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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nandankar, Nimisha | 2025 | Venture Analyst, Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Degroat, Thomas | 2025 | Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI |
| Berger, Gregory | 2023 | Associate Scientist, PsychoGenics, Paramus, NJ |
| Rankins, Ellen | 2023 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Temple Grandin Equine Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
| Holloway, Chelsee | 2022 | Postdoctoral Associate, NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD |
| Weinert-Nelson, Jennifer | 2022 | Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - River Falls, River Falls, WI |
| Saboya, Mariana | 2019 | Principal Scientist, Project Toxicologist , Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ |
| Cabrera, Miguel | 2018 | Project Manager, Target Health, New York, NY |
| George, Ashley F. | 2018 | Staff Research Scientist I, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco |
| Al-Yasari, Ali | 2017 | University Lecturer, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Baghdad, 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 |
| Andrews, Hillary (Stires) | 2016 | Director of Regulatory and Research Partnerships, Friends of Cancer Research, Washington, DC |
| Yang, Jennifer | 2016 | Generative AI Writing Lead, Pfizer, San Diego, CA |
| 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 |
| Student Name | Year | Most Recent Position Known |
|---|---|---|
| Luo, Fang | 2025 | Hardware Engineer, Sokoly Systems, Piscataway, NJ |
| Phu, Megan | 2025 | Summer Research Intern, Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine, Rowan University, Mullica Hill, NJ |
| Puglia, Amelia | 2025 | DVM Student, University College Dublin Veterinary School, Ireland |
| Keisha Abreu | 2025 | Veterinary Assistant, Banfield Pet Hospital |
| Agustin, Paula | 2024 | Veterinary Technician, Associated Humane Societies, Newark, NJ |
| Burke, Tatjana | 2024 | Clinical Research Associate I, Argenta |
| Motta, Maria | 2024 | Forensic Autopsy Technician, NJ Department of Health, Newark, NJ |
| Raman, Ragavi | 2024 | DVM Candidate, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO |
| Pirnik, Caleigh | 2024 | Veterinary Technician, Associated Humane Societies, Newark, NJ |
| Corris, Joshua | 2023 | Part-time Lecturer, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; Instructor, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ |
| Badrinath, Aditi | 2022 | Quality Manager, Epic Systems, Madison, WI |
| Paranjpe, Nina | 2020 | DVM Candidate, 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 | Graduate Student, Behavioral Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR |
| Skorupa, Jennifer | 2018 | Customer Success Trainer, McGraw Hill; Educational Digital Content Creator/Owner, LetsGoBio, Tampa, FL |
| Hanke, Jennifer | 2017 | Laboratory Protocol Coordinator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA |
| Simsek, Seher Yirtici | 2017 | Specialist Veterinarian, International Center for Livestock Research and Training, Ankara, Turkey |
| Krumm, Elizabeth A. | 2015 | Medical Science Liaison, Sanofi, White Plains, NY |
| Student Name | Year | Graduate Program | Most Recent Position Known |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chukrallah, Lauren | 2023 | Molecular Biosciences | Wet Chemistry Lab Manager, Sigman Lab, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ |
| Conde-McDermott, Kristine | 2021 | Neuroscience | Postdoctoral Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| Vail, Gwyndolin | 2020 | Toxicology | NIH IRACDA-INSPIRE Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ |
| Park, Jinhee | 2019 | Cell & Developmental Biology | Postdoctoral Researcher, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University |
| Klein, Dylan | 2018 | Nutritional Sciences | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Health and Exercise Science, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ |
| Gentile, Juliet (Gotthardt) | 2017 | Nutritional Sciences | Senior Nutritionist, Nestle Purina North America, St. Louis, MO |
| Mamounis, Kyle | 2017 | Nutritional Sciences | Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Janabi, Ali Daghir | 2016 | Microbial Biology | Assistant Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Al-Qadisiya University, Al-Diwaniya, Iraq |
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