We maintain a LinkedIn group of Cellular Biotechnology Students, Alumni, and Faculty. Many of the program alumni listed below are part of that LinkedIn group.
| Trainee | Advisor | Year Graduated | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Margolis | Andrew Putnam | 2023 | Scientist, IVIVA Medical Inc. |
| Nicholas Schott | Jan Stegemann | 2022 | Development Engineer in Product Research Engineering, Cook Biotech |
| Alison Banka | Lola Eniola-Adefeso | 2022 | Lecturer, University of Georgia |
| Megan Capeling | Jason Spence | 2022 | Principal Scientist, Genentech |
| Zachary Mendel | Joel Swanson | 2022 | Scientist, Enumera Molecular |
| Dylan Neale | Joerg Lahann | 2021 | Investigative Toxicology Scientist, Sanofi |
| Eli Olson | Malini Raghavan | 2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University |
| Ashley Velez (Delgado) | Marina Pasca di Magliano | 2022 | Scientist, Immunitas Therapeutics |
| Laura Zetzsche | Alison Narayan | 2022 | Process Development Scientist, Amgen |
| Katherine Wozniak | Lyle Simmons | 2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Britton Lab, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Mario Gutierrez | Lola Eniola-Adefeso | 2021 | Senior Scientist, Merck |
| Emily Holloway | Jason Spence | 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University |
| Steven Romanelli | Ormond MacDougald | 2021 | External Advisor, miLEAD Consulting and Senior Consultant, TRINITY |
| Kaylee Smith | Sunitha Nagrath | 2021 | Product Manager, Astrin Biosciences |
| Aaron Seth Tooley | Diane Fingar | 2021 | Scientist 2, Revolution Medicines |
| Jay Lubow | Kathleen Collins | 2020 | Venture Analyst Washington Research Foundation and Postdoctoral Fellow, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center |
| Jennifer Walker (Marchi) | Steven Schwendeman | 2020 | Research Scientist, Eli Lilly & Co. |
| Danelle Weakland | Harry Mobley | 2020 | Manager of Portfolio Strategy & Planning, Genentech |
| Richard Youngblood | Lonnie Shea | 2020 | Senior Scientist, Johnson & Johnson |
| Jennifer Bohn | Janet Smith | 2019 | Program Manager for Research Education, RockEDU Science Outreach |
| Katherine Leng | Carol Fierke | 2019 | Medical Science Liaison, Biotheranostics, Inc., A Hologic Company |
| Cameron Louttit | James Moon | 2019 | Lecturer, University of Michigan |
| Emily Morin | Anna Schwendeman | 2019 | Forensic Scientist Supervisor, New Mexico Department of Health |
| Jonathan Bezenah | Andrew Putnam | 2018 | Senior Scientist, Sartorius |
| Susana Chan | David Markovitz | 2018 | Scientist, Celsee, a division of Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| Tom Jurkiw | Pat O’Brien | 2018 | Program Officer – Fellowships Office, National Academy of Sciences |
| Matthew Foley | Nicole Koropatkin | 2018 | Research Scholar, North Carolina State University |
| Grace Kroner | Peter Freddolino | 2018 | Associate Director of Chemistry Laboratory and Medical Director of Send-Out Testing, Cleveland Clinic |
| Justin Randall | Lyle Simmons | 2018 | Lecturer, University of Texas |
| Meredith Skiba | Janet Smith | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University |
| James Song | Amanda Garner | 2018 | Business Development Manager, WuXi STA, a subsidiary of WuXi AppTec |
| Matthew DeMars | David Sherman | 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology |
| Matthew Jenior | Patrick Schloss | 2017 | Bioinformatics Scientist II, Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc |
| Nicole Motl | Ruma Banerjee | 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan |
| Nathan Porter | Eric Martens | 2017 | Research Scientist in Microbial Engineering, Melt & Marble |
