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Department of Chemistry Graduation May 2008

Sahar Adish

Charlottesville, VA

BSc - Biochem

Next: Got an offer from the United Nations Volunteer Program in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taking a year off and applying to Medical School this summer and planning to work on a health care project in Afghanistan.

Notes: Won the 2006 Peabody Award for my short documentary “Sahar: Before the Sun”, which was a part of a collection of documentaries called Beyond Borders: Personal Stories from a Small Planet. President - Afghan Student Association; Community Service Co-Chair - National Society of Collegiate Scholars; Planning Committee - Women's Leadership Development Program;Recipient of certificates of achievement for 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 as a student leader from Women’s Leadership Development Program at UVA.

Evie Ahlfield

Burr Hill, VA

BSc – Biochem, Minor – Biology

Next: Career plans to be determined but will most likely be in healthcare in some way. May apply to the Peace Corps. May continue education in American Sign Language and become a certified interpreter.

Notes: Dean’s List, University Achievement Award Scholarship, Choreographer, Historian, Secretary then President of the University Dance Club, Secretary then President of Deafness Education and Awarness for all Students Club (DEAFS), Member of UVA’s first Global Medical Brigade (to Honduras), helped establish UVA’s new dance minor program, completed summer internship with Celanese, University of Virginia Physical Education Instructor, Intramural-Recreational Sports Instructor (dance and swimming).

Comments: Thank you to all of my family, friends, and professors. Without your friendship and support, none of this would have been possible.

Emily Andrews

Fredericksburg, VA

BSc – Biochem, Minor – Biology

Notes: Distinguished Majors Program, Dean’s List, ACS Undergraduate Research Poster Session award winner, Student Athlete - Captain of Women’s Club Ultimate Frisbee Team

Clairette Angeli

Alexandria, VA

BSc – Chemistry

Next: Getting married this summer to Matthew Campbell. Looking for laboratorial employment in Charleston, South Carolina.

Notes: Dean’s List

Byron Bassi
Herndon, VA
BA - Chemistry
Next: Attending UVA School of Medicine next year

Notes: Dean’s List, Student Athlete - Club Ultimate Frisbee

Will Bodmer

Lebanon VA
BSc - Biochem

Next: Job in Burlington Vermont at Stowe Resort starting in November. Possibly a forensics program after a year of work. After a couple of years in Burlington, VT, I plan to move to Colorado (or elsewhere in The Rockies)

Notes: Dean’s List, Sigma Alpha Lambda, Student Athlete - Virginia Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team – I received first place as 2006 National Champion.

David Bowen

Tyler, TX

BSc – Biochem, BA – Sociology

Next: Taking a year off and applying to Medical School. I am planning on teaching high school chemistry in Texas during my year off. The weekend after graduation I am traveling to South Africa for 3 weeks to work in an AIDS Clinic in Lanseria.

Notes: Dean’s List

Galina Boyarinova
Seaford, VA
BSc - Biochem, Minor - Latin American Studies
Next: Accepted to UVA’s MD/MPH program with a track in health disparities (School of Medicine, Dept. of Public Health).

Notes: Distinguished Majors Program, Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors, Echols Scholar, Harrison Award Scholar, Pfizer Initiative in Infectious Disease Grant recipient, Byrd Scholarship, Dr. Everett W. Butler OD Memorial Scholarship recipient, Lawn Resident, Parents Program Public Service Internship Grant Recipient.

Jesse Castillo

Grapevine, TX

BA – Chemistry

Next: Employment – Lab technician for the summer of 2008 with plans to enter the University of Texas Southwestern in the Fall of 2009. I am an aspiring Physician Assistant.

Che Min Chang
Charlottesville, VA

BSc - Biochem

Next: Accepted to Pharmacy School at Virginia Commonwealth University. I plan to stay in Dr. Sabat’s lab during summer and continue learning the ICM software on docking and molecular mechanics.

