The department of chemistry and biochemistry has hosted an undergraduate summer research program since 1959. The NSF funded REU program first began in 1986. In 2008, the REU program celebrated its 20th year.
Were you REU?
Keep us informed of your status. Send your name, the year you attended, and what you are doing today to reuinfo@uark.edu
REU Where Are They Now?
1984
J. Morris Bramlett (1984) Ph.D. under Dr. Allison, University of Arkansas. Currently serves as dean, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Arkansas at Monticello.
1986
David Dawson (1986) Ph.D. under Dr. Allison, University of Arkansas, 1992. He was a postdoc from 1992-1994 with Scott Gilbertson at Washington University in St. Louis. From 1994-1996 he was a postdoc with Duane Miller at the pharmacy school at the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences in Memphis. He was an assistant professor at the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 1996-2001. In 2001 he joined Christian Brothers University in Memphis where he was promoted to associate professor in 2006.
1992
Anthony Jude (1992) Ph.D. in Biochemistry, UAMS 1998, Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, deceased 2001.
1994
Eli Loots (1994) B.S. University of Arkansas, Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley. Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP Intellectual Property Law.
1996
Brian Bakke (1996) Ph.D., 2004 University of Arkansas. Currently is a postdoc at the University of Maryland.
Jon Rhoad (1996) Assistant Professor (A.B. William Jewell College; M.S., Ph.D., The Ohio State University) Missouri Western State University.
1997
Stephanie Hebert (1997) M.S. from University of Arkansas.
1998
D. Glen Akridge (1998) Ph.D., Manager of Laboratory Operations at Process Dynamics, Inc., Fayetteville, AR.
1999
Annnaliessa (Carter) Baird (1999) Chemist for aArentis Pharmaceuticals in Kansas City, MO.
Rebecca Lovett (1999) Ph.D. University of Arkansas. Chemistry teacher at St. Marys High School in Medford, OR.
2000
Bridgette Blackman (2000) Ph.D. University of Arkansas. Currently working at Corning in NY.
Lyndell Horine (2000) B.S. John Brown University, UAMS (as of 2002).
Jeffery Jones (2000) Ph.D. University of Arkansas. Currently at Applied Proteomics in Glendale, CA.
Rodney Rowland (2000) M.S. student at the University of Arkansas. Currently resides in Mena, AR and teaches at the Richland County Community College.
2001
Sue Ellen Brand (2001) Ph.D. University of Arkansas. Currently in a Postdoc position at Tulane University.
Melissa (Franzen) Jones (2001) Ph.D., University of Arkansas, Space and Planetary Science program, 2006. Currently an engineer/scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Planetary and Lunar Mission Concepts Group in Pasadena, CA.
Nick Grossoehme (2001) Ph.D. in Chemistry from Dartmouth College. Post doctorate in chemistry currently at University of Indiana.
Stephanie Harman (2001) BS in Chemistry from Central Methodist College (now Central Methodist University) in 2002. Currently a high school chemistry and physics teacher in Missouri.
Julia Koeppe (2001) Ph.D., 2006, from University of California, San Diego. Postdoctoral position at Oxford University, England.
John Norton (2001) B.S. in Chemistry from Northern Illinois University. Ph.D. Medicine (Cellular Biology) from Northwestern University. Currently doing Post Doctoral Research at Illinois.
Anne C. Phillips (2001) B.A. in Mathematics and B.S. in Biochemistry from Queens University, Charlotte NC (2003). M.S. in Mathematics from University of Alabama Huntsville, 2006. ABD Ph.D. Mathematics with cognate in Biochemistry, intent to graduate May 2008, University of Alabama combined program. Currently a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Mathematics at Alabama.
Christopher Saunders (2001) Ph.D. Student at the University of Arkansas.
Justin Thompson (2001) Graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2003 with a degree in physics/math. He is a graduate student at the University of Southern California.
2002
Christopher S. Chailland (2002) B.A., 2003, Hanover College, Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow 2006-2007, Denmark through Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Winston Duncan (2002) Masters degree in Biology from the University of Arkansas, summer 2007. B.S. in Environmental Science from Midwestern State University. Currently resides in Anguilla, British West Indies.
Marc Elliott Gewin (2002) B.S. 2003 Centenary College of Louisiana, double major Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry and Mathematics & Theory. Currently is a Medical Student, MS III classification, LSUHSC, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Rochelle (Seals) Dillon (2002) B.S. in Chemistry from Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, LA December 2003. Currently employed by Raytheon as a Manufacturing Engineer II in Texas.
Matthew Sims (2002) Chemistry degree with a concentration in Biology from Louisiana Tech University. Currently an Analytical Chemist in Arkansas.
