EIU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Alumni – Featuring the Class of ‘99

 Undergraduates

Ryan Bailey, B.S. ’99; Ph.D. Northwestern University; Postdoctoral Associate, California Institute of Technology; Associate Professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois.  http://www.chemistry.illinois.edu/faculty/Ryan_Bailey.html Recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award at Eastern Illinois University in 2009.

 Buffie Clodfelder-Miller, B.S. ’99, PhD University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Technical Director Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology Core at the University of Alabama Birmingham.http://www.uab.edu/research/administration/CentersCores/Pages/Cores.aspx?QueryTitle=NeuropathologyCore

Timothy Davis, B.S. ’99; Environmental Protection Agency – Le Roy, IL

Tasha Funk, B.S. ’99

Heather Hundley, B.S. ’99 - Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Postdoctoral Fellow , University of Utah; Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Indiana University School of Medicine.   http://bloomington.medicine.iu.edu/research/heather-hundley-lab/

Richard J. Keaton, B.S. ’99 – Ph.D. University of Maryland; Postdoctoral Fellow Los Alamos; Lead Chemist at Dow Chemical Co., Pearland, TX. Recipient of an Outstanding Young Alumnus Award at Eastern Illinois University in 2012.

Lauren Krance, B.S. ’99; MSN DePaul U; RN in Asheville, NC

Lance Lohrenz, B.S. ’99

Nathan McGregor, B.S. ’99

Angela (Patzner) Codron, BS ’99; MS in Tech; Chemistry and Biochemistryand Physics teacher, girl’s basketball coach, Normal West High School, IL.

Kendra (Pickins) Schmidt, B.S. ’99; Children/Youth/Young Adult minister in Haubstadt, IL

Aaron Rhodes, B.S. ’99, O.D. Ohio State University College of Optometry; Optometrist with Chittick Family Vision Center in Paris, IL http://www.parischitticks.org/ourpractice.html

Jennifer Schultz-Norton, B.S. ’99 - Ph.D. University of Illinois; Postdoctoral Fellow University of Illinois; Assistant Professor of Biology at Millikin University. http://www.millikin.edu/academics/cas/biology/Pages/Biology%20Faculty.aspx

Casey Watson, B.S. ’99- Senior Sales Consultant in Neurology at Bayer HealthCare.

Rike Yunoki, B.S. ’99

MS Graduates

Jones, Frederick R., MS. 1999, Software engineer, Konami Gaming Co., Las Vegas, NV             

Ghanem, Eman, MS 1999, Ph.D. Texas A & M, Postdoc Univesrity of Texas, Research Educator at the University of Texas-Austin.

Zhang, Yan, MS 1999, MS Purdue University, computer science, Tactile Graphics Developer, American Printing House for the Blind