Name

Progress

Fluency

Discipline

Research/Position

Race

Sex

Carolina Avendano

PhD - 4

Fluent

Chemistry

Inorganic:  Materials

Hispanic

F

Kendra Avery

PhD - 4

No

Chemistry

Bioinorganic: Materials

White

F

Jackie Besinaiz

PhD - 5

Fluent

Chemistry

Organic:  Mechanistic

Hispanic

F

Juan Cruz*

PhD - 6

Fluent

Chemistry

Physical:  Surface Chemistry

Hispanic

M

Erin Johnson^a

Complete

Partial

Chemistry

Connoco-Phillips

White

F

Karen McNeal^b

Complete

No

Geology

Asst. Prof. Miss. State

White

F

Karlos Moreno*^c

Complete

Fluent

Chemistry

Post-doctoral UT-Southwestern Medical Center

Hispanic

M

Ammon Pickett*^d

MS - 3

Fluent

Chemistry

Physical:  Materials properties

White

M

Yolanda Vasquez

PhD - 5

Fluent

Chemistry

Inorganic:  Nanomaterials

Hispanic

F

Vincent Venditto*

PhD - 3

No

Chemistry

Organic:  Materials synthesis

White

M

a) Upon completion of her Ph.D., Erin took a position as a Scientist with Connoco-Phillips.  Her experiences with GK-12 are starting to translate into community action in Oklahoma.
b)Upon completion of her Ph.D, Karen took a faculty position in Geosciences at Mississippi State University with a special research emphasis on education.  She is planning to submit a grant to the GK-12 program.
c)  Upon completing his Ph.D., Karlos has taken a post-doctoral appointment at the University of Texas in Dallas with a leading MRI research group.  He plans to pursue a tenure-track appointment at a regional university.
d)After participating in the GK-12 program last year I decided to focus on education in my future studies.  I have changed my status from PhD to MS and I will dive into a PhD program in Science Education after gaining a couple years of dedicated teaching experience.

COHORT TWO:  Academic Year 2007-8

Name

Progress

Fluency

Discipline

Research/Position

Race

Sex

Jeremy Andreatti

PhD - 3

No

Chemistry

Inorganic:  Materials

White

M

Kathryn Ramirez

PhD -1

Fluent

Forestry

Resource Management

White

F

Hannah Crampton

PhD - 4

Fluent

Chemistry

Organic:  Materials

White

F

Kristen Dooley

PhD – 3

Partial

Chemistry

Atmospheric Chemistry

White

F

Charles Greenwald

PhD - 5

Partial

Genetics

Genetics

Hispanic

M

Matt Hilfiger

PhD - 4

Partial

Chemistry

Inorganic:  Materials

White

M

Ryan Jones

PhD - 3

Partial

Chemistry

Physical:  Surface Chemistry

White

M

Carol Johnson

PhD - 3

Partial

Biology

Electron Microscopy

Afr. Am.

F

Bonny Millimaki

PhD - 5

No

Genetics

Developmental Biology

White

F

Meredith Mintzer

PhD - 3

No

Chemistry

Organic:  Materials

White

F

Houston Perry

PhD - 3

Partial

Chemistry

Inorganic: Materials

White

M

Veronica Pinnick

PhD - 4

Partial

Chemistry

Surface Analysis

White

F