Lab Alumni
Previous Ph.D. Students (and current position)
Laura Almstead, Ph.D. (2001-2007) Current position: Postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Daniel DiMaio, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Susan McBratney, Ph.D. (1991-1996) Current position: Science writer. Denver, CO.
Chang-you Chen, Ph.D. (1992-1995) Current position: Senior Scientist, Exelixis. South San Francisco, CA.
Simon Hambidge, MD/Ph.D. (1989-1992) Current position: Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver, CO.
Susan Hoover, MD/Ph.D. (1992-1996) Current position: Resident, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
Sandra Jacobson, Ph.D. (1987-1992) Current position: Postdoctoral fellow with Dr. LorrainePillus, University of California at San Diego. San Diego, CA.
Kyle Johnson, Ph.D. (1988-1994) Current position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology, University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, TX.
Kenneth Kuhn, Ph.D. (1996-2001) Current position: Research Scientist, Illumina, Inc. San Diego, CA.
Soo-Kyung OH, Ph.D. (1990-1994) Deceased.
Alissa Lancaster, Ph.D. (1997-2004) Current position: Postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Klaus Früh, Oregon Health and Science University, OR.
Lyle Najita, Ph.D. (1987-1992) Present: Acupuncture. San Francisco, CA.
Xiaoli Qin, Ph.D. Ph.D. (1997-2003) Current position: Postdoctoral fellow with Dr.Gerald Rubin, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Shelly Waggoner, Ph.D. (1992-1997) Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Steven Liebhaber, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Previous Posdoctoral Fellows (and current position)
Martin Bushell, Ph.D. (2001-2004) Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham, UK. [www]
Mark Carter, Ph.D. (1996-2005) Current position: Research Associate, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
Camille Diges, Ph.D. (2004-2006) Current position: Senior Researcher, BioRad, Hercules, CA.
Keith Gulyas, Ph.D. (1995-2000) Deceased
Kurt Gustin, Ph.D. (1998-2002) Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. [www]
Aurelia Haller, Ph.D. (1994-1997) Current position: Virology Program Leader, GobelImmune, Aurora, CO.
Narushi Iizuka, Ph.D. (1992-1994) Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Virology, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan.
Eric Jan, Ph.D. (2000-2005) Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada [www]
Gregg Johannes, Ph.D. (1994-1999) Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA [www]
Catherine Jopling, Ph.D. (2002-2005) Current position: Research Assistant, University of Nottingham, UK.
Li Kuo Kong MD. (1998-2004) Current position: Private Practice, Oakland, CA.
Dennis Macejak, Ph.D. (1988-1992) Current position: Senior Scientist with Dr. Robert Garcea. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Eric Simoes, MD. (1988-1993) Current position: Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado HSC, Denver, CO.
Sunnie Thompson, Ph.D. (1998-2005) Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL [www]
Joan Wilson, Ph.D. (1996-2000) Current position: Commercial Development Scientist, Panomics, Fremont, CA.
Qin Yang, Ph.D. (1993-1996) Current position: Research Associate, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado HSC, Denver, CO.
Previous Undergraduate Students (and current position)
Julia Drewes (2006-2007) Currently a Graduate student, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Mia Lassiter (2008 SSRP /Amgen Scholar) Currently an undergraduate at Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC

