Daniel Weinberger (class of 05) got a Ph.D. from the Harvard University School of Public Health.  Dan worked in the lab of Marc Lipsitch investigating Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. After a post doctoral fellowship in Influenza, Dan took a faculty position in the Yale School of Public Health where he is currently an assistant professor. Dan is the co-first author with Andy Goodwin on a paper work from our lab that was published in August 2008.  Click here to see the abstract. 

  Giovanni DiSandro (Class of 05) graduated   Eastern Virginia Medical School in 2009 along with another student from the 2005 lab class, Melissa San Julian.

  Andrew Goodwin (Class of 05) is in a Ph.D. program in Molecular Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.  Andy is in Bob Casero's lab working on mechanisms of oxidative stress and the link to cancer.  Oh yeah, Andy and Heather got married in June 2008!  Andy is the co-first author with Dan Weinberger on a paper work from our lab that was published in August 2008.  Click here to see the abstract. 

Da-In Kim (Class of 05) is entering a Masters of Public Health program at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

  Phillip Cunningham (Class of 2005) is now a commissioned officer (Lieutenant) in the US Army. Phil will be using his biology and chemistry degrees to protect us from terrorists. Phil was deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2006 for 18 months.  He has returned safe and sound!

  Erik Lenarcic is a Ph.D. student in the Microbiology Department at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.  Erik's research in our lab was crucial to our 2004 manuscript in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.  You can download a pdf of that landmark study by clicking here!

  Melissa San Julian (class of 05) graduated Eastern Virginia Medical School in 2009.  She and husband John had a baby girl in 2009 as well!

  Lisa McGinnis (class of 05) is in the MSTP program (MD/Ph.D) at Stanford University and plans to continue her research into infectious diseases.  Lisa currently has two manuscripts published.  The first resulted from her NIAID summers in Dr. Steven Leppla's lab ( Manuscript #1. ) and involves Anthrax toxin.  Her second paper was a portion of her senior honors research thesis done here in our lab at William and Mary ( Manuscript #2 ).

  Krishna Dondeti (Class of 05) is in medical school at the University of Virginia Medical School (class of 2009). 

  Rachel Horak (MS 2004, defense - 5/12/04) is currently in the Ph.D. program in the Microbiology Department at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.  She is pursuing her dream to be an "Astrobiologist".  I just heard a rumor that she and Tracey are now engagd!  Congrats!

Allison Markowsky (2004) graduated medical school from New York University. She is doing her residency in the Children's Hospital in the Metro DC area.

Shannon McNulty (2004) published a portion of her W&M senior honor's thesis in 2004 in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.  Dowload a pdf of her study by  clicking here.  At the moment, Shannon is in a Ph.D. program in Dan Kalman's lab  in the Pathology Dept at Emory University in Atlanta.  Shannon's research involves vaccinia virus/innate immune system interactions, a new mechanism of virus release from cells, and the biochemical modifications that vaccinia does to promote host cell actin polymerization.

Courtney Terry(class of 04) is in medical school at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.  A portion of Courtney's senior honors thesis was recently published in the journal Infection & Immunity.  Pdf.   Courtney is doing a combined MBA/MD program there!

Katie Weller (class of 04) is in an Osteopathic Medicine program in Charlottesville, VA.

Tina Whitaker successfully defended her thesis on December 8, 2003!  Tina is now a Ph.D. studnet at WVU studying conservation genetics and working with conservation of sturgeon.  Tina's MS degree thesis work was published as part of two manuscripts, one in The Auk (pdf) and the other is in the Journal of Field Ornithology (pdf).  She is continuing to rescue dogs.  

Beth Mole... Class of 2003.  A portion of Beth's senior honors project was published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.  Download by clicking here! Beth is in a Ph.D. program in the Microbiology and Immunology Department at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  She is working on a type III secretion system of the plant pathogenic bacterium Erwinia in the lab of Dr. Jeff Dangle.

  Joshua Hall (left, in submission) and Laura Terry (right, in usual domination) graduated in 2002 and 2003 respectively without killing one another (or anyone else that I'm aware of!).  Josh completed his Ph.D. in microbiology at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in the lab of Dr. Thomas H. Kawula. He defended in the summer of 2008. He is currently a post doctoral fellow in VIrginia Miller's lab.  Laura is a post-doc in Thomas Shenk’s lab at Princeton studying human cytomegalovirus after completing her Ph.D. program at Vanderbilt University in the lab of Dr. Susan Wente in 2009.

   Brent DeGeorge graduated in 2003 and is currently in the combined MD/Ph.D. program at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.  His graduate work is in the laboratory of Walter Koch working cardiovascular biology.  Brent and Kate Madigan (see below) got married in March of 2006 and have a baby boy, Brent!

  Katharine C. Madigan  graduated in 2003.  A portion of her study from our lab  has recently been published.  You can download a copy here. Kate is currently in the combined MD/Ph.D. program at  Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.  Last upodate I got told me that Kate and Brent had a baby in 2008!!

  Jeremy Ramsey graduated in 2003 and is currently in the Ph.D program in the Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University.  Jeremy is in the lab of Dr. Louise Rollins-Smith.  His Ph.D work involves an amphibian immune response to a chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.  This fungus has been linked to the marked decline of frog species in several areas of the world, including the U.S.  I'm sorry, but the only picture I have of Jeremy is has him with thumbs in ears and tongue stuck out so until he sends a better one, this little bug will remain as our reminder of another colleague missed!

Nathan Cloutier graduated in 2001 and is now living in Arizona and pursuing a nursing degree.