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Alice Trye (left) and Victoria McIlrath (right) celebrate their 2015 graduation with their research mentor, Prof. Ann Aguanno. MMC Biology alumni go on to a diverse array of careers and graduate programs. Click on the highlighted alumni to read their testimonials.

• Emma Kamen ’18: Admissions Counselor, Marymount Manhattan College
• Tracy Tauro ’18: Research Assistant, Department of Orthopedics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
• Alexis Valera ’18: Doctor of Physical Therapy program, Hunter College
• Keaven Caro ’17: Research Assistant, Friedman Brain Institute - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Meredith Matos ’17: Researcher, Retroviral Disease Center at the Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital
• Taylor Morgan ’17: FACS Flow Cytometry Laboratory Technician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Beatriz Morocho ’17: Touro College of Pharmacy
• Elevit Perez ’17: Research Technician, Integrated Genomics Operation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Rosie Wenrich ’17: Research Technician, Integrated Genomics Operation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Zane Younger ’16: University College London, M.Sc. program in Population Health
• Marisa Dunigan ’15: Research Technician, Integrated Genomics Operation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Catherine Gaissert ’15: University of California-Davis Physician Assistant Program
• Austin Gellis ’15: Drafter, TJP Engineering (Aquarium Systems)
• Victoria McIlrath ’15: University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
• Katherine Ness ’15: Medical Technician and Scribe, Pediatric Ophthalmic Consultants, New York, NY
• Alice Trye ’15: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, M.D. program 
• Michelle Umpierrez ’15: King’s College London, Masters Programme in Biomedical and Molecular Sciences Research
• Senada Arucevic ’14: Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing, Long Island University
• Maria Ordoñez ’14: Nursery Liaison and Clinical Research Coordinator, Columbia University Medical Center
• Anna Patruno ’14: Research Assistant, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Iris Platt ’14: Columbia University Teachers College, M.S. program in Neuroscience and Education
• Daniel Emerson Khost ’13: University of Rochester, Ph.D. program, Biology (Concentration – Ecology and Evolution) 
• Ashley Pirovano ’13: Community Scientist, BioBus (M.P.S, Plant Science and Biotechnology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry)
• Catherine Smith ’13: Elephant Caretaker, Smithsonian’s National Zoo, Washington, D.C.
• Alexandra Tarasenko ’13: Research Associate, Columbia University Medical Center
• Dr. Mallori Fitzgerald ’12: Veterinarian, Oradell Animal Hospital (University College Dublin - School of Veterinary Medicine)
• Olympia Gaglioti ’12: Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, D.O. program
• Beverly Hanson ’12: Animal Trainer, Long Island Aquarium
• Kirtan Kaur ’12: New York University Langone Medical Center, Ph.D. program
• Kortney Rogers  ’12: Study Coordinator, CCTI Biobank for Translational Research, Columbia University
• Laura Anthony Moyer ’11: Boston University, M.A. program, Pathology
• Jasmina Bogdanovic ’11, M.P.H.: Graduate Research Assistant, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Columbia University M.P.H. awarded 2013)
• Christina Galifianakis ’11: Georgetown University, M.P.S. program, Real Estate; Asset Management, Clark Enterprises, Inc., Bethesda, MD
• Laura Herren ’11: Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. program, Geosciences
• Raymond Romano ’11, M.P.H., M.S.N., R.N., F.N.P.-B.C.: Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Ph.D. program (Boston University M.P.H. awarded 2013, Vanderbilt University R.N. awarded 2014, Board Certified as Family Nurse Practitioner 2015) 
• Zachary Barbati ’10, M.S.: Tufts University School of Medicine, M.D. program (Harvard University Master’s in Immunology awarded 2016)
• Jennifer Lentine ’10: Researcher, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University
• Devin Columbus ’09, M.A.: Research Coordinator, HCV Linkage to Care from NYC Jails, NYU Langone at Bellevue Hospital Center (Hunter College M.A. in Biology)
• Sabrina Shapiro ’09: Doctor of Physical Therapy program, George Washington University
• Peter Fuzesi ’08, M.S.: Eastern Virginia Medical School, M.S. in Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Embryology and Andrology
• Holly Ringhauser ’08, D.O.: Resident in Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center (Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine D.O.)
• Leslie Burton McCauliff ’07, Ph.D.: Rutgers University, Ph.D., Nutritional Sciences
• Mariya Milko ’07, D.O.: Resident Physician, Largo Medical Center, FL (New York College of Osteopathic Medicine D.O.)
• Ashley Brower ’07: Structural Biology Research Associate, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Elizabeth Perez ’07, M.S.: Biologist, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (George Washington University M.S. in Infectious Disease awarded 2013)
• Iva Srdanovic ’06: Long Island University, Ph.D. program, Pharmaceutics
• James Betz ’05, M.P.H.: Consumer Safety Officer, Food and Drug Administration (New York University M.P.H.)

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