Alumni

Postdocs

Banu Kandemir, Current Position: Senior Scientist, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Rochester, NY

Peter Lamberg, Current Position: Research Scientist, Milo Sensors, Santa Barbara, CA

Andrea Lee, Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Matthew Liptak, Current Position: Associate Professor in Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Anni Siitonen, Current Position: Patent Agent, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

PhD Students

Ryan Kosko, Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Hafsa Irfan, Current Position: Technical Supervisor at Overture Life, Dallas, TX

Soraya Ngarnim, Current Position: TBA

Alison Salamatian, Current Position: Patent Examiner, USPTO, Rochester, NY

Jiwon Han, Current Position: TBA Rochester, NY

Emily Edwards, Current Position: Scientific Editor, Cell Reports Physical Science, Cambridge, MA

Jesse Stroka, Current Position: Research Scientist, Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY

Jose Alvarez-Hernandez, Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Jennifer Le, Current Position: Instructor, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

Saikat Chakraborty, Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford, GA

Yixing Guo, Current Position: TD Mod and Integr Yield Engineer, Intel Corporation

Banu Kandemir, Current Position: Senior Scientist, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Rochester, NY

Lenore Kubie, Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jesse Kleingardner, Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA

Wesley Asher, Current Position: Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University, New York City, NY

Mehmet Can, Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Sarah Bowman, Current Position: Scientist at Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute

Amy A. Ensign (Kovach), Current Position: Associate Professor of Chemistry, Roberts Wesleyan University, Rochester, NY

Kaur Ravinder, Current Position:Research Scientist I, Center for Infectious Disease and Immunology, Research Institute, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY

Lea Vacca Michel, Current Position: Associate Professor in Chemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Jason A. Kellogg, Current Position: Sr Manager, R&D, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics

Xin Wen, Current Position: Professor of Chemistry, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

Linghao Zhong, Current Position: Associate Professor in Chemistry, Penn State Mont Alto, Mont Alto, PA.

Kirti M. Patel, Current Position: High school teacher, Connecticut.

Brandy S. Russell, Current Position: Associate Professor in Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN.

Elizabeth Karan, Current Position: High School Teacher, Ridgewood, NJ.

BS Thesis Research Students

Archana Manohar (BS '98), Current Position: Dentist, Maryland

Rory Melenkivitz Waterman (BS '99), Current Position: Professor in Chemistry and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Cintyu Wong (BS '03), Current Position: Research Scientist, Johnson & Johnson

Andrew Lee (BS '05), Current Position: Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology Hospital of Special Surgery, New York, NY

Susan Zultanski (BS '05), Current Position: Senior Scientist, Merck

Ben Levin (BS '07), Current Position: Senior Associate, Hazen and Sawyer

Iris Jo (BS '07), Current Position: Pediatric Resident, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY

Breanne Holmes (BS '08), Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, MTM Research Center

Ferdous Zannat (BS '09), Current Position: Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Benjamin Snyder (BS '12), Current Position: PhD student, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Benjamin Dick (BS '13), Current Position: PhD student, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA

Hoon Kim (BS '13), Current Position: Employment, Seoul, Korea

Sarah Koniski (BS '14), Current Position: Associate Portfolio Manager, VWR, Philadelphia, PA

Kristen Bentley (BS '14), Current Position: Product Chemistry Study Director, Smithers, South Darmouth, MA

Anthony Paschke (BS '14), Current Position: Flight School, U.S. Navy

Lauren Weber (BS '15), Current Position: Assistant Manager, Memorial Podiatry Group, Long Beach, CA

Gibran Mangui (BS '16), Current Position: DMD Candidate, Boston University, Boston, MA

Marisa Guerin (BS '16), Current Position: TBA

Alex Callahan (BS '18), Current Position: PhD student, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Claire Dickerson (BS '18), Current Position: PhD student, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Andrew Sopchak (B.A. '20), Current Position: TBA

Jana Jelušić (BS '20), Current Position: PhD Student, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Noelle Peluso (BS '21), Current Position: Chemist, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bethesda, MD

Gloria Kim (B.A, '22), Current Position: TBA

Jake Johnson (BS Neuroscience '22), Current Position: TBA

Hafsah Mohammed (BS Chemsitry '24), Current Position: TBA

Garrett Meyselar ('25), Current Position: TBA