Year
|
Student’s Name
|
Program
|
Awards/Career Path
|
08/2010 – 12/2010
|
Quinci Donahue, Kim Creger
|
Biochemistry
|
Currently undergraduate
|
05/2010 – 12/2010
|
David S. Umberger
|
Biological Sciences
|
Currently undergraduate
|
01/2010 - Present
|
Jens Hamann
|
Biochemistry
|
Currently undergraduate
|
05/2010-08/2010
|
Craig Carton
|
Biological Sciences
|
Currently undergraduate
|
01/2010 – 05/2010
|
Mowree Choudry
Mark Roberts*
|
Biological Sciences
|
Currently undergraduate
|
01/2009 – 05/2010
|
Sarah Fenton
|
Biological Sciences
|
Currently undergraduate
|
08/2008 – 05/2010*
|
Savannah McReynolds
|
Biological Sciences, Honors
|
Honor’s Thesis student in
Finkielstein lab. Accepted at Currently: D.V.M. program Virginia-Maryland
Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, VA
|
06/2008 – 05/2010*
|
Kaytlin Childs
|
Biological Sciences
|
SURF – Fralin/Wilkins
Fellowship (2009)
Currently: D.V.M. program
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, VA
|
06/2009-08/2009
|
Brandon Basehore
|
Biological Sciences
|
Currently undergraduate
|
08/2009-12/2009
|
Josh Trebach
|
Biological Sciences, Honors
|
Currently undergraduate
|
01/2008 – 05/2009
|
Megan Sayyad
|
Biochemistry
|
Currently: Quest Diagnostics –
Molecular Genetics Division, VA
|
08/2007 – 05/2009*
|
John Welsh
|
Biological Sciences
|
SURF - Fralin/Wilkins Fellowship (2008).
Graduated as BS/MS student in
Finkielstein lab. (see below)
|
09/2005 – 05/2009*
|
Andrew Lucas
|
Biological Sciences, Chemistry,
Honors
|
College of Science Outstanding Senior
(2008)
Department of Biology Outstanding
Senior in Research (2008)
ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference
Award (2008)
Sigma Xi – Grants in Aid (2008)
Fralin/Wilkins Fellowship (2007, 2008)
Ellet Scholarship (2006)
Graduated as BS/MS student in
Finkielstein lab. (see below)
|
06/2007 – 05/2009*
|
Shane McTighe
|
Biological Sciences
|
Currently: Sanaria (Biotech Co). Applying to MD/PhD programs
|
06/2008 – 08/2009
|
VJ Bajwa
|
Biological Sciences
|
Currently: MD program at
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
|
08/2007 – 05/2008*
|
Melanie Mumau
|
Biochemistry, Honors
|
Honor’s Thesis Defense – Dept.
of Biochemistry (2008)
Continue in the post-baccalaurate program at NIH. Currently: Ph.D. program at
the Mount Sinai Hospital, NY.
|
06/2008 – 12/2008*
|
Craig Conway
|
Biological Sciences
|
|
08/2007 – 05/2008
|
Rishi Chopra
|
Biological Sciences
|
Currently: VCOM
|
08/2007 – 05/2008*
|
Sarah Cousins
|
Biological Sciences
|
Currently: Ph.D. program at
Univ. of California Irvine.
