DUVALL LAB
Lab Alumni
(NOTE: As of 2022 I am retired, and no longer accepting grad students)
Nick Foster
M.S. earned, 2022
Nick is a recently graduated M.S. student interested in ecological restoration. He works for the INHS.
Joe Cotton
MS
Joe graduated in 2015. He currently is a National Recruiter at Planet Pharma, Western Springs, IL.
Dr. Anni Moore
PhD
Anni graduated in 2013. She is an Associate Professor of Natural & Mathematical Sciences at Morningside College, Sioux City, IA where she teaches courses in microbiology and immunology.
Tom Hajek
MS
Tom graduated in 2016. He is presently a Quality Control Specialist at NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, Madison, WI.
Sam Jones
MS
Sam graduated with his M.S. in 2011. He then entered the Ph.D. program at Penn State University as a doctoral fellow.
Dr. Joseph Dertien
PhD
Joe graduated in 2009. He is currently a tenured associate professor at Nevada State College.
Jane DiGiovanni
MS
Jane graduated in 2016. She is presently an Instructor, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn IL.
Colin Grennan
MS
Colin graduated in 2008. He is a consultant and educator operating from Huntley, IL.
Leah (Morris) Vaid
MS
Leah graduated in 2009. She is a Research Associate II at Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC in Gaithersburg, MD
Undergraduate Research Students:
Julie Brubaker
Dylan Clark (co-authored a paper: Duvall et al. 2020)
Nicholas Bergman
Ashley Gregory
Olivia East
Shannon Shefcik
(Mar–)Tina Stanelle
Taylor Nicholas
Mona Terwedow (Recipient of a grant to purchase equipment to digitize the DEK herbarium collection.)
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Dr. Theresa (Wusterbarth)Â Kong
PhD
Dr. Kong graduated in 2009. She is an Associate Professor at Harper College in Palatine, IL
Dr. Charles Leseberg
PhD
Dr. Leseberg graduated in 2008. He is presently a science teacher at Beijing World Youth Academy in Beijing, China.
Dr. Collin Jaeger
PhD
Collin graduated in 2014. He is currently the Laboratory coordinator in the Department of Biological Sciences at NIU.
Matthew Nissenbaum
M.S. earned, 2020
Matthew works for Synthego Corp.
Dr. Lauren Orton
Ph.D. earned, 2020
Lauren is a recently graduated Ph.D. who was coadvised by Dr. Yin. She works as a Professor of Biology at Sauk Valley Community College.
Dr. Phyllis Pischl
PhD earned, 2021
Phyllis is interested in plant conservation and teaching. She works at University of Chicago.
Catherine Bullen (née Ausland)
PhD earned in 2020.
Catie was co-advised by Dr. Yin. She works as a bioinformaticist at University of Chicago.
Dr. Sean Burke
Ph.D.
Sean graduated in 2018. He currently is a bioinformaticist at Frederick National Lab., MD.
