Recent Alumni Publications

The following are graduates of the NGP who have received their PhD between 2011-2021:

NGP AlumniInitial PositionCurrent Position
Patrick Mullen, PhD., '21
Advisors: Alicia Ebert and Chris Francklyn
Lecturer, Biology Department, UVMLecturer, Biology Department, UVM
Katharine I. K. Beča, PhD., '21
NGP Advisor: Margaret Vizzard
Biomedical Science and Health Writer, Palladian Partners, Silver Spring, MarylandBiomedical Science and Health Writer, Palladian Partners, Silver Spring, Maryland
Zhaojin Li, PhD., '21
NGP Advisor: Marilyn Cipolla
Senior Research Associate, Calico, San FranciscoSenior Research Associate, Calico, San Francisco
Willie Curry, PhD., '21
NGP Advisor: Rodney Scott
  
Yu Han, PhD., '21
NGP Advisor: Patricia Prelock
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, at Harvard Medical School
Advisor: Dr. Shaun Purcell
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, at Harvard Medical School
Advisor: Dr. Shaun Purcell
Adrian Dutkiewicz, PhD., '21
NGP Advisor: Tony Morielli
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, EurofinsPostdoctoral Research Fellow, Eurofins
Daniella Thorsdottir, PhD., '21
NGP Advisor: Benedek Erdos
Study Director, Research Scientist 1, Charles River LaboratoriesStudy Director, Research Scientist 1, Charles River Laboratories
John J. McInnis, PhD., '20
NGP Advisor: Jeffrey Spees
Postdoctoral Fellow, Sanofi (ALS research group)Postdoctoral Fellow, Sanofi (ALS research group)
Matthew McCabe, PhD., '20
NGP Advisor: Matthew Weston
Senior Scientist, Q-State BiosciencesSenior Scientist, Q-State Biosciences
Gregory Johnson, PhD., '19
NGP Advisor: Jom Hammack 
Postdoc, University of Vermont
Advisor: Jom Hammack
Medical Science Liason, Neurelis, Inc.
Megan Shipman, PhD, '19
NGP Advisor: John Green, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Advisor: Laura Corbit, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Advisor: Laura Corbit, PhD
Riley St. Clair, PhD, '19
NGP Advisor: Bryan Ballif, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia
Advisor: Kota Mizumoto, PhD
Professor, Quest University in Squamish, British Columbia
Nicholas D'Alberto, PhD, '19
NGP Advisor: Hugh Garavan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences, Larner College of Medicine, UVMAssistant Professor of Neurological Sciences, Larner College of Medicine, UVM
Estelle Spear, PhD, ‘18
NGP Advisor: Gary Mawe, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Medicine (Gastroenterology & Hepatology), Stanford University
Advisor: Aida Habtezion, MD, MSc
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Medicine (Gastroenterology & Hepatology), Stanford University
Advisor: Aida Habtezion, MD, MSc
James Bishop, PhD, '18
NGP Advisors: Magdalena Naylor, MD/PhD & Helene Langevin, MD
Post-doc, Lab in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Advisors: Nolan Williams, MD & David Spiegel, MD
Postdoctoral Researcher – Radiology, Airan Lab, Stanford University