| Thomas Schroeder | Michael Mayer | 2017 | Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University |
| Samuel Slocum | David Sherman/Janet Smith | 2017 | Senior Scientist, Stealth Mode Startup Biotech |
| Sida Wang | Nina Lin | 2017 | Engineering Manager, Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| Taylor Johnson | Matthew Soellner | 2016 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University |
| Natalie Maricic | Suzanne Dawid | 2016 | Senior Microbiologist, Arranta Bio |
| Allison Schafer (Matyas) | Kyung-Dall Lee | 2016 | Pharmacologist, Food and Drug Administration |
| Daniel Sobczynski | Lola Eniola-Adefeso | 2016 | Principal Systems Engineer, Baxter International, Inc |
| Zach Abbott | Michelle Swanson | 2015 | Founder and CEO, ZBiotics |
| Cynthia Cipolla | Robert Kennedy | 2015 | Implementation Manager – Chemistry, Benchling |
| Jingga Inlora | Akira Ono | 2015 | Staff Bioinformatics Scientist, Agilent Technologies |
| Sasha Cai Lesher-Perez | Shu Takayama | 2015 | Assistant Professor, University of Michigan |
| Michael Marie Schillaci-Schofield | David Sherman | 2015 | Owner and Principal Medical Writer, Schofield Scientific Communications, LLC |
| Margery Gardner (Evans) | Matthew Chapman | 2014 | Program Lead for STEM Professional Development, University of Michigan |
| Erin McNerny (Gatenby) | David Kohn | 2014 | Associate Director and Regulatory Lead of Global Scientific Communications, Eli Lilly & Company |
| Jenna Hendershot | Patrick O’Brien | 2014 | Associate Director and Sales and Marketing Manager, Arbor Assays |
| Michael Nelson | Nina Lin | 2014 | Associate Principal Scientist, Merck |
| Noah Wolfson | Carol Fierke | 2014 | Executive Director Program Management, Aceragen |
| Rebecca McDonald (Anthouard) | Victor DiRita | 2013 | Director of Bacteriology, Vast Technologies |
| Sara Cassidy (Bondi-Cassidy) | Mary O’Riordan | 2013 | Principal Science Writer, Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine |
| Jeffrey Calhoun | Lori Isom | 2013 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine |
| Anne Gillies | Jason Gestwicki | 2013 | Quality Assurance Specialist, Just – Evotec Biologics |
| Alissa Kerner | Nina Lin | 2013 | VP, Corporate Development Immusoft |
| Lauren Van Wassenhove | Sofia Merajver | 2013 | Associate Medical Publications Manager, Excerpta Medical Foundation |
| John Androsavich | Nils Walter | 2012 | Global Head, RNA Emerging Science Lead, Pfizer |
| Natasha Del Cid | Malini Raghavan | 2012 | Associate Director, Textarix Biotherapeutics, Inc |
| Heather Giebink (Dickson) | Anne Vojtek | 2012 | Director of Graduate Affairs/Assistant Professor, Penn State University |
| Stephanie Grainger | Andrew Putnam | 2012 | Director of Biomedical Research, Infraredx |
| Ryan Huang | Lola Eniola-Adefeso | 2012 | Patent Examiner, US Patent and Trademark Office |
| Irene Blandy (Sinn) | Raoul Kopelman/Mark Burns | 2012 | Associate Director, Portfolio Management, Quidel Corporation |
| Gregory Boggy | Peter Woolf | 2011 | Computational Biologist, Oregon Health and Science University |
| Shelley Brown | Paul Krebsbach | 2011 | Director of Medical Affairs, Vericel Corporation |
| Michael Davis | Joel Swanson | 2011 | Senior Scientist, Interline Therapeutics |
| Jonathan Giebel | Phillip Hanna | 2011 | Head of Global Product Management and Licensing, Indigo Ag |
| Jennifer Oliver | Phillip King | 2011 | Co-Chief Editor, AsiaEdit |
| Yana Wieckowski (Panciera-Wieckowski) | John Schiefelbein | 2011 | Founder/President Hemming Birds LLC |
| Larry Peters | Malini Raghavan | 2011 | Associate Professor, Aquinas College |
| Chasity Andrews | Kyung-Dall Lee and Gordon Amidon | 2010 | Director, Alliance Strategy & Management, Brii Biosciences |
