Neuroscience graduates are well prepared to enter competitive and rigorous graduate programs or research occupations in neuroscience, neurochemistry,
neurobiology, anatomy, physiology, physiological psychology, clinical psychology, behavioral science, the health sciences and more.
From professional careers to graduate studies to non-profit work, here is a look at how recent neuroscience graduates make their mark beyond the Hill.
Kristin Woodard '19
IRTA Post-baccalaureate Fellow, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
Anu Muppirala '19
Graduate Student-Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Peyton Thomas '19
Behavioral Technician, Columbus, OH
Marysol Arce '19
Swim Lesson Coordinator, YMCA of Greater Seattle, Seattle, WA
Diana Aboubakare ’18
Behavior Therapist, Behavioral Health Works, Inc., Garden Grove, CA
Sophia Letcher ’18
Research Technician, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Montague, MA
Samantha Palicz ’18
Physical Therapy Aide, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Centers, New Milford, CT
Mary Sawyer ’18
Associate Researcher, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY
Kelsey Trulik ’18
Clinical Research Coordinator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Anthony Amolo '17
Faculty, Berkshire School, Lagos, Nigeria
Kalkidan Aesged '17
Medical Student, OSU College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Adama Berndt '17
Intramural Resident Training Award Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Sarah Naguib '17
Doctoral Student in Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Natalie Plick '16
Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award recipient, National Institute on Aging (NIH), Baltimore, MD
Rim Yoseph '16
Graduate Fellow, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Stephanie Cordonnier '15
IRTA Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD
Busola Olukoya '15
Research assistant, Harvard Medical School
Allen Sanderlin '15
HHMI Research Technician, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Elena Schatell '15
Health Reform Research and Advocacy Intern, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Arlington, VA
Daniel Akuma '14
Research assistant, Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Baltimore, MD
Kelly M. Boland '14
Research assistant, Washington University-Saint Louis, Chesterfield, MO
Emily K. Rose '14
Health coach/AmeriCorps member, Camden Coalition Healthcare Providers, Camden, NJ
Rachel E. Cooper '13
Veterinary student, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA
Kendra Lechtenberg ’13
National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellow, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Katherine Powers '11
Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine
Chelsea Adams '10
Ph.D. in neuroscience, Mayo Clinic
Christian Hinderer '10
M.D.-Ph.D. program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Michael Karras '10
Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award, Laboratory for Behavioral Neuroscience, NIK, NIMH
Christina Kucher '09
Psychiatric nurse practitioner, University of Pennsylvania
Nora Pencheva '09
Ph.D. in neuroscience, Rockefeller University
Emma K. Wampler '09
Laboratory manager, Johns Hopkins University
Lisa M. Carroll '07
Physician, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Sarah Hillenbrand '07
Postbaccalaureate IRTA (2007-2009)
Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, NIH, NIMH
Ph.D. in neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley
John Steele '07
Ph.D. in neurology, Mt. Sinai Medical School
Marissa Stearns '06
Ph.D. in neuroscience, Brandeis University
Michael Dash '06
Ph.D. in neuroscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Alaina Baker '05
Fulbright scholar in molecular neuroscience, Göttingen Germany, (2005-2006)
Ph.D. in neuroscience, Northwestern University
Post-doc, Washington University (St. Louis) researching Alzheimer’s Disease
Whitney Brown '04
DVM student in equine surgery, Auburn University Veterinary School
Gregory V. Carr '04
Ph.D. in Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania (2009)
IRTA fellow, National Institute of Mental Health
Heather Heerssen ’97
Senior medical writer, ApotheCom
Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School
Mark Walsh '96
Physician, Retina Associates Southwest; M.D. and Ph.D., Washington University Medical School
Gregory Hotsenpiller '95
Scientist,, Department of Neuroscience, Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School