Beatrice Z. Milne and Theodore Brandenburg Award

Adam Cheng, PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology. Advisor: Rueben Harris

David Owen, PhD in Molecular, Cellular Development Biology and Genetics. Advisor: Michael Farrar

Zhe (Maya) Wang, PhD in Neuroscience. Advisor: Ben Hayden

Lisa Chesner: Ph.D. in Pharmacology.  Advisor: Colin Campbell

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at UCSF

Matthew Green: Ph.D. in Neuroscience. Advisor: Stanley Thayer

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University

Rebekah Lawrence: Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science. Advisor: Paula Ludwig

Nora McCall: Ph.D. in Neuroscience. Advisor: Kevin Wickman

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania

Lee Meier: Ph.D. in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology. Advisor: Bryce Binstadt

Chris Richards: Ph.D. in Pharmacology. Advisor: Reuben Harris

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University

Tijana Martinov:  PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology.  Advisor:  Brian Fife.

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute

Gabriel Starrett:  PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology.  Advisor:  Rueben Harris.

Current Position: Independent Research Scholar at National Cancer Institute

Martha Streng:  PhD in Neuroscience.  Advisor:  Timothy Ebner

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota

Courtney Coombes: PhD in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology & Genetics. Advisor: Melissa Gardner

Current Position: Health Science Policy Analyst at the National Institutes of Health

Lucky Kalekar:  PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology.  Advisor:  Daniel Mueller
Scientist II at eGenesis, Inc, Cambridge, MA

Sakeen Kashem:   PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology.  Advisor:  Daniel Kaplan
Resident Physician in Dermatology at UCSF

Scott Warren:  PhD in Neuroscience.  Advisors: Geoffrey Ghose & Stephen Engel
Resident Physician Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown Univeristy

John Chan: PhD in Pharmacology, 2015. Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Marchant

Current Position: Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin

Yinan Kan: PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, 2015. Advisor: Dr. Eric Hendrickson
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Harvard Medical School Dept of Genetics - Church Lab

Elizabeth Steinert: PhD in Microbiology Immunology & Cancer Biology, 2015. Advisor: Dr. David Masopust
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University - Chandel Lab

Yang Yang: PhD in Pharmacology, 2015. Advisor, Dr. Fang Li
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Yale University - Steitz Lab

Jason Schenkel: PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology, 2014. Advisor: Dr. David Masopust

Current Position: Transfusion Medicine Fellow, Harvard Medical School

Nicole Wydeven: PhD in Pharmacology, 2014. Advisor, Kevin Wickman
Current Position: Senior Clinical Product Risk Specialist at Boston Scientific

Andrew Wickenheiser: PhD in Neuroscience, 2014. Advisor, A. David Redish
Current Position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor, UCLA.

Angela Brunner: PhD in Pharmacology, 2013. Advisor: Stanley Thayer

Current Position: Medical Science Liaison, Neuroscience, Eli Lilly and Co.

Michael Burns: PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, 2013. Advisor: Reuben Harris
Current Position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Loyola University Chicago.

Fa-An (Frank) Chao: PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, 2013. Advisor, Burckhard Seelig
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Structural Biophysics Laboratory at the National Cancer Institute.

Jerid Robinson: PhD in Pharmacology, 2013. Advisor: Lincoln Potter
Current Position: Field Application Scientist at IsoPlexis

Peder Cedervall: PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, 2012. Advisor: Carrie Wilmot

Current Position: Scientist, Daart NeuroScience LLC.

Martin Gustavsson: PhD in Bchemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, 2012. Advisor: Gianluigi Veglia
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego.

Ping-Chih Ho: PhD in Pharmacology, 2012. Advisor: Li-Na Wei
Current Position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Oncology, Universite de Lausanne.

Judd Hultquist: PhD in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology & Genetics, 2012. Advisor: Reuben Harris
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco.

Ava Yun Lin: PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, 2012. Advisor: David Thomas  MD in 2014
Current Position: Resident in Pediatric Neurology, University of Washington.

Jared Rowe: PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology, 2012. Advisor, Sing Sing Way  MD in 2014
Current Position: Resident in Pediatrics @ Boston Children's Hospital.

Michael Mbughuni: PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, 2011. Advisor: John Lipscomb

Current Position: Clinical Chemistry Fellow at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Oludare Odumade: PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology, 2011. Advisor: Kristen Hogquist  MD in 2014
Current Position: Resident in Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego.

Ekaterina Posokhova: PhD in Pharmacology, 2011. Advisor: Kiril Martemyanov
Current Position: Regulatory Research and Review Fellow at the Food and Drug Administration.

Ming Zeng: PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology, 2011. Advisor: Ashley Haase
Current Position: Postsdoctoral Researcher at University of Texas, Southwestern and Associate Editor of the ejournal, Bio-protocol

Christopher DeNucci: PhD in Microbiology Immunology & Cancer Biology, 2010.  Advisor, Yoji Shimizu  MD in 2012

Current Position:  Resident in Diagnostic Radiology, Stanford University.

Kurt Prins: PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, 2010. Advisor: James Ervasti  MD in 2012
Current Position: Cardiology Fellow, University of Minnesota.

Joshua Puhl: PhD in Neuroscience, 2011. Advisor: Karen Mesce
Current Position: Community Faculty, Metropolitan State University.

Patrick Rothwell: PhD in Neuroscience, 2011. Advisor: Mark Thomas
Current Position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Deptartment of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota.

Tiffany Schmidt: PhD in Neuroscience, 2011. Advisor, Paulo Kofuji
Current Position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University.

Michael Weinreich: PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology, 2011. Advisor, Kristen Hogquist
Current Position: Allergy and Immunology Fellow, National Institutes of Health.

Hon Man Hamlet Chu: PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology, 2009. Advisor: Marc Jenkins

Current Position: Investigator, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, San Francisco.

Farjana Fattah: PhD in Biochemisty, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, 2009. Advisor: Eric Hendrickson
Current Position: Core Manager, Biomarker Research Core, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas, Southwestern.

Michael Gerner: PhD in Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology, 2009. Advisor: Peter Bitterman
Current Position:Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Washington.

Guylaine Hache: PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, 2009. Advisor: Reuben Harris
Current Position: Technical Advisor at Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP.

Fen Liu: PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, 2009. Advisor: Kylie Walters
Current Position: Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute, Frederick Campus.

Hui Zheng: PhD in Pharmacology, 2009. Advisor: Ping-Yee Law
Current Position: Principal Investigator, Guanzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health.

Garret Anderson: PhD in Pharmacology, 2008. Advisor: Dr. Kirill Martemyanov

Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside.

Andrea R Daniel: Ph.D. in Pharmacology in 2008. Advisor: Dr. Carol Lange
Current Position: Senior Scientist, University of Minnesota.

Steve Davidson: Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 2009. Advisor: Dr. Glenn Giesler.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Deptartment of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati.

Nien-Pei Tsai: Ph.D. in Pharmacology in 2009. Advisor Dr. Li-Na Wei.
Current Position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Petter Woll: PhD in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology & Genetics in 2008. Advisor Dan Kaufman.
Current Position:  Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute.