Dan Pensinger, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Senior Research Scientist, Promega Corp. Previous positions: Researcher, Hyrckowian Lab, UW–Madison. Post-doctoral Researcher, Pagliarini Lab, Morgridge Institute for Research. Research Specialist, Sauer Lab, UW–Madison. Research Associate, Quintessence Biosciences. Current position description: My overall scientific career goal since my undergraduate degree has been to advance science to improve …
Beth Pfotenhauer, MS – Speaker Bio Current position: Senior Virologist, Milwaukee Health Department Lab Previous positions: Intern/Research Scientist Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene (WSLH), Microbiologist-Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostics Lab (WVDL), Senior Virologist: MHDL Current position description: I am a one Health Molecular Microbiologist and diagnostician. I have worked in environmental microbiology analyzing microbes in the “human” …
Kalina Rossler, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Medical Education Specialist, Exact Sciences Current position description: I went into my PhD training confident of three things: 1. I loved biomedical science; 2. I loved working with all kinds of people (scientists, physicians, the public); and 3. I did not love doing benchwork to do it …
Tricia Windgassen, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Senior Scientist, Amgen Previous positions: Scientist I-II, Codexis Biotechnology; Post-doc, Stanford University Current position description: From my training at UW, I’ve stayed in protein biochemisty and research, but transitioned to the West Coast (post-doc) and industry (last 6 years). I’m currently working in early drug discovery for …
Ali York, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Evaluation Specialist, Washington University in St. Louis Previous positions: Education Specialist- Washington University in St. Louis Current position description: As part of Institutional Effectiveness in the Office of the Provost at Washington University in St. Louis, I provide my expertise in the assessment of student learning and …
Nathaniel York, PhD – Instructor Current position: Instructor, Washington University in St. Louis Previous positions: Postdoctoral Scholar – Washington University in St. Louis, Graduate Research assistant UW–Madison Current position description: I am a non-tenure track faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis. After receiving my PhD I moved to Dr. Colin Nichols lab at …