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LSAMP alumni in the biological sciences have pursued a wide variety of opportunities pre and post the undergraduate experience including research experiences for undergraduates (REUs), post baccalaureate programs, graduate/professional programs, fellowships, post-doctoral programs, and careers. Explore the many pathways reported by undergraduates in the biological sciences majors by navigating the dropdown boxes below. Alumni with more than one of the below experiences will appear in each of the relevant categories.

Biological Sciences Majors

Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Botany/Plant Biology, Cell/Cellular and Anatomical Biology, Microbiological Sciences & Immunology, Genetics, Physiology, Pathology, Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, & Computational Biology, Neurobiology & Neurosciences

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Bachelors in Biomedical Sciences & Secondary Education, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico > NIH PREP Scholar at The University of Chicago
B.Sc. in Microbiology, University of Puerto Rico - Arecibo > NIH PREP Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania

Bachelors in Biological Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas > Graduate Assistant at University of Nevada Las Vegas
Bachelors in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, UCSC > Graduate Student Researcher at UCLA
Bachelors in Biochemistry, Oklahoma State University > Graduate Student at University of California - Berkeley
BS Chemistry & BS Biology, New Jersey Institute of Technology > Chemistry PhD student at Rutgers University - Newark
Bachelors in Biology, University of Maryland > Graduate Student at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Bachelors in Biological Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino > Doctoral Student at The University of Texas at El Paso
Bachelors in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University > PhD Candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelors in Biology, California State University, Fullerton > Teaching Assistant at California State University, Fresno
Bachelors in Biological Systems Engineering & Environmental Science, Iowa State University > Graduate Research Assistant at Iowa State University
Bachelors in Neuroscience, University of Iowa > Graduate Research Assistant at University of California, Irvine
Bachelors in Biology, Tennessee State University > Physician Assistant Student at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelors in Biology, Nebraska Wesleyan University > Medical Student at Loma Linda University
Bachelors in Biology, Rutgers University, Newark > Research Assistant in the Soto Lab of Bat Biology
Bachelors in Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University > Graduate Research Assistant at UNC - Chapel Hill
Bachelors in Biology, Kentucky State University > Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Kentucky
Bachelors in Biology, Rutgers University > Pharmacy Student at the University of St. Joseph
Bachelors in Biology, Rutgers University Newark > PhD Student in Microbial Biology at Rutgers University New Brunswick
Bachelors in Cell and Molecular Biology, Ana G Mendez University at Cupey > BCMB Graduate Student at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Bachelors in Biological Sciences, University of Maryland - Baltimore County > Master's student in Biological Sciences and Graduate Assistant to the UMBC LSAMP Program at University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Bachelors in Biological Sciences, Indiana University > Dental Student at the Howard University College of Dentistry
BS Biology, University of Kentucky > Physician Assistant Student at the University of Kentucky
Bachelors in Biology, The Ohio State University > MPH Student at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelors in Microbiology, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao > PhD Student at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
Bachelors in Biology, Truman State University > Research Assistant at Truman State University
Bachelors in Biology, Governors State University > Graduate Student at the University of Kentucky
Bachelors in Biology-Wildlife Management, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao > PhD Candidate in Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Rhode Island
Bachelors in Zoology, Washington State University > PhD Student at the University of Kentucky
Bachelors in Integrative Biology, Universidad de Puerto Rico - Río Piedras > Master's in Environmental Sciences Student at Universidad de Puerto Rico - Río Piedras
Bachelors in Biology, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico > PhD Student at the University of Nebraska
Bachelors in Integrative Biology, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras > PhD Student in Pathobiology at Brown University
Bachelors in Biology, Grinnell College > Graduate Research Assistant at the Medical College of Wisconsin
Bachelors in Biology & Journalism, Iowa State University > Masters in Global Public Health Student at Georgetown University
Bachelors in Biochemistry, University of Iowa > Graduate Student at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Department of Biology
BS Biochemistry, Doane University > PhD in Chemistry Student at Teaching Assistant at the University of Iowa
BS Biology, Nebraska Wesleyan University > Anatomy and Neurobiology Master's Student at Boston University School of Medicine
Bachelors in Biochemistry, Augustana College > PhD Candidate in Genetic Epidemiolo at the University of Chicago, Connect with Lizeth Tamayo
Bachelors in Biology, Upper Iowa University > PhD Candidate at the University of Iowa

