Our postdoctoral scholars land high-profile biomedical careers in various areas, including biology, surgery, periodontics and antiviral development. They hold tenured academic and leadership positions at major universities, government agencies and private-sector firms across the nation and beyond. They have excelled as researchers, educators and administrators.
| Mary Ann McDowell, PhD | 1995-1997 | Associate professor, Notre Dame, University, Ind. |
| David Alexander, PhD | 1998-1999 | Senior scientist/lecturer, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz, Calif. |
| Ron Peck, PhD | 2002-2006 | Assistant professor, Colby College, Waterville, Maine |
| Shaheen Sutterwala, PhD | 2004-2008 | Science research associate, UW-Madison Institute for Biology Education, Madison, Wis. |
| Ngii Tazeh, PhD/MD | 2007-2008 | Urology intern, University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, Wis. |
| Julia Gilden, PhD | 2011-2015 | Research scientist, Promega Corp., Madison, Wis. |
| Emilia Kruzel, PhD | 2012-2017 | Scientific Adviser, EResearch Technologies |
| Calvin Tiengwe, PhD | 2012-2017 |
| Swapan K. Ghosh, PhD | 1979-1988 | Professor and chair of biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute |
| Harvery L. Bumpers, PhD | 1994-1996 | Professor of surgery, Michigan State University, Lansing, Mich. |
| Nejat Egilmez, PhD | 1995-2001 | Professor and chair of immunology and microbiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Ky. |
| Michael S. Sabel | 2000-2002 | Professor of surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Lori Broderick, PhD/MD | 2002-2007 | Assistant professor of pediatrics, University of California San Diego, Calif. |
| Gautam Shenoy, PhD | 2013-2016 | Research scientist, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, N.Y. |
| Tak Liu Lo, PhD | 2014-2017 |
| Celia Florimond, PhD | 2014-2019 | Scientist at Pasteur Institute, Paris, France |
| Eric Phelps, PhD | 2006-2009 | Associate Professor of Biology, Oklahoma Christian University, Edmond, Okla. |
| Sergio Arce, PhD | 2003-2007 | Clinical associate professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia |
| Christopher Greene, PhD | 2014-2015 | Post-doctoral fellowship, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, N.Y. |
| Hesham Nawar, PhD | 2006-2007/2009-2010 | Manager/research Scientist of Sanofi Pasteur, North York, Ontario, Canada |
| Svavec Witkovski, PhD | 1971-1972 | Professor, University of Lvov, Poland |
| Mark Buller, PhD | 1978-1981 | Associate professor, St. Louis University, Mo. |
| Mike Wathen, PhD | 1983-1986 | Chief, Antiviral Advance Development, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington D.C. |
| Paul Kinchington, PhD | 1983-1990 | Associate professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pa. |
| L.P. Perera, PhD | 1990-1992 | Senior staff fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. |
| Shu Ru Kuo, PhD | 1998-2006 | R&D research scientist, Scott and White Healthcare, Dallas |
| Jen-Sing Liu, PhD | 1998-2006 | Vice president of research and development, Molecular Templates, Austin, Texas |
| Michel Pelletier, PhD | 1998-2009 | Associate professor, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, N.Y. |
| Michelle Ammerman, PhD | 2006-2013 | Assistant professor, Kettering University, Flint, Mich. |
| John Fisk, PhD | 2006-2015 | Research scientist, For-Robin, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y. |
| Sara Zimmer, PhD | 2008-2013 | Assistant professor, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Duluth |
| Joseph Sakyiama, PhD | 2009-2012 | Research scientist, Eurofins Scientific, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Kaylen Lott, PhD | 2011-2016 | Instructor, The College at Brockport, Biology Department |
| Natalie McAdams, PhD | 2013-2018 | Research Scientist III, Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| Arthur A. DeCarlo, PhD | 1996-1998 | Associate professor of periodontics, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. |
| Katerina Dvorakova, PhD | 2001-2002 | Assistant professor, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Christine Gockel, PhD | 2001-2005 | Manager, Northern Sydney Local Health Directorate, Office of Commercialization, BioMed North, Australia |
| Yingru Liu, PhD/MD | 2009-2010 | Senior associate scientist, TherapyX, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y. |
| Weiwei Zhao, PhD/MD | 2006-2012 | Research scientist, UB Research Foundation, Buffalo, N.Y. |
| Yunpeng Cai, PhD | 2007-2011 | Associate professor, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China |
| Qi Mao, PhD | 2014-2016 | Senior research scientist, The HERE Company, Chicago, Ill. |
| Jin Yao, PhD | 2015-2016 | Research scientist, GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Chioma Okeoma, PhD | 2004-2005 | Assistant professor of microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
| Bing Wang, PhD | 2005-2007 | Clinical instructor/director of medical microbiology, University of British Columbia, Canada |