| Stacie Bulfer | Raymond Trievel | 2010 | Senior Director, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals |
| Claire Chisolm | Robert Kennedy | 2010 | Scientific Liaison, Pharmacopeia |
| Kathryn Dooley | Michael Morris | 2010 | Research Scientist, National Gallery of Art, George Washington University |
| Christopher Evans | Jason Gestwicki | 2010 | Pharmacist, High Point |
| Edward Jan | Nicholas Kotov | 2010 | Associate Director, Agilent Technologies |
| Michael Marvin | David Engelke | 2010 | Acting Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Chemistry, Rockhurst University |
| Mikhail Pinelis | Maharbiz/EECS | 2010 | President and CEO, Microtech Ventures |
| Kelsey Gauthier (Sivick) | Harry Mobley | 2010 | Director of Biology, Arcus Biosciences |
| Angela Dixon | Shu Takayama | 2009 | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology/Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University |
| Daniel Estes | Michael Mayer | 2008 | General Partner, Frazier Healthcare Partners |
| Kevin Ke | Alan Hunt | 2008 | Senior Optical Engineer, Omni Sciences Inc |
| Andrea Throop (Radtke) | Mary O’Riordan | 2008 | VP of Laboratory Operations, LabCorp |
| Jean (Kristin) Koutmou (Smith) | Carol Fierke | 2008 | Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan |
| Karla Passalacqua (Cesarek-Passalacqua) | Phillip Hanna | 2007 | Senior Medical Writer, Henry Ford Health System |
| Damian Fermin | David States | 2007 | Computational Biologist, University of Michigan |
| Susan Hsiong | David Mooney | 2007 | Director of Business Development and Lifecycle Management, Vericel Corporation |
| Chung-Han Lee | Guan (Biol. Chem) | 2007 | Assistant Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Center |
| David Peng | Joerg Lahann | 2007 | Principal Scientist, Alexandria Venture Investments |
| Christopher Brinkerhoff | Jennifer Linderman | 2006 | Health Scientist, Environmental Protection Agency |
| Brenda Cho-Chang | Gilbert Upchurch | 2006 | Principal Quality & Compliance Consultant, ComplyTech Consulting |
| Christine Clouser | Jairam Menon | 2006 | DNA Analyst/Criminalist, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office |
| Michael McConnell | Michael Imperiale | 2006 | Faculty/Scientist, National Centre for Microbiology/Charles III Health Institutes |
| John Sauer | Michelle Swanson | 2006 | Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Bruce Schiamberg | Ron Larson | 2006 | Business Intelligence Manager, Paramount |
| Kuei Lee | Brian Ross | 2006 | Radiation Oncologist and Assistant Professor, Oakland University, Beaumont Health |
| Marissa Simon | John Schiefelbein | 2006 | Research Scientist, DuPont Pioneer |
| Adam Avery | Anne Vojtek | 2005 | Assistant Professor, Oakland University |
| Colleen Doyle | Jeffrey Innis | 2005 | Stay-at-Home Parent |
| Jessica Flynn | Alice Telesnitsky | 2005 | Principal Scientist, Merck |
| Katherine Hicks | Carol Fierke | 2005 | Associate Professor, SUNY Cortland |
| Jessica Tyler (Siple-Tyler) | David Friedman | 2005 | Senior Director, Takeda Oncology |
| Nissa Westerberg | Carol Fierke | 2005 | Primary Patent Examiner, US Patent and Trademark Office |
| Brody DeYoung | Steven Clark | 2004 | Biologicals Technical Lead, AgBiome |
| Alessandra Ennett | David Mooney | 2004 | Research Scientist, Eli Lilly & Co. |
| Molly Embree (Smith) | David Mooney | 2004 | Director, Science Center for Women at Agnes Scott College |
| Timothy Blauwkamp | Alex Ninfa | 2003 | Chief Scientific Officer, Karius |
| Megan Frost | Mark Meyerhoff | 2003 | Chief Technology Officer Sterile State, LLC |
| Adam Hoppe | Joel Swanson | 2003 | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at South Dakota State University |