Project: Ultrasound mediated nanoparticle drug delivery for pain and anesthesia

Kutibh Chihabi, PhD, '17
NGP Advisors: Tony Morielli, PhD & John Green, PhD
Post-doc, Clinical Pharmacology/Paediatrics,
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Advisor: Michael Rieder, MD, PhD
Also founder of own company called NeuraSlim
Scientist, Product Development
International Point of Care, Inc.
Eric Gonzalez, PhD, ‘16
NGP Advisor: Margaret Vizzard, PhD
Postdoc, Biomedical Engineering Department, Duke University
Advisor: Warren M. Grill, PhD
Research Scientist, Duke University
Anthony Pappas, PhD, ‘16
NGP Advisor; George Wellman, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute/Harvard University
Advisor: Tatjana C. Jakobs, MD
Faculty, Lake Erie College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Stephanie Spohn, PhD, ‘16
NGP Advisor: Gary Mawe, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology & Immunology/Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Advisor: Vincent Young, MD/PhD
Scientist II, Celsee, Inc, Plymouth, MI
Eugene Cilento, PhD, ‘15
NGP Advisor: Tony Morielli, PhD
Post-doc, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, OHSU
Advisor: Jeffrey Iliff, PhD
Product Application Scientist
NanoString Technologies
Abbie Johnson, PhD, ‘15
NGP Advisor: Marilyn Cipolla, PhD
Postdoc Associate, Department of Neurological Sciences
Advisor: Marilyn Cipolla, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences, Robert Larner, MD, College of Medicine, University of Vermont
Galen Missig, PhD, ‘15
NGP Advisor: Victor May, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Behavioral Genetics Laboratory, McLean Hospital/Harvard UniversityInstructor in Psychology, Harvard University
Michelle McNamara, PhD, ‘15
NGP Advisor: Cindy Forehand, PhD
Nursing SchoolLecturer at Norwich University/RN at Birchwood Terrace/Instructor at CCV
Kimberly Albert, PhD, '15
NGP Advisor: Paul Newhouse, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Cognitive Medicine, Vanderbilt University
Advisor: Warrant D. Taylor, MD
Research Instructor, Center for Cognitive Medicine, Vanderbilt University
Vanessa Ochoa, PhD, ‘15
NGP Advisor; Rae Nishi, PhD
Postdoc, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California, Irvine
Advisor: Christie D. Fowler, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Neuroscience
California University of Science and Medicine
Matthew LeComte, MD, PhD, ‘14
NGP Advisor: Jeff Spees, PhD
Radiology, University of Arizona College of MedicineInternal Medicine Resident, College of Medicine Tuscon
Liana Merrill, PhD, ‘14
NGP Advisor: Margaret Vizzard, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow-FIRST Program, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Emory University
Advisor: Gretchen Neigh, PhD
Academic Editor at Research Square
Nathan Jebbett, PhD, ‘14
NGP Advisor: Felix Eckenstein, PhD
Lecturer, Department of Biology/Neuroscience Undergraduate Program, University of VermontAssistant Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences, Robert Larner, MD, College of Medicine, University of Vermont
Gregory Lieberman, PhD, ‘14
NGP Advisor: Magdalena Naylor, MD/PhD
Postdoc Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, University of New Mexico
Advisors: Katherine Witkiewitz & Vincent Clark
Neuroscientist & Technical Assistant to the Director at U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Patrick Long, PhD, ‘13
NGP Advisor: Diane Jaworski, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Neurology & Otolaryngology, Harvard University/Boston Children’s Hospital
Advisor: Gabriel Corfus, PhD
Data Scientist, IQVIA
Carolyn Roman, PhD, ‘13
NGP Advisor: Victor May, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle
Advisor: Richard Palmiter, PhD
Science Research Manager, Sandia Labs/University of New Mexico
Simone Otto, PhD, ‘13
NGP Advisor: Rae Nishi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurobiology Laboratory/Ion Channel Physiology Group, NIH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Advisor: Jerrel L. Yakel, PhD
 
Jane Roberts, MD, PhD, ‘12
NGP Advisor: Gary Mawe, PhD
Internal Medicine Resident, Beth Israel Deaconess HospitalInstructor of Medicine, Dartmouth – Geisel School of Medicine
John DeWitt, MD, PhD, ‘12
NGP Advisor: Rae Nishi, PhD, ‘12
Pathology Resident, Mass General & Neuropathology Fellow, Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research CenterAssistant Professor, Anatomic Pathology (neuropathology), University of Vermont Medical Center
Gregory Engel, PhD, '12
NGP Advisor: Matthew Rand, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow/Scholar, University of California, Merced, Department of Neurobiology,
Advisor: Fred Wolf, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Castleton University
Michael Williams, PhD, ‘12
NGP Advisor: Tony Morielli, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, Dartmouth
Advisor: Bryan Luikart, PhD
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine
Jill Hoffman, PhD, ‘12
NGP Advisor: Gary Mawe, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Digestive Diseases, UCLA
Advisor: Harry Pothoulakis
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
J. Knight, MD, PhD, '11
NGP Advisor: Yang Mao-Draayer, MD
Psychology Resident, University of VermontInstructor in Psychiatry, Dartmouth- Geisel School of Medicine
Lauren Arms, PhD, '11
NGP Advisor: Margaret Vizzard, PhD
Post-doc, Department of Neurology, University of Vermont
Advisor: Margaret Vizzard, PhD
Self-employed
Sarah Corey, PhD, '11
NGP Advisor: Helen Langevin, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco, Osher Center for Integrative MedicineSenior Research Project Manager, Brigham & Women’s Hospital