Placement of Graduate Students

Our Ph.D. graduates have accepted a variety of positions in academia, the pharmaceutical industry, and government that include facets of research, teaching, and administration. Many of our MS students have found technical employment in both the private sector as well as academia. Others have gone on to obtain Ph.D. or DVM degrees.

Placement of Animal Science Ph.D. students

Student Name	Year	Most Recent Position Known
Arjona, Alvaro	2006	Postdoctoral Associate, Internal Medicine–Infectious Diseases , Yale University School of Medicine
Fleming, Jodie M.	2006	Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Mammary Biology and Tumorigenesis Laboratory, Bethesda, MD
Dokur, Madhavi	2005	Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway
Duarte, Silvia Robles Reis	2005	Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Universidade São Marcos, São Paulo, Brazil
Gordon, Mary Beth	2005	Regional Veterinary Nutritionist, Land O'Lakes, Purina Mills LLC, St. Louis and New York; and President, Nutrequus, Inc. (Equine nutrition and exercise physiology consulting company)
Manso Filho, Helio C.	2005	Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (Brazil)
Yan, Wenbo	2005	Research Fellow, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School
Park, SungAe S.	2004	Scientist, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Medica, Darcy L.	2002	Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Pennsylvania State University–Schuylkill Campus
Kearns, Charles F. II	2001	Scientific Director, Medscape, New York
Billings, Heather J.	1999	Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, West Virginia University
Carlyon, Thushara K.	1999	Roche Vitamins, Inc., Nutley, NJ
Klein, Jeffrey A.	1999	Postdoctoral Associate, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME
Lenhart, Judith A.	1999	Vice President, Strategic and Scientific Services, Medscape, New York
Maina (Sharma), Daniela	1999	Assistant Director, Project/Program Management, Office of Research, Cook/NJAES, Rutgers University
Wang, Yanxin (Mary)	1999	Senior Animal Research Scientist, Phytomedics, Jamesburg, NJ
Black, Angela	1998	Staff Veterinarian, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park
Ward, Paula Marie L.	1998	Asst. Research Professor, Biochemistry & Microbiology, Rutgers
Leili, Steven	1997	Senior Research Investigator–Toxicology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, New Brunswick, NJ
Ohleth, Kathleen M.	1997	Owner and Medical Writer, Precise Publications, Bridgewater, NJ
Wang, Luquan	1996	Founder, GenScript Corporation, Piscataway, NJ
Contijoch, Ann M.	1995	Director, Global Medical Publications, sanofi-aventis, Bridgewater, NJ
Regisford, E. Gloria	1994	Associate Professor, Biology Department, Prairie View A&M, Texas
Strack, Peter R.	1994	Sr. Scientist, Mitotix, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Zhang,Qi	1994	M.D., New York Hospital, Queens, NY, Residency in Pathology
Conover, Charles D.	1993	Research Scientist, Enzon, Piscataway, NJ
Kocsis, John F.	1993	J & J Interventional Systems, Warren, NJ
Baldwin, Ransom L.	1992	Research Scientist, USDA, Beltsville, MD
Tilly, Jonathan L.	1990	Director, Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Chief, Division of Research, Vincent Obstetrics & Gynecology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Fennell, Michael J.	1988	Director, Cook/NJAES Animal Care Program, Rutgers University

Placement of Animal Science M.S. students

Student Name	Year	Most Recent Position Known
Armenti, AnnMarie E.	2007	Research Support Specialist, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University
Nichols, Michele M.	2006	Clinical Research Coordinator, AlcheraBio, Metuchen, NJ
Margiasso, Mary E.	2006	Clinical Research Coordinator, AlcheraBio, Metuchen, NJ
Betros, Cynthia L.	2005	Clinical Research Administrator, AlcheraBio, Metuchen, NJ
Liburt, Nettie R.	2005	Owner, Liburt Equine Nutritional Consulting, Long Island, NY
Santora, Karen A.	2005	Research Biologist, Merck and Co., Rahway, NJ
Streltsova, Jennifer M.	2005	Research Technician, Merck and Co., Rahway, NJ
Lindia, Jill A.	2004	Assistant Medical Program Clinical Specialist, MRL/Merck and Co., Rahway, NJ
Shearer, Meagan K.	2004	Research Scientist, sanofi-aventis, Bridgewater, NJ
Geiser, Sunny	2003	VMD, University of Pennsylvania, 2003; Field Veterinarian and Avian Influenza Coordinator, New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Brady-Davis, Shannon M.	2002	Educator, 4-H Horse Program/Ag Literacy, York County Cooperative Extension, York, PA
Lechner, James J.	2002	Ph.D. student, Animal Sciences, Rutgers
Neumann, Jennifer L.	2002	M.D., UMDNJ, 2006; Medical Resident in Family Practice, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Mission Hospitals, Asheville, NC
Lynn, Bonnie A.	2001	Associate Research Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ
McMunn, Kimberly A.	2001	Animal Scientist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, West Lafayette, IN
Wang, Bojing	2001	Senior Research Assistant, Pharmacopeia, Cranbury, NJ
Guirnalda, Patrick D.	2000	Ph.D. student, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts–Amherst
McDonough, Jennifer M.	2000	Laboratory Technician, Department of Molecular Biology, UMDNJ, Stratford
Agans, Jacqueline M.	1999	Research Technician, Schering-Plough, Kenilworth, NJ
Venham, Lyn D.	1999	Instructor, Fairfax Community College, Virginia
Otero, Tania	1997	DVM, Royal Veterinary College, London, 2002; Small Animal Veterinarian, Plainfield Animal Hospital PC, South Plainfield, NJ
Wang, Beqing	1997	Research Technician, Novartis, Inc., East Hanover, NJ
Dong, Zhengchun	1996	Returned to Taiwan to work
Goebbert, Sue A.	1996
Ritacco, Gretchen M.	1996	Assistant Scientist II, Allergy Department
Sleczka, Bogdan G.	1996	Gifford Scientific, Baltimore, MD
Hung, Wei-Lun	1995	Nice Garden Industrial Co., Taipei, Taiwan
Rex, Sandra E.	1995	Merck Pharmaceutical, Rahway, NJ
Rosner, Marc A.	1995	Health Products Research, Market Research Division
Graybush, Cheryl A.	1994	DVM, University of Wisconsin Vet School, 1998; Veterinarian, Madison, WI
Kaplan, Debra H.	1994	Whitesman Institute, New York
Bansemir (Keating), Anne D.	1993	Ph.D., Ecology & Evolution, Cook College; Lecturer, Division of Life Sciences, Rutgers
Levorse, Lisa M.	1993	Homemaker
Li, Zujun	1993	Seeking position in the pharmaceutical industry
Baldwin, Jennifer A.	1992