Haitham Ahmed

Alexandria, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Dartmouth Medical School

Notes: Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award, Distinguished Majors Program

Spencer Riley Allen

Shelburne, VT

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Teaching Chemistry in a boarding school in England

Mark Axelrod

Union, NJ

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Grad School : Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease Program at the UVA Med. School.

Mary Mercedes Bailey

Arlington, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Med School after a year off (do not know where yet)

Janelle R. Best

Allison Park, PA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: work – SAIC

Notes: Distinguished Majors Program, Golden Key International Honor Society

David P. Bowman

Hope, Maine

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Associate at The Boston Consulting Group, Washington D.C. Office

Notes: Brother, Psi Chapter of Sigma Chi; 2004-2005 President, Inter-Fraternity Council at the University of Virginia, Inc.; Echols Scholar; Intermediate Honors; Raven Society; 2004-2005 Lawn Resident

Christina Chen

Burke, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Med School

Notes: Harrison Research Award, Merck Index Award, Distinguished Majors Programs

Drew Cohan

Glastonbury, CT 

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Healthcare Investment Banking, Merrill Lynch, NYC

Gardner Creech

Clifton, VA 

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Grad School, UCLA

Nattawan Decharin

Wattana, Bangkok Thailand

B.Sc.**

Next: Grad School in chemistry at University of Wisconsin- Madison

Notes: GlaxoSmithKline Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, Kenneth C. Bass Scholarship

Melanie C. Dispenza

McLean, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry, BA Biology

Next: MD/PhD program at Penn State in Hershey, PA

Andrew H. Ditto

Hagerstown, MD

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: University of Maryland School of Medicine

Christopher Thomas Dunlap

Centreville, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.A. History

Next: Master's in History, UVA

Notes: Distinguished Majors Program in History

Bashir El-Khoury

Great Falls, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry, BA Physics

Next: Attending Medical School at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Notes: Distinguished Majors Program in Chemistry, Commissioning in the United States Air Force

Nadia Essalhi

B.Sc. Chemical Physics, B.A.Physics

Next: Grad school Berkeley/UCSF joint program in biomedical engineering

Ann Ezzell

Nashville, TN

B.A. Chemistry

Next: Charleston then Med School

Notes: Phi Eta Sigma, Nat'l Society of Coll. Scholars, and Golden Key

Bridget Savannah Foster

Portsmouth, VA

B.A. Chemistry

Next: taking a year off before dental school

General Comments: hard, but worth it -- love a challenge!!

Elena Fotiou

West Windsor, NJ

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: work - johnson & johnson - PA

Megan L. Frisk

South Bend IN 

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Graduate School at University of Wisconsin-Madison to do analytical chemistry in a biomedical engineering laboratory

Notes: Bass Scholarship, REU Program (Summer ’03)

George Gardenier

Vienna, Va

B.Sc.**

Next: Grad School at Yale University

Sergio Alejandro Glait

Miami, FL

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: NYU School of Medicine

Daniel J. Goduti

Newport News, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.A. Biology .

Next: Molecular and Cellular Biology Ph.D. Program at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Brenda N. Goguen

Woodbridge, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.A. Biology

Next: Grad school in Chemistry at MIT
Notes:  Chemistry Distinguished Major, Harrison Undergraduate Research Award, GlaxoSmithKline Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Goldwater Scholar

Joseph Habibi

Glen Allen, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Research or teaching in the Richmond area.  I plan to attend medical school after a year

Charlotte Hinkle

Tucson, AZ

B.Sc.**

Next: Grad School Ohio State University

Anh Dzung Ho

McLean, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Medical School UVA

Notes:   Nothing more than a few honor societies and Dean's List.

General Comments: Wahoo'wa.  I love you-vy-eehh so much, I decided to stay for another 4 years.

Adam Clinton Hunter

Forest, Virginia

B.Sc. Biochemistry

General Comments: Wahoowa! Thanks Mom & Dad.

Daniel Thomas Huttman

Atlanta, GA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Medical School at the Medical College of Georgia

Notes: Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa 2005

Ahmad M. Ismail

Newark NJ

B.Sc. Biochemistry,

Next: Masters degree program at UVa Nursing School (MSN-CNL)

Brendan Jinnohara

Springfield VA

B.Sc. Environmental Chemistry

Next: undecided

Ajay Kadakkal

Virginia Beach, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Med School - University of Virginia

Sameer Kaiser

Chantilly, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Med school: as for now, Univ. of Pittsburgh

Notes:   Intermediate Honors

Sanghoon Kim

Lenexa, KS

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Research, and then graduate school

General Comments:I love my parents and brother.

Cynthia Kinard

Pasadena, CA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: MSTP at Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri)

Matus Knoblich

Apollo Beach, FL

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Working as event coordinator in NYC, applying to Medical school this summer.

General Comments: UVA's chemistry department is excellent and has shaped my life to the fullest.

