Lab Alumni

Chris A. Stevens
BS Chemical Engineering, U Kentucky
PhD ChE, 2018
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Now: Scientist, Levitas, Menlo Park, CA
Elissa K. Leonard
BS Molecular Systems & Design, with Distinction, Harvey Mudd
PhD BME, 2018
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2014 NSF GRFP
Post-doc, Spangler lab at John's Hopkins
Ellen K. Wagner
BS ChBE with honors, CU Boulder
PhD ChE, 2017
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2014 NSF GRFP
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2016 NSF GROW
Gigagen, S. San Fran, CA
BS, Biochemistry, University of Ghana
MS, Biochemistry, Texas A&M University
PhD, Biochemistry, UT Austin, 2015
Post-doc, UT Austin, 2016-2018
Current: Molecular Templates, Austin, TX

BS, Chemical Engineering with Highest Honors, UT Austin (2019)
Research Associate, 2019-2020
Current: MD-PhD student, Mayo Institute, Rochester, MN

BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut
BS, Molecular Cellular Biology, University of Connecticut
PhD Chemical Engineering, 2020
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2017 NSF GRFP award recipient
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2018 NSF GROW award
Current: Sr. Scientist, Abbvie, Boston, MA

BM, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
PhD, Cell Molec Bio, UT Austin, 2020
Current: Post-doctoral fellow, Prog Greg Ippolito/ George Georgiou lab, UT Austin

Chris A. Stevens
BS Chemical Engineering, U Kentucky
PhD ChE, 2018
Scientist, Levitas, Menlo Park, CA

Elissa K. Leonard
BS Molecular Systems & Design, with Distinction, Harvey Mudd
PhD BME, 2018
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2014 NSF GRFP
Post-doc, Spangler lab at John's Hopkins

Ellen K. Wagner
BS ChBE with honors, CU Boulder
PhD ChE, 2017
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2014 NSF GRFP
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2016 NSF GROW
Gigagen, S. San Fran, CA

Josh R. Laber
BS ChE, UC Berkeley
PhD ChE, 2016
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Baxter Young Investigator award, 2016
Post-doc: Abbvie, Boston
Scientist, BioMarin, CA

Jeong-min Hyun
BS and MS, Biotech, Yongsei University
PhD Cell Molec Bio, 2016
Principal Scientist, Samsung, Bioepis, S. Korea

BS Biotechnology, Wuhan
MS Biochem & Mol Bio, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.
PhD Biochemistry, 2015
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PhD Internship at Regeneron (Sum 2014)
Sr. Scientist, Compass Therapeutics, Boston, MA

Zach Frye
BS ChE, Virginia Tech
PhD ChE, 2015
Antibody Discovery Specialist, Compass Therapeutics, Boston, MA

Kevin C. Entzminger
BS Biochemistry with Honors, Loyola Marymount
PhD Biochemistry, 2014
Director of Antibody Engineering, Abwiz Bio, San Diego, CA

Tarik Khan
BS ChE, NC State
PhD ChE, 2012
Whitaker International Post-doctoral Scholar at ETH Zürich
Group leader & Scientist at Roche, Late-Stage Pharmaceutical Processing & Development, Basel, Switzerland

Jen Pai Wang
BS ChE, Cornell
PhD ChE, 2010
Senior Specialist, Engineering, Merck
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Elizabeth Bogardus, MS Biochemistry, 2015
High school chemistry teacher, Round Rock ISD
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Aileen Dinin, MS, ChE, 2013 (co-supervisor)
Current position: Technical writer & editor
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Maria Andrea Miller, PhD ChE 2011 (co-supervisor)
Current position: Scientist II, MedImmune, MD
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Christine Chang, BS, ChE, Columbia University, Technician
Current: Vet School, UC Davis
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Ryan Myhre, ChE MS
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Rakesh Motani, Microb Eng MS
Engineer, Amgen
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Kavita Ramalingam Iyer, Post-doc
Merck

Jamie Sutherland
BS ChE, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
PhD ChE, 2010
Process Engineer, Chevron Phillips, Houston TX

Ben Roy
BS ChE Calvin College
MS ChE, Vanderbilt
PhD ChE, 2011
Super undergraduate researchers
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Shlok Mohanty, ChE Class of 2021
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Kimiya Monfared, ChE Class of 2022
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Kyle Kaeo, ChE, Class of 2021
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ShaoPo Huang, BME, Class of 2020
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Kevin C. Le, ChE, URF, 2016-2019
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Sam & Cina Karimaghaei, ChE 2018
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Theresa Wang, ChE 2019, URF
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Xinleu Liu, ChE 2016
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Luciano Posada, ChE 2016, URF, Texas 4000 and Baylor med school research associate
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Alexis Prybutok, ChE and Biochem 2016, URF and NSF GRFP, ChE graduate school at Northwestern
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Kristen Arnold, Plan II Honors Thesis 2015, University of Texas at Houston Medical School
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Devin Jackson, Bio 2014, now grad student in tumor biology at Georgetown
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Elizabeth Orth, ChE 2014, NSF GRFP honoroble mention, PhD program in Chemical Biology, Gerstner Sloan Kettering, Weill Cornell tai-institutional program
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Wesley Beckner, ChE 2014, NSF GRFP Honorable Mention, ChE graduate school at U Washington
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Brennan Hodgson, ChE 2014, U Chicago medical school
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Devin Jackson, Biochem 2014, PhD student in tumor biology at Georgetown/ NIH
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Julie A. Fogarty, ChE 2013, URF and NSF GRFP, ChE graduate school at Stanford
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Dmitriy Zhukov, URF and NSF GRFP, ChE graduate school at CalTech
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Jeff Coursen, Biochem 2013, Baylor Medical School
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Sam Parnell, ChE 2012, UTSW Medical School
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Kevin Kaczorowski, ChE 2011, URF and NSF GRFP, ChE graduate school at MIT
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Katie McCallum, Microbiology 2010, URF, MD Anderson/ UT Houston PhD program
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Carly Smith, Biochem 2010, chemistry graduate school, U Michigan
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Brittany Delforge, ChE 2009, Luminex, Austin
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Adam Romman, ChE 2009, UTSW medical school