Science Alumni

Andres Arias (Biology, 2001)

Andres works in retail sales for Timberland Co.

Barry Beetz (Physics, 2001)

Barry, a dual-degree engineer, earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois. He's now managing his family's farm near Mendota, Illinois. Barry also serves as an elected director member of the Lasalle County Farm Bureau Board. (4/09)

Nathaniel Burke (Physics, 2001)

erikadahlgren@yahoo.com Erika Dahlgren (Biology, 2001)

Erika graduated from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine in the spring of 2005. She is now doing an internship at two clinics in the Chicago area. Erika would be happy to hear from students with questions about veterinary medicine.

nccgrap@hotmail.com Ryan Dannhorn (Biology, 2001)

Ryan is a teacher at Byron High School.

Erin Delaney: see Erin Steffen

Jill Dennis (Biology, 2001)

Scott Foes (Physics, 2001)

Ifoley24@hotmail.Com Ian Foley (Biology, 2001)

Ian Foley in the field. Click photo to enlarge.

Ian is enrolled in the graduate program in Entomology at Montana State University. For his thesis, Ian will do a taxonomic revision of a beetle genus in the family Zopheridae.

friedle@wisc.edu Scott Friedle (Biology, 2001)

Scott completed an MS degree in Ecology at John Carroll Univeristy in 2004. He is now in a PhD program at the University of Wisconsin in Cell and Molecular Biology. He is studying the effects of alcohol on neural crest formation to aid in understanding the effects of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Veronika Gagovic (Biochemistry, 2001)

Veronika in med. school. Click photo to enlarge.

Veronika received her M.D. from Loyola University. She completed her medical residency at Indiana University and practiced internal medicine in Carmel, Indiana. She is now completing a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Wisconsin.

Amanda Gayda: see Amanda Kopsell

Amanda Gayda: see Amanda Kopsell

Renee Girault (Biochemistry, 2001)

Renee has been working for Sigma-Aldrich in St. Louis since graduation and recently joined the Molecular Research and Development group to work in the hot area of RNAi. She is also working toward a master's degree in biochemistry and biotechnology at the University of Michigan-St. Louis.

Taryn Hall (Biology, 2001)

Kelly Hawkinson (Chemistry, 2001)

Kelly is a chemical technician at DSM Desotech.

Cassie Headley (Biology, 2001)

sabrinnigg@hotmail.com Sabrina (Rotunno) Imbrogno (Biology, 2001)

After two and a half years working as technician in a molecular biology lab in Chicago, Sabrina "grew weary of being poor" and got a foot in the door at Bank One (now JP Morgan Chase) as an assistant vice president for their Corporate Real Estate group. She has since been promoted to vice president and has worked in the Production Assurance group as Change Manager for the past two years. She misses the days of being the in the thick of science, however!

d_kamp2@hotmail.com Daphne Kampinga (Biology, 2001)

Daphne is enrolled in the graduate program at Eastern Illinois University, where she will be studying wildlife conservation.

Jenny Kintzele: see Jenny Orsburn

Venessa Knickmeyer (Biology, 2001)

Venessa is a surgical technologist at Edward Hospital.

amandagayda@yahoo.com Amanda (Gayda) Kopsell (Biology, 2001)

Mandy and Dave Kopsell at her nursing school graduation. Click photo to enlarge.

Amanda got her master's degree in soil science from the Natural Resources Dept at the Univeristy of New Hampshire, then decided on a career change and graduated with a BSN from the University of Dubuque's nursing program in 2008 (see photo). She is now an RN at BroMenn Healthcare in Bloomington, IL, where her husband, Dave, is Assistant Professor of Horticulture at Illinois State University.

Veronika Kucharski (Biochemistry, 2001)

Amber Larson (Physics, 2001)

Amber at Fermilab. Click photo to enlarge.

Amber works at Fermilab.

Erikadahlgren@yahoo.Com Erika List (Biology, 2001)

Erika works at All Creatures Animal Hospital.

Partson Maradzika (Science, 2001)

Partson works for IAP World Services.

jorsburn@dnr.in.gov Jenny (Kintzele) Orsburn (Biology, 2001)

New Portage Parks and Recreation Superintendent Jenny Orsburn. Click photo to enlarge.

Jenny worked for several years for the Indiana DNR as the Program Specialist for Indiana's Lake Michigan Coastal Program, administering grant programs for environmental improvement along Indiana's coastline. In 2012, she became Superintendent for the City of Portage (IN) Parks and Recreation Department. Jenny lives in Burns Harbor, IN and invites anyone interested in environmental concerns around Lake Michigan to contact her. Jenny married Nate Orsburn, a Wildland Firefighter for the National Park Service on February 17, 2005.

Lynette Rosentreter (Biology, 2001)

Lynette works for FedEx.

Sabrina Rotunno: see Sabrina Imbrogno

Christa M Schneider (Chemistry, 2001)

Effie Siomos (History of Ideas, 2001)

Effie is in her last year of medical school at the Univ. of Wisconsin and was recently married. In addition to her MD degree, she is completing a master's degree in Population Health. She plans a residency in obstetrics and gynecology.

Ekdelaney01@hotmail.Com Erin (Delaney) Steffen (Biology, 2001)

Aidan Daniel, born June 2007. Click photo to enlarge.

Erin has been working at the same company since graduation, a small toxicology company in Chicago's South Loop. Her son, Aidan Daniel, was born in June 2007.

Jill Waldron (Biology, 2001)

jenjen70@hotmail.com Jen Winkelmann (Biology, 2001)

Jen is in the graduate program in Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Fall 2002. Her emphasis is on plant biology and ecology. Along with her courses and research, she teaches introductory biology labs (looks like all those terms of lab assisting for BIO 100 finally paid off!).