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.
| Student Name | Year | Most Recent Position Known |
|---|---|---|
| Saboya, Mariana | 2019 | Research Scientist I, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ |
| Cabrera, Miguel | 2018 | Clinical Operations Specialist, Target Health, New York, NY |
| George, Ashley F. | 2018 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco |
| Al-Yasari, Ali | 2017 | Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, Al-Muthanna University, Samawa City, Iraq |
| Fritz, William F. | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science, Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, PA |
| Jabbar, Shaima | 2017 | Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmacy School, Karbala University, Karbala, Iraq |
| Al-Baghdadi, Rana J. | 2016 | Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine College, Al-Qadisiyah University, Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq |
| Stires, Hillary | 2016 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University |
| Yang, Jennifer | 2016 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego |
| Egger, Meredith (Camp) | 2015 | Animal Scientist, Division of Production Drugs, Food & Drug Administration, Rockville, MD |
| Verpeut, Jessica L. | 2015 | Assistant Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University (2021-); formerly Postdoctoral Research Associate, Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University |
| Avenatti, Ryan C. | 2014 | Senior Veterinary Affairs Associate, Kindred Bio Burlingame, CA |
| Rahman, Kathleen | 2014 | Undergraduate Program Director and Teaching Instructor, Dept of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University |
| Smarsh, Danielle | 2014 | Equine Extension Specialist and Assistant Professor of Equine Science, Department of Animal Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park |
| Goldberg, Alison Golinski | 2013 | Lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University; Adjunct Instructor, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia |
| Zhang, Changqing | 2013 | Lab Manager, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh |
| Duncan, Christine A. | 2011 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology, California State University Fresno |
| Hall, Amy-Lynn (Frankshun) | 2011 | Biologist, Residue Chemistry Team, Division of Human Food Safety, Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Rockville, MD |
| Liburt, Nettie R. | 2011 | Equine Specialist/Field Nutritionist, Blue Seal Feeds, Inc. (a division of the Kent Nutrition Group) |
| Longpre, Kristy M. | 2011 | Clinical Research Associate, Kindred Bio, Burlingame, CA |
| Polanco, Tiffany A. | 2011 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
| Chen, Joseph C. | 2010 | Scientist 1, Translational Biology Dept, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., San Rafael, CA |
| Lamprecht, Emily | 2010 | Nutritionist, Nestle Purina Pet Care, St. Louis, MO |
| Haulenbeek, Andrea | 2009 | Senior Regulatory Associate, Soligenix, Inc., Princeton, NJ |
| Leibowitz, Brian | 2008 | Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Hillman Cancer Center |
| Arjona, Alvaro | 2006 | Scientific Content Manager, Thomson Reuters Scientific, Barcelona; and Research Affiliate, Yale University School of Medicine |
| Fleming, Jodie M. | 2006 | Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC |
| Dokur, Madhavi | 2005 | Scientist, Shantha Biotechnics Limited, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Duarte, Silvia Robles Reis | 2005 | Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Universidade S o Marcos, S o 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 | Clinical Assistant Professor, Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology, NYU College of Dentistry, New York, NY |
| Park, SungAe S. | 2004 | Scientist, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA |
| Medica, Darcy L. | 2002 | Associate 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 | Director, Pre-Clinical Research, EP Technologies LLC, Akron, OH |
| Lenhart, Judith A. | 1999 | Director, Global Scientific Communications, Celgene Corporation, Berkeley Heights, NJ |
| Maina (Sharma), Daniela | 1999 | Coordinator, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| 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 | President, Precise Publications, LLC, 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 | Professor, Biology Department, Prairie View A&M, Texas |
