Past Postdoctoral Trainees, Graduate Trainees and Senior Fellows

2016-2022   Millissia Ben Maamar, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow and now Research Associate and Laboratory Manager, Washington State University.  Obtained a position at TekTeam, Palo Alto, CA.

2019-2021     Ryan Thompson, MS Graduate Student, Washington State University. Currently a BVetMed Graduate Accelerated Student at Royal Veterinary College.

2017-2021      Jennifer L.M. Thorson, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow. Obtained position as a Research Scientist at IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group, Lake Forest Park, WA.

2016-2019     Stephanie E. King, Graduate Student, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University. Obtained Ph.D. Degree. Currently at St Matthews Cayman Islands.

2015-2016     Margaret Unkefer, MS, Scientific Assistant. Obtained position Leappoint, Operations Lead, Washington DC.

2012-2015     Md. Muksitul Haque, Obtained Ph.D. Degree, Graduate Student, and then Postdoctoral Fellow. Co-Advisor with Dr. Larry Holder, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University. Obtained position at Stryker, Florida

2007-2013     Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington State University. Obtained junior faculty position at the University of Linkoping, Linkoping Sweden.

2010-2012     Rebecca Tracey, Research Technician. Accepted into WSU Veterinary School, Pullman, WA.

2010-2011     Renee Espinosa Najera, Research Technician. Obtained position at OHSU, Portland, Oregon.

2008-2012     Mohan Manikkam, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Washington State University. Obtained position at MD Cancer Institute, Houston, TX.

2005- 2012     Marina Savenkova, PhD, Research Associate. Obtained position at WSU as Research Associate.

2006-2011     Ramji Bhandari, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington State University. Currently Assistant Professor, Department of Biology at University of Carolina at Greensboro.

2008-2010     Trevor Covert, BS, Research Technician. Obtained position WSU Spokane. Currently Co-Founder, Director, Covert & Covert, Spokane, WA.

2007-2009     Matt Settles, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington State University, Obtained position as Director Genomics Resources Core, IBEST, at University of Idaho, Moscow Idaho. Currently Director Genomics Core at University of California at Davis.

2003-2009     Tracy Clement, Graduate Student, Washington State University. Obtained position Postdoctoral Fellow, NIEHS, Triangle Park, NC. Currently Assistant Professor, Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

2006- 2008     Kathy Dorgan, BS, Research Technician. Obtained position WSU.

2006-2008     Ben Lucker, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington State University. Obtained position at Energy Laboratory at WSU.

2003-2007     Matt Anway, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Washington State University. Obtained position on faculty at University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.

2003-2007     Mushtaq Memon, PhD, DVM, Visiting Scientist, Washington State University. Currently Associate Professor, Department Clinical Sciences, WSU.

2005-2006     Nicole Mills BS, Research Technician. Obtained position Melbourne, Australia.

2005- 2006     Michelle Schmidt, M.A., Research Associate, Moved to Philadelphia.

2004-2006      Jeff Stevens, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington State University. Currently, LC/MS/MS Laboratory Manager Sterling, Reference Laboratory, Seattle, WA.

2005-2006     Hung-Shu Chang, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow/Visiting Scientist, Washington State University, returned to National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan.

2001-2004     Tera Muir, Graduate Student, Washington State University. Obtained Ph.D. degree. Currently: Obtained position at Miltenyi Biotec Inc. in Auburn, California.

2000-2004     Suzanne Westfall, M.S. Graduate Student, Washington State University. Obtained Ph.D. degree. Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Dr. Michael Roberts.

2001- 2003     Phillip Kezele, Graduate Student, Washington State University. Obtained Ph.D. degree; Obtained position as a Postdoctoral Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington. Currently: Research Scientist I, Rosetta Inpharmatics, Merck Inc., Seattle, Washington.

2001-2002     Edith Orozco, BS, Research Associate, obtained position WSU/USDA.

2000-2003     Mehmet Uzumcu, PhD, DVM, Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington State University. Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

2000-2002      Melissa Saxlund, Graduate Student, Washington State University. Obtained MS degree. Currently: Research Technician at the Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.

2001-2002      Hiroetsu Suzuki, PhD, Visiting Scientist and Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington State University. Currently: Assistant Professor, Nippon Veterinary & Animal Science University, Tokyo, Japan.

1992-2004      Jaideep Chaudhary, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Support: Rockefeller Foundation, University of California, San Francisco; Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Professor, Washington State University. Obtained position as Senior Scientist, Atairgin Technologies Inc., Irvine CA. Obtained Position: Research Associate Professor and Assistant Director, Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University. Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Clark University, Atlanta, Georgia.

