SRF Alumni by Class
Calling all Alumni! We would love to hear from you and be able to include your current information. Scroll down for your class information. We haven't heard from many of you. Please keep us updated!
Class of 2011:
- Brian Allman (Corinth, TX): University of Alaska-Fairbanks; PhD program-Biology
- Maggie Baber (Paris, IL): Dartmouth University; M.S. Progam-Earth Sciences
- Julia Beck ( Crawfordsville, IN): Univ. of Notre Dame; PhD program--Biochemistry
- Siobhan Deis (Indianapolis, IN ): Indiana University-Bloomington; PhD program-Biochemistry
- Ryan Edelen (Carmel, IN): Working: ManSci Co; Denver; Water Quality Analysis
- Paul Elliott (Traverse City, MI ): University of Oregon:PhD program-Computer Science
- Diane Fernandez (Skokie, IL): working one year; plans to apply to medical school
- Noe Flores (Fort Wayne, IN): Denver Seminary School; Master of Divinity degree program
- David Hanger (Carmel, IN): working-Chicago area
- Eric Hawley ( Indianapolis, IN): National Institutes of health Post-Bacc. Fellowship; Bethesda, Maryland; Immunology Lab
- Rebecca Maddrell ( La Grange, IL ): working in the Chicago area
- Elizabeth Medlock (Guilford, IN ): North Carolina State University; PhD program--Environmental Toxicology
- Tanner Miller (Tulsa, OK ): University of Oklahoma; Medical School; Navy Health Scholarship Program
- Vanessa Mock ( Muncie, IN ): Dartmouth University; PhD program in Environmental and Molecular Medicine (assoc.w. the medical school)
- Paul Mooney (Valparaiso, IN ): University of Wyoming; PhD program in Molecular,Cellular Life Sciences
- Christopher Neal ( Greenville, NC ): Kansas Univeristy Medical School: Interdisciplinary PhD program in biomedical sciences
- Cody Roldan, Pahoa , Hawaii (graduated in Dec.'10)
- Mary Kate Summers (Fishers, IN ): Indiana University; School of Optometry; Doctor of Optometry program
- Kelly Summers( Fishers, IN ): Indiana University; School of Optometry; Doctor of Optometry program
- Michelle Whitehead (Goshen,IN): Imperial College of London; PhD program in Physics
Class of 2010
- Kasey Aderhold: C.S./Envir.Scie/Math/Interdisciplinary; PhD program at Boston University in Geophyics/Oceanic Seismology
- Daniel Bampoh: Math/Chemistry: Former DPU story: Daniel Kwadwo Bampoh '10,International students have fun in the lab and on the soccer field during their third summer in Greencastle.
- Ian Boyd: Chem; M.D. program at Indiana University
- Alison Case; Biology; graduated year early-Biology; MD shadowing in Calcutta, India (Jan-March,'10); National Institutes of Health Fellowship for '10-'11 then probably off to medical school but who knows--the world is an amazing place to discover and there are so many possiblities out there! (6/10/10)
- Steven Cudney: graduated year early-Biology; DDS at Pittsburgh
- Neil Fitzharris: Biology, working for one year; applying to graduate school for ac.yr. '11-'12
- Benjamin Golden: Biology, this summer plans to bike across the U.S., take next year off to prepare for MCATs
- Jamie Grivas: Biology/Sociology; travel; F'11--now working at DePauw University office of Alumni Affairs
- Darrin Hinkel: Biochem, Fall'11: working: Business Analyst at A.T. Kearney--Greater Chicago Area Management Consulting
- Jessica Kendziorski: Biochem, PhD Pharmacology at Univ. of Cincinnati
- Tia Malcom: Biochem, MS program and then off to medical school in fall '11 (?); former DPU story: Tia Malcolm '10 starts the Ashia Project to build a medical clinic in Cameroon
- Amanda Meyer: Biochem, PhD program at Vanderbilt, medical program
- Kate Mittendorf: Biochem/Biology; PhD program at Vanderbilt
- Elizabeth Newell: Biochem; year off; For ac.yr. '11-12--Ontario Veterinary College at University of Guelph (veterinary program with research focus!); e_newell@att.net
- Berhanemeskel "ChuChu" Nida: Biochemistry; PhD in Parmacy either at Virginia Commonwealth Univ. or Univ. of Tennessee; DPU story: Berhanemeskel Alemu "Chuchu" Nida '10 International students have fun in the lab and on the soccer field during their third summer in Greencastle.
