Nelson Lab Alumni
Former Graduate Students 'Vivian' Hui Chen Visiting Graduate Student, University of Hong Kong |
Daniela C.G. Garcia Lustosa Visiting Grad Student, Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil |
Majid Ahmed, MBChB, MRes Pharmacology Ph.D. Graduate Student, University of Manchester, UK |
Timothy Keith, M.S. Awarded 5/10/17 |
Benjamin Dahlgren, M.S. Awarded 5/11/16 Ben is an Associate Scientist II, Toxicology Formulations for MilliporeSigma, Rockville, MD |
 Rachael Hannah, Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
9/2007-5/2010
Thesis Defense March 10, 2010
“Prominent influence of potassium channel activity on brain arteriolar diameter”
Rachael is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK.
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 Bernhard Nausch, Ph.D.
1/2004-2/2010
Thesis Defense January 28, 2010
“Regulation of Urinary Bladder Smooth Muscle Function by Muscarinic Receptors and Ion Channels”
Bernhard is the Junior Manager in Pharmacology and Toxicology for Bionorica Se, in Neumarkt, Germany. He completed his Postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Gary Mawe in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology here at the University of Vermont, and at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta Canada.
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 Jeff Layne, Ph.D.
9/2003-5/2007
Thesis Defense May 4, 2007
“The Role of the Transcription Factor NFAT in the Regulation of UBSM Contractility”
Jeff is the HPLC Product Manager, Technical Manager Phenologix Lab, Phenomenex, Inc., Torrance, CA. Following his NIH Postdoctoral Fellow position here in the laboratory of Dr. Mark Nelson in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Vermont.
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 Andrá Stevenson, Ph.D.
9/1997-5/2001, Dr. Mark Nelson’s lab
Thesis Defense April 10, 2001
“Dynamic Regulation of Calcium-Dependent Transcription Factors by Differential Calcium Signaling Modalities in Smooth Muscle”
Andrá is the Medical Affairs Director - East Region, Cardiovascular Metabolic Team US Medical Affairs, Merck, North Wales, PA
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 Gerald Herrera, Ph.D. (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics)
09/97-05/01
Thesis Defense March 28, 2001
“Regulation of Urinary Bladder Smooth Muscle Function By Subcellular Calcium Signals and Calcium-Dependent Potassium Channels”
Gerry is currently the Vice President of Research and Development at Med Associates, Inc., St. Albans, VT, and is President of Catamount Research & Development, Inc., St. Albans, VT. In addition, he is a part-time Research Assistant Professor here in the Pharmacology Department at the University of Vermont.
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 George Wellman, Ph.D.
08/93-09/95
Degree awarded 12/99
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont
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Laura Cartin, Ph.D.07/95-12/99
Degree awarded 12/99
Primary School Teacher, Tennessee (She completed her Postdoctoral training with the Dept. of Pharmacology, University of TN, Memphis.)
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Lei Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.(Co-supervised with Dr. Gary Mawe)
Degree awarded 11/94
Physician, VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas VA Medical Center
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Former Postdoctoral Associates
Albert Gonzales, Ph.D., (04/13-08/20) Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Daniel Collier, Ph.D., (01/15-06/19) Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Adrian Bonev, Ph.D., (Deceased October 2020) Emeritus Research Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, UVM
Nuria Villalba, Ph.D., (02/11-11/17) Faculty Scientist, University of Southern Florida, Tampa, FL
Mary Beth Klinger-Lawrence, Ph.D., (08/16-07/17) Adjunct Faculty, Norwich University, Norwich, VT
Johanna Schleifenbaum, Ph.D., (08/15-04/17) Postdoc at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Germany
Nathan Tykocki, Ph.D., (08/12-01/19) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
Thomas Longden, Ph.D., (02/11-01/19) Assistant Professor, Physiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Fabrice Dabertrand, Ph.D., (01/09/10/18) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology & Pharmacology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Kathryn Dunn, Ph.D., (06/08-11/13) Assistant Professor of Biology, St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin
Rachael Baylie, Ph.D., (08/08-05/13) Medical Writer, Fishawack Indica, Manchester, UK
Adam Greenstein, M.D., Ph.D., (08/11-08/12) British Heart Foundation Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Physician, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Hagop Sarkissan, M.D., (09/11-08/12) Urologist, Georgia Urology, Fayetteville, GA
Lydia Nausch, Ph.D., (03/08-12/11) teaching and working at Institut fur Physiologie, Paracelsus Medizinesche Privatuniversitat, Klinikum, Nurnberg, Germany
