Genetics Degrees Awarded
| Semester | Name | Degree | Professor | Dept | Current Employment |
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| Summer 2011 |
Erin Gillenwaters-Flores |
Ph.D. |
James Womach |
VTPB |
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| Dmitry Lyalin |
Ph.D. |
Vlad Panin |
BICH |
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| Mahesh Padanad |
Ph.D. |
Bruce Riley |
BIOL |
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| Rachel Wright |
Ph.D. |
Michael Criscitiello |
VTPB |
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| Spring 2011 |
Shih-Chi Su |
Ph.D. |
Kayla Bayless |
MCM |
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| Fall 2010 |
Catherine Cifuentes-Rojas |
Ph.D. |
Dorothy Shippen |
BICH |
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| Sung Gook Cho |
Ph.D. |
Mingyao Liu |
IBT |
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| Michael Peoples |
M.S. |
Mark Westhusin |
VTPP |
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| Summer 2010 |
Sarah Black |
Ph.D. |
Tom Spencer |
ANSC |
Postdoc., Veterinary Pathobiology, TAMU |
| Charles Greenwald |
Ph.D. |
Heather Wilkinson |
PLPA |
Lynntech, College Station, TX |
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| Pamela Koo |
M.S. |
Robyn Lints |
BIOL |
Dr. Lints' lab, TAMU |
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| Thomas Koralewski |
Ph.D. |
Konstantin Krutovsky |
ESSM |
Dr. Krutovsky's lab, TAMU |
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| Bonny Millimaki |
Ph.D. |
Bruce Riley |
BIOL |
Technical Laboratory Coordinator of A&P labs, TAMU |
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| Spring 2010 |
Megan Reynolds |
Ph.D. |
Helene Andrews-Polymenis |
MMPA |
Laboratory Coordinator for GENE 301/302, TAMU |
| Yan Zhou |
M.S. |
Ph.D. student, TAMU |
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| Fall 2009 |
Shawn Christensen |
Ph.D. |
Michael Kolomiets |
PLPA |
Postdoc., Plant Pathology, TAMU |
| Krista Fritz |
Ph.D. |
Loren Skow |
VIBS |
Postdoc., University of Minnesota |
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| Elena Kozhina |
M.S. |
James Erickson |
BIOL |
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| Summer 2009 |
Elena Repnikova |
Ph.D. |
Vlad Panin |
BICH |
Fellowship, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH |
| Yiming Jiang |
Ph.D. |
Tim Hall |
BIOL |
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| Sheng-Mei Yeh | M.S. | David Stelly | SCSC | Masters student, Professional Program in Biotechnology, TAMU |
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| Spring 2009 | Michael Dickens | Ph.D. | Chris Elsik | ANSC | Hewlett Packard, Houston, TX |
| Summer 2008 | Todd Gruninger | Ph.D. | Rene Garcia | BIOL | High school teacher |
| Jenni Weeks | Ph.D. | Thomas Ficht | VTPB | Postdoc., UT Southwestern | |
| Spring 2008 | Scott Ballard | M.S. | Consumer Safety Officer, FDA, Dallas | ||
| Adriana Lee | M.S. | Biology teacher, Conroe ISD | |||
| Jonathon Rios | Ph.D. | David Adelson | ANSC | Postdoc., UT Southwestern | |
| Hanni Salih | Ph.D. | David Adelson | ANSC | Medical student |
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| Kris Wunderlich | Ph.D. | Clare Gill | ANSC | Instructor, Blinn College |
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| Fall 2007 | Stephanie Herbst | Ph.D. | Keith Murphy | VTPB | Postdoc., Texas Heart Institute, Houston |
| Alison Star | Ph.D. | Keith Murphy | VTPB | Postdoc., VTPB, TAMU | |
