MBTP Alumni
| Last | First | Degree | Mentor | Year Graduated |
Current Position
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| Adhikary | Suraj | Ph.D. | Eichman | 2013 | Janssen Pharmaceutical, senior scientist |
| Alers | Ileana | Chazin | 2011 |
laboratory scientist
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| Alexander | Nathan | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2012 |
Farmers Insurance, analyst
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| Allison | Brittney | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2016 | Univ of Cincinnati, assistant dean of graduate diversity and education |
| Alvin | Joe | Ph.D. | Lacy | 2017 |
DoubleRainbow Biosciences, senior scientist
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| Amadi | Sepan | Ph.D. | McHaourab | 2010 | IQVIQ, global trial manager |
| Amidon (Paulin) | Katherine | Ph.D. | Eichman | 2022 | |
| Archuleta | Tara | Ph.D. | Spiller | 2014 | Univ of Arizona, chemistry & biochemistry faculty lecturer |
| Arnaiz (Yepez) | Cayetana | M.S. | Zanic | 2020 | University of Buenos Aires |
| Arnette | Christopher | Ph.D. | Kaverina | 2014 |
Northwestern, postdoc
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| Azumaya | Caleigh | Ph.D. | Nakagawa | 2019 | Genentech, senior systems specialist |
| Bamberger | Stephanie | Ph.D. | Stone | 2018 | |
| Barrett | Paul | Ph.D. | Sanders | 2013 | NIH, program officer |
| Benefield | Desiree | Ph.D. | Lacy | 2014 |
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, cryo-electron microscopist
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| Benesh | Andrew | Ph.D. | Tyska | 2011 |
Cofactor Genomics, molecular biologist
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| Bowan | Ryan | Stone | |||
| Bradley | Noah | Ph.D. | Eichman | 2022 | Northwestern University, postdoc |
| Brooks (Fulmer) | Sonja | Ph.D. | Eichman | 2014 |
FDA Digital Health Center of Excellence, regulatory policy acting deputy director
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| Brosey | Chris | Ph.D. | Chazin | 2012 |
AbbVie, senior scientist
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| Brown | Benjamin | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2022 | Vanderbilt, research assistant professor |
| Bryant | Jamal | Ph.D. | Blind | 2021 | |
| Bunick | Christopher G. | Ph.D. | Chazin | 2006 | Yale, Assistant Prof of Dermatology |
| Burns | Michael | MD, Ph.D. | Fesik | 2016 |
AbbVie, assoc. medical director, physician development program
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| Butkiewitcz | Mariusz | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2014 |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, research scientist
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| Castro | Manuel | Ph.D. | Sanders | 2022 | Altos Lab, Research Scientist |
| Chandrasekaran | Ramya | Ph.D. | Lacy | 2017 |
OncoResponse, Inc., research scientist
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| Chapman | Nathaniel | Ph.D. | Crowe | 2022 | Duke, postdoc |
| Chen | Elaine | Ph.D. | Crowe | Rondo Therapeutics, scientist | |
| Chen | Qiuyan | Ph.D. | Iverson | 2014 | |
| Childress | Kevin | Lacy | |||
| Chinowsky | Colbie | Ph.D. | Tyska | 2021 | ONI, applications development scientist |
| Chumbler | Nicole | Ph.D. | Lacy | 2015 |
Arietis Pharma, research scientist
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| Cisneros | Alberto | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2019 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center, postdoc |
| Claxton | Derek | Ph.D. | McHaourab | 2010 | Vanderbilt, research assistant professor |
| Collier | Scott | Ph.D. | Ohi, M. | 2015 |
Vanderbilt CSB Cryo-EM Facility, co-director
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| Combs | Steven | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2013 |
Johnson & Johnson, senior research scientist
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| Copeland | Courtney | Ph.D. | Kenworthy | 2016 |
Deloitte, senior consultant
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| Craven | Ryan | Ph.D. | Lacy | 2015 |
XSOLOS, data scientist
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| Crowder | Mark | Blind | 2022 | ||
| Dattilo | Brian | Ph.D. | Chazin | 2007 |
Waisman Biomanufacturing, director, business development
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| Day | Charles | Ph.D. | Kenworthy | 2013 |
