{"id":70,"date":"2012-05-18T12:15:01","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T16:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:09:50","slug":"alumni-trainees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/people\/alumni-trainees\/","title":{"rendered":"QBP Alumni Trainees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Student<\/strong><\/th>\nDegree Received, Year<\/strong><\/th>\nPh.D.\/M.S. Advisor<\/strong><\/th>\nCurrent Position<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlos Gomez<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2024<\/span><\/td>\nDarren Robyler<\/td>\nElectro Optical Engineer, E Ink Corporation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alex Lammers<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2024<\/span><\/td>\nChristopher Chen<\/td>\nSenior Scientist, Draper Labs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Menna Siddiqui<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2023<\/td>\nWilson Wong<\/td>\nScientist, CTMC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David McIntyre<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2023<\/span><\/td>\nDoug Densmore<\/td>\nSenior Scientist, Pearl Bio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rebecca Mount<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2023<\/span><\/td>\nXue Han<\/td>\nResearch Scientist, Charles River Laboratories<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Lee<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2023<\/span><\/td>\nJerry Chen<\/td>\nSenior Application Engineering, LifeCanvas Technologies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zachary Heins<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2023<\/span><\/td>\nMo Khalil<\/td>\nBioreactor Engineer, Stealth Startup<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yoseph Dance<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2023<\/span><\/td>\nJoe Tien<\/td>\nPostdoctoral Scientist, Johns Hopkins University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nathan Blanke<\/td>\nPh.D., 2023<\/span><\/td>\nIrving Bigio<\/td>\nPostdoctoral Researcher, MGH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mitchell Clough<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2023<\/span><\/td>\nJerry Chen<\/td>\nScientist, Prisma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sanaya Shroff<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2022<\/span><\/td>\nXue Han<\/td>\nSenior Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gwen Hoffmann<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2022<\/span><\/td>\nMichael Smith; Joyce Wong<\/td>\nScientist, Sarepta Therapeutics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Megan Griebel<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2022<\/span><\/td>\nChristopher Chen; Jeroen Eyckmans<\/span><\/td>\nTeaching Assistant Professor, University of Illinois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cameron Condylis<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2022<\/span><\/td>\nJerry Chen<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Data Scientist, Recursion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joshua Kays<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2022<\/span><\/td>\nAlison Dennis<\/span><\/td>\nFaculty Lecturer, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saundria Moed<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2021<\/span><\/td>\nMuhammad Zaman<\/span><\/td>\nLife Sciences Consultant, Arya Consulting Partners<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sam Brown<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2021<\/span><\/td>\nJason Ritt; John White<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Embedded Software Engineer, Abiomed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raeef Istfan<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2021<\/span><\/td>\nDarren Roblyer<\/span><\/td>\nImaging Engineer, Samsung NeuroLogica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jenny Vojtech<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2021<\/span><\/td>\nCara Stepp <\/span><\/td>\nResearch Assistant Professor, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Mancuso<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2021<\/span><\/td>\nMo Khalil<\/span><\/td>\nPostdoctoral Fellow, Lieberman Lab, MIT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Sloas<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2020<\/span><\/td>\nJohn Ngo<\/span><\/td>\nAssociate Director of Fibrosis R&D, Carisma Therapeutics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nikunja Kolluri<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2020<\/span><\/td>\nCatherine Klapperich<\/span><\/td>\nClinical Product Manufacturing Lead, HelixNano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Bernstein<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2020<\/span><\/td>\nDaniel Segr\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\nAssistant Professor, University of Vermont<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R.J. Seager<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2019<\/span><\/td>\nMuhammad Zaman<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Bioinformatics Scientist, OmniSeq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kavon Karrobi<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2019<\/span><\/td>\nDarren Roblyer<\/span><\/td>\nLecturer and BTEC Manager, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bobby Liu<\/td>\nPh.D., 2019<\/span><\/td>\nIrving Bigio<\/span><\/td>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winnie Wong<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2019<\/span><\/td>\nCatherine Klapperich<\/td>\nHealth Communications Specialist, NIH<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hannah Peterson<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2019<\/span><\/td>\nDarren Roblyer<\/span><\/td>\nCo-Founder, Stealth Life Sciences Newco<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kenny Chou<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2019<\/span><\/td>\nKamal Sen