Katherine Koen

Burke, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Grad School, UC Berkeley

Notes: Harrison Undergraduate Research Award, Distinguished Majors Program

Alison Lee

Midlothian, VA

B.A. Chemistry

Next: Med School, unknown where

Jennifer Leslie

Manassas, VA

B.Sc Biochemistry, B.Sc. Biology

Next: Grad School, MIT Biology PhD program

Kristin A. Liebrecht

Galax, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Med School in two years; what I will do during the interim is still a mystery as of now.  Traveling cross-country and living in the back of my car is starting to seem appealing.  Perhaps will live in attic of friends.  Seriously though, I think I might work in residence life for a year and perhaps work in a research lab for the next year...with some traveling in between.

Charles Lin

McLean, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: UVA Chemistry then (hopefully) med school

Notes: 2004 REU Program (UVA); 7th Undergraduate Research Symposium (UMBC); 2004 Undergraduate Research Fall Symposium (UVA)

Some of our most entertaining graduates declined to allow us to publish their questionnaire info.  Nevertheless we wish them and all of you the very best in the future.  Congratulations, 2005 chem grads!!!!!

Rebecca Lobo

Charlottesville VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Don't know yet

Notes: Awards, Special Events, etc: Member of NSCS, Phi Eta Sigma, Dean's list 3 semesters

David Andrew Asercion Lorenzo

Hampton, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Eastern Virginia Medical School

Notes: Awards, Special Events, etc: NSCS, AED, Golden Key

General Comments: I have enjoyed studying in the UVA Chem Department.  It has been a pleasure getting to meet some of the professors and my fellow Chem Majors.

Rebecca Rose Louie

Falls Church, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Lab Technician Dept. Pharmacology UVA Medical Center

Notes: Distinguished Majors Program

Michelle Macdonald

Falls Church, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: UVA Nursing School for MSN

General Comments: Thanks to all for an unforgettable experience.

Matthew Ryan Macey

Richmond, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Traveling and Staying as far away from School as possible.

General Comments:  Thanks to all those who have helped me in my 4 years here. I love you all, especially my immediate and surrounding family, Wes, George, and all of my other chemistry friends.

Chris Maranto

Leawood, KS 

B.Sc. Chemical Physics, B.A. History

Next: Law School at either NYU or Columbia (I haven’t decided between the two yet)

Tom Mathews

Virginia Beach, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Grad School in Chemistry, UVA

Juhi Moon

Lorton, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: haven't decided exactly where to go yet

Sreejit Nair

Fairfax Station, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Med School - The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical School of Cornell University

General Comments: Thanks, Prof. Harman, Prof. Fraser, and Prof. Pate for the 80's! And thanks for the memories, kids!

Kathleen Oare

Sterling, Virginia

B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.A. Government

Next: Stetson Law

Jeremy Ray Owens

Virginia Beach, Va

B.Sc. Chemical Education

Next: Grad School: Curry School of Education, UVA

General Comments: My deepest thanks and congratulations to my fellow chem. Graduatesà Jenny Van, Ramesh Menon, Sreejit Nair, Mercedes Bailey, (and Christina Downs.)  I am forever indebted to you all and wish you the best.  

Chris Palazzola

Midlothian, VA 

B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.A. Economics

Next: No future plans...currently unemployed

Nitin Patel

Stafford, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Medical School (not sure yet)

Natalie Koizumi Powell

Fairfax, Virginia

B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.A. Japanese language and literature

Next: Los Alamos National Laboratory:

General Comments: Thank you for a wonderful four years and a great education!

Abby Pulsipher

Clifton, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Organic Synthesis Position with Adenosine Therapeutics, LLC, then Med school....somewhere and sometime

Irene Reynolds

Ijamsville MD

 B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: One year internship at NIH performing AIDS research, then applying for graduate school.

Maiko Sakai

Tokyo, Japan

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Harvard Dental School

Notes: Distinguished Majors Program

Saras Sharma

Ruidoso Downs, NM

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Med School...still open for deciding

Liz Snapinn

Pittsburgh PA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Med School (University of Pittsburgh)

Zachary Stellwag

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Law Enforcement

Jason Strampe

Lake Bluff, IL

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Wait-list at VCU/MCV; otherwise work for a year (CIA, teaching or research) - the answer is still “I don't know”

Notes:  Echols Scholar, Intermediate Honors, Distinguished Major Program, graduated in 3 years

Kathleen Tran

Springfield, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.Sc. Biology

Next: BS Mechanical Engineering Program at ODU

S. Jenny Van

Taipei, Taiwan

B.Sc.**

Next: Working as a chemist consultant for Eastern Research Group (www.erg.com), an environmental consulting company in Chantilly, VA

Notes: Dean's List, Intermediate Honors, Golden Key, REU Fellow, Distinguished Majors Program, Institute for Practical Ethics Award, German Book Prize Award, group member in the Macdonald lab, 140/240's tutor

General Comments: "The purpose of education is not to confine the mind into affirming its intellectual propensities and limits; rather--to expand and teach--what it has never dreamed it could ever comprehend."  Thank you to my wonderful chemistry professors who have brought me out of my comfort zone of literature and the arts and taught me the beauty and discipline of science.

Garrett Walters

Roanoke, VA

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Next: Med school at VCU/MCV

Kathleen Yun Wu

Vienna Va

B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.Sc Biology

Next: temporary job then grad school but undecided on where

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