| Summer 2007 | Darren Hagen | Ph.D. | Craig Coates | ENTO | Postdoc., Biology, Georgetown Univ. |
| Ryan Huebinger | Ph.D. | John Bickham | WFSC | Postdoc., UT Southwestern | |
| Valerie Reiss | M.S. | Bhanu Chowdhary | VIBS | Ph.D. student, Ed. science, TAMU | |
| Spring 2007 | Jinbai Guo |
Ph.D. |
Michael Polymenis |
BICH |
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| Ashley Davidson | Ph.D. | Keith Murphy | VTPB | Law school | |
| Fall 2006 | Candice Brinkmeyer -Langford |
Ph.D. | Bhanu Chowdhary | VIBS | Postdoc., VIBS, TAMU |
| Sarah Canterberry | Ph.D. | Keith Murphy | VTPB | Postdoc., VTTP, TAMU | |
| Christopher Childers | Ph.D. | Loren Skow | VIBS | Posdoc., Biology, Georgetown Univ. | |
| Brandi Kutil | Ph.D. | Heather Wilkinson | PLPA | Lecturer, TAMU-Corpus Christi | |
| Mounir Moudouni | M.S. | David Busbee | VIBS | ||
| Xiaoxue Wang | Ph.D. | John Gold | WFSC | ||
| Summer 2006 | Sean Adhikari | M.S. | Bert Binas | VTPB | Research Assoc., UT-HSC, San Antonio |
| Spring 2006 | Jeffrey Brady | Ph.D. | John Mullet | BCBP | Research Assoc., Entomology, Stephenville |
| Ruhee Dere | Ph.D. | Robert Wells | IBT | Postdoc., UT MD Anderson Cancer Center | |
| Dianne Mitchell | Ph.D. | Mingyao Liu | IBT | Postdoc., Schepens Eye Institute, Harvard Medical School |
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| Fall 2005 | Meng Chen | M.S. | Jeffrey Chen | SCSC | |
| Shibani Datta | M.S. | Geoffrey Kapler | MBCH | ||
| Shaheen Khan | Ph.D. | Steve Safe | VTTP | ||
| Summer 2005 | Christine Grey | Ph.D. | Craig Coates | ENTO | Visiting Professor, Biology, Univ. of Pugent Sound |
| Colleen Ingram | Ph.D. | Rodney Honeycutt | WFSC | Molecular Laboratory Manager, American Museum of Natural History, NY |
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| Wentao Mi | Ph.D. | Jane Welsh | VIBS | Postdoc., UT Southwestern | |
| Spring 2005 | Glenda Goh | M.S. | Bhanu Chowdhary | VIBS | Senior Research Asst., UT-HSC, San Antonio |
| Benjamin Lewis | M.S. | COFD | |||
| Ashley Gufstatson- Seabury |
Ph.D. | Loren Skow | VIBS | Postdoc., VIBS, TAMU | |
| Fall 2004 | Archana Dhasarathy | Ph.D. | Mke Kladde | BCBP | Postdoc., Molecular Carcinogenesis, NIEHS-NIH |
| Nicole Ramlachan | Ph.D. | Loren Skow | VIBS | Microbiologist, USDA--Food & Feed Safety Research | |
| Avni Santani | Ph.D. | Bhanu Chowdhary | VIBS | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | |
| Christopher Seabury | Ph.D. | Jim Derr | VTPB | Assistant Professor, VTPB, TAMU | |
| Summer 2004 | Summer Acevedo | Ph.D. | Makis Skoulakis | BIOL | Postdoc., Oregon Health & Science University |
| Spring 2004 | Edward Cargill | Ph.D. | Keith Murphy | VTPB | Research Scientist, Monsanto |
| Lu Tian | Ph.D. | Jeffrey Chen | SCSC | Postdoc., Cell & Molecular Biology, UT-Austin | |
| Kristen Taylor | Ph.D. | Jim Womack | VTPB | Postdoc., Pathology & Anatomy Science University of Missouri |
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| Fall 2003 | Wenxiang Gao | Ph.D. | David Stelly | SCSC | Postdoc., Genetics, University of Georgia |
| Natalie Halbert | Ph.D. | Jim Derr | VTPB | Assistant Research Scientist, VTPB, TAMU | |
| Paul Ragsdale | Ph.D. | Wayne Smith | SCSC | ||
| Tanmayi Mankame | M.S. | David Busbee | VIBS | Ph.D. student, Cancer Biology, University of Chicago | |
| Summer 2003 | Alyson Baker | M.S. | John Bickham | WFSC | Biological Laboratory Technician, Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD |
| Scott Dindot | Ph.D. | Jorge Piedrahita | VIBS | Assistant Professor, VTPB, TAMU | |