- Kevin Pereira: Biochem; PhD program at Vanderbilt Univ.
- Andrew Porter: C.S./Music: job at Medtronic Corp in Columbus, Ohio
- Brad Riley: Biochem/Philosophy; year off then dental school (?)
- Erica Ross: Biology/Music Double Degree Program;
- Graham Williams: Biochem; IUPUI M.S.; grad school in '11-'12; just accepted to PhD program (Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis)at Washington Univ. St. Louis beginning fall '11; Having experienced much of what DePauw has to offer in science and technology, Graham D. Williams '10 will be a valuable first-year mentor for members of the Class of 2013.
- Abel Yehdego: Biochem/Math; PhD in Pharmacy at Univ. of Tennessee: DPU story: Abel Mehreteab Yehdego '10 International students have fun in the lab and on the soccer field during their third summer in Greencastle.
Class of 2009
- Alison Barnes, Geosciences; working National Park System
- Daniel Bennett, Physics/Math; PhD at Indiana Univeristy
- Alex Breitinger, Biochem/History/Span/Geol;
- Summer Drake, Biology--Graduated early, Dec.'08; working as laboratory coordinator, DePauw Univ. ; F'11;heading off to graduate school Northern Ohio Med. School assoc. with Kent State University; doing whale evolution (Thewissen)
- Michael Gentry, Biochem; MD program at Indiana University
- Andrew Kehr, Biochem/C.S.; PhD at Carnegie/Mellon
- David C. Moore, Biochem; MD program at Vanderbilt University
- Tram Nguyen, Biochem; MD program at Univ. of Iowa
- Emily Rigsbee, Chemsitry (Dec.'09); working at Dow Chem
- Erica Ross, Biology/ Music Perform double Degree Program, Grad. in May,'10
- Lindsay Schroeder, Biochem;
- Nicole Stone, Biochem/Biol; NIH Fellowship 1 yr. ; beginning grad school in fall '10
- John Cody Glover, C.S./Math-LE;
- Allyson McLoed, Biochem-LE; PhD at Vanderbilt
- Jyotishman Nag, C.S.; PhD at Dartmouth College
Class of 2008
- Jeremy Alland, Biochem; MD at Rush Univ
- Erin Andrade, Biochem; MD at Indiana University
- Lauren Auld, Biochem; DDS at Univ. of Florida
- Andrew Bever, Physics
- Jessica Boyer, Biology/Chem; DDS at Indiana University
- Sarah Carlson, Physics, PhD at Univ. of Utah
- Taron Davis, Biology/Chem;
- Evan Dickerson, Biochem; MD at Indiana University
- Elizabeth Drewes, Geosciences; MS at Univ. of California-Santa Cruz
- Samuel Rund, Biochem; PhD at Notre Dame
- Erin Swisshelm, Biochem/ Eng.Lit; JD at Pace University
- Nicholas Vetz, Geosciences; MS at Boise State
- Gregg Wagner, Biochem; PhD at IUPUI Biomedical program
- Chad Byers, C.S-LE.; PhD at Michigan State
- David Cheeseman, C.S.-LE; PhD at Univ. Colorado-Boulder
- Jac Cooper, Biology/Biochem-LE; MD at Indiana University
- Staci Hollar, Chemistry-LE; MD at Indiana University
- Inna Kulheyko, Biochem./Econ-LE;
- Sean Teska, C.S-LE;
- Sarah Tomasic, Biology-LE; DVM at Purdue Univ.
