Alumni News
Look for your former classmates and lab partners!
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| Stefan Babirad - M.S. 1982 - sababirad@yahoo.com - Dr. Stefan Babirad visited WSU in September 2009 with his wife Amy. Dr. Babirad received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1987 and furthered his chemistry experience with a Post-Doc at Harvard. He has been with the 3M Company for 22 years and is currently the Technical Director of 3M's Abrasive Systems Division. He and his wife have two children, Nick (16) and Natalie (14). |
| Todd Baughman - M.S. 1994 - baugh39@gmail.com - Todd is working for GlaxoSmithKline in NC |
| Matt Belvo - B.S. 1992 - mdb@lilly.com - Matt has worked at Lilly since graduating in 1992. He began his career in Natural Products Research, isolating biologically active unknowns from complex mixtures (fermentation, plant and marine sources). For the past several years he has been working in a large scale chromatography lab primarily separating enantiomers for various stages in the drug discovery/development process |
| Douglas Bland - B.S. 1989 - jzdcbland@chartermi.net |
Jodi Brazelton - M.S. 1999 -QC Lab Supervisor at Aptalis Pharmaceutical Technologies, (formerly Eurand Pharmaceuticals), Vandalia, Ohio, jbrazelton@eurand.com Brian Brumfield - B.S. 2003, M.S. 2005, Obtained his Ph.D. University of Illinois, 2011, Currently a Postdoc at Princeton University |
| Jerry Clark, MD - B.S. 1981 - drjac@commkey.net |
| Michael Cox - M.S. 1977 - michaelfcox@suddenlink.net - Retired from Sasol and has relocated back to Texas. After retirement started a business called MFC consulting in surfactant science and R&D project management |
| Michaela Czupik - B.S. 2002, M.S. 2003 - mczupik@mac.com - Upon graduation Michaela started working at Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio. In March 2006, she was transferred to Procter and Gamble in Germany near Frankfurt. In June 2008 she was transferred back to Cincinnati, Ohio where she still works in Baby Care. |
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Jim Eutsler - B.S. 1999 - eutsler2002@hotmail.com James A. Ewry - B.S. 1981 - hawkeye_ewry@yahoo.com - Completed M.D. at University Of Toledo, College Of Medicine, Currently employed with Promedica Physicians Group, Maumee, Ohio |
| Jean Faullimmel - M.S. 1974 - jean.faullimmel@evc.net - Retired in April 2008 and is now performing voluntary work. |
| Michelle (Ferry) Fugett - B.S. 1984, M.S. 1986 - m_fugett@yahoo.com - Michelle currently works at Amylin Pharmaceuticals in San Diego, CA as a Pharmaceutical Project Manager in R&D |
| Stephanie (Fleskes) Estes - B.S. 2001 - sfleskeszta@yahoo.com - After graduation Stephanie attended The Ohio State University and received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in June 2006. Upon graduating she took a job as a retail pharmacist with Walgreens |
| Robin (Frye) Fox - B.S. 1986 - Dr.RobinER@aol.com |
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Tim Grinstead - B.S. 1993, M.S. 1996 - Currently employed as Plant Manager at Aptalis Pharmaceutical Technologies, (formerly Eurand Pharmaceuticals), Vandalia, Ohio Sharlene (Hopkins) Williams - B.S. 2004 - sharlene.r.williams@usa.dupont.com - Received her Ph.D from Virginia Tech in 2008 and is a principal investigator in Chemical Sciences & Engineering at Dupont Central Research & Development in Wilmington, DE. |
| Wayne Edison Houpt, Jr. - B.A. 1976 - shrinkwraped@earthlink.net - Attended medical school, one year of law school, completed a four year residency at Cleveland Clinic and has moved back to LA. |
| Amy C. Howe - B.S. 1994, M.S. 1996 - achowe@hotmail.com, Employed by the Florida, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Bureau of Methods Development and Biological Control, Biocontrol Rearing Facility, Alternative Pesticide Research and Technique Development since 2005, Previously worked for the USDA Agricultural Research Service |
David Jackson - B.S. 1989 - djackson@ora.fda.gov - A research chemist for the US FDA, Forensic Chemistry Center in Cincinnati OH. Performs ion chromatographic analysis of anions, cations, organic acids, and sugars. |
Chetan Jariwala - M.S. 1989 - cjariwala@mmm.com - PhD. Degree in Organic/Polymer Chemistry at the University of Southern Mississippi, currently employed at 3M as a Division scientist, He is inventor or co-inventor on 26 issued patents and 24 patent applications. Patricia Jones - M.S. 1999 - jpattiannie@hotmail.com - Patricia is currently teaching chemistry and chemistry 2 at Sandia Preparatory School in Albuquerque. Additionally, she became a proud grandmother in 2006. |
| Scott A. Jones - scooterbug300@msn.com - Has been working for Eli Lilly since 1993 in Discovery Chemistry Research. |