| David Karnak | Ben Margolis | 2003 | Research Lab Specialist, University of Michigan |
| Angela Carden | Michael Morris | 2002 | Senior Advancement Officer, University of Washington |
| Aaron Liepman | Laura Olsen | 2002 | Professor of Biology, Eastern Michigan University |
| William Murphy | Mooney/Kohn | 2002 | Director, Forward BIO Institute |
| Jeannine Ross | Eran Pichersky | 2002 | Senior Restoration Ecologist/Project Manager, KMEA |
| Travis Tani | Rowena Matthews | 2002 | Senior Director of Process Development, Manufacturing and Quality Operations, Bolt Biotherapeutics |
| James Cunningham | Mooney/Linderman | 2001 | Executive Director, AbbVie |
| Brian Hammer | Michelle Swanson | 2001 | Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Andrew Putnam | David Mooney | 2001 | Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan |
| Jonathan Rowley | David Mooney | 2001 | CEO/CTO/CPO, RoosterBio, Inc. |
| Barry Wolf | Scott Fogler | 2001 | Principal Scientist, AbbVie Biotherapeutics |
| Peter Woolf | Jennifer Linderman | 2001 | CEO, ExtraorDNA |
| Wendy Crookes-Goodson | Laura Olsen | 2000 | Senior Director of Business Development, Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc |
| William Ziehler | David Engelke | 2000 | Patent Attorney, Ward Law Office |
| Donna Brickner | Laura Olsen | 1999 | Assistant Research Professor, Northwestern University |
| Todd Riccobene | Jennifer Linderman | 1999 | Senior Scientific Director, Anti-Infectives and Infectious Disease, AbbVie |
| Jeffrey Schwinefus | Michael Morris | 1999 | Associate Professor of Chemistry, St. Olaf College |
| Mary Stofega | Jove/Carter–Su | 1999 | Senior Scientist III, Pharmacyclics an AbbVie Company |
| Millicent Weldon | Michael Morris | 1999 | Director, Corning Incorporated |
| Cole Zimmerman | Rowena Matthews | 1999 | Vice President of Sales in North America, Seer |
| Catherine Browning | Michael Imperiale/David Markovitz | 1998 | Director of Global Medical Affairs, Aptitude Health |
| Leland Cseke | Eran Pichersky | 1998 | Associate Professor of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Alabama-Huntsville |
| William Lemon | 1998 | System Administrator, Edward Jones | |
| Angela Lindner | Jeremy Semrau | 1998 | Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs, University of Florida |
| Melody Neely | David Friedman | 1998 | Chair of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences and Associate Professor, University of Maine |
| Kirk Cunningham | Imperiale/Dunnick | 1997 | Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH |
| Daniel Krosky | Peter Toogood | 1997 | Scientific Director, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson |
| David Putnam | Mark Burns | 1997 | Senior Research Scientist, Eastman Kodak |
| Grenmarie Agresar | Jennifer Linderman | 1996 | Assistant Director of CRLT in Engineering, University of Michigan |
| Scott Betts | Charles Yocum | 1996 | Trait Delivery Technologies Lead, Corteva Agriscience |
| William Hlavacek | Michael Savageau | 1996 | Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Keith Koch | Dennis Thiele | 1996 | Associate Director of Enzymology, Cogent Biosciences |
| Julie Hoffman | Jennifer Linderman | 1995 | Medical Devices Consultant and Contractor, Boston Scientific Imaging |
| Elizabeth Jordan | Steve Goldstein | 1995 | R & D Manager, Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| Erik Petrovskis | Peter Adriaens | 1995 | Director of Environmental Compliance and Sustainability, Meijer, Inc |
| Sunyoung Kim | Eran Pichersky | 1994 | Chief Executive Officer, Chosen Diagnostics, Inc |
| Hal Cantor | A. Rees Midgley | 1993 | President, Advanced Sensor Technologies, Inc |
| Maureen Lanan | Michael Morris | 1992 | Principal Scientist, Biogen |