1999-2001     Kristin Dirks, B.S. Lab Assistant, Technician and Graduate Student, Washington State University. Obtained position as Research Associate, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon. Currently: Research Associate, WSU-Spokane, Spokane, Washington.

1997-2001     Grace Kim, M.S. Senior Research Associate, Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Molecular Bioscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Currently: Research Associate, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Marietta, PA.

1996- 2000     Andrea Cupp, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow Support: USDA Fellowship, University of California San Francisco. Research Assistant Professor, Washington State University. Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Nebraska.

1998-2000     Rachel Mosher, B.S., Research Associate, Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Currently: Student at Lewis and Clark State College, Lewiston, ID.

1999-2000     Jodi Patton, B.S. Research Associate, Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Molecular Bioscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Currently: Graduate Student at the Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR.

1987- 1999      Jeffrey A. Parrott, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Biomedical Engineering Major, 1987-1990; Graduate Student, Support: Endocrine Graduate Training Program, University of California at San Francisco; Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington State University; Senior Scientist, Atairgin Technologies Inc., Irvine CA. Currently: VP Business Development, Kadmus Pharmaceuticals, Irvine, CA.

1998-1999     Vinayak Doraiswamy, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington State University. Obtained position at the Business School, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Scientist, Guidant Corporation, St. Paul Minnesota; and Currently, Product Manager, Promega Corporation.

1997-1998     Gene Herrington, MS, Senior Research Associate, obtained position with the Department of Zoology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

1995-1997     Naoki Itoh, MD, PhD, Visiting Scientist/Fellow; Support: University of Sapporo Japan, Japan Ministry of Science. Currently, Associate Professor, Department of Urology, University of Sapporo.

1995-1997     Linda Miyashiro, Staff Research Associate, obtained position at the University of California, Irvine CA.

1994-1997     Urvashi Patel, Senior Research Associate, obtained position at Genetech, South San Francisco, CA, and entered Graduate School at Stanford.

1993-1996     Elena Levine, Graduate Student, Support: PIBS, Graduate Training Program, University of California, San Francisco. Obtained position on the Faculty of the Biological Sciences Department, Calpoly, California State University, San Louis Obisbo, CA.

1992-1995     Jane Wiesen, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Support: Reproductive Endocrinology Center and American Cancer Society Fellowships, University of California, San Francisco. Obtained fellowship at UCSF.

1993-1994     Michael T. Moser, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Support: USDA Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco. Obtained position at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

1992-1995     Betty Chu, Senior Research Associate, entered Medical School at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

1987-1994     Lisa Halburnt, Senior Research Associate, obtained position as Research Associate in the Vanderbilt University Cancer Center, Nashville, TN.

1990-1994     Patricia D. Whaley, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Support: Vanderbilt University, Reproductive Biology Research Center Training Grant, and University of California, San Francisco, Reproductive Endocrinology Center Training Grant. Obtained position at Clonetech Laboratories Inc., Palo Alto, CA.

1988-1991     Brian Mullaney, Graduate/Medical Student, Support: Vanderbilt University M.D./Ph.D. Medical Student Training Grant. Obtained Ph.D. became a resident in the Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco. Currently: Scientist and resident Pathologist, Myriad Genetics, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah.

1988-1991     John N. Norton, DVM, Postdoctoral Fellow/Graduate Student, Support: Pharmacology Department Training Grant, Reproductive Biology Research Center Training Grant and NIH Physician Scientist Award. Obtained Ph.D. and a Faculty Staff Scientist position at Procter and Gamble Co. in Cincinnati, OH, as a Reproductive Toxicologist. He then became the Director of Toxicology at Alcon Laboratories, Ft. Worth, Texas. Currently: University Veterinarian at Duke University Pathology Department.

1985-1991     Byron Glen, Senior Research Associate, obtained position as Research Associate in the Biochemistry Department at Vanderbilt University and a faculty position at Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN.

1987-1991     Susan Schlitz, Senior Research Associate, obtained position at Vanderbilt University, TN.

1988-1990     Andrew Roberts, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Support: Vanderbilt University Reproductive Biology Center Training Grant. Obtained position as an Assistant Scientist, i.e., Assistant Professor, at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NB.

1988-1990     Marinella Rosselli, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Support: Swiss National Foundation. Obtained a position as a Research Fellow at the Swiss Institute of Allergic Research, SIAF, University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland. Currently on faculty of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

1986-1990     Catherine T. Anthony, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Support: Mellon Foundation Grant. Obtained a position as a Research Instructor in the Department of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University. Currently is on the faculty in the Department of Urology at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

1985-1987     Peter M. Fetterolf, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Support: Vanderbilt University Reproductive Biology Research Center Training Grant Fellowship. Obtained a position as a Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, TN. Currently on the faculty of the Department of OB/GYN, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.