- Kate Zeigelgruber, Chemistry-LE; working-Northwest National Laboratories
Class of 2007
- Nicholas Bruick, Chem; working at Hazen Research, Inc.-Denver, Colorado as bench chemist for a new biofuels lab. email: nbruick@gmail.com (updated.1.13.10)
- Travis Clark, C.S.;
- Nicole Dalesandro, Biochem; DVM at Purdue Univ.
- Brittany Durr, Biology
- Kelly Fransted, Chemistry; PhD at Univ. of Chicago
- Christine Heumann, Biology; MD at Indiana University
- Steven Brett McArthur , Physics; PhD at Washington Univer.
- Sandy Mtwanda, Math/C.S.; working at ATA airlines
- Ryan Smith, C.S.;
- Laura Stevens, Biology/Spanish; Training program with Green Corps in environmental advocacy organization; will be working with Sierra Club on the Coal-Free Campus campaign at UNC-Chapel Hill. Totally excited about this! laura.c.stevens8@gamil.com (updated 2/4/10)
- Erin Yoder (Wissing), Biochem; PhD at Univ. of Cincinnati--Dept. of Melecular Genetics/Biochem/Microbiol; address: 959 Ledro Street, Cincinnati,OH 45246; email: erin.wissing@gmail.com (updated 11/16/10); "The SRF program gave a great headstart in developing good lab skills and also independent thinking and planning in research." Recent publication: in Neuromuscular Disorders titled 'Debio-025 is More Effective than Prednisone in Reducing Muscular Pathology in Mice' ; current lab: J.Molkentin; Cinn.Children's Hospital Medical Center determining the role of the MAP kinase pathway in muscular distrophy.
- Elisabeth Garland, Biology-LE; MS at Purdue
- Lauren Guggina, BioChem-LE ;
- Bryan Helm, Biology-LE; PhD at Univ. of Arizona
- Bryce Lynn, Biochem-LE; MD program at Indiana University; (11/16/10) currently 4th yr. med. student; hopes to specialize in internal medicine/cardiology ; email: bryce.s.lynn@gmail.com
- Philip Mooney; Geosciences-LE; MS at Univ. California-Davis
- Rupak Shivakoti, Biochem-LE; PhD at Johns Hopkins in Public Health
- Jesse Williams, Biology-LE; PhD at Univ. Chicago; Molecular Pathogenesis and Molecular Medicine; currently working in Dr. Anne I. Sperling's lab studying the role of Fas (CD95) signaling on Th2 cells during the resolution of airway inflmmation in mouse models of asthma and allergy. email: jwillia3@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu (udated 6/16/10)
- Marissa Yochum, Biology-LE; started PhD at Vanderbilt; left program for Teach for America (F'11)
Class of 2006
- Zachary Adams,Z Psychology; PhD at Univ. of Kentucky
- Morgan Bates, C.S.; MS at Loyola
- David Burgan, Chemistry; MS at IU
- Alicia Dudley, Biology; DVM at Purdue
- Alex Iliev, Math/C.S.; PhD at Univ. of Florida
- Tod Karpinski, C.S.;
- Ashley Maire, Biology; MD at Indiana University
- Chris Myrvold, Geosciences; MS at Univ. of California-Davis
- Sudeep Prajapati, Biochem-LE; PhD at Cornell Univ.
- Lauren Rakes, Biochem-LE; MD at Indiana Univ.
- Paul Raskin, C.S.; MS
- Aliese Sarkissian, Biochem;
- Sara Smaltz, Geosciences-LE; MS at Colorado State
- Alaska Subedi, Physics/Math; PhD at Univ. of Tennessee
- Emily Thornton, Biology; PhD at Univ. of California-SanFran
- Andrew Turner, Chem; MAT at Indiana University
Class of 2005
- Sara Baughman (Colvard), Physics;
- Brittany Bulleit, Psychology; JD at Michigan State
- Allison Collet; Biology/Spanish; Rest in Peace beautiful girl
- Kristen Briney; C.S.-LE; Pursuing PhD; Univ of Wisconsin-Madison; physical chemistry
- Christopher Colvard, Physics; Pursuing M.S. at Indiana University; Computer Science
- Qiming Deng; Biochem; PhD at Univ. of California--LosAngeles. 8/27/10: Q. and Prof. W. Hazel just published a paper in Marine Biologybased on research done at DPU when Q. was a student.
- Hilary Enyart, Biochem/Spanish;
- Erin Goss, Biochem; Currently in Med School at Columbia University
- Olivia Hatton;Biochemistry: Pursuing PhD at Stanford University; Immunology
- Jennifer Janssen, Biology;
- Jill Mecklenborg: Pursuing MD at Vanderbilt University; Biomedical (tissue) Engineering
- Sonia Miller:Pursuing M.D. at Harvard Medical School
- Patrick Murphy, Biochem/Philos;
- Nathan Nichols: Pursuing PhD at Northwestern University; Computer Science
- Ben Steffen:Will be attending grad.school at U.C. Berkley in Computer Modeling in Dept. of Fisheries/Oceanography beginning Fall, 2006
- Josh Wilson: Pursuing PhD. in Physics at Duke University; email: joshua.wilson@duke.edu (Posted 6/27/05)
- Alexandra Wyatt:Pursuing JD/MA at Duke University; Environmental Science and Policy Law
- Christina Houston, Biology-LE;
- Jeremy Powlen, Biology-LE;
- Atanas Vlahov:Northwestern Univ. Graduate School; email: avlahov@gmail.com or a-vlahov@northwestern.edu (posted 8.29.05)
Class of 2004
- Matthew Abott, Biochem/Spanish; Orthopedic Surgery Resident at Indiana University School of Medicine; Graduated IU Med. in 2008; 3132 Brotherwood Court; Indy; 46268; mdabbott@gmail.com (update 11/18/10)
- Andrew Beardsley, Biology./Spanish;
- Benjamin Betz, C.S.;
- Tobias Butler, Biology; JD at Vanderbilt
- Laurel Danner, BioChem/Spanish;
- Loren Faulkner, Chem/Philos.; MD at Univ. of Cincinnati
- Daniel Moore, Biology; MD at IUPUI
- Luke Scheidler, Biology
- Adam Shields, Physics; UNC at Chapel Hill
- Adam Werne, Biolgoy
- NaTecia Williams, Chemistry:
Univ. of Chicago; Dept of Molecular Oncology; Ben Mays Institute for Cancer Research - Cheryl Young, Biochem/Math-LE; MD/PhD at Emory
- Andrea Dawson, Chemistry-LE; Univ. of Michigan grad school
- Matt Kappel, C.S.-LE; PhD at Univ. of Minnesota
Class of 2003
- Ryan Bezy, Biology;
- Emily Collinsworth, Psychology;
- Jeremy Engle, C.S.; PhD at IU
- Carrie Jobe, Biology; MS at IUPUI
- Nathan Moch, C.S./Spanish;
- Sarah Mordan-McCombs, Biology; PhD at Notre Dame ('09); now Asst. Professor at Franklin College ('09), Indiana:
worked on molecular genetics of prostate cancer. email:Smordan-McCombs@franklincollege.edu (4/11/11) - Kristi Reinacker, Biology;
- Mark Rickard, Physics;
- Tamara Kjonaas, Physics-LE; Physics/Astronomy Laboratory Coordinator at DePauw Univ.; moved to South Carolina in August to teach Physics at a private school
- David Adam Scott, Chemistry/Biology-LE; MD at IU
- Theresa Herman (Beardsley), Psychology;
- Andrew Schmitt, Chemistry
Class of 2002
- Dorothy Castellini, Geology;
- Courtney Doyle, Biology;
- Tammer Farid, Chemistry, PhD at Univ. of Pennsylvania
- Laura Farrell, Biology; MD at IU
- Alyssa Hackett, Biology/Chemistry;
- Aaron Hackman, Geology;
- Haley Carney, Chemistry/ Pol.Sci; JD at IU
- Amy (Kostrzewa) Bracken, Biology;
Finished PhD in Neuroscience at Indiana University('09). Dissertation: Behavioral Neuropharmacology; Did Post-Doc at IUPUI ('09-'10) in Psychology; Just accepted an Asst.Professorship at Franklin College (Indiana) in the Psychology Dept.; begins Aug. '11 - Elliott Meuller, Math;