Bachelors in Biology, San Diego State University > Fellow at Ocean Discovery Institute/Americorps Fellowship
Bachelors in Biochemistry, Oklahoma State University > Neurobiology Research Fellow at Harvard University
Bachelors in Biology, Oklahoma State University > Post-Doctoral Fellow at Auburn University, Connect with Ana Chicas-Mosier
Bachelors in Molecular Cellular Biology, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras > iCURE Scholar Fellow at the National Institute of Health
Bachelors in Biochemistry, Iowa State University > Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health

Bachelors in Biochemistry, Syracuse University > Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School
Bachelors in Biology, Oklahoma State University > Post-Doctoral Fellow at Auburn University, Connect with Ana Chicas-Mosier
Bachelors in Biochemistry, Iowa State University > Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health

BA Biology, Elmhurst University > Program Manager for PUMA-STEM LSAMP
Bachelors in Biological Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas > LSAMP Graduate Student Mentor
Bachelors in Environmental Engineering & Biological Sciences, University of Buffalo > Environmental Engineer
Bachelors in Biology, University of Portland > Adjunct Professor at Portland State University
Bachelor of Life Sciences, Upper Iowa > Lab Tech at WuXi AppTech
Bachelors in Biology, The Ohio State University > Virtual Mentor at Columbus State Community College
Bachelors in Biology, Jackson State University > Assistant Director at the University of Florida
Bachelors in Biological Sciences, Rutgers University Newark > Sr Program Coordinator/NJ-STEP Counselor at Rutgers University
Bachelors in Biology, University of Northern Iowa > Quality and Regulatory Auditor at Trimedx
Bachelors in Cognitive Brain Science, Tufts University > Drug Development Pipeline Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Tufts Graduate School of Engineering (M.S.)
Bachelors in Neurobiology & Chemistry, University of Washington > Director of Education, Outreach, and Diversity at the Center for Genetically Encoded Materials, UC Berkeley
BS in Biology, University of Puerto Rico - Bayamón > Employed as a Biologist
Bachelors in Genetics & Nutritional Science, Iowa State University > Research Specialist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
BS in Genetics, Iowa State University > Professor at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
Bachelors in Biology, Grinnell College > Operations Specialist at Abbott
BS Biology, Iowa State University > Laboratory Technician at Bayer
Bachelors in Behavioral Neuroscience, College Of DuPage > Vice President at the Society Women Engineers/ Promotion of Underrepresented Minorities in Academic STEM

