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MBP Class of 2005


2005 / 2006 / 2007



  Mohab Al-Hinai

BS Biotechnology, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

MBP Research Project:Generation, Characterization and Analysis of Metabolically Engineered Bacterial Strains (Prof. E. Papoutsakis)

Current position: Instructor, Biology Department (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)

 
  Molly Ryan Callahan

BS Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
MS Biochemistry, University of London, Kings College

MBP Research Project: Viral vector production (Prof. W. Miller)

Current position: Stepan Company

 
  Louisa Carr

BA Chemistry, Carleton College

MBP Research Project: Splinted ligation of DNA oligonucleotides for the purpose of conjugation of a drag-tag molecule in ELFSE (Prof. A. Barron)

Current position: University of Washington, Pursuing a PhD in Chemical Engineering


 
  Ya-chen Chang

BS Chemical Enineering
BA in Piano Performance, Northwestern University

MBP Research Project: Novel monodisperse bioconjugate: poly-N-substituted glycines (Prof. A. Barron)

Current position: Chemical Engineer, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases


 
  Edna Choi

BE Biomedical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook

MBP Research Project: The use of magnetic field to induce parallel arrangement of collagen fibrils for the development of a living tissue equivalent of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) for ACL reconstructions (Prof. G. Ameer)

Current position: Research Associate II in Bioprocess Sciences, MedImmune, Inc.

 
  Jay Cuenca

BS Molecular & Cell Biology, Northwestern University 

MBP Research Project: DNA-microarray based investigation of hematopoietic differentiation (Prof. W. Miller and Prof. E. Papoutsakis)

Current position: Development Associate III, PDL BioPharma


 
  Lauren Floyd

BS Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan

MBP Research Project: Synthesis of a biomimetic lung surfactant from peptoids (Prof. A. Barron)

Current position: High Performance Analog Account Manager, Texas Instruments

 
  Amy Greischar

BS Biological Science, Quincy University

MBP Research Project :Detection of JAK2 and phospho-JAK2 in a mobilized system (Prof. W. Miller and Prof. E. Papoutsakis)

Current position: Cell/Molecular Biologist, Abbott Laboratories

 
  Eric Huang

BS Bioengineering, University of California--Berkeley

MBP Research Project: C. elegans gene gun (Prof. R. Morimoto)

Current position: Process Development Engineer II, Cell Genesys

 
  Kelly Huseby

BS Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

MBP Research Project: Peptide based biomaterial for in situ cell encapsulation and in vivo delivery (Prof. G. Ameer)

Current position: Senior Analyst, Sg2 Consulting


 
  Eugene Soo

BS Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University

MBP Research Project: DNA-microarray based investigation of hematopoietic differentiation (Prof. W. Miller and Prof. E. Papoutsakis)

Current position: Associate Engineer, Bristol-Myers Squibb

 
  Colin Woodard

BS Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

MBP Research Project: Cell membrane-mimetic culture surfaces for ligand presentation and stem cell expansion (Prof. W. Miller)

Current position: Sr. Associate Process Development, Amgen East

 

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