Students who major in biology go on to careers in a variety of fields. Many alumni become doctors. Others go into research, veterinary medicine, the Peace
Corps, allied health services, conservation, and education.
From professional careers to graduate studies to non-profit work, here is a look at how recent biology graduates make their mark beyond the Hill.
Ryder Sammons '19
Americorps Member at City Year Denver, City Year, Denver, CO
Aly Palia '19
Research Technician, National Institute of Health Research, Triangle Park, NC
Mia Fox '19
Post-Baccalaureate Fellow, BFEC, Gambier, OH
Cecina Babich Morrow '18
Helen Fellow, American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Gabriel Bellott-McGrath '18
Assistant Swim Coach, University of the South, Sewanee, TN
Luke Calcei '18
Assistant in Oral Surgery, Dr. Michael P. Powers, Kent, OH
Erin Keleske '18
ECO Management Trainee, City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Matt Leenhouts '18
Volunteer Assistant Swim Coach, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Alec Manning '18
Cellerman and Lab Analyst, Baxter Brewing Company LLC, Lewiston, ME
Noah Montgomery '18
Law Student, University of Oregon Law School, Eugene, OR
Charley Myers '18
National Executive Recruiter, Jacobs Management Group, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Heather Pacheco '18
Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA
Austin Smith '18
ETA, Teaching Assistant Program, Paris, France
Sarah Speroff '18
Marine Mammal Education & Research Intern, The New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
Elizabeth Eder '17
Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
Emma Mairson '17
Research Assistant and Recruiter, Center for Family Planning Research, Pittsburgh, PA
Lauren Michael '17
Field Technician, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Aldis Petriceks '17
Anatomy Scholar and Research Assistant, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Tayler SantaMaria '17
Researcher, University of Bergen-Norway
Sarah Adrianowycz '16
Veterinary Student, Tufts University
David Belsky '16
Science Fellow, Culver Academies, Culver, IN
Emily Bulik-Sullivan '16
Research Technician, UNC Chapel Hill Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Chapel Hill, NC
Kaitlin Creamer '16
PhD Candidate and Graduate Student, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
Scott Freeburg '16
Ph.D student, Harvard Medical School
Alex Gonzales '16
AmeriCorps Project Advance, Loveland, OH
Amanda He '16
Research Associate, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA
Christopher Kei Helm '16
Senior research analyst, The Lewin Group, Falls Church, VA
Gwendolyn Lloyd '16
Middle School STEM Teacher, GEMS Nations Academy, Durham, NC
Alec McQuiston '16
PhD Student, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Maria Sorkin '16
Ph.D. student in plant and microbial biosciences, Washington University in St. Louis
Damaris Garduno '15
Teacher/Corps Member, Teach for America, Gompers Preparatory Academy, San Diego, CA
Hayley Howard '15
Graduate Student, University of Colorado, Boulder
Maggie Koenecke ’15
Ph.D. student, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Luke Kresslein '15
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
Jack McDonald '15
Perioperative Service Technician, Maine Medical Center, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Colin McMahon '15
Researcher, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
Melissa Mooradian '15
Biological Science Technician, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Menlo Park, CA
Sara Myers '15
Research Assistant, Bringham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA
Olivia Stonehouse '15
Veterinary Medicine Student, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA
Bennett Stephens '15
Senior research analyst, The Lewin Group, Falls Church, VA
Samuel A. McQuiston '14
Quality assurance, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Jackson J. Cabo '13
Research assistant and lab manager, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Kendra J. Kechtenberg '13
National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellow, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Ainsley A. Lockhart '13
Research technician, The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
Aaron Yeoh ‘12
Research associate, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Chad Kurylo ‘11
Research technician, Weill Cornell Medical College
Claire Anderson ’10
Fulbright research fellow in Genetics and Genomics
Clara Cooper-Mullin ’09
Fulbright research fellow in Wetland Birds
Paige Roberts ’09
Veterinary technician, Boca Veterinary Clinic
Jay Galbraith ’09
Science teacher, Teach for America
Emily Vaughn ’07
Biodiversity coordinator, Slow Food USA
Rubin Miller ’06
Trader, US and European Treasuries, Breakwater Capital LLC
Katherine Boicourt ’06
Restoration coordinator, NY/NJ Harbor Estuary Program
Bethany Taylor ’06
Neurology research technician, Children’s Hospital
Biology majors enroll in a variety of professional and academic graduate programs after they leave Kenyon. Recent examples include:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
John Hopkins Medical School
Georgetown University Medical School
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Ohio State University Medical School
Duke School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Public
Health and Tropical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Emory University School of Medicine
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Johns Hopkins University
University of Michigan
Harvard University
Columbia Business School
Smith School for Social Work
Parsons School of Design
Columbia University
University of Virginia
Princeton University
Duke University