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Former Members of the Loer Lab (University of San Diego)

Last updated: 5 September 2024

Undergraduate Research Students
Jamie Ahner ('99) [Physician Assistant, San Diego]
Calvin Balatbat ('06)
Leah Bode ('04) [working in biotech (GenProbe?), San Diego]
Shannon Browne (transferred to Boston College, '05)
Kris Carter ('05)
Jesse Cottle ('15) [in Physician Assistant progam]
Ella Crisologo [transferred to University of Miami in 2024]
Katie Davis ('08) [Lab technician, USD]
Scott DePaul ('02) [medical school, Univ of Pittsburgh?]
Brittany Ganser (transferred to U. Colorado, '05)
Amy Gilmour ('01)
Lizzie Geltz ('05)
Anna Grobe ('01) [MPH, USC]
Emily Hare ('01) [PhD UC Berkeley; Postdoc Stanford; currently Geneticist, Locus Development, San Francisco]
Juan Huezo-Velasquez ('10) [in USC grad school, Neuroscience]
James Kahn ('11)
Ryan Kast ('10) [in USC grad school, Neuroscience]
Kyle Kent ('06) [MD OHSU, Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Oregon Health & Science Univ]
Alec Knapp ('16) [in Biotech job]
Tonya Lebet ('03) [working in biotech, San Francisco]
Rachel Lex ('14) [in cell-molecular PhD program, UT Austin]
Nathan Lorentz ('18)
Kimmie Maiers ('11)
Molly Maline ('04)
Nicola Marsden-Haug ('99) [MPH, works for Washington Department of Health]
Joel Martin ('07) [PharmD program, UC San Francisco]
Stacy Ochoa ('05) [BMBCB PhD program, Northwestern Univ]
Max Ofoma ('15) [biotech?]
Cristina Ramirez ('99)
Jeff Ramos ('00) [MD, Univ of Hawaii; currently Scripps Health Internal Medicine]
Avideh Rashed ('06) [working at UCSD Moores Center?]
Greta Riedesel ('04) [MD, Univ of Washington, 2008]
Lisa Rosequist ('02)
Kelly Rossi (Smith College, '01)
Jennifer Shaw ('11)
Amanda Skinner ('16)
Allison Stone ('04) [MPH program, UC Davis]
Jean-Paul Strong ('02) [PhD program, Genetics?, Univ of Utah]
Daniel Sykora ('16, Dec) [attending Med school, Fall 2017]
Antonya Takahashi ('11)
Harish Tella (transferred to Univ of Illinois, '09)
Nailah Thompson ('99) [DO Internal Medicine Highland Hospital Oakland, California]
Adam Trotta ('01) [Peace Corps, Republic of Guinea, 2001-2003; MD, MPH, Resident, Family Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine]
Aleks Vitomirov ('16)
Tania Wilkinson ('99)
Erin Williams ('13) [in PhD program at MD Anderson, Univ of Texas, Houston]

Pre-Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) students
Nicole Bartolome ('08)
Vanessa Torices ('09)

High School students
Jennifer Emerick
Edith Carmargo (Mater Dei H.S.)

Postdocs / Research Associates
Tim Hendricks, Ph.D., (part-time) [Adjunct Assistant Professor, Univ Central del Caribe, Puerto Rico]
Mike Maxwell, Ph.D. (part-time) [Associate Professor & Chair, Mathematics & Natural Sciences Department, National University]
Laura Rivard, Ph.D. (part-time) [Adjunct Assistant Professor, Univ of San Diego]

Laboratory Research Assistants, Lab helpers
Willy Christian
Emily Hare ('01)
Suchin Kang
Cheryl Kurtz
Becky Leisse
Patrick Merritt [Senior Research Associate, Illumina, San Diego]
Becky Statt

Others - Lab "Worm" Mascots
Larry, Lab Leech (our medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, deceased)
Sydney, Lab Snake (our beloved corn snake, Elaphe guttata, deceased)


Snapshots of Current and Former Lab members

Former Members of the Loer Lab (Dept. of Biology, Lafayette College)

Undergraduate Research Students
Susan Anderton ('97)
Kathryn Bassett ('96)
Mike Brittain ('98)
Angela Choo ('96)
Brian Davidson (transferred to Penn State, '97)
Morria Gabbay ('94)
Nicole Hinson ('97)
Katie Nollan ('95)

Laboratory Research Assistants, Lab helpers
Deepali Deka
John McCartney ('96)