What do our graduates do after Goucher?
Students who earn a degree in chemistry from Goucher College are extremely well prepared for advanced study and employment. By perusing the list below, you can get a sense of the schools from which our graduates receive advanced degrees, and the range of activities that they are engaged in. We are very proud of all of our graduates!
Attention Alumni: If you don't see yourself on the list below and you would like to be included, please e-mail an update to George Greco (ggreco@goucher.edu)
Chemistry Alumni Earning an advanced degree in the Health Professions
M.D. Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine Bayamon, PR
Assistant Clinical Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center
D.M.D. Temple University School of Dentistry
Dentist, Dental FX, Pasadena, MD
Amanda King Mason '01
M.D/Ph.D. 2008 University of Maryland
Chris Deibert, '03
M.D. 2010, University of Pittsburgh
Neurosurgery Resident, University of Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Lechner '04
M.D. 2008, University of Maryland
Fellow, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Kevin Brady '05
Pharm.D, 2009, University of Maryland,
Clinical Pharmacist, University of Southern California Medical Center
Josh Grant '05
D.O. Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Internal Medicine Resident, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia PA
Justin Bakhshai '07
PharmD., MBA, 2011, University of Maryland
Medical Liaison, US Managed Markets at Novo Nordisk
Marisa Long Gossweiler '07, Physician
D.O. 2011, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Daniel Stein '07, Physician
M.D. 2012, University of Minnesota
Sarah Haque, '08, Physician
D.O. 2012, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Chemistry Alumni earning a Ph.D.
Ph.D. 1979, Immunology and Microbiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Executive Director, Biotechnology at Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
Ruquia Ahmed-Schofield '81
Ph.D. 1986, University of Maryland
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Goucher College
Edward "Teddy" Zartler '92
Ph.D. 1998, University of Pennsylvania
President and CSO at Quantum Tessera Consulting (formerly at Eli Lilly and Merck)
Ivan Baxter'96
Ph.D. 2000, The Scripps Research Institute
Systems/Computational Biologist at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center St. Louis MO
Oskar Vafek '97
Ph.D. in Physics, 2003, Johns Hopkins University
Associate Professor of Physics, Florida State University
Michael Leonard '98
Ph.D. 2003, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Washington and Jefferson College
David St. Jean '99
Ph.D. 2004, University of Pennsylvania
Principal Scientist, Amgen Pharmaceuticals
Pam Crum Douglass '01
Ph.D. 2006, University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Goucher College
Kristin Mutolo Martinez '02
Ph.D. 2008, University of Southern California
Engineer - Intel - Phoenix, AZ
Jessica Parr '02
Ph.D. 2007, University of Southern California
Teaching Assistant Professor, USC Chemistry
Jennifer McCulley '03
Ph.D. 2010, Duke University School of Medicine
Senior Science Writer, The Scientific Consulting Group, Inc.Gaithersburg, MD
Rajan Pragani '03
Ph.D. 2008 University of Michigan/Scripps Florida
Staff Scientist
NIH Center for Translational Therapeutics, Rockville, MD
Jason Hill '03
Ph.D. 2011, University of Massachusetts
Advanced Biosystems Specialist at Nikon Instruments Inc.
Sara Quaytman Machleder '04
Ph.D. 2010, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Teacher, Bard High School Early College, Queens NY
Kat Dawson '05
Ph.D. 2011, Geosciences and Biogeochemistry, Penn State
PSARC postdoctoral researcher (PSU/Caltech/UCLA)
Lauren Woodard '05
Ph.D. 2010, The Johns Hopkins University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Robyn Eisert '06
Ph.D. 2011, University of North Carolina
Postdoctoral Fellow, Tufts University
Lisa Gulian '07
Ph.D. 2012, University of California, Santa Barbara
Mellon Fellow in Museum Conservation Science
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Amanda Worthy '07
Ph.D. 2012, Boston College
Postdoc - Northwestern University
Chemistry Alumni who are Secondary School Teachers
Tom Kozikowski '01
Physics and Environmental Science Teacher
Mountain Ridge High School, Frostburg, MD
Jennie Towner '04
Kristina Hadlich Gillmeister '05
Glen Burnie High School, Glen Burnie MD
Project Director, Connect4Learning, Early Childhood Math Lab, State University of New York at Buffalo
Advanced Studies and Programs Special Assistant, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Abby Bickford, '12
Baltimore City Public Schools (Teach for America)
Noah Robinson '12
Baltimore City Public Schools (Teach for America)
Becca Smith '12
Chantilly High School, Fairfax VA
Chemistry Alumni Employed in Industry
Jordan Muenchow Sworen '05, DuPont
Caroline Burmester '06, Cambridge Isotope Labs, Andover, MA
Matthew Kier '06, Cambridge Isotope Labs, Andover, MA
Lisa Hollander '07, DuPont
Hillary Merrill '11, DuPont
Kyle Williams '12, DuPont
Phuong Tran-Nguyen '12, BioReliance, Rockville, MD
Mark Renehan '12, Xceleron, Inc., Germantown, MD
Research Technicians in Academic/Biomedical Labs
Aaron Daniel Pinnola '04
Epigenetics and Progenitor Cells Program Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Candace Crasto '08
Johns Hopkins Eye Institute
Randi Turner '12
Johns Hopkins Eye Institute
Other Careers
Shane Riley '01, Attorney
Saira Haider, '05
Attorney (Intellectual Property and Patent Litigation)
Axinn, Veltrop, Harkrider LLP, New York, NY
Brittany Gleason '05
Healthcare Research Manager at Gerson Lehrman Group, Austin TX
Katrina Sosinsky '06
Laboratory Manager, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Liseda Felau, '07
Research Program Coordinator, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Anna Pagonakis, '07
Patent Examiner, US Patent and Trademark Office
Margaret Egiziaco '08
Founder and President, FlowerMEevents
Mary Cadwallendar, '11
Peace Corps, Senegal - Sustainable Agriculture Volunteer
Chemistry Alumni Currently Enrolled in Graduate or Professional School
Kristina Hadlich Gillmeister '05
Science Education Ph.D. Program
State University of New York at Buffalo
Chris Eginton '07
Ph.D. Program in Biophysical chemistry
University of Maryland
Martha Beckwith '08
Ph.D. Program in Chemistry
Cornell University
Geraldine Echebiri '08
Ph.D. Program in Physical Chemistry
University of Maryland
Anna Leychenko '08
Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry
University of Hawaii
Christopher Blair '09
Pharm.D. Program
The Ohio State University
Jared Dropkin '09
Medical Student
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Mikel Holley '09
Pharm.D. Program
University of Maryland
Michael Rauch '09
Dental Student
Tufts University School of Dentistry
Julian Rees '09
Ph.D. Program in Chemistry
University of Washington
Evan Collins '10
Ph.D. Program in Chemistry
The Johns Hopkins University
Amanda LeSueur '10
Ph.D. Program in Chemistry
Indiana University
Ann Ploskonka '11
Ph.D. Program in Chemistry
University of Delaware
Ben Spangler '11
Ph.D. Program in Chemistry and Chemical Biology
University of California, San Francisco
Amanda Lee '12
Ph.D. Program in Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Maryland
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