\n<\/span><\/td>\n		Data Scientist, Phillips<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seth Bensussen<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2019<\/span><\/td>\nXue Han<\/span><\/td>\nAssociate Director of Business Insights & Analytics, Blueprint Medicines<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyle Hansen<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2019<\/span><\/td>\nXue Han<\/td>\nStaff Data Scientist, Recursion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Avecedo<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2019<\/span><\/td>\nMuhammad Zaman<\/td>\nAssociate Director, Research Collaborations at Center for Cancer Therapeutic Innovation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alicia Zollinger Stark<\/td>\nPh.D., 2018<\/span><\/td>\nMichael Smith<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benjamin Weinberg<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2018<\/span><\/td>\nWilson Wong<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Scientist, Tessera Therapeutics<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nikit Patel<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2018<\/span><\/td>\nMo Khalil<\/span><\/td>\nPostdoctoral Research, Harvard Medical School<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alfred Ramirez<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2018<\/span><\/td>\nSimon Kasif<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Data Scientist, Computational Biology, Finch Therapeutics<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dana Braff<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2017<\/span><\/td>\nMo Khalil<\/span><\/td>\nPrincipal Scientist, GRO Biosciences<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derin Sevenler<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2017<\/span><\/td>\nSelim \u00dcnl\u00fc<\/span><\/td>\nAssistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve Wang<\/a><\/td>\nPh.D., 2017<\/span><\/td>\nDaniel Ehrlich<\/span><\/td>\nEntrepreneur, Conscience VC<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laura Blaha<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2017<\/center><\/td>\n
Mario Cabodi; Joyce Wong<\/td>\nPrinciple Scientist, Sanofi Pharmaceuticals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ali Badreddine<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2017<\/center><\/td>\n
Irving Bigio<\/td>\nPatent Technical Specialist at Finnegan Europe LLP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Hartman<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2017<\/center><\/td>\n
Joyce Wong<\/td>\nAssociate Director, Technical Product Team Lead, Bristol Myers Squibb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diego Vargas Arango<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2016<\/center><\/td>\n
Muhammad Zaman<\/td>\nSenior Computational Scientist, Dewpoint Therapeutics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joseph Schroeder<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2016<\/center><\/td>\n
Jason Ritt<\/td>\nSenior Manager, Design Quality Engineering, Smith & Nephew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joseph Maffei<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2015<\/center><\/td>\n
Muhammad Zaman<\/td>\nCustomer Success Manager, CytoTronics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brian Harvey<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2015<\/center><\/td>\n
Ken Lutchen<\/td>\nPrincipal Biomedical Engineering, ZOLL Medical Corporation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel Backman<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2015<\/center><\/td>\n
Joyce Wong<\/td>\nPrincipal Process Engineer, United Therapeutics Corporation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samuel Polio<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2014<\/center><\/td>\n
Michael Smith<\/td>\nPatent Agent, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth Peruski<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2014<\/center><\/td>\n
Michael Smith; Dimitrije Stamenovic<\/td>\nSenior System Integration & Validation Manager, Climeworks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason Keller<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2014<\/center><\/td>\n
James Galagan; Catherine Klapperich<\/td>\nDirector of New Product Planning, Sarepta Therapeutcs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Iazzetti<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2014<\/center><\/td>\n
James Galagan<\/td>\nDirector of Data Science, Syneos Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aaron Colby<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2014<\/center><\/td>\n
Mark Grinstaff<\/td>\nCo-Founder & CEO, Ionic Pharmaceutics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Stewart<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2014<\/center><\/td>\n
Mark Grinstaff<\/td>\nHead of Scientific Services, Discovery Research, Perceptive, Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Garay<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2014<\/center><\/td>\n
James Galagan<\/td>\nSenior Customer Solutions Architect, Paradigm4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samantha Blasbalg<\/a><\/td>\nM.Eng, 2014<\/td>\nMichael Smith<\/td>\nSenior Quality Engineer, Close<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Margo Monroe<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2013<\/center><\/td>\n
Selim Unlu<\/td>\nSenior Patent Attorney, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Saphirstein<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2013<\/center><\/td>\n
