Alumni

Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.S. in Biochemistry and B.S.A in Health & Society, 2026

Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.S in Biology, 2021

Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.S.A. Biochemistry 2022 

PostDoc
Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Howard University, 2020
M.Sc. in Biophysical Chemistry at Georgia State University, 2016 

Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.S. in Biology, 2023

Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.S in Biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, 2020

Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. in Biology, 2020
B.A. in Plan II Honors, 2020

Undergraduate Researcher
B.S in Biology at The University of Texas at Austin, 2020

PostDoc
Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology, 2018
M.S. in Molecular Medicine at Fudan University, 2010

PostDoc
Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology, 2014
B.S. in Biology, and Computer Science at Middle Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Researcher
B.S Honors in Biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, 2021

Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. in Biochemistry, 2023
B.A. in Plan II Honors, 2023

Undergraduate Researcher

B.S. in Biology, 2023

B.S in Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2017 The University of Texas at Austin

Aaron was a research assistant and lab manager. He studied on roles of microRNAs in the context of polyoma infection.

Ph.D. Cell Biology division at the University of Alberta, 2011
B.S. (Honors) in Molecular Genetics at the University of Alberta, 2004

Justin was a postdoc in our lab and now is furthering his postdoctoral training in Dr. Tom Hobman’s lab at the University of Alberta. 

B.S. in Neurobiology, 2013
B.A. in History, 2013

Alumni:

Demetra was an undergraduate research assistant for two years. She has since graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with highest honors and will be attending The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School where she aspires to be a neurosurgeon

B.A. in Biology at New York University, 2013

Cecelia was a two time visiting summer undergraduate researcher. She  finished her B.A. at New York University and is currently studying at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as a MD student.

Noel was a summer high school intern who is finishing his high school diploma at William B. Travis High School.

B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, 2012

Houdah was an undergraduate researcher and is currently attending the Cell and Molecular Biology graduate program here at the University of Texas at Austin.

B.S. in Biology, 2014

Rathi was an undergraduate researcher who recently went into the field of bioinformatics.

Ph. D. in Microbiology
M.S. Microbiology at National Yang-Ming University, 2005
B.S. Biology at National Yang-Ming University, 2003

Oliver was the third graduate student to receive his PhD from the Sullivan Lab. He is now studying viral microRNAs with Dr. Finn Grey at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology
B.A. in Biology from Carleton College, Northfield, 2006

Lydia was a graduate student and the first to receive her Ph.D in the Sullivan Lab. She then went on to be a Program Director at the NSF and currently is at VP Research Bridge Partners.

B.S. Plan II Honors

Naveen was an undergraduate researcher throughout his undergraduate career and is now working with a non-profit organization to raise funds and awareness for AIDS research.

Ph.D. Molecular Genetics & Genetic Engineering) Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University
M.Sc. (Molecular Genetics & Genetic Engineering) Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Thailand 2004-2007

Teva was a visiting scholar from Thailand. He returned home to complete his Ph.D at Mahidol University in Bangkok studying shrimp viruses.

Ph. D. Microbiology
MS at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea 
BS at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea 

Gil Ju is currently a Postdoctoral scholar in Jae Jung’s lab at the University of Southern California.

B.A. in Biology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Meghan was a summer undergraduate researcher who returned to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to receive her Bachelor’s in Biology

B.S in Human Biology, 2010

Tom was an undergraduate researcher and lab manager. He is currently a graduate student at the University of Southern California in their Molecular and Computational Biology program researching neuronal protein localization and neurological diseases.

Research Associate and Lab Manager
B.S in Physics with Elements of Computation Certification, 2019

Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. in Molecular and Translational Medicine, 2019
M.S in Cellular Engineering and Therapeutic Strategies, 2003

PostDoc
Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology, 2018
B.S. in Chemistry at The College of William and Mary, 2014

Graduate Student
B.S. in Life Science at Korea University

Angel Martinez was a summer high school intern who recently started his undergraduate degree in Computer Science here at The University of Texas at Austin.

Coreen Huo was a work study who went on to medical school at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.

Grace Kago graduated from McDaniel College (BA in Biology) in 2010 and has been working in the Robertus Lab here at UT as a research assistant trying to design drug inhibitors for various viruses, toxins, fungi, etc. She hopes to continue onto graduate or medical school in the near future.

Jennifer Harvey graduated from UT in 2010 and began work at a stem cell bank at Bioeden, Inc. for two years. She recently started her new job at Life 

Christine Kivlin worked in the lab during and through her undergraduate career graduating in 2008. She has recently just passed her candidacy exam for graduate Read more about Christine Kivlin

Jorge Wong was a high school summer student intern from Project Seed, and is now an undergraduate here at the University of Texas at Austin.

Latham Fink was a lab manager and is now pursuing his MD/PhD at University of Texas at Galveston in neurobiology.

Lauro Escobedo was an undergraduate research assistant and graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2010. He currently is working as a medical lab scientist at Texas Oncology while attending graduate school at UTHSC School of Public Health

Zhanna Shubin was an undergraduate researcher in the lab who is now working on getting her PhD at the University of Maryland at Baltimore in their Molecular 

Alysia East was an undergraduate researcher who went on to be a research technician at Dr. Sarah Sawyer’s lab here on campus. She is now an 8th grade math teacher in Round Rock, Texas.

Anna was a research technician who went on to get her MD at The University of Texas at San Antonio