Contact & Organizers

Life Sciences Career Day (LSCD) is organized by the LSCD Committee, which consists of academic staff, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students in the life and biological sciences at UW–Madison. Email questions about LSCD to lifesciencescareerday@mailplus.wisc.edu.

Salma Abou Elhassan

Credentials: PhD Student, Integrated Program in Biochemistry

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: abouelhassan@wisc.edu

Azka Ahmed

Credentials: Graduate Student, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program / Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Pronouns: she/her

Email: aahmed44@wisc.edu

Shukria Akbar

Credentials: Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Pharmacy

Pronouns: she/her

Email: sakbar3@wisc.edu

William Beimers

Credentials: PhD Student, Integrated Program in Biochemistry

Pronouns: he/him

Email: beimers@wisc.edu

Sarah Bierke

Credentials: Graduate Program Manager, MS in Bacteriology Program

Pronouns: she/her

Email: weber2@wisc.edu

Jennifer Heinritz

Credentials: Graduate Student, MS in Bacteriology Program

Pronouns: she/her

Email: jheinritz@wisc.edu

Gracie Krahn

Credentials: MS Student, Life Sciences Communication

Pronouns: she/her

Email: gjkrahn@wisc.edu

Joie Ling

Credentials: PhD Candidate, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program

Pronouns: she/her

Email: jling25@wisc.edu

Nischala Nadig

Credentials: Graduate Research Assistant, School of Pharmacy / Microbiology Doctoral Training Program

Pronouns: she/her

Email: nnadig@wisc.edu

Holly Nichols

Credentials: PhD Student, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program

Pronouns: she/her

Email: hlnichols@wisc.edu

Thomas Nipper

Credentials: Graduate Research Assistant, Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Pronouns: he/him/his

Email: nipper@wisc.edu

Michelle Rondon, PhD

Credentials: Teaching Faculty, Bacteriology

Pronouns: she/her

Email: mrrondon@wisc.edu

Catherine Steffel, PhD

Credentials: Communications Manager, Biochemistry

Pronouns: she/her

Email: csteffel@wisc.edu

Terra Theim, PhD

Credentials: Graduate Program Manager, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program

Pronouns: she/her

Email: coordinator@microbiology.wisc.edu

Zoe Walts

Credentials: Graduate Project Assistant, Population Health Sciences

Pronouns: they/them, she/her

Email: zwalts@wisc.edu

Erica Wunderlich Majumder, PhD

Credentials: Assistant Professor, Bacteriology

Pronouns: she/her

Email: emajumder@wisc.edu