Postdoctoral Trainees and Research Scientists
| Name | Date of employment | Previous Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. John Klena | 2002-2004 | Lecturer (tenured), Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand | Team Leader, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA |
| Dr. Debabrata Biswas | 2002-2003 | PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | Associate Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, MD |
| Dr. Brent L. House | 2003-2004 | PhD, Washington State University, Pullman, WA | US Navy, Med Res Inst, Malaria Program, Bethesda, MD |
| Dr. Brian Raphael | 2003-2005 | PhD, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | Botulism Public Health Research and Preparedness Laboratory Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA |
| Dr. Jeffrey E. Christensen | 2004-2010 | Postdoc, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI | Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases (I2MC), French National Institute of Health |
| Dr. Soohyoun Ahn | 2005-2006 | PhD, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Lecturer, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Dr. Kari D. Shoaf-Sweeney, KD | 2007-2008 | PhD, Food Science and Technology. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE | ConAgra Foods, Omaha, NE |
| Dr. Tri Duong | 2008-2009 | PhD, Functional Genomics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC | Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX |
| Dr. Daelynn Buelow | 2008-2010 | PhD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Senior Research Technologist Molecular Microbiology Department of Pathology St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memphis, TN |
| Dr. Xiaonan Lu | 2011-2012 | PhD, Washington State University, Pullman, WA | Associate Professor Ian & Jayne Munro Chair in Food Safety, McGill University, Canada |
| Dr. Jason Neal-McKinney | 2012-2014 | PhD, Washington State University, Pullman, WA | Research Microbiologist -FDA, Bothell, WA |
| Dr. Jennifer Dittmer (Stone) | 2013-2014 | PhD, Wayne State University | |
| Dr. Levi O’Loughlin | 2012-2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK | Assistant Director, Office of Research Assurances, Washington State University, WA |
| Dr. Christopher Gourley | 2012-2018 | PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI | RD Scientist. Streck, La Vista, Nebraska |
| Dr. Prabhat Kumar Talukdar | 2017-2020 | PhD, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR | Postdoctoral research Associate, Paul G. Allen School of Global Animal Health, Washington State University |