Postdocs at MET

The MET Postdoctoral Program

General Information

The Molecular & Environmental Toxicology Program primarily and financially supports postdoctoral fellows through allocated slots on its T32 Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Grant. Since 1975, over 100 postdocs have received support through this mechanism. In any given year, there are three postdocs appointed to the grant.

If you are an upcoming doctoral graduate looking for a trainee experience, please check to see the MET T32 Trainers Website. If you are postdoc already affiliated with UW-Madison, but don’t feel like you have a sense of “home” or “belonging” beyond your lab, and your mentor is an MET affiliate, we would be happy to include you in our seminars and activities.

Extramural Funding Successes

Postdoctoral fellows supported by this grant have had success in obtaining fellowship awards, including F32 (Postdoctoral) fellowships and K01 (Career Transition) grants.

Examples include:

NIH F32 Fellowships
NIH K01
American Heart Association
PhRMA Fellowship
Department of Defense
US Department of Agriculture

Current Postdoctoral Fellows

Breanne Steffan

Email: bsteffan@wisc.edu

Address:
Advisor/Lab: Nancy Keller

Emanuel Vazquez-Rivera

Email: vazquezriver@wisc.edu

Address:
Advisor/Lab: Chris Bradfield

Career Information

While it could seem that postdoctoral training in Molecular & Environmental Toxicology would best prepare one for success in faculty positions, our trainees have experienced success in a variety of areas. Broken down by percentages,

15% – Academic Researchers (Postdocs (including with T32), scientists, lab techs)
23% – Faculty / Instructors
16% – Industry settings
5% – Government positions (local, state, national, international)
42% – Other

Alumni Listings

By Last Name

This listing is by LAST NAME, First Name (Advisor, Appointment)