Jessica White (2002) graduated from Concordia University in 2003 with a degree in chemistry. She works for Tyco Healthcare.
2003
Seth Fornea (2003) B.S. Chemistry from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches Louisiana. M.S. in Analytical Chemistry from Clemson University. Currently works as a Chemist for the United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service. Resides in North Carolina.
Melissa Jasbring (2003) B.S. in chemistry from University of Dallas. Currently teaches high school science in Texas.
Latisha (Karber) McLaurin (2003) Chemistry degree from Midwestern State University. Currently a second year medical school student at Texas Tech University Health Science Center in Lubbock, TX.
Steven Neal (2003) M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Arkansas. Ph.D. Student at Iowa State University.
Grace Ong (2003) Ph.D. Student at the University of Arkansas.
Zachary H. Reed (2003) B.S. in chemistry from Utah State University. Currently in Oregon working towards a PhD in food science and technology. He is studying at the Seafood Lab in Astoria, where he uses antibodies in ELISA assays to detect and quantify protein additives in imitation crab. He has a 4-year-old son.
Robert Reed (2003) B.S. in chemistry from Utah State University. Currently working torward a doctorate in food science and studying in the Seafood Lab in Astoria, Ore.
Kate Ridinger (2003) B.S. in Biochemistry from Angelo State University. Currently a 4th year graduate student at Texas A&M University in the Biochemistry and Biophysics department.
Troy Seelhammer (2003) B.S., Concordia College in Morehead, Minnesota, Cum Laude. He is now a 3rd year Medical Student at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN.
Crystal Sellers (2003) B.S. Chemistry, ACS Option from Arkansas Tech University, May 2004, Ph.D. Student at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Murat Sünbül (2003) B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from Middle East Technical University, Turkey, Ankara. M.S. in Chemistry from University of Chicago. Currently Ph.D. chemistry student at the University of Chicago.
Charles Zehm (2003) B.A. from Hendrix College in 2001. Currently working on M.D. from UAMS in 2009.
2004
Michelle Childress (2004) - Central Oklahoma State, B.S. University of Arkansas 2005, currently a high school chemistry teacher in Rogers, AR.
Courtney Conrad (2004) Doctor of Pharmacy, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (Erie, PA) June 2007. Currently a Pharmacist in Pennsylvania.
Amber Evans (2004) BS in Chemistry from North Carolina A&T in 2005. Currently a Ph.D. student in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a concentration in Cosmetic science at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Peter Milano (2004) B.A. in Chemistry from Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Currently working on his M.D. from University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL. Expects to complete program in May, 2010.
Micah Niphakis (2004) BS in Chemistry with honors from Houghton College, May 2005. M.S. in Medicinal Chemistry, Oct. 2007 from Kansas University. Currently a Ph.D. Student in Medicinal Chemistry, moving with his professor from Kansas University to University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. His degree will come from Kansas University.
Robyn L. Poerschke (2004) B.A. Chemistry from Hendrix College. Ph.D. Student in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Utah.
Andjela Subotic (2004) B.S. Chemistry with a Biochemical Concentration and Music with a Vocal Concentration, Saint Mary's University. M.F.A. University of Arkansas 2008. Currently she is living in Chicago.
Vanja Stojkovic (2004) B.S. in Chemistry from Northland College, Ashland, WI in 2005. Currently a 3rd year graduate student at the University of Iowa, Chemistry Department.
Eugenia Tsamis (2004) B.S. Chemistry/Biochemistry 2005 from UNI in Cedar Falls, IA. Currently a Ph.D. Student at Duke in Durham, NC.
Lena Yurs (2004) B.A. from Lakeland College in Sheboygan, WI in 2006 majoring in Chemistry and Mathematics. Currently a second year graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2005
Evgenia Akhmetova (2005) Ph.D. Student at the University of Arkansas.
Quincy Anderson (2005) B.S. from Langston University.
Bruce Atwater (2005) B.S. from Gustavus Aldolphus College. Ph.D. student at Indiana.
Aireal Haley (2005) B.S. in Chemistry from University of Arkansas. Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan.
Garen Holman (2005) B.S. University of Central Arkansas, Ph.D. Student at the University of Texas at Austin.
Abigail Hubbard (2005) Ph.D. Student at the University of Arkansas.
John-David McEldery (2005) B.S. from Brigham Young University. Graduate student in the Advanced Raman Microscopy & Chemical Imaging Lab, University of Michigan.
Timothy Paslay (2005) Degree in Chemistry. Currently a construction worker in Oklahoma.
Ioana Peret (2005) B.S. University of Arkansas. Medical student at UAMS.
Danielle Reifsnyder (2005) B.S. and B.A. Duke University. Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow 2006-2007 in Russia. Ph.D. student in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania.
