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1990 - 1999 Graduates

Ìý1999 Ìý ÌýMajor Advisor: ÌýDr. Metzger
Last KnownÌýPosition: Ìý

Phone: (210) 458-5492
Email: bernard.arulanandam@utsa.edu
Lab website: http://stceid.utsa.edu/lab-Arul/
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
-Ìý1997 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate ResearchÌý
- 1998 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate ResearchÌý
- 1999 Graduate Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduate Student
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Ìý 1999 Ìý Major Advisor:Ìý Dr. Robert Blumenthal

Last KnownÌýPosition:ÌýResearch Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatric Diseases, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 850, Rochester, NY 14642.
Tel: 585-273-3509 (office);Ìý 585-275-5099 (lab).
email: samir_bhagwat@urmc.rochester.edu
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Diane Ruth Younker, Ph.D.Ìý 1999ÌýÌýÌý Advisor: Dr. Stanley Sawicki

Last KnownÌýPosition:ÌýScientist/Technical Lead in Pharmacotherapeutics - Wyle Laboratories
NASA-Johnson Space Center
2400 NASA Parkway, Mail code: Wyle/HAC/37A,ÌýHouston, TX 77058
Tel: 281-483-5266
email: diane.r.younker@nasa.gov
ÌýAwards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
-Ìý1996 Second place prize for poster presentation, College of Graduate Studies Student Research Forum
-Ìý1997 American Society of Virology Travel Award
-Ìý1999 American Society of Virology Travel Award
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Sybil D'Costa, Ph.D.ÌýÌý1998 Ìý Ìý Major Advisor: Dr. Michael BoyleÌý
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Last KnownÌýPosition:ÌýSenior Staff Advanced Research Scientist, Beckman Coulter, Inc. Custom Biopharma Solutions
11800 SW 147th Ave., Miami, FL 33196
Tel: 305-380-2574 orÌý 800-327-6531 ext 2574Ìý
email:Ìý sybil.d'costa@coulter.com
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
-Ìý1997 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
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Ìý 1998Ìý Ìý Major Advisor: ÌýDr. Michael Boyle

Last KnownÌýPosition: Staff Scientist, NIH, National Eye Institute
2020 Vision Place, Bethesda, MD 20892-3655
Tel: 301-594-7429
email: liz@nei.nih.gov
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Ìý 1998 Ìý ÌýMajor Advisor: Dr. RobertÌýBlumenthal

Last known position:ÌýManager of Community Outreach, Safe Kids Greater Toledo Coalition Coordinator
Toledo Children's Hospital,Ìý2142 North Cove Blvd., HMT 940,ÌýToledo, OH 43606
Voice: 419-291-6806
Fax: 419-479-3269
Pager: 419-245-2170
email:Ìý manda.rice@promedica.org
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
-Ìý1993 MUO Bookstore Scholarship Award
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Roberta A. Raeder, M.S.Ìýin Biology 1997 Ìý Ìý ÌýMajor Advisor: Dr. Michael Boyle
Thesis title: Response of Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes from the (NZB/NZW)F1 Mouse to Phytohemagglutinin

Last KnownÌýPosition:Ìý Retired
Address:Ìý 25 Pine Valley Road, Holland, OH 43528
email:Ìý rootig@aol.com
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Gail M. Adams, Ph.D.Ìý 1996 Ìý Major Advisor: Dr. Robert Blumenthal

Last known position: Research Associate, Department ofÌýNeurosciences
The University of Toledo, Mail Stop #1007,Ìý3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43614-2598
Tel: 419-383-6079
email: gail.adams@utoledo.edu
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
-Ìý1994 New England Biolabs Workshop Travel Award
-Ìý1994 Honorable mention in the Graduate School Student Research Forum ______________________________________________________________
ÌýÌý1996 ÌýMajor Advisor:Ìý Dr. Dennis Metzger

Last known position:ÌýAttorney, Dunlap, Codding & Rogers, P.C.,ÌýIntellectual Property Law, The Tower, 1601 N.W. Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Tel: 405-607-8600ÌýÌýÌý Fax: 405-607-8686Ìý
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Sharon S. Master, Ph.D.Ìý 1996Ìý Ìý Major Advisor: Dr. RobertÌýBlumenthal

Last known position:ÌýResearch Fellow/Associate Scientist II, Dept Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, The University of New Mexico,
Health Sciences Center, 915 Camino de Salud, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Tel: 505-235-0983
email:Ìý smaster@salud.unm.edu
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1996 ÌýÌýMajor Advisor:Ìý Dr. Dennis Metzger

Last known position: Associate Professor of Immunology, Associate Chair for Undergraduate
Studies, Dept of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4120,ÌýNormal IL 61790-4120
Tel: 309-438-2479 ÌýFax: 309-438-3722
Email: lavogel@ilstu.edu

Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
-Ìý1995 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
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Indra Dé, Ph.D. Ìý1995 Ìý Major Advisor: ÌýDr. Dorothea Sawicki

