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Graduate Students

Kate Wurm, M.S. from the Toxicology Program, August 1997-December, 1999. Current position: Semetech?

C. John Giammona, Ph.D. from the Toxicology Program, August 1998-December, 2002. Current position: Toxicologist and Director - Business Development, Radiant Research, Austin, TX http://www.radiantresearch.com

Karen Romelfanger, M.S. from the Toxicology program, 05/2002. Primary supervisor was Gary Miller. Current position: Graduate Student Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Catherine Castro, Graduate Student in Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 2002-August 2003. Current Position: Pharm.D. Student- school in CA?

Yu “Matt” Liu, Ph.D. from the Toxicology program, May 2004. Primary supervisor was Cheryl Walker (UTMDACC-SPRD). Current position: Post-doc, Harvard University.

Yang Ye, M.S. from the Toxicology program, August 2000-August 2005. Current position: Research Technician, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

Yamini Chandrasekeran, Ph.D. from the Toxicology Program, August 1999-August 2005. Current position: Post-doctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Carla Van Den Berg, The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology.

Post-doctoral Fellow

Pragati Sawhney, Ph.D., August 2000-December 2005. Current position: Staff Toxicologist, Wil Research, Ashland, Ohio.

Research Technicians

Hong Gao, M.S., 1997-1999., Current position: Eli Lilly

Fred Seaman, Ph.D., 2000-2003, Current Position, Retired.

Former Lab Members

Undergraduate Students
Greg Russell, Pharmacy Honors Program 1998-1999.

Ashkya Patel, Pharmacy Honors Program, Fall 1998.

Steven Pavlas, Independent Research, Biochemisty program, Fall 1998-Spring 1999.

Cathy Lau, Pharmacy Program, Summer-Fall 2000.

Bianca Gonzales, Pharmacy Program, Summer 2001-Spring 2002.
Current Position, Research Data Coordinator at UT MD Anderson.

Adrian Nanez, Independent research, B.S. in Microbiology, August 1997-May 2002. Current Position: Graduate Student in Biochemisty and Molecular Biology,
University of Louisville. Mentor, Ken Ramos.

Azuka Onwudiegwu, Pharmacy Program, Fall 2002.

Mohammed Junaid Akbani, Independent research, Microbiology Program, Fall 2000-Spring 2003. Current position: Medical School at St. George's University School of Medicine (Grenada)

Marissa Meyers, Independent research, Biochemistry Program, August 2002-August 2003. Current position: Research Associate, GHC Technologies, San Diego, CA.

Ruth Starwalt, Research technician.

Tiffany Robison.

Keith Rodriguez.

NIEHS-sponsored Summer Minority Undergraduate Research Program (T35 program):

•Claribel Luciano, Summer 2000 (from Biology B.S. program of Inter American University PR). Current position: (2002-present) Graduate student in Microbiology program University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus. Mentor Dr. Loyda Melendez.

•Bianca Gonzales Summer 2001.

•Azuka Onwudiegwu Summer 2002.

•Patrice Miller Summer 2002.

•Baru-Ta Foma Summer 2003.

•Cynthia Roland Summer 2003.

•Christopher Piña Summer 2004.

•Joshua Hubbard Summer 2005.

•Keith Rodriguez Fall 2005