Graduate Alumni (2000-2009)

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2009

Bai, Litao	PhD	Street
Brown, William Scott	PhD	Shaughnessy	Dr. Brown is an assistant professor at Murray State University
Cafiero, Lauren R.	PhD	Snowden	Dr. Cafiero has accepted a position at BASF in their Professional Development Program.
Carr, Jeremy M.	PhD	Snowden	Dr. Carr is an assistant professor at Huntingdon College.
Chen, Yinghua	PhD	Timkovich	Dr. Chen is a post-doctoral researcher at the National Cancer Institute.
Chen, Yuan	PhD	Vincent	Dr. Chen a postdoc fellow working in department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Rhode Island.
Clemens, Ryan T.	PhD	Jennings	Dr. Clemens is an assistant professor at Marion Military Academy
Ganta, Ashok	PhD	Snowden	Dr. Ganta is currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Department of Chemistry at Ohio State University, Columbus. He is working in Prof. James Stambuli's research group.
Hauptfleisch, John O.	PhD	Thrasher	Dr. Hauptfleisch is a post-doctoral associate at Auburn University.
Hill, Lensey L	PhD	Shaughnessy	Dr. Hill is a research scientist at Georgia Pacific in Atlanta.
Iconaru, Luigi I.	PhD	Arduengo	Dr. Iconaru is a post-doctoral fellow at St. Jude's Children Research Hospital in Memphis. He is working on drug discovery with Dr. Zuo and Dr. Kriwacki.
Zhu, Huizhen	PhD	Thrasher
Gray, Nicole D.	MS	Thrasher
Khural, Monica	MS	Thrasher	Monica is an adjunct faculty member at Aurora University, Moraine Valley Community College
Maxim, Mirela	MS	Rogers	Mirela will remain at UA to pursue her PhD degree with Dr. Rogers.
Vennam, Preethi Reddy	MS	Bowman	Preethi will remain at UA to pursue her PhD degree with Dr.Bowman.

2008

Arrington, David L.	PhD	Street	Dr. Arrington is an assistant professor at Troy University.
Bajwa, Naval	PhD	Jennings	Dr. Bajwa is a Post Doc in the lab of Prof. Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska at University of Michigan, School of Medicine and Department of Pathology.
Burgess, James S.	PhD	Street	Dr. Burgess received a grant from the National Academy of Science to do postdoctoral work at the Naval Research Labs on nanomechanical resonators for mass sensing working with Dr. Jeff Baldwin (PhD 2002).
Campbell, Roger	PhD	Bakker	Dr. Campbell is an assistant professor at the University of West Alabama.
Carrick, Jesse D.	PhD	Jennings	Dr. Carrick has accepted a position with Albany Scientific.
Dilip, Meghna	PhD	Rogers	Dr. Dilip as accepted a position as assistant professor of chemistry at Worcester State College in Massacusetts.
Focsan, Alexandrina Ligia	PhD	Kispert	Dr. Focsan will remain at UA working as a post-doctoral associate with Dr. Kispert.
Gao, Junjie	PhD	Cassady
Shamshina, Julia L.	PhD	Snowden	Dr. Shamshina has accepted a post-doctoral position in Dr. Robin Roger's lab.
Shuler, Shelby F.	PhD	Street
Tang, Jian	PhD	Szulczewski
Warke, Vishal	PhD	Bakker	Dr. Warke is working at Intel Corporation's Portland Technology Development as a Sr. Process Engineer.
Xu, Weihao	PhD	Szulczewski	Dr. Xu is working in Headway Technologies (TDK) as Integration Engineer in Milpitas, CA.
Manning, Jason G.	MS	Bakker	After finishing at UA, Jason worked for Eurofins Central Analytical Laboratories in New Orleans. He recently accepted a position as head of the chemistry department at Louisiana Delta Community College in Monroe, LA.
Bokatzian-Johnson, Samantha	MS	Cassady	Samantha will remain at UA to complete her PhD.
Cordes, Nikolaus	MS	Bakker	Nik will remain at UA to complete his PhD.
Franco, Vincent	MS	Snowden	Vincent has accepted a position at Dupont in Wilmington, DE.
Lawrence, Jesse N.	MS	Kispert
Sun, Ning	MS	Rogers
Watson, Heather M.	MS	Cassady	Heather will remain at UA to complete her PhD.

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2007

Bridges, Nicholas J.	PhD	Rogers	Dr. Bridges has accepted a postdoctoral position with Dr. Ken Nash at Washington State University.
Chen, Qingmei	PhD	Thrasher
Cho, Joon Hyung	PhD	Shaughnessy	Dr. Cho is a postdoctoral associate at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He is working in the lab of Prof. Gilbertson.
Duncan, J. Richard	PhD	Blackstock	Dr. Duncan is currently an Assistant Scientific Information Analyst for Chemical Abstracts Service in Columbus, OH.
Gulis, Galina	PhD	Redding
Gurau, Gabriela	PhD	Arduengo	Dr. Gurau has accepted a post-doctoral position at the Queen's University Ionic Liquids Laboratory (QUILL) with Dr. Robin Rogers.
Liu, Zhufang	PhD	Nikles	After a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Maryland, Dr. Liu accepted a Staff Technology Engineer position at the Global Technology Center of Energizer in Westlake, OH.
Moody, Melanie L.	PhD	Rogers
Pu, Dan	PhD	Cassady	Dr. Pu has accepted a position as manager of the Mass Spectrometry Facility at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Qualley, Dominic F.	PhD	Woski	Dr. Qualley has accepted an assistant professor positionat Berry College.
Reed, Dwayne F.	PhD	Nikles	Dr. Reed employed with Porcelain Industries in Dickson, TN.
Sawant, Kailas B.	PhD	Jennings	After completing an industrial post-doctoral stay with Biocryst Pharmaceuticals in Birmingham, Dr. Sawant has accepted a position with Nalco in Naperville, IL.
Smiglak, Marcin	PhD	Rogers	Dr. Smiglak has accepted a post-doctoral position with Dr. Rogers.
Wang, Haiyin	PhD	Street
Zhang, Jianying	PhD	Redding
Zhou, Yangliu	PhD	Thrasher
Chen, Qingmei	MS	Thrasher	Ms. Chen earned her PhD in Analytical Chemistry later this year with Dr. Thrasher.
Chen, Yinghua	MS	Timkovich	Ms. Chen will remain at UA to pursue her PhD degree with Dr. Timkovich.
Chen, Yuan	MS	Vincent	Mr. Chen will remain at UA to pursue her PhD degree with Dr. Vincent.
HInes, Christopher C.	MS	Rogers	Mr. Hines is the Reactor Supervisor of Washington State University's 1.0 MW TRIGA research nuclear reactor.
Hough-Troutman, Whitney	MS	Rogers	Ms. Hough Troutman will continue working towards her PhD degree with Dr. Rogers.
Livingston, Erica M.	MS	Timkovich	Mrs. Livingston is the General Chemistry Laboratory Coordinator for the Department of Chemistry.

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2006

Adams, Will A.	PhD	Bakker	After completing his post-doctoral appointment with the U.S. EPA, Dr. Adams is now working with Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure as an analytical chemist in Cincinnati, OH
Broker, Grant A.	PhD	Rogers	Dr. Broker is working as a research Scientist in the Quality Control and Analytical group at BJ Services Company in Tomball Texas.
Cocalia, Violina A.	PhD	Rogers	Dr. Cocalia has accepted a position as a research scientist with the Mining Chemicals Department at Cytec Industries, Inc. in Stamford, CT.
Gutowski, Keith E.	PhD	Rogers/Dixon	Dr. Gutowski is a post-doctoral associate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Notre Dame University. He has accepted a job at BASF in their Professional Development Program beginning this fall.
Honciuc, Andrei	PhD	Metzger	Dr. Honciuc has accepted a postdoctoral position in the lab of Dr. Daniel Scwhartz at the University of Colorado.
Li, Gang	PhD	Thrasher
Li, Zhong	PhD	Cassady	Dr. Li has accepted a permanent position as director of the Metabolomics Center within the Biotechnology Center at the University of Illinois. He will be in charge of their mass spectrometry facility.
Liu, Cuiling	PhD	Woski	Dr. Li works for J & W Pharmlab LLC in North Carolina as a research scientist
Moore, Lucas R.	PhD	Shaughnessy	After completing a post-doctoral sting with Dr. David Vicic at the University of Arkansas, Dr. Moore as a Senior Process Development Chemist for the Plastics and Adhesives division with Ciba Specialty Chemicals in Mobile, AL.
P'Pool, S. Justin	PhD	Shaughnessy	After graduation, Dr. P'Pool took a post-doctoral position with Dr. Hans Schanz at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has recently accepted a joint post-doctoral position with Dr. Robert Minto at Indiana University-Purdue University and Dr. Daniel Silvo at the Cancer Research at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Stallings, Dontarie M.	PhD	Vincent	Dr. Stallings is an assistant professor at Georgia Southern University.
Granger, Edward L.	MS	Bakker
Payne, M. Bradley	MS	Blackstock	Mr. Payne works for Solutia in Anniston, AL.
Reed, J. Andrew	MS	Jennings	Mr. Reed is currently in officers training with the Navy.

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2005

Gullick, Bryan M.	PhD	Vincent	Dr. Gullick is employed at BioCryst Pharmaceuticals in Birmingham, AL.
Gu, FeiFei	PhD	Redding	After earning her degree, Dr. Gu worked as a postdoctoral associate at the Arteriosclerosis Research Unit, Department of Medicine at UAB. Her mentor is Dr. Jere P. Segrest. Dr. Gu passed away unexpectedly in 2007.
Huang, Rongcai	PhD	Shaughnessy	Dr. Huang has accepted a postdoctoral position with Dr. Brian Frost at the University of Nevada, Reno
Klingshirn, Marc A.	PhD	Rogers	Dr. Klingshirn spent a year as a Keck Foundation Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral position at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. He is currently an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois-Springfield.
Liang, Qiaoli	PhD	Timkovich	Dr. Liang is the Mass Spectrometry Facility manager at UA.
Reichert, Matthew	PhD	Rogers	Dr. Reichart is an Assistant Research Professor at the US Naval Academy.
Shumate, Pete	PhD	Metzger	Dr. Shumate is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Wiley College in Marshall, TX
Sun, Jia	PhD	Szulczewski	Dr. Sun is accepted a post-doctoral associate with Prof. Howard Katz in the Materials Science & Engineering Department at Johns Hopkins University, where he will work on the development of novel nanomaterials.
Swatloski, Richard P.	PhD	Rogers	Dr. Swatloski is a Licensing Associate with the University of Alabama Office of Technology Transfer.
Tapu, Daniela	PhD	Arduengo	Dr. Tapu is an Assistant Professor at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta.
Turner, Megan B.	PhD	Rogers	Dr. Turner is currently employed by the Alabama Institute for Manufacturing Excellence (AIME) at UA.
Western, Elizabeth C.	PhD	Shaughnessy	Dr. Western earned an MD degree from the UA School of Medicine. She will do here residency at DCH hospital in Tuscaloosa.
Chaudhari, Dipali G.	MS	Woski	Dipali will remain at UA to complete her PhD degree under Dr. Woski.
Duncan, Richard	MS	Blackstock	Rick will remain at UA to complete his PhD degree under Dr. Blackstock.
Qualley, Dominic F.	MS	Woski	Dom will remain at UA to complete his PhD degree under Dr. Woski.
Tang, Jian	MS	Szulczewski	Mr. Tang will continue his studies towards the PhD degree under the direction of Dr. Szulczewski.
Vokkaliga, Smitha	MS	Rogers	Smitha is a graduate student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County working with Prof. William LaCourse.

