Alumni

Students of the Biology Foreign Studies Program have gone on to diverse and estimable professional accomplishments.  Many build on Bio FSP to pursue a career in science, frequently gaining admission to top graduate programs.  Bio FSP alumni include many respected members of the international scientific community.  One is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and another is Director of the Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology.  Others have gone to Medical School, Veterinary School, or Law School.  Many have pursued careers in environmental policy, natural resource management, or environmental engineering.  Some have become writers, artists, photographers, filmmakers, foresters, farmers, educators, and business entrepreneurs. 

 

Bio FSP students have had unusually high success in completing Honors Theses and publishing their undergraduate research in the primary scientific literature.  Partial listing of publications.

 

Bio FSP students have received many prestigious awards including Fulbright Fellowships, DAAD Fellowships, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF GRFP), National Science Foundation IGERT Fellowships, and Truman Fellowships. 

 

Below are the Bio FSP classes, from 1977 to the present. Please let us know what you are up to!

 

Biology FSP Classes

 

1977

Students: Virginia Cox, Paul Detwiler, Roland Dubois, Kim Hastings, Todd Horn, Dean Kellogg, Susan Knight, Curtis Lajoie, Marion McClure, Hebe Quinton, Norman Richardson, Daniel Rikleen, Scott Robinson, Todd Christopher, Kristin Yost

Graduate TAs: Peter White, Thomas Frost, Elizabeth Mallory

Faculty: Dick Holmes, Jack Schultz, Charles Kerfoot

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Panama

 

1978

Students: Richard Aronson, Doug Benham, Kevin Bixby, Alexis Bond, Stuart Boyd, Miguel Damien, Arlo Frost, Carol Hillman, Mark Manson, Bruce Maslack, Stephen Pacala, Miriam Shire, Sarah Stahmer, Diane Stewart, Peter Vaughn

Graduate TAs: Thomas Frost, Mark Davis, Bruce Thompson

Faculty: Dick Holmes, Charles Kerfoot, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica

 

1979

Students: Bruce Andrea, David Bachman, Cynthia Berger, Sheila Cheston, Robert Curry, David Dussourd, James Fownes, Thomas Gettinger, Stephen Hufford, George Ledec, Elizabeth Procter, Dan Reicher, Thomas Sasek, Jayne Seymour, Scott Stoleson

Graduate TAs: Mark Davis, Gary Lovett, R. Magnion

Faculty: Dick Holmes, William Reiners, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica

 

1980

Students: Ian Baldwin, William Carlsen, Mark Liponis, Christopher Copeland, Kim Corrette, Randall O'Kane, William Hunt, Alec Kloman, Richard Lathrop, Bruce Leighty, James Lombardo, Elizabeth Miller, Jesse Pelton, Jeffrey Woessner, Aron Yoffe

Graduate TAs: M. Mort, C. Lentan, M. Davis

Faculty: Dick Holmes, Charles Kerfoot, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica

 

1981

Students: Barbara Baker, Richard Blair, Walter Cressler, Matthew Davis, Elizabeth Ham, David Kahler, Daniel Malloy, Laura Morrell, Thomas Morrill, Thomas Norris, George Roderick, Carol von Dohlen, Robert Webb, Thomas Whittington

Graduate TAs: Steve Scrimshaw, Charles Levithan

Faculty: Bill Reiners, Charles Kerfoot, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Jamaica

 

1982

Students: Warren Allmon, Mario Cohn-Haft, Michael Colby, James Cusack, Donna DeMarzi, Douglas Dressel, Anna Fortenbaugh, James Friday, John Jordan, Gloria Ku, Suzanne Long, Amy Nelson, Scott Perkin, Lisa Pisano, Glenn Tremml, Diana Wright

Graduate TAs: Doug Schaeffer, Steve Scrimshaw

Faculty: Tom Sherry, Charles Kerfoot, William Reiners

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Panama

 

1983

Students: Nancy Akerley, Thistle Anderson, Kurt Benkley, Jeff Burgess, Meredith Chase, Kathryn Hoy, Neil Josephson, Peter Kilmarx, Kimberly Klystra, Richard Lasonde, James Mahoney, Christopher Mobley, Patricia Shepard, Rebecca Todd, Dale Ward

Graduate TAs: Mark Durand, Steve Scrimshaw

Faculty: Dick Holmes, Jack Schultz, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1984

Students: John de Varo, Elizabeth Franck, Jacqueline Gayle, Elliott Gimble, Marybeth Keifer, John McCallum, Scott Miller, David Montgomery, Donna Raymond, Sigrid Recktenwald, Robert Rhee, Lana Shane, Jonathan Vaccaro, Craige Williamson, Wendy Zimmer

Graduate TAs: Nick Rodenhouse, Marianne Moore

Faculty: Dick Holmes, Tom Sherry, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1985

Students: Rebecca Coverdale, Patricia Doak, Megan Haney, Peter Holt, Kenneth Kaliski, Robecca Kimball, Stephen Lachance, James McFarland, Stephen McLeod, Tiana Melquist, Rebecca Rugen Amy Tchao, Kristen Thompson, Joseph Toscano, Elizabeth Webb, Erich Wilbrecht

Graduate TAs: Chistopher Whelan, Kevin Kirk

Faculty: Dick Holmes, David Peart, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1986

No course

 

1987

Students: Douglas Billings, Emil Chynn, Simon Cordery, Edward Kim, Christopher Lena, Martin McCarter, Edward Merrens, Melissa Mikami, Craig Millman, Nathan Poage, Nicole Sakowitz, Wendy Sanders, Andrew Smith, Peter Southam, Edward Waters, Linda Williams, Gregory Zittel

Graduate TAs: Michele Dionne, Peter Schulze

Faculty: Dick Holmes, David Peart, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1988

Students: Michael Blechner, Rebecca Doane, Paul Gorczyca, Jill Greenfield, Kimberly Hall, Molly Hoult, Catherine Knapp, Jennifer Kelso, Thomas Molnar, Genevieve Neal, Erik Ness, John O'Kane, John Rhee, John Shaw, Frank von Hippel

Graduate TAs: H. McIsaac, Peter Schulze

Faculty: Dick Holmes, David Peart, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1989

Students: Brian Bone, Mari Butler, Erin Connolly, Andrea Dols, Michele Dupre, Ginny Eckert, Julia Fulwyler, Sidhu Gangadhran, Matthew Jones, Mininder Kocher, John McBride, Dawn Nelson, Christina Richardson, Elizabeth Walter

Graduate TAs: Michele Dionne, Gayle Peartree

Faculty: Dick Holmes, David Peart, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1990

Students: Anthony Aufdenkampe, Joseph Bachman, Holly Beeman, Catherine Campbell, Rebecca Crichton, Bonnie Dickson, Benjamin Forbush (broken leg), Jennifer Jenkins, Irby Lovette, Brook Seeley, Stephen Sloan, Stephanie Smart, David Thut, Shannon Toalson, Timothy Wright

Graduate TAs: Celia Chen, S. Baird, A. Smith

Faculty: Dick Holmes, Peter Schulze, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1991

Students: Abby Bergholtz, Daniel Gavin, Edward Gilmartin, Greg Goldfarb, Christine Goodale, Tood Gorman, Tara Grabowsky, Jonathan Kohl, Geoffrey Kunz, Ashley Mattoon, Ann Schrot, Elizabeth Taboada, Vijay Vaswani, Gregory York, Todd Young

Graduate TAs: S. Burson, J. Jack

Faculty: Dick Holmes, David Peart, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1992

Students: Teri Balsar, Joseph Bizzarro, Jennifer Burnaford, Jeffry Dudycha, Anthony Guerrerio, Erik Gunderson, Janis Hall, Kimberly Isaacs, Jack Ko, Catherine O'Neill, Jonathan Rettmann, Alan Shabel, Sheryl Soucy, John Stachowicz, Stacey Wooley

Graduate TAs: P. Hunt, C. Webb

Faculty: Dick Holmes, David Peart, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1993

Students: Thomas Bansak, Adam Blue, Samuel Cook, Nicole Drake, Heather Dunn, Sonya Dyhrman, Jennifer Field, Krista Ingram, Diana Kornet, Elizabeth McLanahan, Linda Mizak, Elizabeth O'Hara, Charles Pruess, Matthew Royer, Marco Seandel

Graduate TAs: Keith Nislow, C. Webb

Faculty: Dick Holmes, David Peart, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1994

Students: Eden Abram, Mark Berry, Julia Bykowski, Chris Carberry, Hannah Fouts, Diane Gardella, Pamela Kunz, Meegan Larsen, Aviva Liebert, Beth Parento, Jonathan Ruel, Dorothee Schreiber, Andrew Swanson, Matthew Swett, David Zug

Graduate TAs: Steve Fradkin, Peter Hunt

Faculty: Dick Holmes, Matt Ayres, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1995

Students: Vanessa Barnhorst, Jason Brady, Christopher Carson, Marc Ginsburg, Michale Glennon, Joanne Hubbard, Sharon Karlsberg, Jaya Kaveeshwar, Vanessa Levesque, Jennifer Mitchell, Wendy Osterling, Nina Perlroth, Nicole Pouliot, Ian Stewart, Carter Wray

Graduate TAs: Mary Claska, Art Blundell

Faculty: Dick Holmes,David Peart, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1996

Students: Jon Beadell, Stasia Bembenek, Suzanne Bird, David Canny, Christy Hansel, James Hourdequin, Christie Jackson, Sarah Kopplin, Matthew Little, Anita Mannan, Justin Ruben, Angela Rutherford, Paige Shelby, Edward Taliaferro

Graduate TAs: F. Gerhardt, A. Shumate

Faculty: Dick Holmes, Matt Ayres, John Gilbert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1997

Students: Mike Bowman, Grace Chen, Wendy Cover, Chris Dums, Joseph Gilbertson, Sara Goodwin, Phuong Hang, Karl Kroenlein, Tina Rutar, Jamie Shandro, Adam Siegel, Emily Sohn, Andrew Tolonen, Antha Williams, James Zak

Graduate TAs: Brian Kennedy, Scot Zens

Faculty: Dick Holmes, David Peart, Celia Chen

Instructor: Craig Layne

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1998

Students: Ana Baptista, Eric Berg, Scott Braman, Ken Deem, Sarah Dickinson, Ruth Douzinas, Amanda Eaken, Joshua Mooney, Danielle Poulin, Dustin Rubenstein, Matt Ungerer, Kytja Weir, Ben Wright, Erin Wright, Reesa Yale

Graduate TAs: Deb Chiavelli, Greg Eaton

Faculty: Dick Holmes, Matt Ayres, John Gilbert

Instructor: Craig Layne

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

1999

Students: Matthew Babineau, Raadha Brayce, Elizabeth French, Brandon Garcia, Alexa Hanke, Daniel Hogan, Angela Kim, Margaret Kim, Michael Lepene, John Maniscalco, Michael Novello, Joshua Platt, Alyson Santoro, Adam Stoller

Graduate TAs: Art Blundell, Paul Pickhardt

Faculty: Dick Holmes, David Peart, John Gilbert

Instructor: Craig Layne

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

2000

Students: Benjamin Arnold, Linda Aucoin, Ashley Brown, Maria Calvi, Marc Conte, Michael Foote, Frank Aliette, Megan Jennings, James Macintosh, Emily Mahar, Katherine Manaras, Zoe McLaren, Cheryl Shannon, Jessica Veysey

Graduate TAs: Laura Nagy, Windsor Lowe

Faculty: Dick Holmes, Matt Ayres, John Gilbert

Instructor: Craig Layne

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

2001

Students: Daniel Braden, Justin Campbell, Bjorn Erickson, Christina Glastris, Margaret Grace, Shane Heath, Melissa Kang, Christopher Leander, Patrick Leslie, Gabrielle Miller-Messner, Jaime Musnicki, Ryan Owens, Rafael Rosengarten, Adam Sepulveda, Dominic Stanculescu, Dora Sugar

Graduate TAs: Nick Friedenberg, S. Hampton

Faculty: Dick Holmes, David Peart, John Gilbert

Instructor: Craig Layne

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

2002

Students: Kathryn Alexander, Michael Brosnahan, Matt Burke, Jennifer Butcher, Erica Close, Maureen Coleman, Thmoas Dempsey, Megan Harrison, Erin Kinney, Flora Krivak-Tetley, Krisin Nowak, Kristen Podolak, Lindsay Reynolds, Benjamin Risk, Erik Schoen, Robert Rogers

Graduate TAs: Rich Hofstetter, Matt Fagan

Faculty: Dick Holmes, Matt Ayres, John Gilbert

Instructor: Craig Layne

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

2003

Students: Ingrid Bierdron, Jenn Casler, Catherine Chamberlin, Cory Donovan, Mitchell Ermentrout, Gina Ferrie, Benjamin Guidi, Kim Iwamoto, Arthur Kehas, Miguel Licona, Kirtley Nakarado, Nira Salant, Katherine Simon, Katie Theoharides, Joel Wickre

Graduate TAs: Jay Lennon, Pauline Roberts

Faculty: Dick Holmes, David Peart, John Gilbert

Instructor: Craig Layne

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

2004

Students: Eleanor Campbell, Scott Cushman, Luke Evans, Sarah Fierce, Sara Hellmuth, Matthew Kemp, Heather Lapin, Paul Marino, Tucker Murphy, Quinn Thomas, Khai Tran, Stephen Weller, Brenda Whited, David Williams, Elizabeth Wilson

Graduate TAs: Julia Butzler, Sharon Martinson

Faculty: Dick Holmes, Matt Ayres, John Gilbert

Instructor: Craig Layne

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

2005

Students: Melissa Barger, Gabriel Calvi, Cayelan Carey, Elvina Chow, Jenny Jun, Daniel Madigan, Tim Matsuura, Lakshmi Narayan, Anna Nowogrodzki, Emily Sharp, Richard Trierweiler, Chad Valderrama, Chelsea Wood

Graduate TAs: Jim Kellner, Sharon Martinson

Faculty: Dick Holmes, David Peart, John Gilbert

Instructor: Craig Layne

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

2006

Students: Abigail L. Adams , Katherine R. Amato, Brian D. Bates, Andrew R. Carreras, Sarah L. Emel, Catrina A. Lindgren, Christina H. May, D. Dünya Önen, Nathan H. Raines, Scott W. Schwartz, Paul R. Wright, Kathryn M. Sullan, William F. Stork

Graduate TAs: Erik Stange, Elizabeth Wolkovich

Faculty: David Peart, Matt Ayres, John Gilbert

Instructor: Craig Layne

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Jamaica

 

2007

Students: Jennifer N. Cech, Allison M. Citro, Pamela M. Collins, Chad S. Gorbatkin, Tina Harrison, Samuel J. Haynor, Sarah C. Isbey, Brigette A. Jones, Sonia Lei, James A. Marlow, Zachary A. Mayer, Mayda H. Nathan, Jennifer R. Post, Ankit Rastogi, Ha Linh Vu

Graduate TAs: Laura Burkle, Susan Elliott

Faculty: David Peart, Rebecca Irwin

Instructor: Craig Layne

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Little Cayman

 

2008

Students: Tiffany D. Chang, Lia M. Cheek, Yiran Gu, Samantha R. Kaplan, Brian M. Lappas, Thomas J. Lobben, Eleanor B. R. Pascall, Alanna H. Purdy, Alex C. Spinoso, Jenna M. Sullivan, Dylan D. Thomas, Ian G. Wheat, Robert H. Yanker III

Graduate TAs: Jeff Garnas, Stephen Taerum, Elizabeth Wolkovich

Faculty: David Peart, Matt Ayres

Instructor: Craig Layne

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Little Cayman

 

2009

Students: Eben Bein, Jeremy Chan, Marguerite Dashevsky, Rebecca Davidson Wolf, Cody Doolan, Karl Grunseich, Keng-Lou (James) Hung, Charlie Knape, Robin Meyers, Emily Pizzichemi, Derek Stenquist, Daniel Susman, Jonathan Wachter, Sarah Wengert, Brianna Wilkinson

Graduate TAs: Ernesto Ruelas, Tom Morrison

Faculty: David Peart, Rebecca Irwin

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Little Cayman

 

2010

Students: Nichole Brown, Amanda Devine, Janel DiBiccari, Lauren DiBiccari, Jessica Dong, Alex Duckles, Jennifer Fownes, Molly Grear, F. Charles Governali, Erin Larson, DaeWoong Lee, Daniel O'Donnell, Christina Pellegrini, Chase Raines, Samuel Snow, Amy Stanesco, Emily Unger, Sarah Yu, Jing Jing Zhang

Graduate TAs: Laurel Symes, Melissa Callahan

Faculty: David Peart, Matt Ayres, Brad Taylor

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Little Cayman

 

2011

Students: Kelly Aho, Marielle Battistoni, Elin Beck, Larry Bowman, Rohan Chaudhary, Zachary Clare-Salzler, Ian Engler, Katherine Fitzgerald, Jennifer Freise, Suzanne Kelson, Emily Kyker-Snowman, Andrew Mertens, Rebecca Niemiec, Sara Remsen, Frances Wang

Graduate TAs: Katie Duryea, Gillian Moritz

Faculty: Ryan Calsbeek, David Peart, Brad Taylor

Special Assistant and Copy Editor: Sarah Wengert

Course Locations: Costa Rica, Little Cayman