Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Alumni

Graduate Success

Biochemistry & molecular biology graduates pursue careers in medicine, life science research, pharmaceutical sciences, bioanalytical chemistry, and microbiology, among other interesting career choices. Others are pursuing graduate degrees.

Alumni Outcomes

Kaylee? Haws?: PA Program?, St. Joseph’s University?

Blair? Shaffer?: MS Program, Applied Kinesiology?, Lebanon Valley College?

Benjamin? Smith?: Field Assistant, Purdue University, Indiana

Molly ?Trautman?: MS Program, Forensic Science?, Arcadia University?

Wyatt? Zimmerman?: Laboratory Analyst?, Coral Reef Labs, Jonestown, PA?

Katherine? Kimbark?: Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine?, Hershey, PA?

Emily? Manna?: Masters in Biomedical Sciences? with a Concentration in Virology & Immunology?, Penn State College of Medicine?, Hershey, PA?

Bailey? Dills?: Contact Specialist?, RSI EnTech?, Oak Ridge, TN?

Lucas? Guzman?: Post Bacc Program in Biochemistry?, Tufts University?, Boston, MA

Haley ?Lutz?: Veterinary School?, St. George’s University?, Grenada

Monalisa? Patel?: Level II Technician?, Penn State HMC Blood Bank?, Hershey, PA?

Shellann? Worthen?: Heavy Metals Analyst?, Garden State Laboratories, Inc.?, Somerset, NJ?

Erin? Ziegler?: Medical Device Chemistry Scientist?, Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories?, Lancaster, PA

Zachary Balodis:?Pharm D Program; Thomas Jefferson University

Erica Coles-Dietrick:?Master of Biomedical Sciences program; Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Evan Crawford:?High school teacher; Lebanon High School (Fall’21)

Evan Danielewicz:?Raw materials scientist; Eurofins

James Garraway:?Analytical Technician; EMD Electronics, Tamaqua, PA

Jessica Heister:?Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry at Temple University; 4-year scholarship through the U.S. Navy through the Health Services Collegiate Program (HSCP)

Christian Lantz:?NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Ph.D. program

Elizabeth Lyter:?Salus Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Elkins Park, Pa.

Emily Mackey:?Assistant Scientist; PPD, Richmond, VA

Tatyana Opalko:?Associate Scientist; Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories

Kyle Patrick:?Ph.D. Program, Penn State College of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences

Brandon Roy:?Ph.D. Program, Cornell University, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology

Julia Weber:?Ph.D. Program, Penn State College of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences

Joshua S. Abbott:?Quality Control Lab Technician, Polytek Development Corp,
Easton, Pa.

Kevin J. Beaver:?Ph.D. Program, Chemistry, University of Utah,?Salt Lake City, Utah

Adam R. Bennett:?Pharm D. Program, Chemistry, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Md.

Alexa E. Bowman:?Scientist I, Eurofins, Lancaster Laboratories,
Lancaster, Pa.

Kylie M. Dunham:?Vet School (DVM Program), University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, Tenn.

Madison E. Martin:?Ph.D. Program, Biomedical Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine,?Hershey, Pa.

Abigail (Abbey) Samuelsen:?Lab Technician,?Department of Anesthesiology,?Penn State College of Medicine

Rachel E. Switzer:?Analyst in the Food Chemistry Department, EMSL Analytical, Cinnaminson N.J.

Robert F. Tesoriero:?Ph.D. Program,?Systems, Synthetic and Physical Biology,?Rice University, Houston, Texas.

Andrew Brown:?M.S.?’20 Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware Staff Scientist, QPS Holdings, Newark, Del.

Emily Gilbert: Doctor of?Pharmacology Program, Jefferson College of Pharmacy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Nicole Lloyd:?Associate Scientist, Eurofins, Lancaster Labs

Tyler Malachowski:?Associate Scientist, Eurofins, Lancaster Labs

Ciara Marshall:?M.D. Program, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.

Julia Rutherford:?Ph.D. Program, Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Md.

Megan Kimmel:?DPM ’21, New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York City

John McHale Jr.:?Biotechnician, Merck

McCauley Meyer:?Ph.D. Program, Biochemistry, Penn State University, University Park

Austin Minnich: Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Debra Nye Gauker: Pharmacist, CVS Pharmacy, PharmD ’20, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lake Erie, Pa.

