Alumni

Close up from above of a Common buckeye buttefly, Junonia coenia, prching with wings extended. The rear margins of the wings contain a row of large and small iridescent and ringed eye spots, and the forward margins have a pair of vertical orange stripes. The rear wings and raged and damaged with missing scales and wing surfaces.

We’ve had a great diversity of trainees and visitors come through our doors and make memorable contributions. To any alumni of the Whiteman Lab, please stay in touch and share your latest with us!

Graduate Student alumni

University of Arizona graduate students

Andrew GlossPostdoc, New York University
Benjamin Goldman-HuertasAssoc Specialist, UC Berkeley
Parris HumphreyStaff Scientist, Myriad Genetics

University of California, Berkeley, graduate students

Nicholas AlexandrePostdoc, UC Santa Cruz
Tim O’connorPostdoc, University of Chicago
Julianne PeláezPostdoc, Brandeis University
Kirsten VersterPostdoc, Stanford University

Postdoc Alumni

University of Arizona postdocs

Simon “Neils” GroenAsst Prof, UC Riverside
David HembryAsst Prof, University of Texas Permian Basin
Jennifer KoopAssoc Prof, Northern Illinois University
Rick LapointStaff Scientist, NCBI-SRA
Paul NabityAsst Prof, UC Riverside
Anna Nelson DittrichLab Manager, Boyce Thompson Institute

University of California, Berkeley, postdocs

Rebecca DuncanAsst Scientist, Emory University
Marianthi KarageorgiPostdoc, Stanford University
Teruyuki MatsunagaResearch Assoc, Tokyo University
Catherine RushworthAsst Prof, Utah State University
Rebecca TarvinAsst Prof, UC Berkeley
Moe BakhtiariPostdoc, Swiss Federal Institute WSL
Samridhi ChaturvediAsst Prof, Tulane University

Lab Manager Alumni

Dan Domogala
Tim RastSenior Research Specialist, University of Arizona
Erika LaPlanteGraduate Student, Northern Arizona University

Visiting Scientists

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Anurag Agrawal2011Cornell University
Jennifer Thaler2011Cornell University
Patrick O’Grady2014Cornell University
Lea Flechon2015Université de Lille

Undergraduate and high school researcher alumni

Below is a mostly complete list of undergraduate students (and some high school volunteers) that have worked in the Whiteman lab. Of those we have some career information from (56%), over 40% have gone to graduate school, 22% work as technicians in academic labs, 20% are in industry jobs and 17% pursued medical degrees.

University of Arizona research alumni

Amir Abidov, Symone Ashley, Alana Augur, Ivan Salvador Ayala, Allan Castillo, Kevin Chai, Matt Cravens, Sammy Dominguez, Mitchell Feldmann, Jason Giles, Alexander Hailey, Lauren Johnston, Noel Kitchen, Robert Kupp, Sergio Antonio Matias, Claire Mirocha, Taylor Ortiz, Hoon Pyon, Julianne Ray, Sarah Caitlyn Rogan, Lindsey Schader, Martha Villalobos, Amelia Renee White and Ella Wilcox

University of California, Berkeley, research alumni

Sneha Agrawal, Saron Akalu, Zainab Ali, Michael Astourian, Timothy Barnes, Ashley Bendl, Bridget Cheng, Kelly D’Ambrogia, William Farley, Ana Gallegos Cruz, Jordan Hoff, Nayoon Kim, Eunice Kim, Natalie Kircher, Boris Korablev, Erika LaPlante, Anna Leipertz, Irene Liang, Maria Mendoza, Aruna Menon, Christina Meyer, Kevin Miao, Gillian Montross, Fareha Moulana Zada, Gillian Oaks, Chris Ochoa, Judith Okoro, Elizabeth Ordeman, Rachel Patterson, Anna Pham, Giovani Pimentel-Solorio, Justin Rigby, Esteban Rodas, Eric Rogers, Faye Romero, Easha Sagar, Marissa Sandoval, Hannah Shadmany, Malvika Singhal, Haarini Sridhar, Shivani Sundaram, Xiaohe “Lucy” Tian, Carolina Verona Arguelles, Jiarui Wang, George Wang, Naama Weksler, Kannagi Yashroy, Derrick Yip, Samantha Zaninelli and Shirley Zhang