Former students

  • Vashti Bryant

    2006 – 2011   
    UTMB PhD

    Dean of Academic Affairs
    at Lone Star College

  • Ziyan Y. Pessetto

    2007 – 2011   
    UTMB PhD

    Chief Scientific Officer & Co-Founder
    at SINOCHIPS KANSAS LLC
    Owner & Founder of Heartland Scientific Innovations

  • Eric A. Kumar

    2008 – 2013
    UNMC PhD

    Research Scientist at
    BioLegacy Research

  • Jamie L. Arnst

    2010 – 2014
    UNMC PhD


    Postdoctoral fellow with Adam Marcus at Emory University

  • Elizabeth C. Blowers

    2011 – 2015
    UNMC PhD


    HemeOnc Fellow, UNC (Jen Jen Yeh Lab); Resident, UNMC, Medical Student UNMC; Administrative Research Associate, Clinical Trials Office, UNMC

  • Gregory F. Hollis

    2014 – 2015
    UNMC MS

    Research Associate UNO

  • Margaret A. Taylor

    2015 – 2017
    UNMC MS

    Sr. protein specialist, Lifespan, Seattle WA, Research Associate Univ. of Washington Medical School. Research Associate, Seattle Genetics.

  • Jacob I. Contreras

    2012 – 2017
    UNMC PhD

    Middle school science teacher, King science and technology magnet school, Omaha, QC Inspector, Hormel Foods, Fremont, NE

  • Caroline M. Robb

    2013 – 2017
    UNMC PhD

    Postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Alex Kentsis at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York NY, Research Scientist I, Remedy Plan Therapeutics, MD

  • Smit Kour

    2016 – 2020
    UNMC PhD

  • Hannah M. King

    2017 – 2021
    UNMC PhD

    Associate Professor at the Oral Robert’s University

  • Sarah Truong

    2021 – 2023
    UNMC MS

    DO Program, Kansas City Univ. Kansas City, MO

  • Lidia Boghean

    2020 – 2025
    UNMC MS

  • Callie Martin

    2023 – 2025
    UNMC MS

    Analytical Chemist at Haleon

Post-Doc/Junior Faculty

  • G. D. Kishore Kumar

    2005-2007

    Postdoc: Dr. Kevin Pinney, Baylor University

    Scientist: Queens University Belfast

  • A. Rachamallu

    2005-2007

    Postdoc: Dr. Steven A. Weinman, UTMB

  • G. L. Lokesh

    2005-2008

    Postdoc: Dr. David Gorenstein, UTMB

    Research Scientist: UTHSC-Brown foundation

  • Devalina Ray

    2008-2009

    Assistant Professor, Amity University, Noida UP

  • Qian-Yi Chen

    2008-2010

    Scientist at ZhiyuanGuangBo Pharmaceuticals, Shanghai, China

  • Abijah M. Nyong

    2009-2011

    Strategic Planning and Business Development, Dow Chemical Company, MI

  • Manimozhi Nagasundaram

    2010-2011

  • Rajkumar Rajule

    2010 – 2012

    General Manager at Valvoline Global Operations

    Group leader: Neuland Laboratories, Hyderabad, India

    Senior Manager: Ashland Inc., Mumbai, India

  • Nicholas Palermo

    2010-2012

    Computing Application Specialist, Holland Computing Center, UNL, NE

    Director, Computational Chemistry Core, UNMC

  • Yogesh Sonawane

    2012-2019

    Senior Manager, Drug Substance
    Manufacturing and CMC-Mirum
    Pharmaceuticals

  • Sandeep Rana

    Scientist at National Center
    for Advancing Translational
    Sciences (NCATS), NIH, Rockville. MD

  • John Victor Napolean

    2015-2017

    Postdoc: Dr. Phillip Low, Purdue

    Asst. Prof: Univ. of Alabama

  • Mourad Bendjennet

    2018-2019

    Postdoc: University of Miami Health Systems

  • Sarbjit Singh

    2019-2023

    Scientist at Adesis, Inc.

  • Jayapal R. Mallareddy

    2019-2023

    R&D Senior Scientist at
    MilliporeSigma

  • Edwin Wiest

    Summer 2021

    UNMC, Elkhorn high school teacher

  • Mudassir Ahmad

    2020-2021

    Postdoc: Dr. Bilal Hafeez, University of Texas, RGV

  • Rajesh Manda

    2024-2024

    Assistant Professor at NIT Warangal

  • Amrita K. Girish

    2022-2025

    Postdoc: Dr. Gargi Ghosal, UNMC, Omaha NE

  • Kabhilan Mohan

    2024-2025

    Instructor, Eppley, UNMC