med School
Jay LawSummer 2015Summer REU2016Florida St. U PhD program
Nicole ChambersSpring 20143 years2017Med School
Anthony CurtoSpring 20143 years2017U Penn PhD program
Katlyn HughesFall 20141.5 years2016PhD program
John LundeenSpring 20152 years2017Med School – GA
Sydney ReedSummer 2016Summer REU2017student at U of Arkansas for Medical Sci
Samantha McKeeSummer 2016Summer REU2017lab tech, Pace Anal.
Lindsey TaylorFall 20143 months2018lab tech, Tusc. Eye care
Lizzy DouglasFall 20149 months2018DCS co-op rotation
Courtney ThompsonFall 20142 years +2018Engineer at Exxon Mobil
Jamie TeshSpring 20152 years +2018Engineer
Joseph NelsonSpring 20159 months2018?Engineer at Tenaska Power services co.
Jillian HoustonFall 20151 semester2016Quality Assurance Overwraps Packaging
Jack FitzgeraldFall 20162 semesters2019Huntsman Advanced Materials
Jake SouthernFall 20162 semesters + summer2019??
Sarah AltmanSummer 2017Summer REU2018PhD program U of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Orrion KuykendallSummer 2017Summer REU2018Kennesaw State U.
Angela HairstonSummer 2017Summer REU2018Adjunct Prof OK city commun college
Stefan KnorrFall 20172 years2019MD school
Anna PerkinsSpring 20181 semester2021UA student
Daniel HayesSpring 20182 years2019PhD program Purdue eng.
Breanna HolmesSummer 2018Summer REU2020Product Manager at Unicorn Hits LLC
Courtney DaleSummer 2019Summer REU2021grad school – Michigan State University
Emily ShrewsburySummer 2019Summer REU2021grad school – Clemson University
Alexa DeRegnaucourtSpring 20182.5 years2021medical school
Thomas CopeFall 20191.5 semesters2022
Kierra SchmitzSpring 20201 semester2022
Charles JohnsonSpring 20201 semester2022
Adeline HeeneySpring 20201 semester2021

Graduate Students

PhD Students

NameJoined when?DegreeYearWhere are they now?
Natalie DixonFall 2008PhD2013Chemours Inc.
Joseph DePasqualeFall 2008PhD2013Northeastern visiting professor
Sopheavy SiekFall 2011PhD2017Adesis Inc.
Dalton BurksFall 2014PhD2019Louisiana School Math, Science, & Arts
Jessica GrayFall 2014PhD2020Catalent Inc.

MS or Other Students

NameJoined when?DegreeYearWhere are they now?
WaiSum LiSpring 2008MS2009Adjunct instructor
Tom ReffleWinter 2009MS2009DOW Chemical
Michelle LivingsWinter 2011MS expectedHS Teacher – NJ
Bill HuntWinter 2011MS2013Multi-Flex Plating Co
Jay SacciSpring 2011MS expectedDrexel in MS program
Nick WhiteFall 2011MS expected from DrexelPhD received (Bonizzoni group)
Corey Herbst-GervasoniFall 2011MS expected from DrexelTemple U PhD program
Molly LockartSummer 2014Rotation in Papish Group2014PhD received (Bowman group)
Silas BrownFall 2014Rotation in Papish Group2014PhD received (Vincent group)

Postdocs

NameJoined when?Title/ClassificationWhere are they now?
Mukesh KumarMay 1, 2008postdoctoral fellow, research scientistMomentive, Inc.
Ismael (Sam) NietoMarch 1, 2009postdoctoral fellowAlbemarle Corp., Baton Rouge LA
Salome BhaganOctober 1, 2012postdoctoral fellowFood and Drug Admin
Deidra GerlachJuly 2014postdoctoral fellow, cryst.Prof. U. of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Fengrui QuNovember 1, 2015postdoctoral fellow, cryst.Crystallographer at UA