Nina Chen
Great Falls, VA

BSc - Biochem, Minor - Biology
Next: Accepted to Medical School at UVA and Virginia Commonwealth University
Notes: Dean’s List

Yin Jie Chen
Fredericksburg, VA
BSc - Biochem, BA - Economics
Next: Accepted to Medical School at the University of Pittsburgh and Virginia Commonwealth University

Notes: Distinguished Majors Program, Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors, Echols Scholar, Harrison Undergraduate Research Award, ACS Undergraduate Research Poster Session award winner, ACS Virginia Section Award, Helping Hand Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa, Duncan Clark Hyde Memorial Award in Economics.

Liz Connor
Virginia Beach, Va
BSc - Biochem

Next: Attending Medical School at UVA
Notes: Dean's List

Stephanie Cooper
Burke, VA
BSc - Biochem, Minor - Mathematics
Next: Attending Medical School at UVA
Notes: Dean’s List, Helping Hands Scholarship, Small Fellowship Support for Independent Research

Wojciech Czoch
Mastic, NY

BSc – Biochem, Minor – Psychology

Next: Attending Med School at Penn State College of Medicine

Notes: Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Golden Key, National Society of Collegiate Scholars

David DiFiore

Vienna, VA

BSc – Biochem, Minor – Foreign Affairs

Next: This summer I plan to visit Utah’s National Parks. I plan to attend Law School in the future.

Notes: Dean’s List, Chemistry Department Representative for the Arts and Sciences Council

Anouchka Douyon

Pembroke Pines, FL

BSc – Biochem

Next: I was accepted into New York City Teaching Fellows, a program dedicated to helping and teaching socially disadvantaged children. I will be teaching high school chemistry in the Bronx while getting my Masters’ degree in education. I will be applying to Med School in 2 years after I finish teaching and getting my Masters.

Notes: Dean’s List, Golden Key, Sigma Alpha Lambda

Jeffrey Hamilton

Blacksburg, VA

BA – Chemistry

Notes: Dean’s List

Cameron Hill
Charlotte, NC

BSc - Biochem
Next: Accepted to Medical School at UVA, Georgetown University, and Virginia Commonwealth University

Notes: Dean’s List, National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Michael Hossack

Charlottesville, VA

BA – Chemistry

Next: Applying to Med School Fall 2009

Notes: Dean’s List, Memober of Mascalzoni FC Sports Club

Reuben Jacob
Great Falls, VA
BSc - Biochem, Minor - German Language and Literature
Next: Accepted to Medical School at Wake Forest University and Virginia Commonwealth University

Notes: Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors, Echols Scholar, Golden Key, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Phi Beta Kappa

Rajesh Jain
Voorhees, NJ

BSc - Biochem, Minor - Economics
Next: Attending Medical School at UVA

Notes: Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors, Echols Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa

Cecilia Jiang

Hsinchu,Taiwan

BSc – Biochem

Next: Employment – Staff Intern at Grace Christian Fellowship (GCF), Health Development Coordinator at Charlottesville Abundant life Ministries (CALM). Starting Fall of 2009: Doctor of Physical Therapy graduate program at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

Notes: Dean’s List, David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award, Center for Global Health Scholarship, Summer Science and Engineering Scholar

Comments: Special thanks to my amazing friends and family in Taiwan and Virginia. I love you!

Jeremy John

Pittsburgh, PA

BA – Chemistry

Next: Accepted to Medical School at Temple University

Notes: Dean’s List

Marisa Johns
Hockessin, DE
BSc - Chemical Physics, BA - Physics
Next: Taking a Gap Year before applying to Medical School. Planning to work in a clinical research setting in Philadelphia.

Notes: Distinguished Majors Program, Dean’s List

Lauren Kilgore

Apple Valley, MN

BSc – Biochem, Minor – Spanish

Next: Taking a year off from school to do research and volunteer work while applying to Med School.