ADAMOVICS, John (Hsia, 1978-1979)
ANDEREGG, Barbara (Lichtenstein, 1979-1980)
ASSEFA, Mulugeta (Smalley, 1984-1987)
BAKER, Tracie (Heideman, 2009-2011)
BEEMAN, Richard (Matsumura, 1977)
BELLO, Susan (Peterson, 2000-2002)
BELLUCK, David (Lichtenstein, 1983-1984)
BHATTACHARYYA, Manju (Rezinkoff, 1988-1989)
BLEAVINS, Michael (Hinsdill, 1983-1985)
BOEHM, Frederick (Gould, 2012-2014)
BOOTS, Sharon (Evenson, 1981-1982)
BRANAM, Amanda (Peterson, 2010-2012)
BRODHAGEN, Marion (Keller, 2004-2006)
BURR, Donald (Sugiyama, 1983-1984)
BURTON, Neal (J. Johnson, 2008-2010)
CAVNAR, Peter (Huttenlocher, 2008-2010)
CHRISTOU, Maro (Jefcoate, 1984-1986)
CICILIANO, Jordan (Beebe, 2017-2019)
COTRONEO, Michelle (Gould, 2002-2004)
CURRAN, Colleen (Keely, 2013-2014)
DANCER, William (Harkin, 1975-1977)
DROTT, Milton (Keller, 2018-2019)
DZANTOR, Emmanuel (Harkin, 1982-1984)
ELTOM, Sakina (Jefcoate, 1994-1996)
ENDERS, George (Duncan, 1975-1977)
FOSTER, Stephen (Ganther, 1981-1984)
FRANKS, Patricia (Bowman, 1984-1986)
FREED, Robert (Bergdoll, 1980-1982)
FREISINGER, Christina (Huttenlocher, 2010-2011)
FRITZ, Wayne (Peterson, 2002-2003)
GARVEY, Graeme (Keller, 2008-2010)
GIGER, Olarae (Pariza, 1977-1979)
GLAUERT, Howard (Pitot, 1982-1985)
HAHN, Younghee (Allen, 1979)
HARDING, Gherry (Kanarek, 1980-1981)
HIGLEY, Nancy (Schantz, 1978-1980)
HSU, Erin (Bradfield, 2007-2008)
JAKUBAS, Walter (Karasov, 1990-1992)
JAMES, Taryn (Xu, 2011-2013)
JAYARAJ, Andrew (Porter, 1981-1983)
JEONG, Clara (Ricke, 2015-2016)
JERDE, Travis (Bushman, 2009-2010)
KENDRICK, Edward (Rankin, 1978-1979)
KERN, Jonathan (J. Johnson, 2003-2004)
KERN, Julie (J. Johnson, 2004)
KING, James (Goldfarb, 1981-1982)
KING-HEIDEN, Tisha (Peterson, 2006-2008)
KNIERIEM, Karen (Meisner, 1975-1977)
KOUPAL, Lawrence (Deibel, 1976-1978)
KURTZ, Robin (Schultz, 1988-1990)
KUTZ, Stephen (Hinsdill, 1977-1979)
LA PRES, John (Bradfield, 1997-1998)
LAMARRE, Neil (Bjorling, 2015-2017)
LARSEN, Michele (Jefcoate, 1991-1992)
LAUGHLIN, Nellie (Bowman, 1971-1981)
LIGHT, William (Magnuson, 1980-1982)
LIN, Francis (Allen, 1978)
LUCK, Michael (Paulnock, 1994-1995)
LUTZ, Linda (Albrecht, 1988-1990)
LYONS, David (Taylor, 1980-1982)
MARCUS, Craig (Jefcoate, 1983-1984)
MASTROCOLA, Adam (Tibbetts, 2011-2013)
MATTARELLA< Nina (Pariza, 1981-1984)
McDONEL, James (Duncan, 1975-1976)
McDOUGAL, Patrick (Norback, 1982-1983)
McMILLAN, Susanne (Bradfield, 2004-2006)
MELE, Paul (Bowman, 1979-1981)
MILLS, Daniel (Sugiyama, 1977-1978)
MOORE, Robert (Peterson, 1979-1980)
MORAN, Julie (Mulcahy, 1999-2000)
MORRISEY, Jerry (Delfino, 1976-1977)
NGUYEN, Eric (Sheibani, 2016-2018)
NIP, Wai-Kit (Chu, 1975-1976)
OLSON, Leon (Hinsdill, 1979-1982)
O’NEILL, Eileen (Harkin, 1983-1984)
PALMGREN, Muriel (Smalley, 1977-1979)
PESTKA, James (Chu, 1979-1982)
PIERSON, Keith (Evenson, 1982-1985)
PLUM, Lori (Clagett-Dame, 1999-2000)
POLOKOFF, Robin (Suttie, 1979-1980)
PONIK, Suzanne (Keely, 2008-2009)
POTTER, Carl (Peterson, 1982-1984)
POUNDS, Joel (Allen, 1975-1977)
POWELL, Davalyn (Huttenlocher, 2014-2015)
REDDY, Gunda (Norback, 1981-1982)
RONDELLI, Catherine (Cat) (Jefcoate, 2014-2016)
ROSE-HELLEKANT, Rose (Sandgren, 1997-1998)
ROSOWSKI, Emily (Huttenlocher, 2013-2014)
SAROYA, Shahanara (Peterson, 1991-1992)
SAUTER, Steven (Rankin, 1977-1978)
SCHOEN, Heidi (Keller, 2017-2018)
SCHRANKEL, Kenneth (Hsia, 1979-1981)
SCHWARTZ, Patrick (Ronnekliev-Kelly, 2019-)
SEIDL, Jean (Cliver, 1977-1978)
SEIDMAN, Lisa (Gould, 1985-1987)
SHEPEL, Lauri (Gould, 1991-1992)
SHIH, Chao-Yun (Chu, 1976-1977)
SLOAN, Harry (Miletic, 1989-1990)
SMITH, Thomas (Rankin, 1979)
SPINDLER, Mary (Porter, 1984-1985)
STEFFAN, Breanna (Keller, 2019-)
STELMA, Gerard (Bergdoll, 1977-1978)
SU, Shelley (Jefcoate, 1998)
SWORD, John (Pariza, 1988-1990)
TANGUAY, Robin (Peterson, 1996-1997)
THEBERGE, Ashleigh (Ricke, 2013-2014)
THISSEN-PARRA, Julie (Tracy, 1990)
THOMPSON, Nancy (Sugiyama, 1979-1980)
VAZQUEZ-RIVERA, Emmanuel (Bradfield, 2019-)
WECKBACK, Lara (Marth, 1975-1977)
WHITE, Lori (Allen-Hoffmann, 1996-1997)
WILEY, John (Meisner, 1982-1984)
YANG, Kyu-Hwan (Peterson, 1977-1978)

By Advisor / Lab

ALBRECHT, Ralph

LUTZ, Linda (1988-1990)

ALLEN, James

HAHN, Younghee (1979)
LIN, Francis (1978)
POUNDS, Joel (1975-1977)

ALLEN-HOFFMANN, B. Lynn

WHITE, Lori (1996-1997)

BEEBE, David

CICILIANO, Jordan (2017-2019)

BERGDOLL, Merlin

FREED, Robert (1980-1982)
STELMA, Gerard (1977-1978)

BJORLING, Dale

LAMARRE, Neil (2015-2017)

BOWMAN, Robert

FRANKS, Patricia (1984-1986)
LAUGHLIN, Nellie (1971-1981)
MELE, Paul (1979-1981)

BRADFIELD, Christopher

HSU, Erin (2007-2008)
LA PRES, John (1997-1998)
McMILLAN, Susanne (2004-2006)
VAZQUEZ-RIVERA, Emmanuel (2019-)

BUSHMAN, Wade

JERDE, Travis (2009-2010)

CHU, Fun Sun

NIP, Wai-Kit (1975-1976)
PESTKA, James (1979-1982)
SHIH, Chao-Yun (1976-1977)

CLAGETT-DAME, Margaret

PLUM, Lori (1999-2000)

CLIVER, Dean

SEIDL, Jean (1977-1978)

DEIBEL, Robert

KOUPAL, Lawrence (1976-1978)

DELFINO, Joseph

MORRISEY, Jerry (1976-1977)

DUNCAN, Charles

ENDERS, George (1975-1977)
McDONEL, James (1975-1976)

