Graduates of the ETRP Program
A degree in the ETRP prepares a student for an exciting career a variety of fields, as you can see by clicking on the link below. You will be able to view a list of students who have graduated the ETRP program, and see where they are working now.
2017 Graduate
Dennis Carty, Ph.D.
Current Position: Drug Safety/Discovery Toxicologist, Boehringer Ingelheim; Dissertation Title: Characterizing the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicities of Cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, Advisor: Dr. Kristie Willett
2015 Graduate
Faisal Albaqami, Ph.D.
Current Position: Instructor; Dissertation Title: Saffron Extract and Its Active Constituents as Preventative and/or Treatment Agent for Prostate Cancer, Advisor: Dr. Kristie Willett
2014 Graduates
Adam Hawkins, Ph.D.
Current Position: Laboratory at LG Hausys; Dissertation Title: Effects of nanosilver and silver nitrate exposure on fathead minnows (Pimephales Promelas) and zebrafish (Danio Rerio), Advisor: Dr. Kristie Willett
Mindi Ansley
Current Position: Environmental Scientist, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Biloxi, MS.
M.S. Thesis Title: Characterizing innate immunity in the Hawaiian coral Montipora capitata, Advisor: Dr. Deborah Gochfeld
2013 Graduates
Cole Easson, Ph.D.
Instructor and Research Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)
Thesis Title: “Individual and Population Responses of a Common Caribbean Sponge, Aplysina cauliformis, to Combinations of Natural and Anthropogenic Stressors”, Advisor: Co-Advisors, Dr. Marc Slattery and Dr. Deb Gochfeld
Frank Booc, M.S.
Thesis Title: “Benzo[a]pyrene Effects on Fundulus heteroclitus Reproductive Endpoints”, Advisor: Dr. Kristie Willett
Kimberly Foster, M.S.
Thesis Title: “Synthesis and evaluation of naturally occurring halogenated bipyrroles in a relevant marine species, Fundulus heteroclitus”
2012 Graduates
Sylvester Lee, M.S.
Co-Founder/CEO at Emerge
Thesis Title: “Adaptive Tolerance to Ocean Acidification in the Marine Sponge Chondrilla nucula”
Meghan Dailey, M.S.
TDI-Brooks International in College Station Texas
Thesis Title: “Temporal and Spatial Assessment of PAHs in Water, Sediment, and Oysters as a result of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill”
2010 Graduates
Suzanne Childress Seale, M.S.
Adjunct Professor – Northwest Mississippi Community College
Thesis Title: “Behavioral and transcriptional effects of acrylamide in rat pups”
Lindsay Krentz O’Donahue
Laboratory Technician – Los Angeles County Sanitation District
Thesis Title: “The effect of ethynylestradiol, benzo(a)pyrene and a mixture of the two on the sex change event in the hermaphroditic bridled goby, Coryphopterus glaucofraenum”
Kelley Ivey Ezell
Research Technician – Anatomy Dept., Midwestern University in Glendale Arizona
Thesis Title: “Real time drug abuse by measurement of influent wastewater in sewage treatment plants”
2009 Graduates
Crystal Warren, M.S.
Tennessee Department of Environmental Quality
Thesis Title: “Monitoring effects of Hurricane Katrina to the Mississippi Gulf Coast”
Yuhui (Linda) Hu, M.S.
Research Technician in the Cancer Research Program – Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University
Thesis Title:”Ethanol teratogenesis in Japanese medaka: A morphometric, biochemical, and epigenetic analysis”