Jasmine Olvany: Fulbright Finalist, Budapest, Hungary, then Case Western Reserve University Ph.D. program, Cleveland, Ohio

Corey Sell: Medical School, Pennsylvania State University

Jonathan Snyder: Ph.D. Program, Pharmacology & Physiology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Viktoria Van Nederveen: Ph.D. Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.

Kyra Valent: Doctor of Osteopathy Program, Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa.

Kelsey Dissinger:?Quality Assurance Specialist, Microbac Laboratories, Cortland, N.Y.

Amy Evans:?M.S. ’18, Forensic Science; Forensic Scientists Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory at Dover Air Force Base

Austin Hornberger:?Water Treatment Specialist, Chem-Aqua, Monmouth Junction, N.J.

Cody Lloyd:?Ph.D. Program, Biochemistry, Penn State University

Tim Monko:?Ph.D. Program in Biology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

William Sausser:?Forensic Scientist, Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Forensic Services

Victoria Seader:?Associate Scientist, Eurofins Laboratories, Lancaster, Pa.

Sonam Sherpa:?DO ’19, Resident in family medicine, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, Pa.

Andy Thurby:?Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM), Blacksburg, Va.

Nate Bell:?Analyst, Eurofins, Lancaster Laboratories, Lancaster, PA

Amelia Capuano:?Laboratory Analyst, Chemical Solutions Ltd, Harrisburg, Pa.

Benjamin Hoerner:?lab technician, vivoPharm LLC, Hummelstown, Pa.

Bradley Krisanits:?M.S.’17, Ph.D. Program, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina

Laura Misiewicz:?Pharm.D. ’19, pharmacist, CVS Pharmacy

Alyssa Shultz:?Scientist, Glaxo SmithKline, Marietta, PA

Andrew Stoltzfus:?Ph.D. program, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Md.

Rebecca Wise:?Ph.D. Program, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.

Shirley Guzman-Caballero:?(Vaccine Drug Development) VDPD Scientist 2, Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories PSS, West Point, Pa.

Nicol Hessong:?RN ’16, University of Rochester School of Nursing, Pediatric ICU Nurse, Golisano Children’s Hospital, Rochester, N.Y.

Aaron Rarick:?Laboratory Technician, Silliker – Merieux NutriSciences, Allentown, PA

Kelsey Robinson:?DO’18 PCOM, Resident OBGYN, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wa.

Heather Tran:?Associate Scientist, Eurofins – Lancaster Laboratories, Lancaster, PA

Christina Belousov:?DDS ’20 New York University College of Dentistry, Captain, U.S. Army, Fort Hood, Texas

Jared Cicero DPM?’17:?Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Pa.

Katalyn Funk:?Analytical Chemist at Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate; Lititz, Pa.

Allison Gerber:?M.S. Program in Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.; Ph.D. ’21, BCMB, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Nathan Hepler:?Postdoctoral Scholar, Penn State University Department of Biology, Cosgrove Lab, Ph.D. ’19, Plant Biology, Penn State University

Seth Polydore:?Ph.D. ’18, Genetics, Penn State University, Postdoc, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Data Science Facility

Halley Washburn:?Ph.D. Program, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University

Colleen Delaney Lewis:?Ph.D., Research Assistant, Rutgers University

Lindsey McMahon:?MSN ’18 University of Maryland, Baltimore, ICU Nurse, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Susan Menges Hurley:?M.S. ’16 The Pennsylvania State University, Quality Assurance Specialist-HACCP, Nestle Purina, Mechanicsburg, PA

Lindsey Wenger:?PharmD ’16, Pharmacist, Masonic Village, Elizabethtown, Pa.

Dr. Stephanie Bratton:?D.O. ’16, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, pediatrician, Shoptalk Community Health, Dorchester, Md.

Dr. Patricia Cunfer-Young:?Ph.D. ’16, Associate Scientist, Emergent Biosolutions, Gaithersburg, Md.

Allyssa Staboleski:?Manager, clinical operations-molecular diagnostics, Health Network Laboratories

Brian Stefaniak:?AV Technician, Shumaker Plan Design Transform, Lancaster, PA

Gary Lam?’09:?Ph.D., Cellular Molecular Development Biology, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Johanna Scarino Lemons ’06:?Molecular biologist in the Diet and Gut Microbiome Group, USDA; Ph.D., Princeton University

Dr. Kenneth Potter ’09:?M.D., anesthesia/critical care attending physician at VCU Medical Center, Richmond, Va.

Jeffrey Raber ’97:?CEO/CVO The Werc Shop, President KinetiChem, Ph.D. ’02, Chemistry, University of Southern California