Rachael Hannah, Ph.D., (06/10-12/10) Assistant Professor, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
Gayathri Krishnamoorthy, Ph.D., (03/06-03/10) Research Scientist, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Jeff Layne, Ph.D., (05/07-03/09) HPLC Product Manager, Technical Manager Phenologix Lab, Phenomenex, Inc., Torrance, California
Helénè Girourd, Ph.D., (08/06-07/08) Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Steven Straub, Ph.D., (09/04-06/08) Confocal Field Application Scientist at Perkin Elmer, Shelton, Connecticut
Jonathan Ledoux, Ph.D., (08/03-06/08) Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Keith Wilkerson, Ph.D., (05/02-06/06) Director of Development, The Keewaydin Foundation, Salisbury, Vermont
Matthias Werner, Ph.D., (10/03-02/06) Head of Quality Control, TEM Innovations GmbH, Munich Area, Germany, Honorary Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Division of Cardiovascular and Endocrine Science, School of Medicine, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Georgi Petkov, Ph.D., (03/99-01/06) Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Harriet S. Van Vlette Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Kevin Thorneloe, Ph.D., (09/01-01/05) Clinical Investigation Lead, Cardiovascular and Urogenital CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia Pennsylvania
Jessica Filosa, Ph.D., (09/02-11/04) Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Augusta University (formerly Georgia Regents University), Augusta, GA
Laura González-Bosc, Ph.D., (09/01-09/04) Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of New Mexico.
Gerry Herrera, Ph.D., (04/01-03/03) Part-time Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont, and Vice President of Research and Development, Med Associates Inc., Saint Albans, Vermont
Hiromitsu Morita, D.D.S., Ph.D., (01/02-02/03) Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics, Kyushu University, Kyushu, Japan
Mark Taylor, Ph.D., (09/99-02/04) Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, University of South Alabama
Delrae Eckman, Ph.D., (10/96-07/02) Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ
Karen Bradley, Ph.D., (01/02-04/02) Visiting Novartis Foundation Fellow, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Maria Gomez, Ph.D., (01/00-10/01) Associate Professor, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Andrá Stevenson, Ph.D., (04/01-09/01) Medical Affairs Director - East Region, Cardiovascular Metabolic Team US Medical Affairs, Merck, North Wales, PA
Donald Welsh, Ph.D., (co-advisor with Joseph Brayden) (01/98 -04/01) Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Guillermo Perez, Ph.D., (04/97-02/01) Research Scientist- invited Professor, University of Gironia-IdlBGi, Cardiovascular Center, Girona, Spain
Tracy Firth, Ph.D., (co-advisor with Dr. Gary Mawe). (11/97-12/00) Technical Sales Representative, CN Biosciences (UK) Ltd., Nottingham, UK.
George Wellman, Ph.D., (10/97- 12/99) Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont
Jonathan Jaggar, Ph.D., (07/95-12/99) Maury Bronstein Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee
Fernando Santana, Ph.D., (07/98-01/99), Professor and Chair, Arline Miller Rolkin Endowed Chair in Physiology & Membrane Biology, Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis
Karen Lounsbury, Ph.D., (11/96 -12/97) Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont
Maik Gollasch M.D., Ph.D., (02/91-05/91 & 08/96-09/97) Professor, Nephrology and Intensive Care, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Valerie Porter, Ph.D., (12/94-10/97) Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota.
Harm Knot, Ph.D., (01/92-08/97) Chief Technology Officer TSE-systems GmBh & Adjunct Professor for Wake Forest Institute and University of Florida, Heidelberg, Germany
Paul Zimmermann, M.D., (Cardiology Fellow). (07/93-06/95) Cardiologist, South Carolina Heart Center, Camden, South Carolina.
Blair Robertson, Ph.D., (02/92-10/94) Chief Strategic Officer, Cambridge BioMarketing, Cambridge, MA
Michael Rubart, M.D., (07/93-10/94) Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hermann B Wells Center for Pediatric Research Indiana University School of Medicine. Adjunct Faculty, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine
Rudolf Schubert, M.D., (02/92-05/92) Assistant Professor (Equivalent), University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Thomas Kleppisch, Ph.D., (10/93-10/95) Medical Advisor, Insulin Delivery Systems, Disetronic Medical Systems AG, Burgdorf, Switzerland
John Quayle, Ph.D., (07/88-07/91 & 07/92-05/93) Retired - Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Department of Physiology, University of Liverpool,Liverpool, UK
Yu Huang, D. Phil. (02/88-07/91), Assistant Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jennings Worley, Ph.D., deceased Dec. 2020 (02/85-09/86), was Associate Director, Discovery Operations, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego CA.