Former Undergraduate Research Students and Group Alumni

Summary

This document provides an alumni tracking list of former research group members from Western Washington University spanning from 1990 to 2016. It details the participation years, post-graduate education, advanced degrees, and subsequent professional career status of former undergraduate researchers, REU participants, master’s degree students, and postdoctoral fellows.

Former Undergraduate Research Students (Page 1)

Former Undergraduate Research Students (Students participating in research for more than one quarter)

Student | Years | Post-Graduate Education/Current Status

Hannah Morris | 1990-91 | Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Deputy Director, Artists’ Materials Center Carnegie Mellon University

Don Stone | 1991-92 | M.S., Univ. of California, Irvine

John Harold | 1991-92 | M.Ed., Western Washington University Instructor, South Puget Sound Community College

Eric Hill | 1992-94 | M.S., Institute of Paper Science and Technology

Wes Quigley | 1992-93 | M.S., Western Washington University (Bussell group) Ph.D., University of Washington (Synovec group) Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington (Dovichi Group) Research Scientist, Material and Process Technology, Boeing Corp.

Hiro Yamamoto | 1992-93 | Chemist, Edge Analytical, Inc. (Burlington, WA)

Pat Sofarelli | 1993-94 | M.B.A., IESE (University of Navarra, Spain) Product Manager, LifeCell Corporation (New York, NY)

Garth Simpson | 1994-95 | Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder (Rowlen group) Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University (Zare group) Professor, Purdue University

Paul Aegerter | 1994-95 | M.S., Western Washington University (Bussell group) Vice President, CESCO Chemical Company (Bellingham, WA)

Samantha Glazier | 1995-96 | Ph.D., Cornell University (Abruna group) Keck Postdoctoral Research/Teaching Fellow, Bryn Mawr College Associate Professor, Saint Lawrence University

Keith McCrea | 1995-97 | Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (Somorjai group) Chief Technology Officer, Emergence Venture Partners (Berkeley, CA)

John Logan | 1995-98 | Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (Pines group) Postdoctoral Fellow, IBM Almaden Research Center Software Engineer, Yahoo (San Jose, CA)

Former Undergraduate Research Students (Page 2)

Byron Gates | 1996-97 | Ph.D., University of Washington (Xia group) Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Univ. (Whitesides group) Professor, Simon Fraser University

Brian Woodruff | 1998-99 | M. Arch., University of Washington Architect (Seattle, WA)

Rebekah Main | 1998-00 | M.S., Caltech (Bercaw/Davis groups) Science teacher, Grace Academy (Marysville, WA)

Diana Phillips | 1998-01 | Ph.D., UC Berkeley (Somorjai group) Scientist, Intel Corporation

David Shock | 1999-00 | General/Technical Manager, Phenomenex, Inc., (Sydney, Australia)

Scott Korlann | 1999-01 | Ph.D., UCLA (Tolbert Group) Engineer, General Atomics (San Diego, CA)

Randy Self | 2000-01 | Chemist, Food & Drug Administration (Bothell, WA)

Denise Bale | 2000-02 | Ph.D., University of Washington (Dalton Group) Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington (Dalton Group) Senior Research Scientist, Georgia Tech

Stephanie Sawhill | 2001-02 | M.S., Western Washington University (Bussell Group) Engineering Integrated Program Team Lead, Systima Technologies

Julie (King) Terry | 2001-03 | M.D., St. Louis University Family Physician, Associates in Family Medicine (Bellingham, WA)

Melissa Pease | 2002-04 | M.S. chemistry, Colorado State University J.D., University of Colorado, Boulder

Autumn Burns | 2002-04 | M.S., Western Washington University (Bussell Group) N.D., Bastyr University

Kelsy Dunlap | 2003-04 | M.Ed., Western Washington University Science Teacher, McKay High School (Salem, OR)

Junwen Law | 2005-07 | M.D., Michigan State University Resident Physician, Atlanta Medical Center (Atlanta, GA)

Jacob Yeager | 2005-07 |

Amy Gaudette | 2005-07 | M.S., Western Washington University (Bussell Group) Instructional Classroom Technician, Western Washington University

Former Undergraduate Research Students (Page 3)

Erin Gleason | 2005-09 | M.S., University of Alaska, Fairbanks (Simpson Group) Environmental Program Specialist, Alaska Dept. of Env. Conservation

Matt Quarterman | 2006-08 | Hazardous Waste Compliance Inspector, WA State Dept. of Ecology

Cameron Murphey | 2007-08 | M.A. Communications, European Graduate School Asst. Program Coordinator, Oakland Head Start (Oakland, CA)

John Hayes | 2007-10 | Ph.D. candidate, University of Saskatchewan (Grosvenor Group)

Karla Slenkamp | 2008-09 | Ph.D. candidate, University of Washington (Khalil Group)

Chun Chow | 2008-09 | Ph.D., University of Michigan (Pecoraro Group) Postdoctoral Fellow, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center

Leah Bergquist | 2009-10 | Ph.D. candidate, Kent State University (Hegmann Group)

Mica C. Smith | 2009-11 | Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley (Boering Group)

Cameron Moak | 2010-12 | Technical Services Representative, Epic Software (Verona, WI)

Tosten Haugerud | 2011 | Peace Corps (Africa) Information Systems Officer, Global Partnerships (Seattle, WA)

Bo Carrillo | 2011-12 | M.S., Western Washington University (Bussell Group) Chemist, PACCAR Technical Center (Mt. Vernon, WA)

Kyle Mikkelsen | 2011-12 | M.S., Western Washington University (Rider Group) AMSEC Laboratory Manager, WWU

Kyle Hubach | 2011-12 | Laboratory Technician, Phillips 66 Refinery, Ferndale, WA

Boris Illic | 2012-14 | M.S. candidate, Montana State University

Michael Hill | 2012-13 | Engineering Assistant, Quality Controls Corp (Lynwood, WA)

Andrea d’Aquino | 2013-14 | Ph.D. candidate, Northwestern University (Mirkin Group)

Teresa McDonald | 2013-14 | M.S. candidate, University of Oregon

Peter Topalian | 2014-15 | M.S. candidate, Western Washington University (Bussell Group)

Ben Morgan | 2014-15 | Ph.D. candidate, UNC Chapel Hill (Sheiko Group)

Daniel Bronner | 2014-15 | Intern, Phillips 66 (Ferndale, WA refinery)

Former Undergraduate, REU, and Masters Degree Students (Page 4)

Tess Clinkingbeard | 2014-16 | Ph.D. candidate, University of Washington Catherine Miles | 2014-16 | Ph.D. candidate, Rutgers University Christian Moulaison | 2015-16 | Intern, Phillips 66 (Ferndale, WA refinery) Liam Carmody | 2016- |

Former REU Students Student | Years | Additional Post-Graduate Education/Current Status Michael Takemura | 2011 | B.S., Whitworth College Staff Chemist, Homax Corporation (Bellingham, WA) Nathan Bradshaw | 2012 | A.A., North Seattle Community College B.S., Western Washington University Ph.D. candidate, Northwestern University Ashraf Faraj | 2015 | A.A. Shoreline Community College Undergraduate student, University of Washington

Former Masters Degree Students Student | Years | Additional Post-Graduate Education/Current Status Anthony L. Diaz | 1991-93 | Ph.D., Oregon State University (Kezler group) Professor, Central Washington University Wes W. Quigley | 1993-95 | Ph.D., University of Washington (Synovec group) Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington (Dovichi Group) Research Scientist, Material and Process Technology, Boeing Corp. Paul A. Aegerter | 1995-96 | Vice President, CESCO Chemical Company (Bellingham, WA) Teresa L. Tarbuck | 1995-97 | Ph.D., University of Oregon (Richmond group) Jeffrey L. Heiser | 1997-00 | Brian Diaz | 1999-01 | Pharm. D., University of Washington Drug Safety Coordinator, Seattle Genetics, Inc. (Seattle, WA) Greg Parks | 2000-02 | Quality Assurance Manager, Darigold (Issaquah, WA)

Former Masters Degree Students and Postdoctoral Fellows (Page 5)

Stephanie Sawhill | 2002-03 | Engineering Integrated Program Lead, Systima Technologies Daniel Van Wyk | 2002-04 | Forensic Scientist, Washington State Crime Laboratory Autumn Burns | 2004-07 | Naturopathic medicine student, Bastyr University Rachel Saunders | 2005-07 | Amy Gaudette | 2007-09 | Classroom Instructional Technician, Western Washington University Richard Bowker | 2009-11 | Senior Chemist, PACCAR Technical Center (Mt. Vernon, WA) Bo Carrillo | 2012-14 | Chemist, PACCAR Technical Center (Mt. Vernon, WA) Sam Danforth | 2013-15 | Instrument Technician, Western Washington University Paul Cochran | 2014- | Peter Topalian | 2015- |

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