We are delighted to acknowledge the following 14 Microbiology and Immunology graduate students who earned their Ph.D. degrees. Graduates and their immediate career plans follow:
- Clare Gyorke (Nagaragjan lab), medical writer at Ashfield MedComms
- Derek Carbaugh (Lazear lab), scientist at Asklepios BioPharmaceuticals (PA)
- Olivia Council (Swanstrom lab), postdoc at UNC Chapel Hill
- Peter Xu (Serody lab), scientist at AstroZenica (MD)
- Emily Madden (Heise lab), postdoc at Washington University St. Louis
- Laura Rank (Braunstein lab), intern at Collaborations Pharmaceuticals (NC)
- Sarah Yannarell (Shank lab), postdoc with Ralph Isberg at Tufts University (MA)
- Shane Falcinelli (Margolis lab), returning to medical school at UNC Chapel Hill
- Bryan McQueen (Nagarajan & Darville labs), scientist at Altis Biosystems (NC)
- Dominika Trzilova (Tamayo lab), regulatory scientist at Camargo Pharmaceutical Services (NC)
- Stephen Kovacs (Miao lab), returning to medical school at UNC Chapel Hill
- Suruchi Shrestha (Lai lab), temporary postdoc at UNC Chapel Hill
- Cesar Lopez (Lazear lab), returning to medical school at UNC Chapel Hill
- Cameron Adams (de Silva lab), returning to medical school at UNC Chapel Hill
We are also excited to congratulate two students who earned their M.S. degrees from the UNC Chapel Hill Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Graduates and their immediate career plans follow:
- Tia Morgan (Moody lab), social/clinical research screener in global HIV prevention and treatment clinical trials unit at UNC Chapel Hill
- Laura Kincer (Swanstrom lab), continuing as a research technician in the Swanstrom lab at UNC Chapel Hill.