| Stephen White | Ph.D. | Jim Womack | VTPB | USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA Adjunct Assistant Professor, Washington State Univ. |
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| Spring 2003 | Lori Adams-Phillips | Ph.D. | Jim Giovannoni | HORT | Postdoc., Plant Path., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison |
| Melissa Cox | Ph.D. | Keith Murphy | VTPB | Postdoc., Jackson Laboratory, Bell Harbor, ME | |
| Anna Hale | Ph.D. | Creighton Miller | HORT | Research Geneticist, USDA, Charleston, SC | |
| Fall 2002 | Eric Weaver | Ph.D. | Ellen Collisson | VTPB | Postdoc., Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University |
| Summer 2002 | Concetta Bormans | Ph.D. | William Park | BCBP | Research Fellow, UT-School of Public Health |
| Judy Brooks | Ph.D. | Ellen Collisson | VTPB | Postdoc., ENTO, TAMU | |
| Jinsuk Lee | M.S. | Jeffrey Chen | SCSC | Doctoral Student, Cell & Molecular Biology, UT-Austin | |
| Yuhua Zhang-Farnell | Ph.D. | Nancy Ing | ANSC | Posdoc., Human Anatomy, TAM-HSC | |
| Gregory Peters | M.S. | Jim Derr | VTPB | VP Sales & Marketing, Animal ID Company | |
| Ismael Samudio | Ph.D. | Steve Safe | VTTP | Posdoc., Margaret M. Alkek Center for Environmental & Genetic Medicine, IBT |
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| Spring 2002 | Yuksel Boluk | Ph.D. | Kamal El-zik | SCSC | Assistant Professor, Field Crops Dept., Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Turkey |
| Kimberley Greer | Ph.D. | David Busbee | VIBS | Research Assistant Professor, VTPB, TAMU | |
| Libing Wang | Ph.D. | Dorothy Shippen | BCBP | Postdoc., Harvard Medical School, Boston | |
| Robert Schnabel | Ph.D. | Jim Derr | VTPB | Research Assistant Professor, Univ. Missouri-Columbia | |
| Fall 2001 | Thomas David Brooks | Ph.D. | Kamal El-zik | SCSC | Res. Scientist, Nat'l. Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA, Peoria, Illinois |
| Hongyan Zhu | Ph.D. | Cook | PLPA | Dept. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of California--Davis | |
| Keyong Zou | Ph.D. | Hagen Bayley | MBCH | Research Fellow, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Mass. General Hospital |
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| Spring 2001 | Heather Newkirk | Ph.D. | Loren Skow | VIBS | Research Scientist, Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics, Kansas City |
| Natalie Wreyford | M.S. | Joe Templeton | VIBS | Research Engineer/Science Assoc., Biological Sciences, UT-Austin |
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| Fall 2000 | John Paul Jakupciak | Ph.D. | Robert Wells | IBT | Principal Investigator, Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Maryland |
| Catherine Malone | Ph.D. | Scott Davis | ANSC | Postdoc., Purdue University | |
| Summer 2000 | Sharon Anderson | Ph.D. | Andy Paterson | SCSC | Assistant Professor, Soil & Crop Science, Michigan State |
| Joseph Bielawski | Ph.D. | John Gold | WFSC | Assistant Professor, Math & Statistics, Dalhousie University, Canada |
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| Spring 2000 | Christine Elsik | Ph.D. | Claire Williams | FRSC | Associate Professor, Biology, Georgetown University |
| Beverly Finklea | Ph.D. | David Busbee | VIBS | Lecturer, Biological Sciences, UT-Austin | |
| David Riley | Ph.D. | Jeremy Taylor | ANSC | Associate Professor, ANSC, TAMU | |
| Todd Ward | Ph.D. | Jim Derr | VTPB | Res. Scientist, Nat'l. Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA, Peoria, Illinois |



