Alumni Careers
Benjamin A. Rein, PhD ‘21, is grateful for the training UB has provided. He’s undertaking a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University to study how neural circuits are shaped and strengthened by social interactions in early life.
Throughout the world, our graduates and trainees hold positions in industry, government and higher education.
2021
Student | Degree | Year | Mentor | Placement |
| Benjamin Rein | PhD, Neuroscience | 2021 | Zhen Yan | Postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University |
2019
Student | Degree | Year | Mentor | Placement |
Serhat Akin | MA, Physiology | 2019 | PhD student at City University of New York | |
Din Hoxha | MA, Physiology | 2019 | Medical student, University at Buffalo | |
Myles Pearson | MA, Physiology | 2019 | Student in University at Buffalo Postbaccalaureate Program | |
Sushree Tripathy | PhD, Biophysics | 2019 | Postdoctoral fellow, Indiana University
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2018
Student | Degree | Year | Mentor | Placement |
Hanqin Li | PhD, Neuroscience | 2018 | Postdoctoral fellow, University California Berkeley
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Brandon Myszka | MA, Physiology | 2018 | Medical student, University at Buffalo
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Evan Myers | PhD, Physiology | 2018 | Staff toxicologist, Iuvo Bioscience
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2017
Student | Degree | Year | Mentor | Placement |
Doaa Babaeer | MA, Physiology | 2017 | Faculty, King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arab
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Alexandra De La Plante | MA, Physiology | 2017 | Medical student at Penn State University
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Lin Lin | MS, Neuroscience | 2017 |
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2016
Student | Degree | Year | Mentor | Placement |
Boris Borovcanin | MA, Physiology | 2016 | Medical student at University of Krakow
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Efrem Kifle | PhD, Neuroscience | 2016 |
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Ridhima Vij | PhD, Biophysics | 2016 | Postdoctoral fellow, Indiana University
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Brian Williams | PhD, Physiology | 2016 | Lieutenant, US Navy, Undersea Medical Department, Naval Medical Research Center
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2015
Student | Degree | Year | Mentor | Placement |
Jonathan Berman
| PhD,Physiology | 2015 | Assistant professor, New York Institute of Technology
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Srirupa Chakraborty | PhD, Biophysics | 2015 | Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratories
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Jia Cheng | PhD, Neuroscience | 2015 | Scientific editor of Cell
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Lara Jean Duffney | PhD, Neuroscience | 2015 | Research scientist, Camargo Pharmaceutical Services, Durham, NC
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Rose Jacobson | MA, Physiology | 2015 | PhD student at University of Connecticut
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Aaron Kaplan | PhD, Physiology | 2015 | Cardiology fellow, Northwestern University
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Maxwell Koobatian | PhD, Biophysics | 2015 | Dan Swartz | Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
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Janine Lee | MD/PhD, Neuroscience | 2015 | Residency position, Washington University at St. Louis
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Ahmad Obaid | MA, Physiology | 2015 | Faculty, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia
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Ryan Schwab | MA, Physiology | 2015 | Supplier qualification supervisor, Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Nicolas Thor | MA, Physiology | 2015 | Medical student at St. George University
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2014
Student | Degree | Year | Mentor | Placement |
Tera Domaradzki | PhD, Physiology | 2014 | Assistant professor, Erie Community College
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Jay Garaychochea | PhD, Neuroscience | 2014 | Assistant professor, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
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Sihang Liu | PhD, Neuroscience | 2014 | M.S. student, School of Pharmacy, University at Buffalo
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Santhosh Sethuramanujam | PhD, Neuroscience | 2014 | Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Canada
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2013
Student | Degree | Year | Mentor | Placement |
Farda Barandeh | MA, Physiology | 2013 | Dan Swartz | Physician’s assistant, Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, NY
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Hong Guo | MA, Physiology | 2013 | Computer analyst in industry
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Justin Helman | MA, Physiology | 2013 | Research technician, Department of Pediatrics, U.B., Buffalo, NY
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Nick Paolone | MS, Neuroscience | 2013 |
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Fouad Raad | MA, Physiology | 2013 |
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2012
Student | Degree | Year | Mentor | Placement |
Shaweta Gupta | PhD, Biophysics | 2012 | Research assistant professor, Penn State University
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Snehal V. Jadey | PhD, Biophysics | 2012 | Life Science and Health Care Consultant at EmPartners
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Krystin Mongiardo | MA, Physiology | 2012 | Research technician, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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Sriganesh Rao | MS, Biophysics | 2012 | Postdoctoral fellow, University at Buffalo, Department of Opthalmology
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Poorva Sandlesh | MS, Biophysics | 2012 | Abdul Kazim | Ph.D. Candidate at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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Madeeha Shams | MS, Biophysics | 2012 | Medical resident, Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia Area
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Tanjima Zinia | MS, Biophysics | 2012 | Research support officer, Roots Initiatives, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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2011
Student | Degree | Year | Mentor | Placement |
Heather Held | PhD, Physiology | 2011 | David Pendergast | Senior project manager, Office of Strategy and Policy at The University of Texas at Austin
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Chetan Yanamandra | PhD, Biophysics | 2011 | Rajendram Rajnarayahan
| Configuration manager, Health Care, DC
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2010
Student | Degree | Year | Mentor | Placement |
David J. Cadugan | PhD, Biophysics | 2010 | High school science teacher in Connecticut
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Christopher Desimone | MD/PhD, Physiology | 2010 | Assistant professor, Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Amanda Dijanic | MA, Physiology | 2010 | Resident in Internal Medicine, Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai, Elmhurst, NY
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Nicholas Graziane | PhD, Neuroscience | 2010 | Assistant professor, Penn State Univ. School of Medicine, Hershey, PA.
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Madhuchhanda Mandal | PhD, Neuroscience | 2010 | Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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2009
Student | Degree | Year | Mentor | Placement |
Mary Clausen | MA, Physiology | 2009 | David Pendergast | Registered dietician, M.S. in Nutrition, currently working as a nutritionist in a clinical setting
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Lei Duan | PhD, Neuroscience | 2009 | Staff pathologist, Manchester, New Hampshire
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Amber Simpson | MA, Physiology | 2009 | David Pendergast | Advanced degree in nursing, Critical Care Nurse at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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Matthew R. Skerritt | PhD, Biophysics | 2009 | Donald Campbell | Assistant professor, Corning Community College, Corning, NY
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