Alumni Placement 

A sampling of our alumni and their Initial position. 

Emily Yip 
Ph.D. 2007
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Jennifer Nickerson Glass 
Ph.D. 2007
Postdoctoral Fellow 
University of Iowa

Laurel Druschitz 
M.S. 2007
Technician
University of Illinois Chicago

Susan Kalis 
Ph.D. 2006
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY

Kathryn Gunn Dye
Ph.D. 2006 
Postdoctoral Fellow 
National Cancer Institute, MD 

Edward Thorp 
Ph.D. 2005
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Columbia University, New York, NY

Yujun Huang 
Ph.D. 2005
Postdoctoral Fellow 
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, CA

KiJong Rhee 
Ph.D. 2005
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Jing Chen 
Ph.D. 2005
Research Associate 
St. Jude Childrens' Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Paul Jasper 
Ph.D. 2004
Postdoctoral Fellow 
MIT Cambridge, MA

Kathy Cho 
Ph.D. 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR

Julia VomWege Dovi 
Ph.D. 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow 
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Heather Minges-Wols
Ph.D. 2003 
Assistant Professor 
Barat College of DePaul, Chicago, IL

Diane M. DaSilva 
Ph.D. 2003
Research Associate 
University of Southern California, Pasadena, CA

John Dye 
Ph.D. 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow 
USAMRIID

Kara Johnson
Ph.D. 2003 
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL

Quentin Low
Ph.D. 2002 
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Vollum Institute, 
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

Michelle Swanson-Mungerson 
Ph.D. 2002
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Kirstin Parkin
Ph.D. 2002 
Instructor 
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Amornrat Kanjanahaluethai 
Ph.D. 2002
Instructor 
Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Manuel Selg 
Ph.D. 2001
Assistant Professor 
Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Francesca Catalano
Ph.D. 2001 
Law School 
DePaul College of Law, Chicago, IL

Xiaocui Zhu 
Ph.D. 2001
Postdoctoral Fellow 
University of California, Irvine, CA

Deborah Kasprowicz 
Ph.D. 2000
Research Associate 
Virginia Mason Research Center, Seattle, WA

Axel Stover 
Ph.D. 1999
Research Scientist 
Corixa Corporation, Seattle WA

Robert Barrington 
Ph.D. 1998
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Dept. Pathology, Harvard Medical School, MA

Candace Winsted 
Ph.D. 1998
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Cris Kamperschroer 
Ph.D. 1998
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, NY

Jennie Schiller 
Ph.D. 1998
Research Scientist 
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Holly Falk-Krzesinski 
Ph.D. 1997
Director, Life and Biomedical Sciences Strategic Initiatives 
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Currently, Director, Office for Research Development
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL