Alumni

The QCB training program now boasts 31 successful alumni since inception (2011) who are engaged in careers in college or university teaching, postdoctoral research in top-flight academic and industrial laboratories, and in the software and pharmaceutical industries.

Dr. Abigail Garrett

Winkler Group

Ph.D., Microbiology

2017-2024 (QCB support 2019-2021)

Current position: Postdoc in the Stallings lab at WashU School of Medicine


Dr. Ria Kidner

Gerdt Group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2019-2024 (QCB support 2020-2022)

Current position: Postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory


Dr. Brigham Pope

Jacobson group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2019-2024 (QCB support 2020-2022)

Current position: Postdoc at Sandia National Laboratory


Dr. Yasmine Zubi

Lewis group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2018-2024 (QCB support 2019-2021)

Current position: Applying to Law School


Dr. Jessie Gudorf

VanNieuwenhze group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2018-2023 (QCB support 2021)

Current position: Peptide Process Chemist at Eli Lilly


Dr. Rachel Fadler

Flood group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2017-2022 (QCB support 2018-2020)

Current position: Law Student at Wayne State


Dr. Lily Klapper

VanNieuwenhze group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2017-2022 (QCB support 2018-2020)

Current position: NIH/NCI Postdoctoral fellow


Dr. Matthew Jordan

Giedroc group

Ph.D., Biochemistry

2017-2022 (QCB support 2018-2020)

Current position: Postdoc in the Turchi lab at IU School of Medicine


Dr. JB Holmes

Dragnea group

Ph.D., Physics

2015-2022 (QCB support 2017-2018)

Current position: Interviewing for industry


Dr. Mallory Kern

Pohl group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2016-2022 (QCB support 2018-2019)

Current position: Lecturer at Purdue University


Dr. Francis Roushar

Schelbach group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2016-2021 (QCB support 2017-2019)

Current position: Research Scientist at Remedy Plan Therapeutics


Dr. Julie Button

Mukhopadhyay lab

Ph.D., Biochemistry

2015-2021 (QCB support 2016-2018)

Current position: Senior Scientist at Pfizer


Dr. Brooke Brown

Clemmer group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2017-2021 (QCB support 2018-2020)

Current position: Principal Scientist at Novartis


Dr. Brady Strittmatter

Hollenhorst group

Ph.D, Biochemistry

2015-2021 (QCB support 2016-2018)

Current position: Scientific Product Manager at VectorBuild


Dr. Ekaterina Selivanovitch

Douglas group

PhD, Chemistry

2016-2021 (QCB support 2018-2019)

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Researcher, Daniels Lab, Cornell University


Dr. Brenna Walsh

Giedroc group

PhD, Chemistry

2016-2021 (QCB support 2017-2019)

Current Position:  Senior Scientist, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory


Dr. Sashary Ramos

Thielges group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2015-2020 (QCB support 2017-2018)

Current position: Postdoc at the NIH/NHLBI


Dr. Chelsea Rintelmann

Pohl group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2015-2020 (QCB support 2016-2018)

Current position: Postdoctoral Scientist, Food and Drug Administration


Dr. Christopher Schlicksup

Zlotnick Group

Ph.D., Biochemistry

2014-2020 (QCB support 2017-2018)

Current position: Postdoc in the Adams lab at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory


Dr. Amilcar Perez

Winkler group

Ph.D., Biology

2013-2019 (QCB support 2015-2016)

Current position: Postdoc in the Xiao lab at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine


Dr. Paul Marcyk

Cook group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2014-2019 (QCB support 2015-2017)

Current position: Senior Scientist at AstraZeneca


Dr. Rachel Horness

Thielges group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2013-2018 (QCB support 2014-2015)

Current position: Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Carleton College


Dr. Britta Rued

Giedroc and Winkler groups

Ph.D., Microbiology

2013-2018 (QCB support 2014-2016)

Current position: Assistant Professor of Vet Microbiology & Preventive Medicine at Iowa State University


Dr. Lucy Sanchez

Yu group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2013-2018 (QCB support 2014-2016)

Current position: Chemist, SJ Johnson


Dr. Allison Vickman

Pohl group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2013-2018 (QCB support 2015-2016)

Current position: Lead Program Analyst at EviCore by Evernorth


Dr. Andrew Eliott

Shaw group

Ph.D., Biology

2012-2017 (QCB support 2014-2015)

Current position: Director of Clinical and Translational Medicine and Affairs at Caris Life Sciences


Dr. Ed Basom

Thielges group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2012-2017 (QCB support 2013-2014)

Current position: Integration Device Yield Engineer, Intel


Dr. Elizabeth Yuill

Baker group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2012-2017 (QCB supoort 2013-2014)

Current position: Senior Principal Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb


Dr. John Lisher

Giedroc group

Ph.D., Biochemistry

2009-2016 (QCB support 2010-2011)

Current position: Senior Scientist at TRIANA Biomedicines


Dr. Zachary Harms

Jacobson group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2009-2014 (QCB support 2011-2012)

Current Position: Senior Research Scientist at Eli Lilly & Co.


Dr. Andrey Malyutin

Dragnea group

Ph.D., Chemistry

2009-2014 (QCB support 2011-2012)

Current position: Structural Biology Scientist at Takeda Pharmaceutical