Recent biology department graduates
Wondering what Calvin biology department students do once they receive their degrees? They go on to pursue all sorts of paths, from zoology and urban development to medicine and law.
Linda Van Andel '09 is working for JFNew, in Grand Haven, MI, a company that provides a broad range of ecological consulting and ecosystem restoration services. Linda is doing environmental remediation and mitigation work.
Chris Wenstrom '06 is a graduate student at Univeristy of Nebraska Medical Center and Contributing Editor at Society for Industrial Microbiology. Before going back to graduate school Chris was a process development scientist at Emergent BioSolutions in Lansing, MI. After getting his biology drgree from Calvin, Chris went to Michigan State University for his masters degree.
Ryan Bebej '05 is doing his PhD work at the University of Michigan Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology where he also works as the museum assistant for the Museum of Paleontology at U of M. His research interests are evolution of cetaceans, aquatic locomotion and evolution of swimming mode, and evolutionary transitions between aquatic and terrestrial environments. His fossil whale research with Dr. Philip Gingerich in Egypt, was recently sited in a National Geographic article.
Brandon van Noord, MD '01 After graduating from Calvin in 2001 Brandon went to medical school at the University of Southern California. Brandon returned from a deployment as a flight surgeon on the USS Bonhomme Richard in the Persian Gulf in April 2010. He completed his military service in June and is now beginning his Residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Southern California (USC).
Jamie Paauw, MD '01 is an ophthalmologist who recently completed a glaucoma fellowship at the University of Miami Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute. Jamie went to the University of Michigan Medical School and now has a practice in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
Tim Sulahian '96 earned a Ph.D. in physiology from Dartmouth Medical School. He then completed post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard and is now working at a major biotech firm, Cell Signaling Technology.
Marvin Heyboer '95 practices hyperbaric medicine & undersea medicine and emergency medicine in Syracuse, New York. He completed medical school in 2000 at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. His residency at Michigan State University was in emergency medicine. He then did a post-doctoral
fellowship at University of Pennsylvania Health System in undersea and hyperbaric medicine.
2010 Graduates
Take a look at these 2010 biology, biotechnology and environmental science majors:
Betsy Breuker '10 (biology) Medical school at Michigan State College of Human Medicine, or Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine.
Benjamin Briddell '10 (biology) Accepted to grad school and will attend either University of Illinois Springfield or Southern University Edwardsville.
Kelsey Bushhouse '10 (biology) Attend Veterinary School in the Fall at University of Wisconsin Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.
Peter Dornbos '10 (biology) Grad School at University of Michigan to pursue a degree in environmental wildlife toxicology.
Amanda Hoffmeyer '10 (biology) Work at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida for 6 months as their Habitat Restoration Intern.
Jared Langerak '10 (biology) Attend Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine to pursue MD degree.
Michelle (Medema) Eisen '10 (biology) Pursue an MS in Environmental Health Science at either University of Michigan or University of Washington.
Jessica Miller '10 (biology) Work for the Creation Care Study Program in New Zealand and later attend graduate school.
Dan Mlnarik '10 (biology) Attend optometry school at Illinois College of Optometry.
Jared Moberg '10 (biology) Attend dental school at University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry.
Emily Resseguie '10 (biology) Attend graduate school for toxicology at University of Rochester Medical Center.
Rachel Strikwerda '10 (biology) Attend Grand Valley State University for physical therapy.
Jane Louwsma '10 (environmental science) Attend graduate school at University of Minnesota.
Jonathan den Haan '10 (environmental science) Do an internship with SCA in Washington state and pursue jobs and further education in the pacific northwest and British Columbia.
Kristen Farrell '10 (biotechnology) Attend graduate school at Colorado State for cell and molecular biology.
