MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES GRADUATES & CAREER OUTCOMES
Student: Madeline Worden
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Meenakshi Malik
- Thesis Title: Characterization of Nutritional and Oxidative Stress Resistance Mechanisms of Francisella tularensis
- Graduation: 2017
- Current Position: Student, Tufts Dental School, Boston
Student: Kayla Fantone
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Meenakshi Malik
- Thesis Title: Understanding the mechanisms of suppression of inflammasome by Francisella tularensis
- Graduation: 2018
- Current Position: Ph.D. Student, University of Georgia
Student: Payel Patel
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Timothy LaRocca
- Thesis Title: Programmed cell death dynamics in hyperglycemia
- Graduation: 2018
- Current Position: Research Technician, Weill Cornell University
Student: Clare Williams
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Eric Yager
- Thesis Title: Elucidating the Role of Cellular Glycosphingolipids Biosynthesis on Influenza A Virus Lifecycle
- Graduation: 2018
- Current Position: Research Technician, Albany Medical College
Student: Kayla King
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Meenakshi Malik
- Thesis Title: Stringent Response Governs the Virulence and Oxidative Stress Resistance of Francisella tularensis
- Graduation: 2019
- Current Position: Working at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Student: Smruti Mishra
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Meenakshi Malik
- Thesis Title: Mapping the genetic evolution of daptomycin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Graduation: 2019
- Current Position: Ph.D. Student, SUNY Stony Brook
Student: Matthew Deragon
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Timothy LaRocca
- Thesis Title: Mechanisms and outcomes of the hyperglycemic shift from apoptosis to necroptosis
- Graduation: 2019
- Current Position: Research Technician, NYMC
Student: Matthew Higgs
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Meenakshi Malik
- Thesis Title: Elucidating the Role of Thioredoxin in the Oxidative Stress Response of Francisella tularensis
- Graduation: 2020
- Current Position: Ph.D. Student, UNC Chapel Hill
Student: Catherine Phelps
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Nicole Shakerley
- Thesis Title: Thioredoxin mediated modulation of Acenitobacter baumanii virulence and antibiotic resistance
- Graduation: 2020
- Current Position: Ph.D. Student, University of Pittsburgh
Student: Padraic Morrissey
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Meenakshi Malik
- Capstone Project: Francisella tularensis a review: Transmission, Intracellular Life Cycle, and Cellular Death
- Graduation: 2020
- Current Position: Employed at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Student: Robert Haluska
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Timothy LaRocca
- Thesis Title: Role of ROS and mitochondria during the hyperglycemic shift from apoptosis to necroptosis
- Graduation: 2020
- Current Position: Employed at Eli Lilly & Co.
Student: Brittany Vojnar
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Michelle Parent
- Thesis Title: Investigating the Host-Pathogen Interaction Between Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Macrophages, Understanding the Role of Reactive Oxygen Stresses
- Graduation: 2020
- Current Position: Employed at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Student: Chen Shu Dong
- Degree: M.S., Molecular Biosciences
- Advisor: Michelle Parent
- Thesis Title: Vibrio parahaemolyticus Infection Stimulates Proinflammatory Cytokine Production and Innate Lymphocyte Cell Activation
- Graduation: 2020
- Current Position: Employed at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals