After Kenyon: Young Science Alumni
Kenyon science students work on research projects they develop, often leading to presentations at professional conferences, published papers, and a remarkable rate of acceptances to medical and veterinary schools, doctoral programs, and highly competitive combined M.D./Ph.D. programs. Below is just a sampling of what some of our recent science graduates are doing.
A Sampling of Science Alumni
Christian Hinderer '10, a neuroscience major, will pursue an M.D., Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Samuel Hunter '10, a psychology major, will pursue a medical degree at Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Ben Kester '10, a double major in physics and chemistry, received a Fulbright award to teach in South Korea next year. He has been accepted to medical school for the following year.
Mark Luskus '10, a molecular biology major, is pursuing a Ph.D. at UC-Berkeley.
Laurel Stokes '10, a psychology major, will teach students diagnosed with autism at the New England Center for Children.
James Eaton '09, a chemistry major, is pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Virginia.
Jingwan Chen '09, a math major with a concentration in statistics, works for T. Rowe Price.
Pricilla Erickson '09, a molecular biology major, is pursuing a Ph.D. at UC-Berkeley.
Austin Faught '09, a physics major, works for the Department of Physics Imaging Unit at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Piero Sanfilippo '09, a molecular biology major, is pursuing a Ph.D. at Sloan-Kettering.
Leo Laub '09, a molecular biology major, is at the National Institutes of Health, as part of a special program for students who will eventually go on to graduate or medical school.
Michael Machala '09, a physics major, is working with organic solar cells as part of a research internship with National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Next year he will study in Asia as a Luce Scholar.
Lexie White '09, a molecular biology major, received a postbaccalaureate intramural research training award at a National Institutes of Health Laboratory in Research Triangle Park, NC.
Joel Beckett '08, a biochemistry major, discovered a novel pyridine synthesis. He and his professor, John Hofferberth, have coauthored a paper on these results for publication in an organic chemistry journal. He is currently in medical school at Yale University.
Elliot Forhan '08, a double major in math and political science, will begin law school at Yale University.
Sarah Holzman'08, a molecular biology major, had a research post at the National Institutes of Health after graduation and is now a medical student at Emory University School of Medicine.
Maxim Lavrentovich '08, a double major in math and physics, is pursuing a Ph.D. in physics at Harvard University.
Michael Zabek '08, a double major in math and economics, is a senior research assistant for the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston.
Rebecca Dash '07, a double major in math and modern languages and literatures, is the Fulbright program officer in Moscow, Russia.
Laurel Clark '07, a chemistry major, is a chemist at BASF, one of the world's leading chemical companies.
Geetha Kannan '07, a molecular biology major, is pursuing a Ph.D. in cellular/molecular medicine at Johns Hopkins University.
Lisa King '07, a molecular biology major, is a medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College.
David Long '07, a double major in math and chemistry, is pursuing a Ph.D. in chemistry at Caltech.
David Slochower '07, a physics major, is doing graduate work in biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Diana Spahlinger '07, a molecular biology major, is a medical student at the University of Michigan.
Anna Zimermann '07, a biology major, received a Fulbright award to conduct research in China after graduation. She now works for the Department of the Environment for the city of San Francisco.
Kelly Burke '06 enrolled in a dual M.D./Ph.D. program in biochemistry and pharmacology at Johns Hopkins Medical School.
Karly Burke '06 turned down a Fulbright award to teach English in South Korea in order to accept the George J. Mitchell Scholarship supporting a year of postgraduate microbiology study in Ireland. She will enter medical school at Harvard this fall.
Katherine Coens '06, a chemistry major, is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Marissa Kuzirian '06, a neuroscience major, is doing graduate work in Neuroscience at Brandeis University.
Marc Mergy '06, a biochemistry and neuroscience major, is pursuing a Ph.D. program at Vanderbilt University.
Joey Neilsen '06, a math and physics major who won undergraduate summer research opportunities at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, and on a Harvard astrophysics project in Chile, is now pursuing a Ph.D. in astrophysics at Harvard.
Zachary Weber '06, a physics major, is working at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
Alaina Baker '05, a neuroscience major, is a Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience at Northwestern University.
Christopher Heffelfinger '05, a molecular biology major, is pursuing a Ph.D. at Yale University
Blythe Philips '05, a biology major, worked for Teach for America after graduating from Kenyon. She is now pursuing a degree in veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School.
Michael Stulberg '05, a molecular biology major, is pursuing a Ph.D. in molecular biology at Yale University.
Jeremy Lavine '04, a molecular biology major, is an MD./Ph.D. student at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Lisa Maurer '04, a molecular biology major, is an M.D./Ph.D. student at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Ashley Rowatt '03 , 2003 NCAA Woman of the Year, is a physician (Vanderbilt University Medical School).
Janice Pour Friend '02, chemistry major, earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale University.
John DePowell '02, a biochemistry major, is a neurosurgeon at the University of Cincinnati.
Ansley Scott '02, a biochemistry major, earned a Ph.D. at UC-Berkeley and now works for McKinsey and Company, an international management consulting firm.