MCD Alumni

We are proud of our Ph.D. graduates of MCD labs.  Here we offer a selection of examples of just how successful a Ph.D. student can be while pursuing thesis research at CUNY.  MCD lab alumni now hold a wide variety of positions in various Biology-related careers.

From these pages, you will see that the laboratories of the MCD subprogram produce Ph.D. graduates who are highly competitive for prominent postdoctoral positions and careers at the highest levels of American Science.

Here you can find examples of where MCD lab Ph.D. alumni are now in their careers

ACADEMIC RESEARCH/TEACHING

Adrienne Alaie-Petrillo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
City University of New York, Hunter College
http://biology.hunter.cuny.edu/facultyDetailsDisplay.asp?id=83

Konstantina Alexandropoulos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
website

Jesus Angulo, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
City University of New York, Hunter College
website

Diana Bartelt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
St. Johns University
Queens, NY
website

Maureen J. Charron, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
website

Francis Cotty, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences and Geology
Queensborough Community College
website

Sara E. Danzi, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Endocrinology
North Shore – Long Island Jewish Research Center
website

Nidhi Gadura, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences and Geology
Queensborough Community College of CUNY
website

Denise Galloway, Ph.D.
Program Head
Human Biology and Public Health Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, WA)
website

Andrew W. Gibson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine – Immunology/Rheumatology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
website

Paul Gottleib, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
City College of New York, CUNY
website

Michael Hadjiargyrou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
SUNY at Stony Brook
website

Cecil Joseph, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Long Island University, Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
website

Chong Jue, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences and Geology
Queensborough Community College of CUNY
website

Zhimin (James) Lu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
website

Dr. Igor Medintz, PhD
Research Scientist
Naval Research Laboratory.
Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Washington DC
website

Patricia Molina, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Science/Biology
CUNY, Borough of Manhattan Community College
website

Roger Persell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
City University of New York, Hunter College
website

Patricia Rockwell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
City University of New York, Hunter College
website

Ivelisse Sanchez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
website

Margaret M. Wallace, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Science
CUNY, John Jay College
New York, NY
website

Gail Zeevalk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
website

BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY

Kathrine (Qi Cheng) Cohen, PhD
Head of Intellectual Property & Licensing
InterCell AG
Vienna, AUSTRIA

Jacqueline Doody, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
Imclone Systems,
New York, NY

Robert A. Dubin, PhD
Profile Diagnostic Sciences
New York, NY

Tamara Gopen, Ph.D.
Clinical Director,
Oncogene Business Solutions,
NY, NY

Hua Jiang, PhD
Research Scientist
Regeneron Pharmaseuticals, Inc.
Tarrytown, NY

Youwei Jiang, Ph.D.
Research Scientist,
Abbott Laboratories,
Abbott Park, Illinois

Paul D. Matthews. Ph.D.
Crop Improvement
S.S. Steiner, Inc
New York, NY and
Yakima, WA

Gitali Mukhopadhya, Ph.D. 
Research Scientist,
Schering-Plough Research Institute,
Kenilworth, NJ

Qun Zang, Ph.D.        
Research Scientist,
Biogen,
Cambridge, MA

Hui Zhao, Ph.D.                                 
Senior Scientist,
Centocor, Inc.
Horsham, PA

Sajjad Qureshi, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist
Merck Pharmaceuticals
Rahway, NJ

 

OTHER SCIENCE AND EDUCATION-RELATED CAREERS

Caihong Qiu, Ph.D.
Technical Director
Yale Human Embryonic Stem Cell Core Facility
New Haven, CT

Terrence Bissoondial, Ph.D.
Research Director
Hewlett High School
New York, NY

Bridgit Goldman, Ph.D.
Instructor
Siena College
Loudonville, New York

Jacqueline Joseph-Silverstein
Associate Chancellor
University of Connecticut
Stamford, CT

Joel Levine, PhD
Science Department
Francis Lewis High School
Flushing, NY