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Career Options  

Many exciting career opportunities are available to our PhD and postdoctoral students. Some new PhD graduates initially move to a postdoctoral fellowship, while others go directly into positions of responsibility with governmental agencies, research institutes, and chemical and pharmaceutical companies. Here are some examples.

Asterisks indicate students who joined our program for postdoctoral training, which usually lasted two years, the last year being given here.

(See also a complete list of all our PhD graduates from 2000 to the present, with their current positions.)

Alumni in Academia
*Angela Bush ’08
Rosemarie Marchan ’07
Julian Castaneda ’07
John P. Norman ’07
Peter F. Vitiello ’07
Zhihu (Gerald) Zhong ’07

Tara Arndt ’06
Yu (Agnes) Luo ’06
Carissa Filbrandt-Childs ’06
Elizabeth Ryan ’06

David G. Farrer ’06
Geniece Lehmann ’06
Mary Williamson ’05
Russell W. Garrett ’05

David M. Lehmann ’05
Christine Hammond ’04
Amber Wyman ’04

Christine Palermo ’04
*Tracey Simmons-Willis ’03
Junguo Zhou ’03
Thomas K. Lee, MD, PhD ’02

Huei-Ju Ting ’02
Ray Rancourt ’02
Elizabeth Lipscomb ’01
*Stephanos Krykanides.DDS,PhD’99

Patrick D. Sarmiere ’01
Sang-ki Park ’00
*Alison Elder ’99
*Irene Perillo, MD, PhD ’00

Andrew Wallace ’98
*Christopher Stodgell ’97
Matthew J. Mahon ’95
Teresa Liberati,DVM,PhD,’95

*Vincent Markowski ’95
Mark Plessinger ’95
Lisa Opanashuk ’94
*Robert McBride ’92

*Thomas Simmons ’91
Susan M. Robey-Bond ’90
Mark Hahn ’88
Bruce Holm ’87

*Michael Aschner ’86
Richard Gallo ’86
Chiu-Wing Lam ’84
*Lawrence H. Lash ’86
*Dale L. Phelps, MD ’86

*M. Christopher Newland ’86
Ned Ballatori ’84
Ellen Henry ’84
*G. David Gentry ’82

*Deborah A. Cory-Slechta ’82
*Hiroshi Satoh, MD ’81
Chiharu Tohyama ’81
Marc A. Rozner ’80

John B. Morris ’80
Norman F. Angell ’79
*Atila Bozkurt ’78
*Kimiko Hirayama ’77

Thomas Gasiewicz ’77
*William H. Merigan ’77
*Sander Stern ’77
Paul Kostyniak ’76

*Tore Syverson ’75
Richard D. Irons ’75
*Hans-Rudolph Berthoud ’75
*Ronald W. Wood ’75

*M. George Cherian ’74
*Zahir A. Shaikh ’73
Gary M. Whitford, DMD, ’72
*Hugh L. Evans ’71
Assistant Professor / George Gwinnett College
Postdoctoral Student / Dortmund, Germany
Veterinary student / Cornell University
Juris Doctoral Candidate / Yeshiva University Sch. of Law Postdoctoral Fellow / U. of Rochester School of Med.
Postdoctoral Fellow / U. of Rochester School of Med.

MD Student / U. of Rochester School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellow / National Inst. of Health
Law Student / U. at Buffalo Law School
Research Assist. Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med.

Postdoctoral Fellow / Oregon State U.
Postdoctoral Fellow / U. of Rochester School of Med.
Assistant Professor / Boston U. School of Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellow / U. of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Fellow / U. of Rochester School of Med.
Postdoctoral Res. Assoc. / U. of Roch. Sch. of Med.
Instructor / Finger Lakes Community College

Postdoctoral Fellow / Tulane U. Medical School
Assistant Professor / Texas Southern U.
Postdoctoral Fellow / National Inst. Environ. Hlth Sciences
Resident / Johns Hopkins Hospital

Postdoctoral Res. Associate / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med.
Postdoctoral Fellow / Nat’l Jewish Medical Research Ctr
Postdoctoral Fellow / Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor / U. of Rochester School of Med.

Postdoctoral Fellow / Colorado State U.
Assistant Professor / Col. of Pharmacy, St.John’s U.
Research Assistant Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med.
Assistant Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med.

Assistant Professor / North Carolina State U.
Assistant Professor / U. of Rochester School of Med.
Assistant Professor / Harvard Medical School
Research Professor / Southern Illinois Sch. of Med.

Associate Professor / U. of Southern Maine
Assistant Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med.
Associate Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med.
Professor / LaRoche College

Professor & Director / Indiana U. of Penn.
Researcher/Analyst / U. of Vermont
Senior Scientist / Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
Professor & Sr Vice-Provost / U. at Buffalo

Professor / Vanderbilt U. School of Medicine
Associate Professor / U. of California, San Diego
Associate Professor / U.of Texas Medical School and NASA JSC
Professor / Wayne State U. School of Med.
Professor / U. of Rochester School of Med.

Alumni Professor / Auburn University
Professor / U. of Rochester School of Medicine
Research Asst. Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med.
Professor / College of Charleston

Professor / Rutgers University
Professor / Tohoku U. School of Medicine
Professor / University of Tokyo, Japan
Professor / U. of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Ctr

Professor / U. of Connecticut
Associate Professor / Albany Medical College
Professor / Hacettepe U. Faculty of Medicine
Professor / Kumamoto U. College of Medical Sch., Japan

Professor / U. of Rochester School of Medicine
Professor / U. of Rochester School of Medicine
Research Asst. Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med.
Professor / SUNY Buffalo

Professor / Norwegian U. of Science, Trondheim, Norway
Professor / U. of Colorado-Denver and Hlth. Sciences Ctr
Professor / Louisiana State University
Research Assoc. Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med.

Professor / U. of Western Ontario School of Med.
Professor / U. of Rhode Island School of Pharmacy
Regents Professor / Medical College of Georgia
Professor / New York U. School of Medicine

Research Institutes and Governmental Agencies
*Indika Endirisinghe ’08
Donna Wai Ling Lee ’05
Madhuri Singal ’05
*T. Scott Thurmond ’01
Dawn R. Clifton ’00

Gregory W. Mango ’00
Penelope A. Rice ’00
Edward G. Barrett ’99
Amy Lavin ’98

John Breen ’95
Sandra Baird ’92
George Gray’89
Steven Gavett ’89

*John Liccione ’88
Steven Gilbert ’86
*Michael A. Babich ’84
Chiu-Wing Lam ’83
Polly Sager ’82

David Thomas ’78
Kirk Kitchen ’77
Owen Moss ’77
Tina Levine ’75
Tor Norseth ’72
Sr. Scientist & Res. Asst. Prof. / National Ctr. for Food Safety & Technology
Postdoctoral Fellow / Buck Inst. Age Res.
Manager / Respiratory Sciences, Research Inst. for Fragrance Materials
Regulatory Toxicologist / U.S. Food and Drug Admin.
Postdoctoral Fellow / NIAID, Rocky Mt. Labs, MT

Criminalist / Oklahoma State Bureau of Investig.
Investigator / U.S. Food and Drug Admin.
Associate Scientist / Lovelace Respiratory Res. Inst.
Scientific Project Manager / ILSI Health & Env.Sci.Inst.

Health Scientist / Ctrs for Dis. Control&Prevention
Toxicologist / MA, U. S. E. P. A.
Asst Administrator, Research. / U. S. E. P. A.
Research Biologist / U. S. E. P. A.

Office of Pesticide Program / U. S. E. P. A.
Director / Inst. Neurotox. & Neurological Disorders
Program Coordinator / U.S. Consumer Products Safety
Senior Scientist, Toxicologist / Johnson Space Center
Associate Director / NIAID,Inst.Research–Infect.Dis.

Research Toxicologist / U. S. E. P. A.
Research Toxicologist / U. S. E. P. A.
Senior Scientist / CIIT Center for Health Research
Director / Hlth Effects Div., Office of Pesticides, E.P.A.
Research Director, Nat. Inst. of Occupat. Health, Norway

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Companies
*David Aremu ’08
Erik K. Rushton ’07
Sean C. Gehen ’07

Pheona Radcliffe ’06
Jason Roper ’05
Gary Minsavage ’04
*Vanessa Silva ’04

*Napoleon Alejandro ’03
Tenea Watson ’03
Daniel Nazarenko ’01

Kevin French ’01
Stephen Dertinger ’00
Amy Lavin ’99

*James Rebbeor ’98
Clarice Chen ’98
Stephanie Powlin ’97

Carol Eisenmann ’94
Jonathan Obourn ’94
Mary Richardson ’94

Daniel Widzowski ’93
Ethan Burstein ’92
*Nina Patel ’91

Henry Sadowski ’91
Claire Gavin ’91
*Hiroyoshi Matsumoto ’90

Jay Fine ’89
Gary Chellman ’84

Ronald Gerson ’83
*Richard McKee ’81
Timothy Landry ’80

Douglas Kornbrust ’80
Arthur Levin ’80
Toxicologist / Proctor & Gamble
Toxicologist / Exxon Mobil
Senior Toxicologist / Dow Agro Sciences

Senior Research Scientist / Colgate Palmolive Co.
Study Director / WIL Research Laboratories
Senior Toxicologist / Exxon Mobil Biomed. Sciences
Staff Toxicologist / Proctor &aqmp; Gamble

Senior Scientist / Bochringer Ingelheim Pharmaceut.
Research Scientist / Gilead Sciences
Associate Director / Fulcrum Pharma Developments

Senior Research Scientist / Apogee Biotechnologies
Laboratory Director / Litron Laboratories
Scientific Program Manager / Intl. Life Sciences Inst.

Process Development Specialist / Bayer Corporation
Res. Investigator / Bristol-MyersSquibb Pharm.Res.Inst.
Manager in Toxicol. / Bristol-Myers Squibb

Senior Toxicologist / Cosmetic Toiletry & Frag. Ass.
Exploratory Development Director / Pfizer
Section Head Toxicologist / Proctor & Gamble Pharma.

Principal Scientist / Astra Zeneca
Director of Biosciences / Acadia Pharmaceut.
Senior Biochemical Toxicologist / Eli Lilly

Senior Scientist / ENZO Biochemical
Senior Principal Scientist / Pfizer
Deputy Senior Director / Banyu Pharmaceut. Co.,Japan

Associate Director / Schering-Plough Res. Institute
Senior Vice-President / CharlesRiver Preclinical Sci.

Vice-President Development / Endo Pharmaceut.
Scientific Associate / ExxonMobil Biomed. Sci.
Research Associate / Dow Chemical

Executive Consulting Vice Pres./ Acuity Pharmaceut.
Sr Vice President, Drug Devel. / ISIS Pharmaceut.


Revised July 29 2008 (vgl & gbi)