Recent Grads
List of BCB graduates with their most recent employment information.
| BCB Graduate | Degree | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Zaid Abdo | PhD | Professor of Computational Biology and Microbiome Research, Colorado State University |
| Armand Bankhead | PhD | Associate Director of Bioinformatics, Alpine Immune Sciences |
| Daniel Beck | PhD | Postdoctoral Researcher, Washington State University |
| Craig Beisel | MS | Senior Modeler, Homeowners of America Insurance Company |
| Stephen Bent | PhD | Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide - Australia |
| Sarah Brooker |
PhD |
Bioinformatic Scientist, Prolacta Bioscience |
| Leo Epstein | MS | Visiting Researcher, Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) |
| Erkan Buzbas | PhD | Associate Professor of Statistics, University of Idaho |
| Daniel Caetano |
PhD |
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Towson University |
| Kyu-Chul Cho |
MS |
Data Engineer, LG Energy Solution |
| Heather Clendenin | MS | PhD Student, University of Memphis |
| Joseph DeAguero |
MS | Epidemiologist, New Mexico Department of Health |
| Jason Evans | PhD | Software Research Engineer, BranchTaken |
| Hua Feng |
PhD | Senior Biostatistician, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Michael France | PhD | Research Associate, University of Maryland School of Medicine |
| Yongtao Guan | PhD | Staff Scientist, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
| Brenda Hanley | PhD | Research Associate, Cornell University |
| Sarah Hendricks |
PhD |
Bioinformatics Data Scientist, U of I Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Sciences (IIDS) |
| Tyler Hether | PhD | Computational Biologist, Adaptive Biotechnologies |
| Roxana Hickey | PhD | Program Manager and Cross-Functional Product Developer, Invitae (genetic testing) |
| Xiaojun Hu | PhD | Programmer Analyst, DAVID Bioinformatics Lab, SAIC-F/NIH |
| Samuel Hunter | PhD | Informatics Sales Specialist, Illumina |
| Audra Johnson | MS | Bioinformatics Software Engineer, University of Washington |
| Bethel Kohler | MS | Data Scientist II, Emsi Burning Glass |
| Vandhana Krishnan | MS | Senior Bioinformatics Software Engineer, Genentech |
| Thomas "Mason" Linscott | PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Tech |
| Ailene MacPherson | MS | Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University |
| Evan Martin | PhD | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) |
| Hannah Marx |
PhD | Assistant Professor and Herbarium Curator, University of New Mexico |
| Jacek Maselko | PhD | Biologist, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
| Alexander McKeeken | MS | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (BICB) PhD Student, University of Minnesota |
| Genevieve Metzger |
PhD | Research Project Specialist, Pacific Northwest Research Institute |
| Kenetta Nunn | PhD | Associate Manager of Bioinformatics, Q2 Solutions |
| Benjamin Oswald | PhD | High Performance Computing Director, U of I Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Sciences (IIDS) |
| Matthew Pennell | PhD | Associate Professor, University of Southern California |
| Jacob Pierson | MS | Life Science & Digital Health Consultant, Cleveland Clinic |
| Jose Ponciano | PhD | Professor of Biology, University of Florida |
| Siavash Riazi | PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, Simon Fraser University |
| Savannah Rogers |
MS |
PhD Student, University of St. Andrews UK |
| Darin Rokyta | PhD | Professor of Biological Science, Florida State University |
| Pavitra Roychoudhury | PhD | Research Assistant Professor, UW Medicine |
| Megan Ruffley | PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University Carnegie Institute of Science |
| Courtney Schreiner | MS | PhD Student, University of Tennessee |
| Diya Sen | PhD | Bioinformatics Consultant, OSTHUS |
| Matthew Settles | PhD | Director of Bioinformatics, Medio Labs |
| Lucas Sheneman | PhD | Director of Research Computing & Data Services, U of I Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Sciences (IIDS) |
| Tse-Ming (Conrad) Shyu | PhD | Micro/Immuno Bioinformaticist, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Amanda Stahlke | PhD | Assistant Professor of Biology, Colorado Mesa University |
| David Streett |
MS | Co-founder, Karilian (medical data support) and Senior Software Engineer, SpotX |
| Smitha Surakanti | MS | Senior SDF Implementor at Amgen Pharmaceuticals |
| Tanner Varrelman | PhD | Full Stack Developer, U of I Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Sciences (IIDS) |
| Robert Week | PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, Michigan State University |
| Wei Wei | PhD | Professor, Metro State University |
| Janet Williams |
PhD | Senior Research Scientist, University of Idaho |
| Andrzej Wojtowicz | PhD | Data Scientist III, Expedia Group |
| Lei Yang | PhD | Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest Research Institute |
| Ada Zhan |
MS/PhD |
Senior Computational Biologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Xue Zhong | PhD | Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Ilya Zhbannikov | PhD | Biostatistician, Duke University School of Medicine |