Kathleen Morgan<\/td>\nDirector of R&D Portfolio Strategy, Convatec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raphael Yao<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2013<\/center><\/td>\n
Joyce Wong<\/td>\nResearcher at Academia Sinica, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (Taipei, Taiwan)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benjamin Kraus<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2013<\/center><\/td>\n
Howard Eichenbaum; John White<\/td>\nPrincipal Software Engineer, MathWorks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nathan Spencer<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2013<\/center><\/td>\n
Steve Colburn<\/td>\nResearch Biomedical Engineer, Naval Medical Research Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kevin Shiuan<\/a><\/td>\nM.S., 2012<\/span><\/td>\nBrian Snyder<\/td>\nProduct Manager, Wisetack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benjamin Perrone<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2012<\/center><\/td>\n
Kamal Sen<\/td>\nSenior Director of Business Development and Licensing, Ligand Pharmaceuticals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Economo<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., 2012<\/span><\/center><\/td>\n
John White<\/td>\nAssistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Hall<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2012<\/center><\/td>\n
Sandor Vajda<\/td>\nSenior Employee, Amazon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jarred Callura<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2012<\/center><\/td>\n
Jim Collins<\/td>\nLecturer, University of Maryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kimberly Zubris<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2011<\/center><\/td>\n
Mark Grinstaff<\/td>\nChief Scientific Officer, Spoke Sciences, Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patrick Allen<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2012<\/center><\/td>\n
Joyce Bischoff<\/td>\nUltrasonics Engineer at Integra LifeScience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jesse Locke<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2011<\/center><\/td>\n
Pierre DuPont<\/td>\nPediatrician at Lexington Pediatrics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adam LaPrad<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2011<\/center><\/td>\n
Ken Lutchen<\/td>\nChief Executive Officer, Agility Health Partners<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Todd Jennings<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2011<\/center><\/td>\n
Steve Colburn<\/td>\nScientist V, Charles River Analytics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Corin Williams<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2011<\/center><\/td>\n
Joyce Wong<\/td>\nBiomedical Engineer, Draper Laboratories<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Henry Lee<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2011<\/center><\/td>\n
Jim Collins<\/td>\nCo-Founder and CEO, Cultivarium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carolyn Lawrence<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2010<\/center><\/td>\n
Jim Collins<\/td>\nBioinformatician, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hemali Patel<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2009<\/center><\/td>\n
Tim Gardner<\/td>\nPrincipal Medical Science Liaison, Biogen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jane Landolin<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2009<\/center><\/td>\n
Zhiping Weng<\/td>\nDirector of Data, UPSIDE Foods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyle Lillis<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2009<\/center><\/td>\n
Jerome Mertz; John White<\/td>\nAssistant Professor, Harvard Medical School\/MGH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicholas Lyford<\/a><\/td>\nM.S., 2008<\/span><\/td>\nCarlo De Luca<\/td>\nPatent Agent, Shifamed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William Cusack<\/a><\/td>\nM.S., 2008<\/td>\nLucia Vaina<\/td>\nTechnical Program Manager, Neural Interfaces, Meta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steven Meyers<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2008<\/center><\/td>\n
Mark Grinstaff<\/td>\nChief Executive Officer, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Gra\u00f1a<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2008<\/center><\/td>\n
Kamal Sen<\/td>\nAcademic Editor, Research Square Company<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlos Lopez<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2007<\/center><\/td>\n
Tejal Desai<\/td>\nSenior Engineering in Metrology, Illumina, Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Richards<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., <\/span>2007<\/center><\/td>\n
Paul Barbone<\/td>\nAssistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tara Keck<\/a><\/td>\n
Ph.D., 2006<\/center><\/td>\n
John White<\/td>\nProfessor of Neuroscience, University College London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Byrne<\/a><\/td>\nM.S., 2006<\/td>\nTim Gardner<\/td>\nChief Technology Officer, Pyramid Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Student Degree Received, Year Ph.D.\/M.S. Advisor Current Position Carlos Gomez Ph.D., 2024 Darren Robyler Electro Optical Engineer, E Ink Corporation Alex Lammers Ph.D., 2024 Christopher Chen Senior Scientist, Draper Labs Menna Siddiqui Ph.D., 2023 Wilson Wong Scientist, CTMC David McIntyre Ph.D., 2023 Doug Densmore Senior Scientist, Pearl Bio Rebecca Mount Ph.D., 2023 Xue Han Research […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4139,"featured_media":0,"parent":63,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":818,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/818"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}