Notes: Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors, Echols Scholar, Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Award, Harrison Undergraduate Research Grant Recipient, Phi Beta Kappa, Raven Society, Lawn Resident

Drew Kirk

Midlothian, VA

BSc – Biochem

Next: Attending Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Pharmacy

Notes: Dean’s List

Robert Lee

Herndon, VA

BSc – Biochem

Next: Planning to apply to Med School this summer

Notes: Dean’s List, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, National Scholars Honor Society

Whitney Meier

Parsippany, NJ

BSc - Biochem, Minor - Spanish

Next: Attending Law School at Boston University

Notes: Distinguished Majors Program, Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors, Golden Key

Daniel Newton
Richmond, VA

BSc Biochem
Next: Attending Medical School at Virginia Commonwealth University

Notes: Dean’s List

Christine Okano
Vienna, VA
BSc – Environmental Sciences, BSc – Environmental Chemistry
Next: Job as Environmental Scientist at URS Corporation in Crystal City, VA

Notes: Dean’s List, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Sigma Alpha Lambda, Distinguished Majors Program in Environmental Sciences

Dan Paley

Crozet, VA

Bsc – Chemistry

Next: US Forest Service, Chiloquin, Oregon. Attending Graduate School at Columbia University in the Fall of 2009

Notes: Distinguished Majors Program, Dean’s List, Echols Scholar, Oscar R. Rodig Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Award

Rohan Patel
Chester, VA

BSc - Biochem, BA - Interdisciplinary - Neuroscience

Next: Attending UVA School of Medicine

Notes: Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors, Echols Scholar, Small Fellowship Support for Independent Research Award, Merck Index Award

David Richards

Linden, VA

Bsc – Biochem, BA – Italian

Next: Teaching high school chemistry in Washington DC for two years with Teach for America. I plan to apply to medical school in two years.

Notes: Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors, Echols Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, Distinguished Majors Program in Italian

Ryan Richardson

Richlands, VA

Bsc – Biochem

Next: Finding a job in the Charlottesville area and taking a year or two off while applying to Med School.

Gary Shambat
Fairfax, VA

BSc – Electrical Engineering, BA – Physics, BSc – Chemical Physics
Next: Accepted to Graduate School at Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Santa Barbara

Notes: Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors, Hugh Miller Spencer Scholarship Award, David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award, Rodman Engineering Scholar, NSF Fellowship, Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Barry Goldwater Research Scholarship, Harrison Grant, Golden Key, Raven Society, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, James S Miller Electrical and Computer Engineering Award, Louis T. Rader Electrical and Computer Engineering Award.

Ravi Sood

Clifton Park, NY

BSc – Biochem

Next: Working this summer for Dr. Cameron Mura (Dept. of Chemistry, UVA). I have applied to UVA for Graduate School.

Notes: Dean’s List, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Phi Eta Sigma

Erika Stiene

Midlothian, VA

Bsc – Biochem

Next: Attending Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Pharmacy

Note: Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Golden Key

Seth Strawbridge

Abingdon, VA

BA – Chemistry

Next: Employment – Pharmacy Internship in Pittsburgh, PA. Applying for admission to Pharmacy School for Fall 2009. I plan on traveling and working abroad during the gap year between undergrad and Pharmacy School.

Sajal Tanna

Burke, VA

BSc – Biochem, BA – Psychology, Minor – South Asian Studies

Next: Med School at Tulane University School of Medicine and School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (MD/MPH)

Notes: Dean’s List

Cal Trepagnier

Emmaus, PA

BSc – Environmental Chemistry, Minor – Global Culture & Commerce

Next: Employment – will be a green building consultant with The Stone House Group in Bethlehem, PA.

Notes: Academic Travel Award by the Association of Laboratory Automation to present research in Palm Springs, CA. Proud social chair of the 80’s series.

James Walsh

Franklin, TN

BSc – Biochem, BA – Spanish

Next: Employment – working with a research group through UVA School of Medicine.

Notes: Dean’s List

Sarah Williamson
Williamsburg, VA

BSc Biochem
Next: Employment with The Advisory Board Company in Washington, DC
Notes: Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors, Phi Beta Kappa

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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, 2008 chem grads!!!!!