|
08/2007 – 05/2008*
|
Jamie Clark
|
Biochemistry
|
|
08/2007 - 05/2008*
|
Sam Faith
|
Biological Sciences, Honors
|
Pasteur Institute Internship
(2007)
Foundation Zuccarie Internship (2006)
Honor’s Thesis– Dept. of
Biological Sciences (2008)
MS in Tropical Diseases from
the Univ. of Barcelona, Spain
Currently: M.D. program at VCU
– School of Medicine, VA
|
01/2007 – 05/2008*
|
Jenna Hess
|
Biological Sciences
|
Currently: M.S. graduate
program in Biochemistry at Virginia Tech
|
09/2005 – 05/2008*
|
Rebecca Sinnott
|
Biochemistry, Honors
|
B.M. Goldwater Scholarship (2007)
Sigma Xi – Grants-in Aid (2006)
Honor’s Thesis – Dept. of
Biochemistry (2008)
Currently: Ph.D. program at UNC
Chapel Hill, NC
|
09/2005 – 05/2008
|
JiaJia Dong
Undergrad/Grad student
|
Physics
|
Assistant Professor Hamline
University, St. Paul, MN
|
06/2007 – 12/2008
|
Nathan Carter
|
Biochemistry, Honors
|
Currently undergraduate
|
09/2005 – 05/2007*
|
Tyler Luong
|
Biological
Sciences/Biochemistry
|
|
08/2006 – 05/2007*
|
Kevin Kim
|
Biochemistry
|
Sigma Xi – Grants in Aid (2006)
Joined Finkielstein lab as M.S.
student (see below)
|
06/2006 – 05/2007*
|
Travis Porter
|
Biological Sciences
|
Center for International Education,
Kansai Gaidai Univ., Japan (2006)
Currently: Peace Corps
|
06/2007 – 12/2007*
|
Sean Mury
|
Biological Sciences
|
Joined Finkielstein lab as
graduate student and later transfer to Microbiology at Virginia Tech
|
08/2006 – 12/2006
|
Yi Zhao
|
Biological Sciences/Engineer
|
|
01/2006 – 12/2006
|
Kristin Fleming-Dahl
|
Biological Sciences, Honors
|
Currently: Virginia Tech Master
program in Education
|
01/2006 – 12/2006
|
Matthew Schrettner
|
Biological Sciences, Honors
|
Currently: MD program at
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA
|
09/2005 – 05/2006*
|
Kirsten Mahon
|
Biological Sciences
|
Currently: School of Medicine,
Navy Official
|
09/2005 – 05/2006*
|
Carlo Santos
|
Biological Sciences
|
Continue as graduate student in
Finkielstein lab (see below).
|
09/2005-12/2005*
|
Kai Gould
|
Biological Sciences
|
|
Year
|
Student’s Name
|
Program
|
Awards/ Career Path
|
08/2010 - Present
|
JingJing Liu
|
Ph.D. - Cell and Developmental
Biology
|
Currently at Finkielstein Lab
|
01/2008 - Present
|
Linda Villa
|
Ph.D. - Cell and Developmental
Biology
|
Multicultural
Academic Opportunities Program Scholarship (2010)
Dean’s
Minority Award (2007)
Currently
at Finkielstein Lab
|
01/2008 – 08/2010
|
Kevin Kim
|
M.S. - Cell and Developmental
Biology
|
Sigma Xi – Grants-in Aid (2007)
Currently: research technician at Intrexon, Inc.
|
05/2009 – 05/2010§
|
Andrew Lucas
|
BS/MS – Biological Sciences
|
See description in
Undergraduate section.
Currently: Ph.D. program at UNC
Chapel Hill
|
05/2009 – 05/2010§
|
John Welsh
|
BS/MS – Biological Sciences
|
College
of Science Outstanding Master Thesis (2010)
Sigma
Xi Award in Research (2010)
Currently: Ph.D. program at Rudgers University and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
|
08/2006 – 05/2009§
|
Karen Drahos
|
M.S. - Biological Sciences
|
William Preston Society Gold Watch Award for
best MS thesis in Life Sciences (2009)
Nominated best thesis in the
Life Sciences category for the Conference of Southern Graduate School (2009).
Sigma Xi –Grants-in Aid (2006)
Virginia Tech Graduate Research
Development Program (2006)
Currently: Adjunct Instructor
at Med Tech College, IN
|
08/2006 – 05/2009§
|
Carlo Santos
|
M.S. - Biological Sciences
|
Virginia Tech
Graduate Research Development Program (2007)
Currently: Biology position at the
National Institute of Health
|
08/2007 – 05/2008
|
David Figueroa
|
VT-PREP
|
Currently: M.S. program at
Georgetown University
|