Mayo Clinic, postdoc
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| Deathrage | Catherine | Ph.D. | Sanders | 2015 | Elevian, senior scientist |
| del Alamo | Diego | Ph.D. | Mchaourab | 2021 | GSK, protein design & informatics investigator |
| DeLuca | Sam | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2015 |
Cyrus Biotechnology, director of engineering
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| DeLuca | Stephanie | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2014 |
Office of Senator Tammy Duckworth, policy advisor
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| Dimitrova | Yoana | Ph.D. | Chazin | 2010 |
Genentech, principal scientist, structural biology
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| Dong | Elizabeth | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2013 | |
| Du | Wenyue | Ph.D. | Eichman | 2013 |
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, manager, business development & licensing
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| Dumas | Megan | Ph.D. | Ohi, P. | 2019 | Roche Diagnostics, medical writer |
| Durham | Elizabeth | MS | Meiler | 2008 |
McKinsey and Co. junior associate
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| Engdahl | Taylor | Ph.D. | Crowe | 2022 | ManTech, DARPA senior scientist |
| Erwin | Amanda | Ohi, M. | 2017 | Univ of Michigan, postdoc | |
| Farmer | Veronica | Ph.D. | Zanic | 2022 | UNC Chapel Hill, postdoc |
| Ferrer | Brian | M.S. | Chazin | 2022 | Codexis, Inc., research associate |
| Fischer | Axel | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2017 | |
| Foegeding | Nora | Ph.D. | Ohi, M. | 2019 | Freelance, science writer |
| Fooksa | Michaela | M.S. | Meiler | 2017 | Klavioy, product expert |
| Frye | Keyada | Ph.D. | Kaverina | 2020 | PPD, clinical research associate |
| Gangwer | Kelly | Ph.D. | Lacy | 2010 |
USAMRICD, microbiologist
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| Garcia | Velia | Chazin | |||
| Gayek | Sophia | Ph.D. | Ohi, P. | ||
| Geanes | Alex | M.S. | Meiler | 2015 | |
| Germane | Katherine | Ph.D. | Spiller | 2011 |
Army Research Lab, postdoc
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| Goodwin | Craig | Ph.D. | 2015 | Reactive Biosciences, scientist | |
| Grimaldi | Ashley | Ph.D. | Kaverina | 2014 |
BeMo Academic Consulting, consultant & lead trainer
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| Heinze | Sten | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2015 |
Ohio State University, postdoc
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| Holt (Hammer) | Marilyn | Ph.D. | Chazin | 2018 | Sarah Cannon, program specialist |
| Horrman | Laurel | Ph.D. | McHaourab | ||
| Hutchison | James | Ph.D. | Sanders | 2021 | Yale, postdoc |
| Irvin | Michael | Ph.D. | Lopez | 2021 | Argonne National Laboratory, postdoc |
| Jacobs | Malek | Kaverina | |||
| Kamaloya | Aichu | Nakagawa | |||
| Karakas | Mert | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2011 |
Google, software engineer
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| Karpay | Anne | Ph.D. | Sanders | 2008 | deceased |
| Kaufmann | Kristian | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2010 |
Prognos, principal data scientist
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| Kazmier | Kelli | Ph.D. | McHaourab | 2013 |
Hillsdale College, associate professor
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| Keigher (Holler) | Laura | M.S. | Fesik | 2012 | ADMA Biologics, director of analytical and process development |
| Kellum | Drew | Ph.D. | Stone | 2020 | UC Riverside, postdoc |
| Kendrick | Nichole | M.S. | Olivares | 2021 | Millipore Sigma, content development manager |
| Kesler | Ben | Neuert | |||
| Kochen | Michael | Ph.D. | Lopez | 2020 | Univ of Washington, postdoc |
| Koehler (Lehman) | Julia | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2012 | Simmons Foundation, project leader |
| Kothiwale | Sandeep | ||||
| Kraft | Lewis | Ph.D. | Kenworthy | 2014 |
Illumina, staff scientist/engineer
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| Kramer | Kevin | Ph.D. | Georgiev | 2021 |
Sanofi, scientist, Antibody Discovery
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| LaFrance | Michelle | Ph.D. | Lacy | 2016 |
Aberdeen Proving Ground, staff scientist
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| Landino | Jennifer | Ph.D. | Ohi, P. | 2017 | Univ of Michigan, postdoc |