| Strack, Peter R. | 1994 | Sr. Scientist, Mitotix, Inc., Cambridge, MA |
| Zhang,Qi | 1994 | M.D., Pathologist, New York Hospital, Queens, NY |
| 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 |
| Student Name | Year | Most Recent Position Known |
|---|---|---|
| Paranjpe, Nina | 2020 | Veterinary Student, Kansas State School of Veterinary Medicine |
| Yasrebi, Ali | 2019 | Lab Manager, Roepke Laboratory, Department of Animal Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University |
| Margolies, Nick | 2018 | Research Assistant, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR |
| Skorupa, Jennifer | 2018 | Science Consultant, Biopharma Business Development, Sales-Link, Inc.; and Adjunct Professor, Biology Department, Valencia College, Orlando, FL |
| Hanke, Jennifer | 2017 | Research Associate, Universal Cells, Seattle, WA |
| Yirtici, Seher | 2017 | Specialist Veterinarian, International Center for Livestock Research and Training, Ankara, Turkey |
| Krumm, Elizabeth A. | 2015 | Medical Student, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ |
| Bhurke, Arpita S. | 2014 | Ph.D. Student, Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Bignell, Henry | 2014 | Agriculture & Natural Resource Sr. Program Coordinator, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Warren County (NJ) |
| Baldassari, James P. | 2011 | Staff Biologist, In Vivo Pharmacology, Merck Research Labs |
| Cheng, Ju-Shun | 2010 | Research Scientist, Ricerca Biosciences LLC, Bothell, WA |
| Malone, Sara | 2008 | Teaching Instructor, Department of Animal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
| 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 |
| Neumann, Jennifer L. | 2002 | M.D., Board Certified in Family Medicine, Atlantic Medical Group, Green Brook, NJ |
| 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 | Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Becker, Susan E. | 1992 | Research Assistant, Department of Animal Sciences, Rutgers |
| Levorse, John M. | 1992 | Facility Manager, Transgenic Core Facility, Lewis Thomas Laboratories, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University |
| Prasad, Balkrishna | 1992 | Vollum Institute, Portland, Oregon |
| Russoniello, Christina | 1992 | Owner, Epona Pet Care, Asbury, NJ |
| Burgher, Clinton | 1991 | Assistant Director, Cook/NJAES Animal Care Program, Rutgers University |
| Culbert, Laura A. | 1991 | D.V.M., Cornell Veterinary School |
| Doscher, Mary E. | 1990 | Research Scientist (retired), Fort Dodge/American Cyanamid, Princeton, NJ |
| Rogers (Burgher), Kendra | 1990 | Research Scientist, Wyeth Ayerst Pharmaceuticals |
| Singh, Hem N. | 1990 | Research Assistant, Ciba-Geigy, Newark, NJ |
| Student Name | Year | Graduate Program | Most Recent Position Known |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park, Jinhee | 2019 | Cell & Developmental Biology | Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Klein, Dylan | 2018 | Nutritional Sciences | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Health and Exercise Science, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ |
| Gentile, Juliet (Gotthardt) | 2017 | Nutritional Sciences | Scientist, Research Diets, New Brunswick, NJ |
| Mamounis, Kyle | 2017 | Nutritional Sciences | Postdoc Researcher, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida |
| Janabi, Ali Daghir | 2016 | Microbial Biology | Assistant Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Al-Qadisiya University, Al-Diwaniya, Iraq |
| Agostini-Dreyer, Allyson | 2014 | Nutritional Sciences | Senior Clinical Development Associate, Kindred Bio Burlingame, CA |
| Crismale-Gann, Catina | 2014 | Cell & Developmental Biology | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology NYU Medical Center |
| Harvey, Craig | 2012 | Toxicology | Research Scientist, Colgate-Palmolive, Piscataway, NJ |
| Sivaprasad, Usha | 2004 | Nutritional Sciences | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth |
| Grill, Constance | 2000 | Nutritional Sciences | Senior Manager, National Medical Liaison Team, Oncology Publications, sanofi-aventis, Bridgewater, NJ |
| Lane, Michelle A. | 1996 | Nutritional Sciences | Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology (Nutritional Sciences), University of Texas at Austin |
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