Last known position:ÌýIndra De, M.D., Inc. in own clinical practice (Infectious Diseases);
located 2626 N. California Street F., Stockton, CA 95204
Tel: 209-941-8073
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
-Ìý1993 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate ResearchÌý
- 1993 American Society for Virology Travel AwardÌý
- 1993 IXth International Congress of Virology Travel AwardÌý
- 1994 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate ResearchÌý
- 1994 American Society for Virology Travel AwardÌý
- 1995 Graduate Dean's Award as Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate
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Todd D. Pack, Ph.D. Ìý1995Ìý ÌýMajor Advisor: ÌýDr.ÌýMichael Boyle

Last known position: Senior Director, Research & Development, Meridian Bioscience,ÌýInc., 3471 River Hills, Cincinnati, OH 45244
Tel: 513-272-5263
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
-Ìý1994 American Society for Microbiology Travel Award
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Ìý 1995Ìý ÌýMajor Advisor:Ìý Dr. Jeff Burnham

Last known position:ÌýAssociate Director, Regulatory Affairs, Takeda Global Research & Development
Home address:Ìý 1226 Prairie Trail, Grayslake, IL 60030
Tel: 847-548-6587
email: davidbreines@yahoo.com

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Diming Lin, Ph.D. Ìý1995ÌýÌý Major Advisor:Ìý Dr. Paul F. Lehmann
Thesis title:Ìý Molecular-Genetic Analysis of Candida Species and Other Fungi of Medical Importance

Last known position: Importer of scientific instrumentation and supplies, Rochester, New York
Tel: 716-288-5185
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
-Ìý1994 Milton Huppert Student Research Award of the Medical Mycological Society of the AmericasÌý
- 1993 American Society for Microbiology Travel AwardÌý
- 1994 American Society for Microbiology Travel Award
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Hong Wang, Ph.D. 1994ÌýÌý Major Advisor: Dr. Michael Boyle
Graduate Student: 1990-1994
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Yun-Fen Wang,ÌýPh.D.Ìý1993ÌýÌýÌý Major Advisor:Ìý Dorothea L. Sawicki, Ph.D.
Thesis title:Ìý Identification and Analysis of Proteins Essential for Alphavirus Negative-Strand RNA Synthesis

Last known position:ÌýM.D., Associate Professor,ÌýPathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University,Ìý
Director of Microbiology, Immunology, Molec. Diagnostics, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta
Director of Laboratory, GradyÌýHealth Center atÌýEast Point, GA. North DeKalb Health Ctr, Chamblee, GA
Address:ÌýÌýEmory Univ. School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Rm D-119, 80 Jesse Hill Dr., Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel:Ìý 404-616-3432ÌýÌý email:Ìý yfwang@emory.edu
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Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
-Ìý1991 Honorable Mention, Sixth Annual Graduate Student Research ForumÌý
- 1992 The American Society for Virology Travel AwardÌý
- 1992 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate ResearchÌý
- 1993 Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduate Student
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in Biology 1993 ÌýÌý Major Advisor:Ìý Dr. Paul F. Lehmann
Thesis title:Ìý Isoenzymes and Glucose Control in Candida
Last known position: Medicine, Erie County Medical Center, AIDS Services, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215
Tel: 716-898-4119
Email:Ìý chsiao@buffalo.edu
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Ìý 1992 Ìý ÌýMajor Advisor:Ìý Dr. Michael Boyle

Last known position: Chair, IACUC for CDC-Atlanta);ÌýResearch Microbiologist in the Div. of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Laboratory Branch.Ìý
Div. of HIV/AIDS Prevention NCHHSTP, CCID, CDC Mailstop G-45; 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333
Tel: 404-639-1018ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Fax: 404-;639-1174
email: ROtten@cdc.gov
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
-Ìý1992 Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduate Student
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Tao Tao, Ph.D.ÌýÌý 1992 Ìý MajorÌýAdvisor:Ìý Dr. Robert Blumenthal

Last known position:ÌýStaff Scientist,ÌýNIH, National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NIH/NLM/NCBI).
Tel:Ìý 301-402-4054
email:Ìý tao@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
-Ìý1991 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research Competition
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Linong Guan, Ph.D. in Biology Ìý1992 Ìý Ìý ÌýMajor Advisor:Ìý Dr. Jeffrey C. Burnham
Thesis title: The Postantibiotic Effects of Quinolone Antibiotics in Escherichia coli

Last KnownÌýPosition: Technical Representative, Rohman-Haas
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Peggy A. Frame-Bibler, M.S. 1991 Ìý Ìý ÌýMajor Advisor:Ìý Dr. Earl Freimer
Thesis title:Ìý The Effectiveness of GN Broth and Selenite Broth in Enhancing the Growth of Some Fecal PathogensÌýÌý
Formerly:Ìý Supervisor, Microbiology Department, Defiance Hospital, 1206 E. Second Street, Defiance, OH 43512
Deceased - 2006
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