| Law (Marr) | Cheryl | Ph.D. | Sanders | 2019 | Deloitte, senior consultant |
| Lemmon | Gordon | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2012 |
egnite Health, principal clinical research analyst
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| LeNoue (Newton) | Michele | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2015 | Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, staff scientist |
| Li | Liang | Ph.D. | Stone | 2013 | |
| Lin | Yi-Lun | Ph.D. | McHaourab | ||
| Lindert | Steffen | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2011 | Ohio State University, assistant professor |
| Livesay | Brent | Ph.D. | Ohi, M. | 2013 | Diligent Corporation, FCPA analyst |
| Marinko | Justin | Ph.D. | Sanders | 2021 | Qral Group, management consultant |
| Marlow | Brennica | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2022 | Vanderbilt, postdoc |
| Martin | Bill | Ph.D. | Reiter | 2017 | |
| Mazerik | Jessica | Ph.D. | Tyska | 2013 |
NIH:NCI, health science administrator
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| McConnell | Russell | Ph.D. | Tyska | 2010 | Codiak BioSciences, director of discovery research |
| McDonnell | Wyatt | Ph.D. | Georgiev | 2019 | Stealth Sartup, CEO |
| Miller | Paul | Ph.D. | Kaverina | 2010 |
University of Arizona, assistant professor
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| Mishra | Sanjay | Ph.D. | McHaourab | 2018 | Brown University, research associate |
| Mittendorf | Kate | Ph.D. | Sanders | 2015 |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, senior staff scientist
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| Mobley | Charles | Ph.D. | Sanders | 2008 | Impossible Foods, operations manager |
| Morales | Angelo | Tyska | |||
| Morin | Andrew | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2011 |
Synthekine, principal scientist
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| Morris | Andrew | Ph.D. | McHourab | 2020 | Miami University (Ohio), postdoc |
| Mueller | Ralf | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2011 |
Capital One, senior machine learning engineer
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| Murji | Amyn | Ph.D. | Georgiev | 2021 | Cell Signaling Technology, scientist |
| Mushrush | Darren | Ph.D. | Lacy | 2011 |
Zenas Biopharma, associate director
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| Nannemann | David | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2011 |
Rosetta Design Group, self-employed
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| Narasimhan | Shwetha | Ph.D. | Kaverina | 2022 | Health Advances, senior analyst |
| Neininger (Castro) | Abigail | Ph.D. | Burnette | 2021 | Salk Institute for Biological Studies, postdoc |
| Nordquist | Kyle | Ph.D. | Chazin | 2011 |
i2Vision, medical writer
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| Okwei | Elleansar | Ph.D | Meiler | 2022 | |
| Ortega | Oscar | Ph.D. | Lopez | 2021 | Novartis Inst. for BioMedical Research, principal scientist |
| Pankewitz | Lisa | Meiler | |||
| Panosian | Tim | Ph.D. | Iverson | 2010 |
Enko, senior director, Discovery Sciences
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| Perry | Evan | Ph.D. | Fesik | 2019 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals, senior scientist |
| Petrovich | Matthew | M.S. | Eichman | 2022 | Vanderbilt, research assistant |
| Pilewski | Kelsey | Ph.D. | Georgiev | FDA/CBER, postdoc | |
| Pino | James | Ph.D. | Lopez | 2019 | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, research associate |
| Politica | Dustin | Ph.D. | Stone | 2016 | Macmillan Learning, labs project manager |
| Postema | Meagan | Ph.D. | Tyska | 2019 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center, program manager, Aspirnaut |
| Pretto | Dalyir | Chazin | 2010 |
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| Pruitt | Rory | Ph.D. | Lacy | 2011 |
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| Pyburn | Tasia | Ph.D. | Ohi, M. | 2017 | Proactive Worldwide, senior analyst |
| Reitz | Tyson | Ph.D. | Fesik | 2022 | Vanderbilt, postdoc |
| Roberston | Patrick | Ph.D. | Eichman | 2010 |
Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, vice president, CMC Project Management
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| Rodriguez | Alyssa | Ph.D. | Eichman | 2021 | UC San Diego, postdoc |
| Rogers | Matthew | M.S. | Zanic | 2022 | Merck & Co., process engineer |
| Rubinson | Emily | Ph.D. | Eichman | 2011 |
The Coca-Cola Company, senior manager, NAOU Technical & Innovation
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| Salay | Lauren | Ph.D. | Chazin | 2020 | Vanderbilt, postdoc |
| Sauer (Fischer) | Marion | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2019 | Menten AI, senior scientist |
| Schmitt | John | M.S. | Lacy | 2009 |
iXpressGenes, COO, self-employed
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| Schmitz | Emily | Ph.D. | Karakas | 2022 | HHMI, postdoc |
| Schmitz | Samuel | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2021 | Moderna, protein scientist |
| Schockley | Erin | Ph.D. | Lopez | 2019 | Ascension, lead data scientist |
| Seacrist | Corey | Ph.D. | Blind | 2020 | Poly-Med, business analyst |
| Senosain Ortega | Maria Feranada | Ph.D. | Lopez | LabCorp Oncology, data scientist | |
| Setliff | Ian | Ph.D. | Georgiev | 2020 | Insmed Incorporated, computational biologist |
| Shah | Vikas | M.D., Ph.D. | Chazin | 2007 | Univ of Washington, associate professor of anesthesiology & pain medicine |
| Shanks | Natalie | Ph.D. | Nakagawa | 2013 | Jazz Pharmaceuticals, senior manager |
| Sheehan | Jonathan | Ph.D. | Chazin | 2006 |
Washington University St. Louis, associate research professor
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| Shiakolas | Andrea | Ph.D. | Georgiev | 2022 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center, postdoc |
| Shifrin | David | Ph.D. | Tyska | 2013 |
Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, senior content marketing manager
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| Simon | Selena | Ph.D. | Fesik | 2020 | Novartis Inst for BioMedical Research, principal scientist |
| Smith | Shannon | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2022 | Genentech, scientist |
| Starbird | Chrystal | Ph.D. | Iverson | 2016 | UNC Chapel Hill, assistant professor |
| Stavros | Kallie | Ph.D. | Stone | 2015 | Falls Church Distillers, distiller and chemist |
| Strothman | Claire | Ph.D. | Zanic | 2021 | Northwestern, postdoc |
| Sturgill | Emma | Ph.D. | Ohi, P. | 2014 |
Vanderbilt, postdoc
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| Sugitani (Chiba) | Norie | Ph.D. | Chazin | 2017 | Hillman Cancer Center, postdoc |
| Sun | Qi | Ph.D. | Fesik | 2015 |
AbbVie, senior scientist
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| Taneja | Nilay | Ph.D. | Burnette | 2020 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, postdoc |
| Teixeira | Pedro | Ph.D. | 2015 | PredictionHealth, co-founder and CEO | |
| Thaker | Tarjani | Ph.D. | Iverson | 2013 | Univ of Arizona, scientist |
| Thiemicke | Alex | Ph.D. | Neuert | 2020 | Weill Cornell Medicine, postdoc |
| Tomasiak | Tom | Ph.D. | Iverson | 2010 | Univ of Arizona, assistant professor |
| Vander Kooi | Craig | Ph.D. | Chazin | 2004 |
University of Kentucky, associate professor
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| Venkat | Rohit | M.S. | Neuert | 2020 | XSOLIS, data scientist |
| Vu | Oanh | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2022 | Crane Biosciences, chief computational scientist |
| Walker | Steven | Ph.D. | Olivares | 2022 | Vanderbilt, postdoc |
| Wandishin | Clayton | Ph.D. | Lopez | 2022 | AbbVie, senior scientist |
| Warren | Eric | Ph.D. | Eichman | 2009 |
SEP Forensic Consultants, co-founder and consultant
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| Warren | Garrett | Ph.D. | Eichman | 2018 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, postdoc |
| Weiner | Brian | Ph.D. | Chazin | 2008 |
BASF, computational biologist
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| Wilcox | Thomas | ||||
| Williams (Keeton) | Christina | Ph.D. | Chazin | 2012 |
Vanderbilt, senior career coach
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| Willis | Jordan | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2014 |
IAVI, senior principal scientist
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| Winarski | Katie | Ph.D. | Lacy | 2016 | GSK, expert scientist |
| Woetzel | Nils | Ph.D. | Meiler | 2011 |
Bruker BioSpin, software developer
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| Wright | Rachel | M.S. | Chazin | 2012 | Texas A&M, research associate |
| Xie | Boyang | Ph.D. | Jackson | 2021 | Eli Lilly, postdoc |