EVENSON, Merle

BOOTS, Sharon (1981-1982)
PIERSON, Keith (1982-1985)

GANTHER, Howard

FOSTER, Stephen (1981-1984)

GOLDFARB, Stanley

KING, James (1981-1982)

GOULD, Michael

BOEHM, Frederick (2012-2014)
COTRONEO, Michelle (2002-2004)
SEIDMAN, Lisa (1985-1987)
SHEPEL, Lauri (1991-1992)

HARKIN, John

DANCER, William (1975-1977)
DZANTOR, Emmanuel (1982-1984)
O’NEILL, Eileen (1983-1984)

HEIDEMAN, Warren

BAKER, Tracie (2009-2011)

HINSDILL, Ronald

BLEAVINS, Michael (1983-1985)
KUTZ, Stephen (1977-1979)
OLSON, Leon (1979-1982)

HSIA, M.T. Stephen

ADAMOVICS, John (1978-1979)
SCHRANKEL, Kenneth (1979-1981)

HUTTENLOCHER, Anna

CAVNAR, Peter (2008-2010)
FREISINGER, Christina (2010-2011)
POWELL, Davalyn (2014-2015)
ROSOWSKI, Emily (2013-2014)

JEFCOATE, Colin

CHRISTOU, Maro (1984-1986)
ELTOM, Sakina (1994-1996)
LARSEN, Michele (1991-1992)
MARCUS, Craig (1983-1984)
RONDELLI, Catherine (Cat) (2014-2016)
SU, Shelley (1998)

JOHNSON, Jeffrey

BURTON, Neal (2008-2010)
KERN, Jonathan (2003-2004)
KERN, Julie (2004)

KANAREK, Marty

HARDING, Gherry (1980-1981)

KARASOV, William

JAKUBAS, Walter (1990-1992)

KEELY, Patricia

CURRAN, Colleen (2013-2014)
PONIK, Suzanne (2008-2009)

KELLER, Nancy

BRODHAGEN, Marion (2004-2006)
DROTT, Milton (2018-2019)
GARVEY, Graeme (2008-2010)
SCHOEN, Heidi (2017-2018)
STEFFAN, Breanna (2019-)

LICHTENSTEIN, Paul

ANDEREGG, Barbara (1979-1980)
BELLUCK, David (1983-1984)

MAGNUSON, John

LIGHT, William (1980-1982)

MARTH, Elmer

WECKBACK, Lara (1975-1977)

MATSUMARA, Fumio

BEEMAN, Richard (1977)

MEISNER, Lorraine

KNIERIEM, Karen (1975-1977)
WILEY, John (1982-1984)

MILETIC, Vjekoslav

SLOAN, Harry (1989-1990)

MULCAHY, R. Timothy

MORAN, Julie (1999-2000)

NORBACK, Diane

McDOUGAL, Patrick (1982-1983)
REDDY, Gunda (1981-1982)

PARIZA, Michael

GIGER, Olarae (1977-1979)
MATTARELLA< Nina (1981-1984)
SWORD, John (1988-1990)

PAULNOCK, Donna

LUCK, Michael (1994-1995)

PETERSON, Richard

BELLO, Susan (2000-2002)
BRANAM, Amanda (2010-2012)
FRITZ, Wayne (2002-2003)
KING-HEIDEN, Tisha (2006-2008)
MOORE, Robert (1979-1980)
POTTER, Carl (1982-1984)
SAROYA, Shahanara (1991-1992)
TANGUAY, Robin (1996-1997)
YANG, Kyu-Hwan (1977-1978)

PITOT, Henry

GLAUERT, Howard (1982-1985)

PORTER, William

JAYARAJ, Andrew (1981-1983)
SPINDLER, Mary (1984-1985)

RANKIN, John

KENDRICK, Edward (1978-1979)
SAUTER, Steven (1977-1978)
SMITH, Thomas (1979)

REZINKOFF, Catherine

BHATTACHARYYA, Manju (1988-1989)

RICKE, William

JEONG, Clara (2015-2016)
THEBERGE, Ashleigh (2013-2014)

RONNEKLEIV-KELLY, Sean

SCHWARTZ, Patrick (2019-)

SANDGREN, Eric

ROSE-HELLEKANT, Rose (1997-1998)

SCHANTZ, Edward

HIGLEY, Nancy (1978-1980)

SCHULTZ, Ronald

KURTZ, Robin (1988-1990)

SHEIBANI, Nader

NGUYEN, Eric (2016-2018)

SMALLEY, Eugene

ASSEFA, Mulugeta (1984-1987)
PALMGREN, Muriel (1977-1979)

SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi

BURR, Donald (1983-1984)
MILLS, Daniel (1977-1978)
THOMPSON, Nancy (1979-1980)

SUTTIE, John

POLOKOFF, Robin (1979-1980)

TAYLOR, Stephen

LYONS, David (1980-1982)

TIBBETTS, Randal

MASTROCOLA, Adam (2011-2013)

TRACY, James

THISSEN-PARRA, Julie (1990)

XU, Wei

JAMES, Taryn (2011-2013)