GDG Alumni
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Isaac Owusu-Frimpong
ScM Student (2023-2025)
Currently: PhD students at MMI
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Jenny Wang
ScM Student (2023-2025)
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Yuxuan Zhao
ScM Student (2023-2025)
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Sally Saab
Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-2025)
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at Iowa State University
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Victor Cardoso
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2025)
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Chinmay Tikhe
Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2022) Research Associate (2022-2025)
Currently: Assistant Professor at Ball State University
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Cristiana Cuccurullo
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023)
Currently: Consultant
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Mahdiyeh Bigham
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023)
Currently: Staff Scientist at Washington University
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Alexandros Belavilas
Visiting Fellow (2021)
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at Pasteur Institute
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Amanda Maldonado
Visiting Fellow (2020)
Currently: Associate Editor at Impact Communication Partners Inc
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Johnny Nakhleh
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023)
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Rohit Chebbi
Visiting Fellow (2024)
Currently: Postbac IRTA Fellow at teh NIH
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Cecilia Engdahl
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2021)
Currently: Researcher at Swedish Defence Research Agency
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Mihra Tavadia
ScM Student (2019-2021)
Currently: PhD Student at the University of Montpellier
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Tanaya Sheth
ScM Student (2021-2023)
Currently: PhD Student at the University of Washington
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Maria Luisa Simoes
Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2019) Research Associate (2019-2021)
Currently: Associate Professor at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
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Hannah McLeod
PhD Student (2015-2020)
Currently: Lead Scientist at Accelevir Diagnostics
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Anastasia Accoti
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020)
Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Texas Medical Branch
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Eric Caragata
Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2019)
Currently: Assistant Professor at the University of Florida IFAS Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
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Natalie Rutkowski
Visiting Fellow (2018)
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at AbbVie Biopharmaceutics
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Sayali Mulay
Biotech ScM Student (2019-2020)
Currently: Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California Irvine
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Aliyah Silver
Pre-doc Student (2023)
Currently: Associate at Access Biotechnology
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Abigail Conte
Visiting Fellow (2018)
Currently: MS Student at the University of Pittsburg
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Tiffany Pan
ScM Student (2017-2019)
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Raul Saraiva
PhD Student (2013-2017)
Currently: Chief Scientific Officer & Venture Partner at 3xP Global, Lisbon
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Nahid Borhani Dizaji
Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2018)
Currently: Director of Cellular and Molecular Virology at ResInnova Laboratories
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Purnima Ravisankar
ScM Student (2015-2017)
Currently: IMP Graduate student at Weill Cornell Medicine
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Yesseinia Anglero-Rodriguez
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-2018)
Currently: Director, Preclinical Programs, nChroma Bio
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Sarah Short
Postdoctoral Fellow (2012-2018)
Currently: Associate Professor at Ohio State University
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Jenny Carlson
Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2018)
Currently: Associate Territory Manager at BD
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Seokyoung Kang
Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2016)
Currently: Assistant Professor at the University of Bridgeport
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Celia Demby
ScM Student (2015-2017)
Currently: National Health Consultant at Gopa Worldwide Consultants
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Natapong Jupatanakul
PhD Student (2013-2017)
Currently: Senior Researcher at National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Bangkok
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Sarah van Tol
ScM Student (2014-2016)
Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher at Rocky Mountain Labs NIH/NIAID
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Jingru Fang
ScM Student (2014-2016)
Currently: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University
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Benjarat Phattanawiboon
Visiting Fellow (2015)
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at Chiang Mai University
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Gabriela Maia Bassi
Visiting Fellow (2015)
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Ligia Correia Lima de Souza
Visiting Fellow (2015)
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Ben Blumberg
PhD Student (2010-2015)
Educator, Scientist, and Health Outreach Specialist
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Andrew Pike
PhD Student (2011-2015)
Currently: Visiting Asisstant Professor at Oberlin College
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Octavio Augusto Talyuli da Cunha
Visiting Fellow (2014)
Currently: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the NIH
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Nathan Dennison
Postdoctoral Fellow (2012-2014)
Currently: Product Development Lead at QIAGEN
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Chontida Tangsongcharoen
Visiting Fellow (2012)
Currently: Lecturer at Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
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Simone Sandiford
Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2014)
Currently: Lecturer at the University of West Indies, Kingston
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Yang Chen
Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2014)
Currently: Senior Software Engineer iOS at ezCater
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George Barringer
ScM Student (2011-2013)
Currently: Scientist at Synlogic Therapeutics
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Alicia Majeau
ScM Student (2012-2014)
Currently: Research Scientist at Kephera Diagnostics
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Alicia Shields
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-2014)
Currently: Engagement Manager at Health Advances
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Omar-Jesus Ben-Marzouk Hidalgo
Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2012)
Currently: Director at Advanz Pharma
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Ana Bahia
Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2012)
Currently: Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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Alekhya Vadlamani
ScM Student (2011-2013)
Currently: Associate Director, Molecular Laboratory Operations at Millipore-Sigma
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Aril Clayton
PhD Student (2008-2013)
Currently: Environmental Science Officer at Army National Guard
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Ramesh Chandra
Postdoctoral Fellow (2006-2007)
Currently: Director, UMB Virus Vector Core, University of Maryland
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Shuzhen Sim
PhD Student (2007-2012)
Currently: Director (Microbiology and Molecular Epidemiology) at the Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore
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Jose Luis Ramirez
PhD Student (2006-2011)
Currently: Research Entomologist at USDA
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Chris Cirimotich
Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2012)
Currently: Senior Virologist at Battelle
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Jayme Souza-Neto
Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2011)
Currently: Assistant Professor at Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
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Suchismita Das
Postdoctoral Fellow (2006-2010)
Currently: Senior Lecturer at Taradevi Jain College, Kolkata
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Fabio Manfredini
Visiting Student (2008)
Currently: Associate Professor at Universita degli Studi di Milano
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Zhiyong Xi
Postdoctoral Fellow (2005-2007)
Currently: Professor at Michigan State University
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Lindsey Garver
PhD Student (2004-2009)
Currently: Health Science Product manager at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity
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Emma Warr
Postdoctoral Fellow (2005-2007)
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Ruth Aguilar
Postdoctoral Fellow (2004-2006)
Currently: Staff Scientist at the Infection and Vaccine Immunology group, ISGlobal
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Harry Taylor
Postdoctoral Fellow (2005-2005)
Currently: Assistant Professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University
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Vasiliki Mahairaki
Postdoctoral Fellow (2003-2004)
Currently: Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Antonio Mendes
Visiting MS Student (2003-2004)
Currently: Senior Molecular Biologist at the Global Biosciences Center, Lisbon
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Makeda Robinson
BSc Student (2004)
Currently: Principal Scientist, Clinical Director at Merck