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2004

Acharasatian, Peera	PhD	Blackstock	Dr. Acharasatian is an assistant professor at Thammasat University, Thailand.
Agoumba, Darius	PhD	Thrasher	Dr. Agoumba is an assistant professor at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska.
Curry, Michael L.	PhD	Street	Dr. Curry is an assistant professor at the University of West Alabama in Livingston, AL.
DeVasher, Rebecca B.	PhD	Shaughnessy	Dr. DeVasher is an assistant professor of Chemistry at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN.
Griffin, Scott T.	PhD	Rogers	Dr. Griffin has accepted a post-doctoral position with the Center for Green Manufacturing at UA. He also works part time as the departmental X-ray crystallographer.
Hatfield, M. Jason	PhD	Vincent	Dr. Hatfield is currently a postdoctoral associate in Phil Potter's lab in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Helms, A. Brent	PhD	Street	Dr. Helms is an assistant professor of Chemistry at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL
Kim, Hyo-Joong	PhD	Arduengo	Dr. Kim is a post-doctoral associate at the University of Georgia.
Kim, Kye-Young	PhD	Blackstock	Dr. Kim is currently an adjunct post-doctoral associate at the University of Florida. She is working with Prof. Kirk Schanze on materials photochemistry.
Li, Wenjian	PhD	Arduengo	After postdoctoral appointments at Georgia Tech and the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Li is currently a process chemist with Dow Chemical company working for Dowpharma in Shanghai, China.
Morris, Todd A.	PhD	Szulczewski	Dr. Morris is a postdoctoral research chemist in the Process Measurements Division at NIST in Maryland.
Sun, Luyi	PhD	Thrasher	After completing a postdoctral appointment at Texas A&M University, Dr. Sun has accepted a position as Research Engineer with Total in Houston.
Abbott, Brian D.	MS	Timkovich	Brian is a manufacturing manager for Daiso Fine Chem, a manufacturer of Prep-Scale HPLC columns located in Santa Clara, CA.
Dilip, Meghna	MS	Rogers	Ms. Dilip will continue her studies towards the PhD degree under Dr. Rogers.
Gulis, Galina A.	MS	Redding	Ms. Gulis will continue her studies towards the PhD degree in Dr. Redding's lab.
Hamilton, Jelana	MS	Vincent	Ms. Hamilton will be entering the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry July 2010 and part of the graduating class of 2014.
Honciuc, Andrei	MS	Metzger	Mr. Honciuc completed his PhD degree in 2006.

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2003

Clodfelder, Buffie	PhD	Vincent	After completing a post-doctoral sting in Dr. Richard Jope's lab at UAB Medical School perfoming neurobiochemistry on Diabetes and Alzheimers, Dr. Clodfelder has accepted a position in the Department of Neuropathology to head an new Core Facility. This is a program director postion starting and overseeing the Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology Core.
Gao, Yunlong	PhD	Kispert	Dr. Gao is an Associate Professor at Nanjing University, Nanjing PRC.
Hepburn, Dion	PhD	Vincent	Dr. Hepburn is a post-doctoral associate at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham.
Tang, Haizhong	PhD	Nikles	Dr. Tang is currently working as a post-doctoral associate at the University of Massachusetts.
Wichai, Uthai	PhD	Woski	Dr. Wichai is a chemistry lecturer at Naresuan University, Thailand
Xu, Tao	PhD	Metzger	Dr. Xu is a post-doctoral research at Argonne National Laboratory.
Youn, Hyung-Sun	PhD	Timkovich	Dr. Youn is a post-doctoral associate at the University of California, Davis.
Broker, Grant	MS	Rogers	Grant will continue his studies towards a PhD at UA in Dr. Rogers's group.
Byrd, Shannon	MS	Woski	Ms. Byrd is an instructor in the Peace Corps in Tanzania.
Huang, Rongcai	MS	Shaughnessy	Dr. Huang completed his PhD under the direction of Dr. Shaughnessy in 2006.
Loyd, James	MS	Bakker
Western, Elizabeth	MS	Shaughnessy	Dr. Western completed her PhD under the direction of Dr. Shaughnessy in 2006.

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2002

Baldwin, Jeffrey W

PhD

Metzger

Dr. Baldwin works at the Naval Research Lab.

Bateman, Colin Patrick

PhD

Thrasher

Dr. Bateman is a professor of chemistry at Brevard Community College in Cocoa, FL, where he teaches general and organic chemistry classes and labs. He also performs research in the field of fuel cells, specifically the synthesis of PEM materials to be used in fuel cells and their MEAs all of which takes place at the Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa, Florida.

Kim, Se-Ho

PhD

Cha

Dr. Kim currently works at Myriad Pharmaceuticals in Salt Lake City, UT.

Lee, Hyoung-Ik

PhD

Cha

Dr. Lee accepted a post-doctoral associate position with A. Padwa at Emory University, Atlanta, GA after completing his PhD.

Sittidech, Manop

PhD

Bertsch

Dr. Sittidech is a faculty member in Thailand.

Perez, Erik

PhD

Thrasher

Dr. Perez is currently a Senior Chemist & Patent Liaison Manager in the Intellectual Property Management group for DuPont's Chemical Solutions Enterprise, Wilmington, DE.

