Alumni
Christina Du, D.V.M.
M.S. (2011) with Lab Animal Medicine residency
Investigation of Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Isotypes in an
Ancestral Mucosal Immune Model
Currently Interim Director of Comparative Medicine and Attending
Veterinarian Scott and White Hospitals, Temple TX
Anna Goodroe
Veterinary Medical Scientist Research Training Program, summer
2011
Analysis of Immunoglobulins Secreted by Xenopus in Response to
Oral and Intraperitoneal Immunization
Currently student in Veterinary School, Texas A&M
University, College Station TX
Chris Hong
Summer (2012) Undergraduate Researcher
Bioinformatics of Shrimp Immunogenomics
Currently student in Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin
TX
Brendan Jacobs
B.S. (2009) in Genetics and Biochemistry
Comparative Immunogenetics of Tetrapod T Cell Receptor Loci
Currently Chemist at Nalco Champion, Houston TX
Shehnaz Lokhandwala
Directed studies during M.S. (2012) in Professional Program in
Biotechnology
Immunogenetics of bovine ultra-long CDR3 antibodies
currently student pursuing Ph.D. in Veterinary Microbiology,
Texas A&M University, College Station TX
Zach Olschwanger
B.S. (2011) student in Biomedical Sciences
Shark MHC Class II Transactivator
Molecular Diagnostics, Luminex Corporation, Austin TX
Dhivya Ramakrishnan
Directed studies during M.S. (2010) in Professional Program in
Biotechnology
Evolution of S100 family of Calcium regulators
Currently Research Associate II at Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix
AZ
Amelia Romoser
Ph.D. (2012) student in Toxicology
Nano-immunotoxiclogy (Co-mentored with Dr. Christie Sayes)
Currently Post-doctoral researcher in laboratory of Tim
Phillips, Texas A&M University
Audrey Vitter
High School summer (2009) researcher from A&M Consolidated
High School
Shark MHC Class II Transactivator
Currently pursuing B.S. at Notre Dame University, South Bend
IN
Jonathan Walker
B.S. (2012) in Biomedical Sciences
MACS of Frog B cells for Studies of Antibody Isotype
Heterodimerization
Currently Medical Laboratory Scientist at Methodist Hospital,
Houston TX
Andrea Wallace
B.S. (2010) student in Genetics and Biochemistry
Somatic Hypermutation at Shark T Cell Receptor Loci
currently pursuing M.S. in Evolutionary Biology at the
University of Maryland, College Park MD
Rachel Wright
Ph.D. (2011) in Genetics
Role of RPGR Isoforms in Photoreceptor Generation (Co-mentored
with Drs. Don Hong and Brian Perkins)
currently Instructor, Department of Biology, Texas A&M
University
Lab Alumni: PLEASE drop me a line to update your positions,
mugshots and catch-up!
mcriscitiello@cvm.tamu.edu