Wright State University
Department of Chemistry Alumni News
A, B, C |
| Stefan Babirad - M.S. 1982 - sababirad@yahoo.com - Dr. Stefan Babirad visited WSU in September 2009 with his wife Amy. Dr. Babirad received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1987 and furthered his chemistry experience with a Post-Doc at Harvard. He has been with the 3M Company for 22 years and is currently the Technical Director of 3M's Abrasive Systems Division. He and his wife have two children, Nick (16) and Natalie (14). |
| Todd Baughman - M.S. 1994 - baugh39@gmail.com - Todd is working for GlaxoSmithKline in NC |
| Matt Belvo - B.S. 1992 - mdb@lilly.com - Matt has worked at Lilly since graduating in 1992. He began his career in Natural Products Research, isolating biologically active unknowns from complex mixtures (fermentation, plant and marine sources). For the past several years he has been working in a large scale chromatography lab primarily separating enantiomers for various stages in the drug discovery/development process |
| Douglas Bland - B.S. 1989 - jzdcbland@chartermi.net |
| Jodi Brazelton - M.S. 1999 - jbrazelton@eurand.com |
| Jerry Clark, MD - B.S. 1981 - drjac@commkey.net |
| Michael Cox - M.S. 1977 - michaelfcox@suddenlink.net - Retired from Sasol and has relocated back to Texas. After retirement started a business called MFC consulting in surfactant science and R&D project management |
| Michaela Czupik - B.S. 2002, M.S. 2003 - mczupik@mac.com - Upon graduation Michaela started working at Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio. In March 2006, she was transferred to Procter and Gamble in Germany near Frankfurt. In June 2008 she was transferred back to Cincinnati, Ohio where she still works in Baby Care. |
D, E, F |
| Jim Eutsler - B.S. 1999 - eutsler2002@hotmail.com |
| Jean Faullimmel - M.S. 1974 - jean.faullimmel@evc.net - Retired in April 2008 and is now performing voluntary work. |
| Michelle (Ferry) Fugett - B.S. 1984, M.S. 1986 - m_fugett@yahoo.com - Michelle currently works at Amylin Pharmaceuticals in San Diego, CA as a Pharmaceutical Project Manager in R&D |
| Stephanie (Fleskes) Estes - B.S. 2001 - sfleskeszta@yahoo.com - After graduation Stephanie attended The Ohio State University and received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in June 2006. Upon graduating she took a job as a retail pharmacist with Walgreens |
| Robin (Frye) Fox - B.S. 1986 - Dr.RobinER@aol.com |
G, H, I, J |
| Sharlene (Hopkins) Williams - B.S. 2004 - sharlene.r.williams@usa.dupont.com - Received her Ph.D from Virginia Tech in 2008 and is a principal investigator in Chemical Sciences & Engineering at Dupont Central Research & Development in Wilmington, DE. |
| Wayne Edison Houpt, Jr. - B.A. 1976 - shrinkwraped@earthlink.net - Attended medical school, one year of law school, completed a four year residency at Cleveland Clinic and has moved back to LA. |
| Amy C. Howe - B.S. 1994, M.S. 1996 - achowe@hotmail.com |
David Jackson - B.S. 1989 - djackson@ora.fda.gov - A research chemist for the US FDA, Forensic Chemistry Center in Cincinnati OH. Performs ion chromatographic analysis of anions, cations, organic acids, and sugars. |
| Patricia Jones - M.S. 1999 - jpattiannie@hotmail.com - Patricia is currently teaching chemistry and chemistry 2 at Sandia Preparatory School in Albuquerque. Additionally, she became a proud grandmother in 2006. |
| Scott A. Jones - scooterbug300@msn.com - Has been working for Eli Lilly since 1993 in Discovery Chemistry Research. |
K, L, M, N |
| Pragathi Kadiri - M.S. 2006 - kadiri_pragathi@yahoo.com - Pragathi married in 2006 and started her family with a new baby girl in February 2008. |
| Yumi Kamomae - M.S. 2003 - ykamomae@mitsuiplastics.com |
| George Knull - B.S. 1972 - gknull@earthlink.net |
| Ben Kohn - B.S. 2007 - benjamin.kohn@colostate.edu |
| Shaowo Liang - M.S. 1986 - sliang@eastman.com |