BA Biology, Elmhurst University > Program Manager for PUMA-STEM LSAMP
Bachelors in Biological Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas > Graduate Assistant at University of Nevada Las Vegas
Bachelors in Biological Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas > LSAMP Graduate Student Mentor
Bachelors in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, UCSC > Graduate Student Researcher at UCLA
Bachelors in Environmental Engineering & Biological Sciences, University of Buffalo > Environmental Engineer
Bachelors in Biochemistry, Oklahoma State University > Graduate Student at University of California - Berkeley
BS Chemistry & BS Biology, New Jersey Institute of Technology > Chemistry PhD student at Rutgers University - Newark
Bachelors in Biology, University of Maryland > Graduate Student at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Bachelors in Biology, University of Portland > Adjunct Professor at Portland State University
Bachelors in Biology, San Diego State University > Fellow at Ocean Discovery Institute/Americorps Fellowship
Bachelors in Biological Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino > Doctoral Student at The University of Texas at El Paso
Bachelors in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University > PhD Candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelors in Biology, California State University, Fullerton > Teaching Assistant at California State University, Fresno
Bachelors in Biological Systems Engineering & Environmental Science, Iowa State University > Graduate Research Assistant at Iowa State University
Bachelors in Biochemistry, Syracuse University > Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School
Bachelor of Life Sciences, Upper Iowa > Lab Tech at WuXi AppTech
Bachelors in Neuroscience, University of Iowa > Graduate Research Assistant at University of California, Irvine
Bachelors in Biology, Tennessee State University > Physician Assistant Student at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelors in Biology, Nebraska Wesleyan University > Medical Student at Loma Linda University
Bachelors in Biology, The Ohio State University > Virtual Mentor at Columbus State Community College
Bachelors in Biology, Rutgers University, Newark > Research Assistant in the Soto Lab of Bat Biology
Bachelors in Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University > Graduate Research Assistant at UNC - Chapel Hill
Bachelors in Biology, Jackson State University > Assistant Director at the University of Florida
Bachelors in Biology, Kentucky State University > Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Kentucky
Bachelors in Biological Sciences, Rutgers University Newark > Sr Program Coordinator/NJ-STEP Counselor at Rutgers University
Bachelors in Biology, Rutgers University > Pharmacy Student at the University of St. Joseph
Bachelors in Biology, Rutgers University Newark > PhD Student in Microbial Biology at Rutgers University New Brunswick
Bachelors in Biology, University of Northern Iowa > Quality and Regulatory Auditor at Trimedx
Bachelors in Cell and Molecular Biology, Ana G Mendez University at Cupey > BCMB Graduate Student at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Bachelors in Biochemistry, Oklahoma State University > Neurobiology Research Fellow at Harvard University
Bachelors in Biology, Oklahoma State University > Post-Doctoral Fellow at Auburn University, Connect with Ana Chicas-Mosier
Bachelors in Biological Sciences, University of Maryland - Baltimore County > Master's student in Biological Sciences and Graduate Assistant to the UMBC LSAMP Program at University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Bachelors in Biological Sciences, Indiana University > Dental Student at the Howard University College of Dentistry
BS Biology, University of Kentucky > Physician Assistant Student at the University of Kentucky
Bachelors in Biology, The Ohio State University > MPH Student at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelors in Cognitive Brain Science, Tufts University > Drug Development Pipeline Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Tufts Graduate School of Engineering (M.S.)
Bachelors in Microbiology, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao > PhD Student at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
Bachelors in Biology, Truman State University > Research Assistant at Truman State University
Bachelors in Biology, Governors State University > Graduate Student at the University of Kentucky
Bachelors in Biology-Wildlife Management, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao > PhD Candidate in Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Rhode Island
Bachelors in Neurobiology & Chemistry, University of Washington > Director of Education, Outreach, and Diversity at the Center for Genetically Encoded Materials, UC Berkeley
Bachelors in Zoology, Washington State University > PhD Student at the University of Kentucky
Bachelors in Biomedical Sciences & Secondary Education, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico > NIH PREP Scholar at The University of Chicago
Bachelors in Molecular Cellular Biology, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras > iCURE Scholar Fellow at the National Institute of Health
Bachelors in Integrative Biology, Universidad de Puerto Rico - Río Piedras > Master's in Environmental Sciences Student at Universidad de Puerto Rico - Río Piedras
Bachelors in Biology, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico > PhD Student at the University of Nebraska
BS in Biology, University of Puerto Rico - Bayamón > Employed as a Biologist
Bachelors in Integrative Biology, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras > PhD Student in Pathobiology at Brown University
B.Sc. in Microbiology, University of Puerto Rico - Arecibo > NIH PREP Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania
Bachelors in Biology, Grinnell College > Graduate Research Assistant at the Medical College of Wisconsin
Bachelors in Genetics & Nutritional Science, Iowa State University > Research Specialist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Bachelors in Biology & Journalism, Iowa State University > Masters in Global Public Health Student at Georgetown University
Bachelors in Biochemistry, Iowa State University > Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health
BS in Genetics, Iowa State University > Professor at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
Bachelors in Biochemistry, University of Iowa > Graduate Student at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Department of Biology
Bachelors in Biology, Grinnell College > Operations Specialist at Abbott
BS Biochemistry, Doane University > PhD in Chemistry Student at Teaching Assistant at the University of Iowa
BS Biology, Iowa State University > Laboratory Technician at Bayer
BS Biology, Nebraska Wesleyan University > Anatomy and Neurobiology Master's Student at Boston University School of Medicine
Bachelors in Biochemistry, Augustana College > PhD Candidate in Genetic Epidemiolo at the University of Chicago, Connect with Lizeth Tamayo
Bachelors in Biology, Upper Iowa University > PhD Candidate at the University of Iowa
Bachelors in Behavioral Neuroscience, College Of DuPage > Vice President at the Society Women Engineers/ Promotion of Underrepresented Minorities in Academic STEM

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