Graduates by Degree Program

• Biological Chemistry

  Program Director: Glen Liszczak, Ph.D.

  Doctor of Philosophy

  • Juliana Nicole Flaherty
  • Vicky Li
  • Michael Ryan McConville
  • Dylon Ross Stephens
  • Alex Carl Sternisha
  • Xunzhi Zhan
• Biomedical Engineering

  Program Director: W. Matthew Petroll, Ph.D.

  Doctor of Philosophy

  • Natalie Marie Bell
  • Çelik Boğa
  • Mitzy Astrid Cowdin
  • Sebastian Fonseca Gonzalez
  • Sorour Hosseini
  • Conner Wayne Hutcherson
  • Siva Sai Krishna Venigalla
  • Zhuoyu Wen

  Master of Science

  • Corbin Gabriel Maciel
• Cancer Biology

  Program Director: Rolf A. Brekken, Ph.D.

  Doctor of Philosophy

  • Isabella Nance DePasquale
  • Claudette Rae Fraire
  • Samantha Michelle Golomb
  • Mia Elizabeth Hofstad
  • Ryan Robert Kowash
  • Michael Lee, Jr.
  • Natalie Zara Phinney

  Master of Science

  • Shilpa Dhar
• Cell and Molecular Biology

  Program Director: Angelique Whitehurst, Ph.D.

  Doctor of Philosophy

  • Priyankaa Anna Bhatia
  • Jose Francisco Calva Moreno
  • Sarah Ashley Cobb
  • Alia Renee Edington
  • Adam Michael Lyon
  • Madeleine Claire Marlar-Pavey
  • Ryan Michael Otto
  • Gina Jiyeon Park
  • Rose Marie Pedretti
  • Milan Rashmin Savani
  • Lexus Marc Tatge
  • James Shicong Ye

  Master of Science

  • Andrea Claire Waltrip
• Clinical Psychology

  Program Director: Richard Robinson, Ph.D.

  Doctor of Philosophy

  • Gabrielle Alexandra Agnew
  • Monica Yessenia Garza Saenz
  • Jessica Helene Helphrey
  • Anthony Joseph Longoria
  • Adrianna Nicole Asantewa Martin
  • Karen Julia Meltzer
  • Kendall Jerilyn Sharp
  • Courtney Kim-Ngoc Tran
  • Rebecca Joan Wildman
• Genetics, Development, and Disease

  Program Director: Ondine Cleaver, Ph.D.

  Doctor of Philosophy

  • Emily Binshtok Ballard
  • Karla Gabriela Cano Hernandez
  • Helin Hocaoglu
  • Yingjie Hu
  • Heankel Yamilet Lyons
  • Marianne Mercer
  • Huong Tra Ngo
  • Julia Dan-Thanh Phan
  • Kathia E. Rodarte
  • Celeste Aya Romero
  • David Alejandro Sanchez
  • MiKayla Sheree Stokes
  • Yihan Wang
  • Kielen Rainier Zuurbier

  Master of Science

  • Kenneth Ian Martinez-Algarin
• Immunology

  Program Director: Anne Satterthwaite, Ph.D.

  Doctor of Philosophy

  • Yubo He
  • Devon Lynn Jeltema
• Molecular Biophysics

  Program Director: Luke M. Rice, Ph.D.

  Doctor of Philosophy

  • Sofia Bali
  • James R. Elder
  • June Ho Hwang
  • Klaudia Marta Jaczynska
  • Jared Christopher Smothers
  • Angela Jiayuan Zou
• Molecular Microbiology

  Program Director: John Schoggins, Ph.D.

  Doctor of Philosophy

  • John Kenneth Neff
  • Nestor Ruiz
  • Brittany Michelle Stewart
  • Alexis Antoinette Waller
• Neuroscience

  Program Director: Maria Chahrour, Ph.D.

  Doctor of Philosophy

  • Lidiette Marie Angeles Perez
  • Lance Robert Heady
  • Therese Marie Irvine Koch
  • Anne Ebunoluwa Ojo
  • Ana Karen Ortiz
  • Robert John-Marion Pendry
  • Brianna Renee Ramirez
  • Richard Rueda, IV
• Organic Chemistry

  Program Director: Uttam K. Tambar, Ph.D.

  Doctor of Philosophy

  • Hejun Deng
  • Zhenghao Qian

  Master of Science

  • Andriana Paola Claudio Vázquez
  • Cuong Vo

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