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| Pragathi Kadiri - M.S. 2006 - kadiri_pragathi@yahoo.com - Pragathi married in 2006 and started her family with a new baby girl in February 2008. |
| Yumi Kamomae - M.S. 2003 - ykamomae@mitsuiplastics.com |
| George Knull - B.S. 1972 - gknull@earthlink.net |
| Ben Kohn - B.S. 2007 - benjamin.kohn@colostate.edu |
| Shaowo Liang - M.S. 1986 - sliang@eastman.com |
| Susan Luna - B.A. 1994 - susan.luna@dinslaw.com |
| Hrvoje Lusic - M.S. 2005 - hlusic@ncsu.edu |
| Connie Jo McCarroll - B.S. 1968, M.S. 1970 - conniejodo@cs.com - Connie Jo retired from the practice of Neonatology. She is now practicing pediatrics part-time at the Cassano Clinic in Dayton. |
| John McDaniel – B.S. 1986 – john.mcdaniel@epa.state.oh.us – Currently a Environmental Specialist II with the of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters, Southwest District, Dayton, OH. |
| Colin McHugh - M.S. 1996 - mchugh.cm@pg.com |
| David Malwitz - M.S. 2004 - dmalwitz@gmail.com - Currently works at Amgen in Thousand Oaks, CA as a Research Associate. |
| Gerald Maxwell - M.S. 1985 - gerald.c.maxwell@nasa.gov - Currently a project manager with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. He has managed seven NASA missions, the most famous was the delivery of the Canadian Robotic Arm to the International Space Station. Retired from the Air Force Reserves in 2007 as a full Colonel. |
| Imad Nashashibi - M.S. 2000 - imadnashashibi@gmail.com, Currently employed as a Scientist I at Metabolex Inc, Hayward, CA |
| Diane Needham - B.S. 1987 - m_dneedham@msn.com |
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| K. Paulvannan - M.S. 1989 - paulvannan@aol.com - Received his Ph.D. in 1983. Started a CRP company Tandem Sciences, Inc. in 2006. |
| Christa Janeen Payne - B.S. 1999 - s001cjp@juno.com |
| Robert Pence - B.S. 2001 - pence_4@yahoo.com |
| James Peterman - B.S. 1992, M.S. 1995 - peterman.5@wright.edu - In the fall of 2006 James received an OCALP grant from the Montgomery County ESC to become a science teacher. He is currently taking classes at WSU and UD, as well as, teaching a chemistry class at Beavercreek High School |
| Brian Popp - B.S. 2001, M.S. 2002 - bvp1@ric.edu - Earned Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007. Recently began a new postdoctoral position at Rice University with Prof. Zachary Ball in the Department of Chemistry. His research is funded by a competitively awarded J. Evans Attwell-Welch Postdoctoral Fellowship by The Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University. |
| Nicole Prichard - B.S. 1998, M.S. 2000 - nprichard@hotmail.com - Nicole works at Sunnex, Inc. in Springboro, OH |
| Erik Michael Ramnath - B.S. 1992 - emramnath@hotmail.com |
| Paul Roderer, Jr. - B.S. 1991 - PRoderer@aol.com - Paul is working at Roderer Law Offices, LLC in Dayton, OH |
| Kirk Rupnik - M.S. 1998 - Grignard73@yahoo.com |
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| Nathan Sailor - B.S. 2006 - sailor.3@wright.edu - Currently teaching chemistry I & II, Physical Chemistry, and next year will teach physics at an Ohio school. |
| Angie Sellers - B.S. 2005 - angiesellers1@yahoo.com - Working as a Research Associate in the Quality Technical Services department at a pharmaceutical company. In May, 2007, her husband and she became proud parents to a little boy. |
Kimberly (Simon) Wiefling - B.S. 1984 - kimberly@wiefling.com - Kimberly is founder of the Wiefling consulting, a consulting business enabling companies to tackle the impossible. Authored one of the top 100 project management books in the US, "Scrappy Project Management: The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls Every Project Faces" Her company is located in Redwood City, CA. Paul Sherman - M.S. 1977 - madsci51@yahoo.com - Completed a nearly 35 year career with Monsanto / Solutia as an Analytical Chemist / Manager in 2001 and returned to the south Montgomery county area in late 2006. |
| Laura Sowards - B.S. 1996, M.S. 1998 - Laura works as a research chemist with the DoD Civilian. |
| Katherine (Stubbs) Schreier - B.S. 1992 - k.m.schreier@worldnet.att.net |
| Timothy Teschler - M.S. 2007 - teschler.2@wright.edu - currently employed at Chemical Abstracts Service |
| Neil C. Thiesing - B.S. 1992, M.S. 1995 - nctmail@yahoo.com |
| Ronald Tomlinson - B.S. 1987, M.S. 1990 - ronald.tomlinson@novartis.com |
| Michele Torres - B.S. 1997, M.S. 1999 -torresmichele@yahoo.com - Graduated from WSU Medical School in 2003 and completed residency in 2006. She board certified in Family Medicine. torresmichele@yahoo.com |
| Philip Trainer - B.S. 1982, M.S. 1984 - ptathome@prodigy.net |
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| Andrew Weisner - B.S. 2001, M.S. 2003 - weisnera2@yahoo.com |
| Larry "Doug" Williams - B.S. 2004 - LDouglasWilliams@gmail.com |
| Robert Zellmer - B.S .1976 - rzellmer@columbus.rr.com |
| Lynn Zettler - B.S. 1984 - lzettler@indy.rr.com |
