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Shack Alumni

Former Ph.D. Student Graduates

Dr.Adam “Ace” Harrington, Post-Shack: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University School of Medicine Currently: Medical Liasion Teva Pharmaceuticals
Dr. AJ Burdette Post-Shack: Postdoc U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRIID), San Antonio Currently: Lab Director, Naval Research Center, Directorate of Combat Casualty Care & Operational Medicine, San Antonio
Dr. Bwarenaba Kautu Post-Shack: Assistant Prof. Greenville College Currently: Medical Fellow, The Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University Medical School
Dr. Songsong "David" Cao Post-Shack: Postdoctoral Scholar, Duke University MBA, UNC-Chapel Hill Currently: Head of Commercial Strategy at Atomwise, Inc. (San Francisco)
Dr. Arpita Ray Post-Shack: Postdoctoral Scholar Oregon Health & Science University Currently: Senior Scientist, Genentech (San Francisco)
Dr. Michelle (Tucci ) Thompson; Post-Shack: Postdoctoral Scientist, University of Arizona; Currently: Senior Scientist, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Dr. Pan Chen; Post-Shack: Postdoctoral Researcher, Vanderbilt University; Currently: Associate Research Professor; Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dr. Shelli "Elf" (Williams) Carter, Post-Shack: Research Scientist, CIA and Department of Defense; Currently: Interim Dean and Professor, American Public University System
Dr. Shusei Hamamichi Post-Shack: Postdoctoral Scholar Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Currently: Assistant Professor, Tottori University, Japan
Dr. Siyuan (Alice) Zhang Post Shack: Postdoc, UAB Stem Cell Institute; Currently: Research Scientist, PacBio, Inc.
Dr. Bryan Martinez Post-Shack: Postdoctoral Scientist, The Scripps Institute, Jupiter FL
Dr. Hanna Kim, Post-Shack: Postdoctoral Scientist, University of Pennsylvania; Currently: Principal Scientist, Novartis
Dr. Chuan Xu, Post-Shack: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Insitute of Stem cells and Regeneration (ISCR) Beijing
Dr. Edward F. Griffin Post-Shack: Postdoc Fellow, UAB Neurology and Instructor, UA Biological Sciences; Currently: Assistant Professor, Converse University
Dr. Anthony L. Gaeta (Graduated, August 2022)

Former Research Staff

Xiaohui Yan, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt) Postdoc, NCI (Bethesda) Formerly: Research Associate, Instructor, UA Currently: Postdoc, UAB
Yilong Shu, Ph.D. (Missouri) Postdoc: University of Pennsylvania Post-Shack: MS Degree Computer Science
Amber Clark Post-Shack: Technician Mount Sinai Hospital (NYC) Currently: Research Assistant, UAB
Cindi Makowsky Post-Shack: Technician Birmingham Zoo
Cody Locke Post-Shack: Ph.D. Student University of California San Francisco Currently: Chief Innovation Officer, The Center for Advancing Innovation; Co-Founder @ Ignite Social Impact
Jenny Schieltz Post-Shack: Ph.D. Student Princeton University Currently: Assistant Professor, Iowa State University
Lindsay (Faircloth) Rizzardi Post-Shack: Ph.D. Student UNC Chapel Hill; Currently: Senior Scientist, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

Former M.S. Students

Adam "Deuce" Knight Post-Shack: Ph.D. Student National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Currently: Founder and CBO, Neuron23, Inc. (Silicon Valley)
Chris Gelwix Post-Shack: M.D. Student University of Alabama, Birmingham
Chris Porter Post-Shack: Technician Vanderbilt University
Chris Gilmartin, B.S., M.S.
Elaina Sexton Post-Shack: M.D. Student University of South Alabama
Mike Shiffler Post-Shack: Entrepreneur Photography Professional
Nathan Roberts Post-Shack: M.D. Ph.D. Student; University of Maryland Currently: Medical Resident, University of Michigan
Summer Slater Post-Shack: Educator Lafayette Academy, Louisiana
Zeynep Akgungor Post-Shack: MS Student Biotechnology (Georgetown) Currently: Senior Research Scientist, Neuron23, Inc. (South San Francisco)
Michael Teal, B.S., M.S. Post-Shack: Research Technician, GeneWiz, Inc,
Sam Scopel
J. Brucker Nourse, Jr. Post-Shack: Regional Account Manager Novogene, Inc.
Shannon N. Russell, Post-Shack, Research Scientist, University of Oxford, U.K.

Former Visiting Scientists

Ayse Kanneci Istanbul, Turkey
Bettina Reischmann Tüebingen, Germany
Fernando Munoz-Lobato Seville, Spain

Former Undergraduate Researchers (and where they went immediately from here!)

Daniel Petersen Post-Shack: DDS Student University of Alabama, Birmingham
Akeem Borom Post-Shack: M.D. Student The Ohio State University
Alejandro Carrasquilla Post-Shack: M.D. Student University of Pennsylvania
Jacqueline Harris Post-Shack: DDS Student Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Kalen Berry Post-Shack: Ph.D. Student Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Postdoctoral Fellow: Children's Hospital of Cincinnati
Renee Rivas Post-Shack: M.D. Ph.D. Student University of California San Francisco
Amy Gargis Post-Shack: Ph.D. Student University of Alabama; Scientist, Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Andrea Braden Post-Shack: M.D. Student University of South Alabama; Medical Resident: University of Connecticut School of Medicine; Associate Professor: Emory University School of Medicine (OB-GYN)
Ashley Phares Post-Shack: DDS Student University of Connecticut
Bryan Herren Post-Shack: Entertainer Beyond the Summit Studios
Cassie Martin Post-Shack: Veterinary Student Virginia Tech
Clay Blanton Post-Shack: Management Consultant Slalom Consulting
Conner Nix Post-Shack: M.D. Student University of Tennessee
Dan Wyatt Post-Shack: Pharmacy Student Auburn University
David Agee Post-Shack: D.O. Student Western University of Health Sciences
Emily Kay Woods
Grant Fairchild Post-Shack: Doctoral Student at U. Nevada-Reno
Hillary Estright Post-Shack: Pharmacy Student, Samford University Samford University
Lindsay Reynolds Post-Shack: MS Student Nursing University of Maryland
Kyle Fricke Post-Shack: Student University of Alabama
Jenny Whitworth Post-Shack: M.D. Student University of Alabama, Birmingham
John Phillips Post-Shack: M.D. Student Vanderbilt University; Resident in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Harvard Medical School
John Ricketts Post-Shack: M.D.Student University of South Alabama; Medical Resident: Emory University School of Medicine
John Paul Bevel Post-Shack: Microbiologist Vintage Pharmaceuticals; Quality Control Manager, Pfizer Inc.
Kim Peters Post-Shack: Ph.D. Student UNC Chapel Hill
Kyle Lee Post-Shack: M.D. Student University of Alabama, Birmingham
Lauren Bryant Post-Shack: M.D. Student Ross University
Matt Cybulsky Post-Shack: MS Student Bioethics Case Western Reserve University
Matthew Hicks Post-Shack: Electrical Technician Fayette, Alabama
Max Thompson Post-Shack: M.D. Student University of Alabama, Birmingham
Meaghan Till Post-Shack: Medical Technician Baptist Medical Center East
Meiklejohn McKenzie Post-Shack: D.O. Student Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine
Mike Zhang Post-Shack: M.D. Student University of Alabama, Birmingham
Paige Dexter Post-Shack: Ph.D. Student Duke University
Perry Guevara Post-Shack: MFA Student Georgetown University
Rebecca England Post-Shack: Educator Teach for America
Robyn Thomas Post-Shack: Educator Teach for America
Sarah Fulghum Post-Shack: M.D. Student University of Alabama, Birmingham
Sarah Howard Post-Shack: IT Services Archway Marketing Services
Shermeen Memon Post-Shack: M.D. Student University of Alabama, Birmingham
Stacey Fox Post-Shack: Veterinary Student University of Florida
Stephanie Brennan Post-Shack: Pharmacy Student Samford University
Stephanie Parker Post-Shack: Technician, Hudson Alpha Ph.D. Student UCSF
Susan DeLeon Post-Shack: Ph.D. Student University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Tavio Pirocchi Post-Shack: MBA Student Colorado State
Tavaris Sommerville Post-Shack: Industrial Engineer, Brose Automotive Group
Tatiana Carrasquilla Post-Shack: M.D. Student Northwestern University
Courtney Rentas Post-Shack: M.D. student, UAB MPH, Harvard Surgical Resident, UAB
Madeline Shay Thompson Lab UA Chemistry and Biochemistry
Sam Stanley, M.D. student, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Melissa Uehling M.D./Ph.D. Emory University School of Medicine
Eric Johns, M.S., Genetic Counseling Emory University
Rylee Perentis; Post-Shack: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Dentistry
Blake Parker, M.D. student, University of Miami School of Medicine
Brian Smithers
Katie Gaynor
Samantha Glukhova Post-Shack: College of Community Health Rural Medicine Partnership; M.D. student, Florida State University School of Medicine
Adam Holzhauer Philosophy Major, UA
Logan Norris; Post-Shack: The University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham
Nathan Moniz; Post-Shack: Production Line Manager and Engineer, Mercedes-Benz USA
Lauren Cook, Post-Shack: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Lacey Kennedy Postbac Researcher, National Institutes of Health
Madeline Vaji, Post-Shack: Case Western Reserve School of Dentistry
Ryan Tuckey (at right), Post-Shack: M.D./ Ph.D. Program at UAB School of Medicine
Ashton Howser Post-Shack: B.S and M.B.A in Finance, UA
Amber-Rose Davidson
Cassie DuGay Post-Shack: Director of Employer Success, Rain, Inc.
Rachel Bolden
Melissa Schlein Post-Shack: Postbac Research Training Program, NIH (Bethesda, MD)
Candice Keogh
Alex Turner
Luke McKay Post-Shack: Medical student, University of Texas, San Antonio
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