Society of Self Fellows Summer 2021 Newsletter

SOCIETY OF SELF FELLOWS Personal Updates Diana Acevedo, Ph.D. (2017-2021) successfully defended her disserta�on and graduated with a Ph.D. in Pathology on May 2021. She accepted a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the Department of Developmental Neurobiology and her research focus will be treatments for neuroblastoma in pediatric pa�ents. She and her family moved to Memphis, TN for the posi�on and are expec�ng a baby girl in October.

Amy Blackmarr, Ph.D. (1996-2000) is in semi-re�rement from professional nature wri�ng. Blackmarr has become an advocate gardener, specifically promo�ng the use of na�ve plants in both public and private spaces. Among her current projects is the design, installa�on, and maintenance of the first na�ve gardens in the South Georgia downtown area near where she lives, and for the past year she has been redesigning the landscape at an apartment complex to replace its original exo�cs with plants and trees of the Coastal Plains region. She is a member and volunteer of the Georgia Na�ve Plant Society and has wri�en for its newsle�er. She is on course to be cer�fied by the local University of Georgia extension as a master gardener this fall.

Alyssa (Rollando) Burke, Ph.D. (2014-2018) moved to Evanston, IL this summer with her husband and dog, Jack. She will con�nue working remotely for Stryker as a Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist. In her free �me, she is an ac�ve member of Women In Bio's Board of Directors.

Adam Duerfeldt, Ph.D. (2006-2010) moved from the University of Oklahoma to the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minneapolis as an Associate Professor.

Camille Delavaux, Ph.D. (2017-2021) and husband Dan moved to Zurich Switzerland as she started a post doctoral posi�on at ETH Zurich in the Crowther lab.

Max Fairlamb (2017-2021) just published a paper describing the construc�on of the TIRF microscope he built at KUMC. h�ps://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/7/571 Danny Griffin, Ph.D. (2016-2020) started a posi�on at BioGenerator Labs in St. Louis, MO. BioGenerator serves three func�ons in the St. Louis region including investor, incubator, and accelerator for startups in the life sciences. His func�on deals with the “accelerator” por�on of that mission. His role entails coaching founders (usually academics) through the Fundamentals program, that equips them with the knowledge, resources, and connec�ons to translate science from the lab bench to bedside. He also manages the grants winning program, Grants-2-Business, that helps startups win nondilu�ve SBIR/STTR awards. G2B currently runs at a success rate that exceeds the na�onal average by roughly 3-fold. As a personal update, he got married to Sari on June 4, 2021.

Bri�any Hartwell, Ph.D. (2011-2015) is wrapping up her postdoc at MIT this summer and will be star�ng as a Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota this fall. She is expec�ng second baby girl this fall.

Stephanie Krogmeier, Ph.D. (1999-2003) was featured in the Boston Globe. h�p://sponsored.bostonglobe. /vertex com /three-women-drug-discovery-trailblazers/