Visser, Ann

PhD

Rogers

Dr. Visser is working as a Senior Scientist at Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC

Willauer, Heather Dawn

PhD

Rogers

Dr. Willauer works at the Naval Research Lab. Her current projects focuses on developing methods to surpress the flammability of jet fuel and hydraulic fluid.

Chu, Yongjun

MS

Woski

Yongjun is in the PhD program in Chemistry at the University of Texas-Austin.

Harrison, Delane Vaughn

MS

Street

Delane is employed by Hunt Refining in Tuscaloosa.

Henderson, Nathan

MS

Redding

Nathan is pursuing a PhD degree at the University of Oregon.

Li, Yajing

MS

Redding

Yajing is attending Dental School at the University of Minnesota.

Sun, Luyi

MS

Thrasher

Luyi completed his PhD under Dr. Thrasher in 2004.

Ye, PingPing

MS

Street

PingPing is currently a Ph.D candidate in the Chemistry Department, Carnegie Mellon University. PingPing is working with Prof. Andrew Gellman to understand the transition states for elementary processes important in catalysis by using ultrahigh vacuum methods.

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2001

Kim, Myung Joong
PhD
Nikles

Dr. Kim is Senior Associate Scientific Information Analyst for Chemical Abstracts Service.

Lee, Kwangho
PhD
Cha

After completing a postdoctoral stay with Prof. Y. Kishi at Harvard, Dr. Lee has accepted a position at Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, MA.

Lu, Norman
PhD
Thrasher

Dr. Lu is an assistant professor at National Tapei University of Technology.

Qiao, Li
PhD
Thrasher

Dr. Qiao is a Senior Chemist at 3M Corporation.

Selby, Trent Dale
PhD
Blackstock

Dr. Selby is currently an assistant professor of Chemistry at the University of North Texas.

Sung, Moo Je
PhD
Cha

After completing post-doctoral research with Prof. Kishi at Harvard University, Dr. Sung is employed by the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Cambridge, MA as a Research Scientist.

Tidwell, Cynthia Pruitt
PhD
Nikles

Dr. Tidwell is a faculty member at the University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL. She was recently granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor.

Irvin, Turkessa Nicole
MS
Thrasher

Mrs. Hepburn, formerly Irvin, is currently working as an Applications Chemist with CMS Field Products in Pelham, AL.

McGee, Byron Jacob
MS
Blackstock

Mr. McGee is currently working at Microcoating Technologies Inc., Atlanta, GA.

Shute, Amanda Ann
MS
Vincent

Wood, Andrew Nathanial
MS
Thrasher

Mr. Wood is the Chemistry and AP Chemistry Teacher at Biloxi High School in Biloxi mississippi. He graduated in spring 2009 with an Ed.S in Educational Administration and is now working on a Ph.D in Educational Leadrship at the University of Southern Mississippi. My wife Kelly and I now have a six year old finishing up her kindergarten year.

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2000

Cho, Sung Yun	PhD	Cha
Eom, Khee Dong	PhD	Cha
Friesen, Chadron Mark	PhD	Thrasher	Dr. Frieson is an assistant professor of chemistry at Trinity Western University in Canada.
Han, Mijeong	PhD	Nikles	Dr Han is a staff scientist at the Korean Research Institute of Chemical Technology
He, Zhangfei	PhD	Kispert
Hu, Yongqi	PhD	Nikles	Dr. Hu is a research scientist with Applied Materials.
Lee, Jae Chol	PhD	Cha
Miller, Gregory Todd	PhD	Timkovich	Dr. Miller is an associate professor of chemistry at Southern Oregon University where his teaching responsibilities include biochemistry and forensic science.
Sun, Yanjie	PhD	Vincent	Dr. Sun is a research scientist at Drug Discovery Department of Southern Research Institute.
Boudreaux, Brent Gerard	MS	Redding	Mr. Boudreaux isworking as a process chemist for Alcon Laboratories in Fort Worth Texas.
Granger, Kimberly Smith	MS	Rogers
Stuman, Valarie Jo	MS	Woski	Valarie McGee is a Clinical Team Manager for Pharmaceutical Product Development. In this position she works with many of the major pharma companies getting their clinical trials up, running and maintained according to the FDA regulations. She is married to a former Alabama classmate, Jake McGee, who graduated with an MS degree in 2001. They have been married for almost 6 years and live in Atlanta, GA.
Zhou, Yuhing	MS	Nikles	Ms. Zhou is pursuing a PhD at Tufts University.

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