Chemistry @ Colgate

Recent Graduates of the Department of Chemistry

A B.A. degree in Chemistry or Biochemistry prepares a student for a wide range of career paths, which include but are not limited to the study of Chemistry or Biochemistry. Many of our students (between a quarter and a third) pursue advanced graduate study in Chemistry or Biochemistry, while a smaller fraction go on to professional schools in the health sciences. A significant fraction of our students elect to pursue advanced graduate studies in fields not usually associated with chemistry, including such things as business, law, public health, theater, and art. However, the hiring market is currently quite strong for B.A. graduates in chemistry and biochemistry, and about a third of our students in recent years have been directly employed after graduation, especially by pharmaceutical and other life sciences firms. Most of these students seek and successfully complete an advanced degree after a few years in the work force.

A survey of graduates from our department over the period 1993-2004 reveals the following data:: Average number of Chemistry + Biochemistry majors: 15; Students entering Ph.D. programs in Chemistry or Biochemistry: 28%; Students entering programs in medicine, veterinary medicine, or dentistry: 12%; Students entering other advanced degree programs: 8%; Students directly entering work force: 30%; Unknown or other: 24%
percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding

Postgraduate plans for Chemistry and Biochemistry majors, Class of 2004

Waldemar Auguscinski (chemistry) seeking employment in chemistry
Paul Caginalp (chemistry) will enter the M.S. program in Chemistry, Binghamton University, in preparation for seeking a secondary school teaching position
Douglas Chapnick (biochemistry) will enter the Ph.D. program in Biochemsitry at Colorado University in Fall 2006
Rebecca Chiffer (biochemistry) accepted for a summer CRTA and 2004-2005 IRTA (research training awards) at the National Institutes of Health; will seek admission to an M.D. program in 2005
Ariel Herman (biochemistry) will enter the Ph.D. program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University; also accepted to Cornell-Weill Graduate School, and Brandeis
Adam Kurish (chemistry) entered the Ph.D. program in Chemistry at Indiana University
Joseph Lee (biochemistry) entered the Ph.D. program in Biochemistry at Mayo Graduate School of Biochemistry and Structural Biology; also accepted to Boston University, Brandeis, and Pennsylvania State
Stephen Morris (chemistry) plans uncertain
Stacy Mui (chemistry) will enter the Ph.D. program in Chemistry at Washington University, St. Louis; also accepted to Georgia Tech, Case Western
Bradley Nash (chemistry) seeking employment in the pharmaceutical industry; then plans to enter a Ph.D. program in chemistry
Michael Orlando (chemistry) will enter the Ph.D. program in Chemistry at the University of Virginia
Jennifer Potter (chemistry) will take a summer position in arson research in a Medical Examiner’s office, Long Island, NY
Sarah Scarselletta (chemistry) accepted for an IRTA (research training award) at the National Institutes of Health for 2004-2005; will seek admission to an M.D. program in 2005
Rachel Watson (biochemistry) accepted to D.V.M. program at Michigan State

Postgraduate plans for Chemistry and Biochemistry majors, Class of 2003

Brooke Blicher (chemistry): D.D.S. program at Harvard University Dental School.
Jeffrey Brown (chemistry): M.D.-Ph.D. program at Boston University.
Joy Chamberlin (biochemistry): applied for jobs at Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Prevalere Life Sciences (formerly Oneida Research Services), and SUNY Upstate Medical Center.
Peter Gareiss (biochemistry): Ph.D. program in Biophysics and Structural Biology at the University of Rochester.
Brad Graham (chemistry): J.D. at Boston University Law School.
David Hoffman (chemistry): seeking employment
Anita Jose (chemistry): appying to M.D. programs.
Benjamin Leslie (chemistry): Ph.D. program in organic chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
John Malona (chemistry): Ph.D. program in organic chemistry at the University of Rochester.
Kristin Raclaw (biochemistry): Ph.D. program in Tumor Biology at the Mayo Graduate School (Rochester, Minnesota).
Christopher Reid* (chemistry): Undecided.
Kelli Wong (chemistry): Will participate in an NSF Summer Research Grant for organic chemistry in Thailand, followed by Watson Fellowship for July 2003 to July 2004. Also awarded Fulbright Fellowship for chemistry research in Freiburg, Germany (declined). Will apply to medical school.

Postgraduate plans for Chemistry and Biochemistry majors, Class of 2002

Becky Bye (chemistry): J.D. program at the University of Denver Law School, combined with an M.S. program in environmental engineering at the Colorado School of Mines.
Thirza Campbell (chemistry): employment as a research technician for two years at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Jennifer Callinan (chemistry): will enter the J.D. program at Hofstra Law School in fall 2003
John-Paul Cardoso (biochemistry): employment at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH) beginning Summer 2002. Plans to begin a one-year M.S. program in chemical engineereing in January 2003.
Daniel Fowler (chemistry): M.S. program in synthetic organic chemistry at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Jessica Hieser (chemistry): employment in chemical sales at Tra-Con Adhesives, a subsidiary of National Starch in the Boston area.
Claire HeeChoon Lee (chemistry): employment in an analytical laboratory at Merck for one or two years, followed by optometry school (SUNY School of Optometry, New York City).
Kimberly Malecka (chemistry): biochemistry research assistant at Brigham & Women's Hospital; will enter a Ph.D. program in Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in fall 2004.
Allison McGuerty (biochemistry): M.D. program at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine.
Eliza Michiels (chemistry): seeking employment in chemistry or environmental consulting.
Deborah Miller (chemistry): teaching chemistry at the Roland Park Country School, a private secondary school in Baltimore.
Arthur Tinoco (chemistry): Ph. D. program in inorganic chemistry at Yale University.
Micah Watts (chemistry): M.D. program at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine.
Sara Williford (biochemistry): research in basic science at the National Institutes of Health for two years.

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