- Tiffany Rodewald, Biology;
- Kristin Spellmeyer (Werne), Spanish?;
- John Stanford, C.S.;
- Christopher Terhune, Chemistry; JD
- Chrisopher Amidon, Geology-LE;
- Justin McNabney, Biology-LE; Teach for America program took him to Oakland, California teaching 7th grade life science. Pursuing M.S. at Stanford School of Education in educational policy and leadership. Received a grant from Clorox Co. to begin a co-teaching program for new teachers. email: justinmc@stanford.edu (5/24/04)
Class of 2001
- Lora Alvey, Chemistry; MD at Indiana University
- Jonathan Burns, Chemistry/C.S.; JD at Indiana University
- Aaron Ellis, Physics; MAT at Johns Hopkins
- Elizabeth Garrett, Chemistry;
- Katherine Glover, Geology; MS at Univ. of Cincinnati
- Ryan Linder, Chemistry;
- Glenn McCain, Chemistry; MS at IUPUI
- Daniel Mendoza, C.S./Physics;
- M.Susan Mills (Franger), Biology:
MBA/MHA at IUPUI after two years working in BioTech firm. email: msusanmills@hotmail.com (4/02/04) - Erin Rees (Clayton) , Chemistry; currently (11/16/10) on research faculty at Univ. of Michigan School of Public Health; erees@umich.edu
- Alexander Scott, II, Physics; PhD at Minnesota
- Amy Trauernicht, Biology
- Jacob Bosley, Chemistry-LE;
- Jennifer May, Math-LE;
- Alison K. Frank (Chapman), Biology-LE
Class of 2000
- Dawn Ahlgren (Chapman), Chemistry; UC at Davis:
recently accepted paper in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry: Yield effects on 2-Methoxy-3-Isobutlypyrazine Concentration in Cabernet Sauvignon Using a Solid Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Method. email:dmahlgren@ucdavis.edu (8/09/04) - Kathryn Beaver (Weaver), Psychology; PhD Clinical Health Psychology at Univ. of Miami-grad.school in cognitive behavioral stress management intervention in men and women with HIV; Currently Asst. Prof. at Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine in Dept. of Social Sciences and Health Policy; Winston Salem, NC . email: keweaver@wfubmc.edu (4/02/04; updated 1.14.10)
- Eugene Chio, Biology; MD at Indiana University
- Julie DeJongh, Biology;
- Jonathan Green, Chemistry; job at Eli Lilly and grad school IUPUI (MS, organ.chem, '05) following graduation from DPU; currently Assoc. Organ. Chemist in drug discovery at Eli Lilly Co; capodastra@yahoo.com (updated 1.14.10); " The SRF experience [was] very positive for me; the SRF internship introduced me to the career I have now. In fact, I work for the same supervisor that I had during my SRF internship! "
- Elizabeth Hellman, Biology; Graduate school in Genetic Counseling at Univ. of Cincinnati:
email: lizhellmann@hotmail.com (4/02/04) - Amy Kohler (Garrigan), Biology
- Michael O'Rourke, Biology;
- Tim Osiek, Music/Physics;
- Heather Roinestad, Math/ C.S.;
- George Scott Spears, Physics; BS in Mechan.Engineering at Wash.Univ:
participated in co-op program working for Hunter Engineering in St.Louis in R&D. email: sspears@mac.com (4/5/04) - Brandon Witham, Physics;
- Lee Wright, Biology; DVM at Purdue Univ: email: wrightlm@purdue.edu (4/02/04)
- Christen Kennedy, Biology; MD?
- Kevin McKelvey, English?