Class Notes

CLASS NOTES

James Guare (BA ’77, MA ’83, Chem) has joined the CST Alumni Board, starting his second stint as a member of the organization that seeks to build a stronger connection between the college and its graduates.

Steven Szczepanski (BA ’80, PhD ’85, Chem) has been elected president of the CST Alumni Board and is chair of the Board’s Owl to Owl Mentor Committee.

Antoinette Campbell (BS ’00, Chem), a chemist with the Philadelphia Police Department Office of Forensic Science, founded and runs the nonprofit Association of Women in Forensic Science and Club Philly Forensics, a series of hands-on workshops for kids.

Predrag Radivojac (PhD ’04, CIS), a professor in the department of computer science at Indiana University, is leading a team of researchers working on cures for multiple myeloma, a form of cancer, and several other diseases.

Sarah DeVaul Princiotta (BS ’10, PhD ’16, Bio) is a postdoctoral research associate with Murray State University’s Hancock Biological Station in Kentucky.

Jae Hwang (BS ’15, Bio) is a production supervisor at Rockland Immunochemicals, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based company specializing in antibodies and antibody-based tools for basic research and assay development.

Luca Pallucchini (MS ’15, Math) participated in an actuarial internship at Swiss Re, the world’s largest reinsurer, in its New York State office.

Kim Reuter (PhD ’15, Bio) is senior technical director of Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa at Conservation International, one of the world’s foremost environmental organizations.

Danielle M. (Young) DeLeo (PhD ’16, Bio) is a postdoctoral fellow at Florida International University researching the evolution of bioluminescence in deep-sea crustaceans.

Janne Pfeiffenberger (PhD ’17, Bio) is a postdoctoral fellow at Tufts University researching fish propulsion and movement.

Craig Stanley, Jr. (PhD ’17, Bio) is a data scientist for Elsevier, a global health-care solutions, information and analytics company.

Alexander Cagle (BS ’18, EES), who conducted undergraduate research investigating the potential impacts of large-scale solar energy development on soil and hydrological processes through field experiments at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s solar test site and data analysis, has begun a master’s program at the University of California-Davis.

Allison Cutri (BS ’18, Chem) is now at the University of Notre Dame’s analytical chemistry PhD program.

Alexandra Jones (BA ’18, Math) will continue research on coastal phytoplankton response to rising sea temperatures with Rob Kulathinal, assistant professor of biology at Temple, before pursuing a graduate degree in oceanography or planetary science.

Marquis Maynard (BS ’18, Bio) is attending medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. As a participant in CST’s Undergraduate Research Program, Maynard worked on cold-adapted photolyase, an enzyme that is very cold sensitive, where he learned “pressing on after…failures” is what leads to great discoveries.

Aaron McLeod (BS ’18, Chem) is enrolled in the physical chemistry PhD program at the University of California-San Diego.

Victoria Rivera-Banuchi (MS ’18, EES), who presented at the 2018 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, and won an LPI Career Development Award to support her conference travel, will begin her PhD studies at Stony Brook University this fall.

Ian Schwartz (BS ’18, Phys) attended a prestigious summer-long, NSF-funded optics-based research experience in Singapore at Nanyang Technological University.

Taylor Spoon (BS ’18, Bio) was recently elected to the board of the Temple University Young Alumni Association, which aims to enrich the lives of alumni by fostering a lifelong relationship with Temple.

Keep CST up to date! Email CSTalum@temple.edu to share your recent news and accomplishments.

2018–2019 CST ALUMNI BOARD MEMBERS

Margherita Abe (BA ’66, Chem) Sina Adibi (BA ’84, CIS; FOX ’86) Olivia Calabro, Class of 2017 Terry Dougherty (BA ’74, Chem; FOX ’86) Jennifer Gresh (BS ’98, EES) James Guare (BA ’77, MA ’83, Chem) Eileen Helzner (BS ’68, Bio; MED ’72) Sandra Ilunga (BA ’08, Bio) Christine Kane (BA ’09, Bio)

Pallavi Kotturu (BS ’17, CIS) Justin Malone (BS ’05, Bio) Christian Obasi (MS ’08, EES) Shirley Shpungin (BS ’13, PSM ’14, Bio) Franklin Strong (BA ’70, Bio) Joni Stutman (BA ’82, CIS) Steven Szczepanski (BA ’80, PhD ’85 Chem) John Tierney (PhD ’81, Chem)

IN MEMORIAM

Matthew E. Johnson (BA ’41, Chem) Virginia L Yonan (BA ’46, Bio; EDU ’61) Peter Hagis Jr. (EDU ’50; MA ’52, Math) Harold Yaffa (BA ’57, MA ’59, Bio) Donald J. Frost (BA ’61, Chem) Marilyn Weiss Gordon (BA ’63, Sci; EDU ’64) Fred S. Paul (BA ’64, Math)

Jacqueline Waldman Patterson (BA ’65, Phys) Thomas C. Tweedie Jr. (PhD ’65, Phys) Ying l Yao (MA ’66, Phys) Robert J. Porte (BA ’73, Sci; MED ’78) Kevin F. Kline (MA ’02, Bio; POD ’06) Sarah E. Lyter (BA ’14, EES)

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