Alumni of Boz
What work did they do at Boz? Where are they now?
Jeanne Vu
During: She was an instructor and researcher for the Shaw’s agave biodiversity project and the fly neurobiology project.
After: She is a research scientist for Meta Reality Labs, modeling human perception for improving VR and AR devices.
Sylvia Gong
During: She was a research associate studying zebrafish toxicology and embryology, and assisted with the fruit fly, C. elegans, Shaw’s agave, and Tijuana River Estuary projects.
After: At Cardinal Biocraft, she works as a lab manager responsible for resource and time management, problem solving, and keeping the lab running smoothly.
Flannery McLamb
During: She was the data analyst for various projects at Boz, and an instructor for Biostatistics & Bioinformatics programs.
After: Now, she’s a Ph.D. student at University of Maryland, College Park, studying Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Genomics.
Neya Suresh Kumar
During: She was a part of the instructor team, and a researcher on the Tijuana River Estuary project.
After: Now, she’s a medical student at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine.
Kesten Bozinovic
During: She was an instructor and researcher on public health and ecological risk assessment projects. She completed a Master’s degree in Environmental Metrology and Policy at Georgetown University.
After: She is the constituent affairs manager at the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation supporting NOAA’s office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
Laylena Zipkin
During: She was a research and outreach intern studying the endangered black abalone and deep sea fish metagenomics.
After: She is a research and conservation intern at Indo Ocean Group.
Miguel Pesqueira
During: He was a research intern, part of the Metagenomics team, studying the microbiome of the Tijuana River Estuary.
After: Now, he is a research associate on the research and development team at Aethlon Medical, inc., where he’s advancing therapies for the removal of viruses and cancer promoting elements.
Darcy Engelhart
During: She was a lead instructor on the teaching team, and helped develop a project investigating the effects of environmental pollutants on brain gene expression in male and female fruit flies.
After: She is finishing her 3rd year of medical school at California Northstate University, and is planning on applying to a Child Neurology residency in fall ’23.
Sora Haagensen
During: She was an intern analyzing the genetic diversity of Shaw’s agave, and for another project investigating pre-Covid trends for adolescents with ADHD.
After: Now at Brandeis University, she works as a lab technician preparing and testing plates for a research project studying DNA repair in yeast.
Natalie Olander
During: She was an intern studying the ecology and genetic diversity of the strawberry tree, as well as pre-Covid trends for adolescents with ADHD.
After: Now at Hope College studying Biology on the pre-med track, she’s working to create a validated animal model of bipolar disorder at the Chase Lab.
Mary Anne Szuch
During: She was a research intern studying the effect of GenX on locomotion and gene expression of male and female fruit flies.
After: She is a graduate student pursuing a M.S. degree in Nutrition Science to become a Registered Dietitian.
Benjamin Deviney
During: He was a research associate studying fruit fly neurobiology, investigating stress responses to heat and nutritional changes.
After: He is a Systems Integration Engineer at Illumina, testing and optimizing new genomics technology.