Postdoctoral Fellows Mentored
Dr. Jelena Zaitseva (KU: 2004-2007)
currently principal scientist with BASF
Dr. Catie Shelton (KU: 2016-2018)
IRACDA program; currently assistant professor at Northern Kentucky University
Dr. Andie Cassity (KU: 2019-2020)
currently Staff Scientist I with Eurofins
Dr. Komal Kalani (UTSA: 2021-2022)
currently employed at Vestaron Cooperation
Graduate Students Mentored
Dr. Kathleen Meneely (KU: 2003-2007)
currently a lab manager for the Lamb Lab, UTSA
Dr. Qianyi Luo (KU: 2004-2009)
currently associate research professor, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Indiana University Purdue University–Indianapolis
Andrew Ouellette (KU: 2008-2011)
completed Master's
currently research chemist, National Institute for Materials Advancement at Pittsburgh State University
Dr. Jose Olucha (KU: 2008-2012)
currently a senior product manager at Twist Bioscience
Anindita Basu (KU: 2011-2013)
completed Master's
currently an associate manager of scientific writing at Indegene, Bengalore, India
Dr. Blake Balcomb (KU: 2012-2014)
completed Master's
completed Ph.D. with Professor Erick Strauss, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
currently a postdoctoral fellow with Diamond Light Source, Oxford, England
Dr. Trey Ronnebaum (KU: 2015-2018)
NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellow with Dr. David Christianson, University of Pennsylvania
currently a biochemist in the Screening, Profiling and Mechanistic Biology Group at GlaxoSmithKline
Dr. Nikola Kenjic (KU: 2014-2019)
postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Jeff Perry, University of California, Riverside
currently a scientist with Terray Therapeutics
Dr. Jeff McFarlane (KU: 2016-2019)
currently an assistant professor at Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado
Alexis Reynolds (UTSA: 2020-2022)
currently completing Master's and applying to medical school
Katie Vela (UTSA: 2020-2022)
completed Master's
currently enrolled at Roseman University of Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, Utah
Technicians Directed
Andrew Haith (KU: 2003-2007)
currently an elementary school teacher (preschool to 5th grade math)
Annemarie Chilton (KU: 2010-2019)
currently self employed: https://peacelovejoyyoga.com/annemarie/
F. Sharfa Farzandh (UTSA: 2020-2022)
currently a research scientist at AstraZeneca
Evan Valenta (UTSA: 2021)
currently a perishable food representative at H.E.B.
Megan Aguiar (UTSA: 2022)
currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago
