Third Cohort 2009 - 2011
Shernita Lee
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Undergrad & Major: Alabama State University, Mathematics
Lab Name & Department: Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher lab (Department of Mathematics and Virginia Bioinformatics Institute)
IMSD Advisor: Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher
Current Status: Assistant Dean & Director of the Office of Recruitment, Diversity, and Inclusion at Virginia Tech Graduate School
Elaine Okanyene Nsoesie
Hometown: Cameroon
Undergrad & Major: University of Maryland, College Park (BS), Virginia Tech (MS):Bioinformatics
Lab Name & Department: Dr. Madhav Marathe, GBCB
IMSD Mentor: Dr. Madhav Marathe
Current Status: Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Frank Criscione, Jr.
Hometown: North Bergen, NJ
Undergrad & Major: Penn State University, Biochemistry
Lab Name & Department: Dr. Zhijian Tu, Biochemistry
IMSD Mentor: Zhijian Tu
Current Status: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Maryland
Mary Richter
Hometown: Blacksburg, VA
Undergrad & Major: Virginia Tech, Biology and Animal Science
Lab Name & Department: Adelman Lab, Department of Entomology
IMSD Advisor: Zach Adelman
Current Status: Postdoctoral Associate at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine