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Alumni News and Highlights

Undergraduate Alumni

  • Jordan Leyton-Mange (’05), post-doctoral research fellow, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Kate Brizzi (’07), neurology residency at Partners (combined Massachusetts General & Brigham and Women's Hospital)
  • Carly Sayers (06’), graduated- University of Pennsylvania, PhD, pharmacology

Graduate Alumni

  • Payal Khanna (’12), Post-doctoral fellow, Laboratory of Human Toxicology and Pharmacology,  Applied/Developmental Research Directorate, SAIC Frederick – Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
  • Shankar Shastry (’12), Post-doctoral fellow, National Institute of Health, Baltimore, MD

 

Bioengineering Brings Couples Together

Sociologists have stated time and time again, more often than not a person usually marries someone they are in close proximity to, be it neighbor, co-worker or fellow student.  Clearly, bioengineers are no different. 

Love found a way even through the analytical and intellectual minds and hearts of bioengineering students.  Over the years, we have had many couples find each other while studying for the marathon tests of BIOE 409 or deciphering problems for BIOE 302 or working in the labs doing research late at night.  Whatever the case, we have had many relationships blossom. 

Here are just some of the couples that met and married as a result of Penn State Bioengineering.

Undergraduate
Diana Nachriener (‘06), Dan Ford (‘06), Baby - 2012
Frank Meeuwissin (‘07), Megan Edwards (‘07)
Melissa Ong (‘08), Andrew Richart (‘08)
Kasey Catt (‘10), Lauren Chodowski (‘10)
Jennifer Troutman (‘12), Evan Fox (‘13)

Graduate
Jennifer Long (‘08), Brian Wivholm (‘08)
Kevin Snook (‘04), Maggie Slattery (‘06)
Jason Ferrara (‘97), Jenny Zillerberg (‘01)