Graduate Alumni

  • Jolene Wu Correa
    4/24/24

    Graduated: Summer 2011

    Masters of Science in Chemistry Education

    Job: Instructor,  Dept. of Educational Psychology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    (Honolulu, HI)

  • Jerry Tso
    4/24/24

    Graduated: Summer 2011

    Ph.D. Thesis: Methodologies for emerging contaminants in environmental and food matrices by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and by capillary electrophoresis-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

    Job:  Director of Analytical Chemistry, IDEAYA Biosciences (San Francisco, CA)

  • 6/29/26

    Graduated: Spring 2011

    Ph.D. Thesis: Potential use of charophytes in the phytoremediation of cadmium-contaminated soils

    Job: Adjunct Instructor, University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)

            Founder, WNY Raptor and Wildlife Care, Inc. (Orchard Park, NY)

  • Sarah Lupton
    4/24/24

    Graduated: Summer 2010

    Ph.D. Thesis: Analysis of PBDEs, PCBs and their metabolites in environmental and biological samples by gas and liquid chromatography with mass spectrometric detection

    Job:  Research Chemist at USDA-ARS (Fargo, ND )

  • Mary Dawn Celiz
    4/24/24

    Graduated: Winter 2009

    Ph.D. Thesis: Analysis and fate of pharmaceuticals and quantum dots as emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment

    Job:  Visiting Research Associate, Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

  • Michael Farkas
    4/24/24

    Graduated: Winter 2008

    Ph.D. Thesis: Plant processes that affect the phytotoxicity of pharmaceutical contaminants in the environment

    Job: Assistant Professor,  Dept. of Ophthalmology, University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)

  • Elmer-Rico Mojica
    4/24/24

    Graduated: Summer 2010

    Ph.D. Thesis: Molecularly imprinted xerogels for tetracycline: Binding and isolation experiments and computational modeling

    Job:  Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, PACE University (New York, NY)

  • Seamus O'Connor
    4/24/24

    Graduated: Fall 2007

    Ph.D. Thesis: Development of strategies to improve extraction, clean-up, and detection of tetracycline antibiotics from various soil types

    Job: Senior Director Analytical Sciences, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (Albany, NY)

  • Fatin Samara
    4/24/24

    Graduated: Winter 2006

    Ph.D. Thesis: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment and their endocrine disruption effects on fish

    Job: Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, and Env. Sciences, American University of Sharjah (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

  • Christine Klein
    4/24/24

    Graduated: Fall 2007

    Ph.D. Thesis: Degradation of 17alpha-ethinylestradiol in wastewater treatment systems

    Job:  Research Chemist, Senz-It (Newport Beach, CA)