Monique Robinson Durand (2005) B.S. from Langston University. Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Virginia Tech University. Currently an assistant engineer in the Hollywood office of Hazen and Sawyer, P.C., an environmental engineering and scientific firm.
Lauren Rogers (2005) B.S. from Western Carolina University.
Nicole (Vanderbush) Richardson (2005) Ph.D. Student in Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Arkansas.
Vitaly Vostrikov (2005) Ph.D. Student at the University of Arkansas.
Melissa Weston (2005) Ph.D. Student at the University of Arkansas.
Jamesha Wills (2005) B.S. from Grambling State University. Ph.D. student at Iowa.
2006
Jamika Brown (2006) Student at Norfolk State University.
Nicholas Gleason (2006) Ph.D. Student at the University of Arkansas.
Christina Handford (2006) Student at the University of South Carolina, Upstate.
Martha Hilburn (2006) BS, Arkansas Tech University. Ph.D. Student at Oklahoma State University.
Zakiya Hoyett (2006) Student at Norfolk State University, to graduate with a BS in Chemistry May 10, 2008. Tutor for STARS (on campus) and AVID (Virginia Beach schools). Lives in Norfolk VA, with permanent residency in Gadsden, Alabama.
Kendra Jackson (2006) B.S. in Biochemistry from John Brown University (Siloam Springs, AR), May, 2007. She now lives in Oklahoma and is a General Chemistry Lab Instructor at John Brown University, and also a high school and Jr. high school science teacher for homeschoolers.
Charles Loftis (2006, 2007) Student at Langston University.
Carrie Peter (2006, 2007) B.S. from John Brown University, May 2008.
Cassandra Potter (2006) Student at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Bartlesville, OK.
Carol Trana (2006) B.S. Chemistry and Biology from UA Monticello, May 2008. Currently an Adjunct Instructor of Bioscience Labs and Human Anatomy and Physiology Labs at UA Monticello.
2007
Karole Blythe (2007) Student at Langston University.
Sherri Brixey (2007) B.S. in Chemistry, University of Arkansas, May 2008.
Jahnavi Chatterjee (2007) Graduated with a bachelor of science degree in 2008 from Mississippi University for Women. She is a research assistant at The Johns Hopkins University.
Charles Loftis (2006, 2007) Graduated with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Langston University.
Carrie Peter (2006, 2007) B.S., John Brown University.
Michelle Reed (2007) Student at Adams State College in Colorado.
Adam Ring (2007) B.S. Miami University in Ohio. Awarded an NSF-REU Chemistry Leadership Group Travel Award, March 2008.Currently attends medical school at the University of Cincinnati.
Roger Williams (2007) Graduated with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Eastern New Mexico University. He is currently a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas doing research with Ryan Tian.
Lauren Woods (2007) Student at the University of Arkansas.
2008
Ivy Fitzgerald (2008) Graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry, with ACS certification, with minors in biology and physics at Agnes Scott College. She will attend graduate school studying biophysics at the University of Chicago in fall 2009.
Christena Hooten (2008) student at the University of Arkansas
Christopher Ladner (2008) student at Spring Hill College
William Newhart (2008) student at Missouri Western State University
Sean Nomoto (2008) student at the University of Wisconsin River Falls
Nikita Patton (2008) student at Bennett College for Women
Ashley Ramsey (2008) Earned a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Arkansas at Monticello. She is a graduate student at the University of Arkansas pursuing a doctorate in chemistry.
Michelle Reed (2008) Graduated magna cum laude in December 2008 from Adams State College with a bachelor of science in chemistry and a minor in math. She is the assistant women's soccer coach at Adams State College.
Scott Robotham (2008) Graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University. He is a graduate student in chemistry at the University of Texas in Austin.
Andrew Ward (2008) Graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of science degree from University of Detroit Mercy in 2009. He will attend graduate school at the University of Notre Dame in fall 2009, where he will do bioorganic research.
2009
Kirt Durand (2009 INBRE) - student at UAPB
Robynetta Hargrave (2009) - student at Spring Hill College
Cynthia Kaeser (2009) - student at the University of the Cumberlands
Chris Keathley (2009) - student at John Brown University
Jacob Mahaffey (2009 INBRE) - student at UALR
Aaron McMoran (2009 INBRE) - student at UCA
Nitish Narula (2009 INBRE) - student at SAU
Trent Parker (2009) - student at St. Louis University
Erika Pollard (2009) - student at University of West Georgia
Melanie Pund (2009) - student at University of Southern Indiana
Andrew Robertson (2009) - student at Texas State University
Hayden Self (2009) - student at Shorter College
Matthew Weaver (2009) - student at Benedictine College
Thaddeus Vasicek (2009) - student at the University of Arkansas