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Selected Alumni from Graduate Program

Preparing students for exciting and productive scientific careers through our undergraduate and graduate training programs is a high priority in the Department. Our undergrad students who earn bachelor degrees in biochemistry obtain positions in biotechnology, agricultural, and pharmaceutical industries or hospitals and government labs. Many continue their education in medical, dental, veterinary, or law schools or obtain Ph.D. degrees in the molecular life sciences from some of the finest institutions in the country. We are also very proud of the careers and scientific accomplishments of the graduates from our Ph.D. program. As you can see from the representative list below, alumni from our graduate program have been remarkably successful in a wide variety of scientific careers.

Matiji Hedl, Ph.D. 2003 The Martin Boyer Laboratories University of Chicago Department of Medicine Chicago, Illinois	Bradley Sheares, Ph.D. 1982 President U.S. Human Health Merck & Co., Inc. West Point, PA
Craig C. Garner, Ph.D. 1984 Professor / Nancy Pritzker Laboratory Stanford University Medical Center Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science also Co-Director / Stanford Down Syndrome Center, Stanford University	Michael J. Beach, Ph.D. 1987 Division of Parasitic Diseases National Center for Infectious Diseases and Epidemic Intelligence Service Centers for Disease Ctrl & Prevention Atlanta, GA
Kun-Liang Guan, Ph.D. 1988 Professor / Life Sciences Department of Biological Chemistry Halvor Christensen Collegiate Professor University of Michigan	Robert Deschenes, Ph.D. 1984 Professor and Head Department of Biochemistry Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
Chris Makaroff, Ph.D. 1986 Professor Hughes Laboratory / Miami University Oxford, OH	Timothy R. Holzer, Ph.D. 2005 Senior Research Associate Diagnostic & Experimental Medicine Eli Lilly & Company Indianapolis, IN
Peter J. Kennelly, Ph.D. 1985 Professor and Head Department of Biochemistry Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ. Blacksburg, VA	Scott Moye-Rowley, Ph.D. 1986 Professor and Executive Associate Head, Physiology & Biophysics Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa
Daniel Ebbole, Ph.D. 1988 Professor Texas A & M University College Station, TX	John Humphreys, Ph.D. 2002 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX
Jianmin Zhao, Ph.D. 1992 Senior Research / Biochemist Monsanto Co. St. Louis, MO	Chris Sinclair, Ph.D. 1999 Research Scientist Abbott Laboratories Abbott Park, IL
Nilgun Tumer, Ph.D. 1982 Professor Biotech Ctr for Agri & the Environment Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ	Landon L. Moore, Ph.D. 1997 Assistant Professor MED Genetics / Genomics Boston University Boston, MA
Daniel Walker, Ph.D. 1979 Cheif Executive Officer Alphapointe Asociation for the Blind Kansas City, MO	Tuajuanda Jordan-Stark, Ph.D. 1989 Senior Program Officer Science Education Program Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ MD
John Maga, Ph.D. 1999 Zystor Therapeutics, Inc. Milwaukee, WI	Scott Buckel, Ph.D. 1986 Associate Director A Small Biotech Company Xencor, California
Jeffrey F. Dean, Ph.D. 1986 Plant Center Director Center for Applied Genetic Technologies University of Georgia Athens, GA