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Graduate Students

1977-1980            Dr. Norman J. Dovichi, Professor, Notre Dame University, retired

1978-1981            Dr. Fritz J. Knorr, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, retired

1978-1982            Dr. Christine A. Carter, Consultant, Groton, CT, retired

1979-1982            Dr. Michael J. Pelletier, Pfizer, Groton, CT, retired

1980-1984            Dr. Roger A. Leach, DuPont, retired

1981-1984            Dr. Stephen D. Frans, Fein-Marquart, Baltimore, MD, retired

1980-1985            Dr. Kathryn L. Jansen, Rochester Industrial Control, retired

1983-1985            Dr. Frank A. Hardcastle, NAMAR Scientific, retired

1983-1986            Dr. Daniel J. McGraw, Light Diagnostics, Inc., retired

1983-1986            Dr. Jeffrey W. Carr, RAPT Industries, Inc., retired

1984-1989            Dr. Michael R. Weaver, Procter and Gamble, retired

1985-1989            Dr. Pete Poston, Western Oregon University, retired

1986-1987            Ms. Linda Talarico Leonard, M.S., Oak Ridge Lab, deceased

1986- 1988           Mr. Dean Plumb, M.S., Delta Airlines, retired

1986-1988            Mr. Ken Hartner, M.S., Teva Pharmaceuticals, Salt Lake City, retired

1986-1989            Dr. Xiao-Rong Zhu, Professor of Radiology, Anderson Cancer Center

1986-1990            Dr. Andy Wong, Proctor & Gamble; InnoG Partner, deceased

1987-1989            Dr. Diane Parry, Proctor & Gamble, retired

1989-1993            Dr. Scott Waite, Northland Pioneer College, Show Low, AZ

1990-1996            Dr. William Lacy, Assoc. General Counsel, SharkNinja, Needham, MA

1990-1994            Dr. R. Thomas Cambron, Procter and Gamble, Mason, OH

1990-1994            Dr. Haibo Eric Wang, Whb Investment LLC, retired

1991-1995            Dr. Julius Fister, IP Counsel, LumiraDx, Waltham, MA

1992-1998            Dr. Lydia Olson, Canon USA, Cambridge, MA

1992-1997            Dr. Rich Hansen, VP of Technology, Septerna, San Francisco, CA

1993-1995            Dr. Feiyan Ren, Validant, San Francisco, CA

1993-1998            Dr. Stephanie Shield, SRS Quality Consulting, Ashville, NC

1995-1998            Ms. Shauna Roman, MS, Pharmatech/VMN Liquids, Salt Lake City, UT

1995-2000            Dr. Dion Rivera, Professor of Chemistry, Central Washington University

1995-2002            Dr. James Kleimeyer, US Army, Dugway Proving Ground

1996-2003            Dr. David Hanley, BioXcel Therapeutics, Brookfield, CN

1996-2003            Dr. Rory Uibel, Process Instruments, Salt Lake City, deceased

1998-2003            Dr. Vanessa Oklejas, Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, CA

1999-2003            Dr. Karla McCain, VP of Academic Affairs, Cottey College, Nevada, MO

2001-2005            Mr. Travis Bridges, MS, Abbvie, Waco, TX

2002-2004            Dr. Dan Cherney, Exxon Mobil, Annandale, NJ

2003-2007            Dr. Chris Fox, Assoc. Dean, Utah State University, Logan UT

2003-2009            Dr. Josh Wayment, Operations Analyst, US Army, Gaithersburg, MD

2004-2009            Dr. Jennifer Ramirez, LGC Biosearch Technologies, Middleton, WI

2005-2010            Dr. Emily Heider, Associate Professor, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT

2005-2011            Dr. Charlie (Chaoxiong) Ma, Eastman Chemical, Kingsport, TN

2006-2011            Dr. Moussa Barhoum, Proctor & Gamble GmbH, Darmstadt,Germany

2006-2012            Dr. Eric Peterson, Electronic Biosciences, Salt Lake City, UT

2007-2012            Dr. Grant Myers, WellDog, Inc., Laramie, WY

2007-2012            Dr. Jonathan Schaefer, Exxon Mobil, Houston, TX

2009-2014            Dr. Justin Cooper, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID

2008-2015            Dr. Douglas Kriech, Heritage Environmental Services, deceased

2012-2015            Mr. Chris Hardcastle, MS, USANA Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT

2011-2016            Dr. Jay Kitt, Adjunct Asst. Prof. Chemical Engineering, University of Utah

2012-2017            Dr. Mike Manhart, Elemental Scientific, Omaha, NE

2015-2017            Ms. Frances Morris, MS, Molecular Testing Labs, Portland, OR

2015-2017            Ms. Danielle Montanari, M.S., Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM

2014-2018            Dr. David Bryce, Olympus Inc., Wenatchee, WA

2017-2020            Dr. Hershel Lackey, United States Air Force

2017-2020            Dr. Maryam Zare, STC Biologics, Newton, MA

2018-2022            Dr. Grant Myres, All American Foods, Mankato, MN

2021-2025            Dr. Miharu Koh, Japan Advanced Semiconductor, Kumamoto, Japan

 

Postdoctoral Fellows

1984-1986            Dr. Michael L. Hunnicutt, Virginia Commonwealth University, retired.

1987-1989            Dr. Stan Simpson, GE Energy, Greenville, SC

1989-1991            Dr. Achim Karger, Thermo Fisher, San Mateo, CA

1989-1990            Dr. Greg Phillips, Ph.D. University of Utah, deceased

1989-1990            Dr. Kathy Rowlen, CEO, InDevR Corp., Boulder, CO

1990-1993            Dr. Xiao-Rong Zhu, Professor of Radiology, MD Anderson

1992-1993            Dr. Jeff Ives, MBIO Diagnostics, Boulder, CO

2000-2001            Dr. Dion Rivera, Professor of Chemistry, Central Washington University

1999-2002            Dr. Michael P. Houlne, US Department of Homeland Security, Chicago

2003-2004            Dr. Ziggy Uibel, Process Instruments, Salt Lake City, UT, deceased

2003-2004            Dr. Vanessa Oklejas, Lawrence Berkeley Labs, Berkeley, CA

2004-2005            Dr. Robert Horton, Invitrogen, Madison, WI

2012-2016            Dr. Eric Peterson, Electronic BioSciences, Salt Lake City, UT

2020-2021            Dr. Maryam Zare, STC Biologics, Newtonville, MA

2016-2021            Dr. Jay P. Kitt, Adjunct Asst. Prof. Chemical Engineering, University of Utah

2022-2023            Dr. Grant Myres, All American Foods, Mankato, MN

Joel M. Harris
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
harrisj@chem.utah.edu