| Susan Luna - B.A. 1994 - susan.luna@dinslaw.com |
| Hrvoje Lusic - M.S. 2005 - hlusic@ncsu.edu |
| Connie Jo McCarroll - B.S. 1968, M.S. 1970 - conniejodo@cs.com - Connie Jo retired from the practice of Neonatology. She is now practicing pediatrics part-time at the Cassano Clinic in Dayton. |
| Colin McHugh - M.S. 1996 - mchugh.cm@pg.com |
| David Malwitz - M.S. 2004 - dmalwitz@gmail.com - Currently works at Wyeth Research in Pearl River, NY as a research scientist in the Exploratory Medicinal Chemistry Department. |
| Gerald Maxwell - M.S. 1985 - gerald.c.maxwell@nasa.gov - Currently a project manager with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. He has managed seven NASA missions, the most famous was the delivery of the Canadian Robotic Arm to the International Space Station. Retired from the Air Force Reserves in 2007 as a full Colonel. |
| Imad Nashashibi - M.S. 2000 - imadnashashibi@gmail.com |
| Diane Needham - B.S. 1987 - m_dneedham@msn.com |
O, P, Q, R |
| K. Paulvannan - M.S. 1989 - paulvannan@aol.com - Received his Ph.D. in 1983. Started a CRP company Tandem Sciences, Inc. in 2006. |
| Christa Janeen Payne - B.S. 1999 - s001cjp@juno.com |
| Robert Pence - B.S. 2001 - pence_4@yahoo.com |
| James Peterman - B.S. 1992, M.S. 1995 - peterman.5@wright.edu - In the fall of 2006 James received an OCALP grant from the Montgomery County ESC to become a science teacher. He is currently taking classes at WSU and UD, as well as, teaching a chemistry class at Beavercreek High School |
| Brian Popp - B.S. 2001, M.S. 2002 - bvp1@ric.edu - Recently began a new postdoctoral position at Rice University with Prof. Zachary Ball in the Department of Chemistry. His research is funded by a competitively awarded J. Evans Attwell-Welch Postdoctoral Fellowship by The Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University. |
| Nicole Prichard - B.S. 1998, M.S. 2000 - nprichard@hotmail.com - Nicole works at Sunnex, Inc. in Springboro, OH |
| Erik Michael Ramnath - B.S. 1992 - emramnath@hotmail.com |
| Paul Roderer, Jr. - B.S. 1991 - PRoderer@aol.com - Paul is working at Roderer Law Offices, LLC in Dayton, OH |
| Kirk Rupnik - M.S. 1998 - Grignard73@yahoo.com |
S, T, U |
| Nathan Sailor - B.S. 2006 - sailor.3@wright.edu - Currently teaching chemistry I & II, Physical Chemistry, and next year will teach physics at an Ohio school. |
| Angie Sellers - B.S. 2005 - angiesellers1@yahoo.com - Working as a Research Associate in the Quality Technical Services department at a pharmaceutical company. In May, 2007, her husband and she became proud parents to a little boy. |
| Kimberly (Simon) Wiefling - B.S. 1984 - kimberly_wiefling_founder_wiefli@mail.vrsp.com - Kimberly is founder of the Wiefling consulting, a consulting business enabling companies to tackle the impossible. Her company is located in Redwood City, CA. |
| Laura Sowards - B.S. 1996, M.S. 1998 - Laura works as a research chemist with the DoD Civilian. |
| Katherine (Stubbs) Schreier - B.S. 1992 - k.m.schreier@worldnet.att.net |
| Timothy Teschler - M.S. 2007 - teschler.2@wright.edu - currently employed at Chemical Abstracts Service |
| Neil C. Thiesing - B.S. 1992, M.S. 1995 - nctmail@yahoo.com |
| Ronald Tomlinson - B.S. 1987, M.S. 1990 - ronald.tomlinson@novartis.com |
| Michele Torres - B.S. 1997, M.S. 1999 - Graduated from Medical School in 2003 and completed residency in 2006. She board certified in Family Medicine. torresmichele@yahoo.com |
| Philip Trainer - B.S. 1982, M.S. 1984 - ptathome@prodigy.net |
V, W, X, Y, Z |
| Andrew Weisner - B.S. 2001, M.S. 2003 - weisnera2@yahoo.com |
| Larry "Doug" Williams - B.S. 2004 - LDouglasWilliams@gmail.com |
| Robert Zellmer - B.S .1976 - rzellmer@columbus.rr.com |
| Lynn Zettler - B.S. 1984 - lzettler@indy.rr.com |
Department of Chemistry
(937) 775-2855
Department Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
chemistry@wright.edu
