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Biomedical Materials Science Alumni

Laura Helena J. Alberto, PhD

Michael Roach, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 12/2010 – 06/2016.
  • Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 07/2016 – 06/2020.
  • Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 07/2020 – present.

Randall Williamson, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 03/2014 – present.

Paul Turner, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 07/2014 – 12/2017.
  • Scholar-In-Residence, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bethesda, 01/2018 – 2021.
  • Device reviewer, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bethesda, 2021 – present.

Gaurav Joshi, PhD

  • Research Engineer at Zimmer Dental, 08/2014 – 03/2015.
  • Associate Scientist at Glidewell Laboratories, 03/2015 – 05/2016.
  • Senior Manager at American Dental Association, 05/2016 – 11/2017.
  • Product Marketing Manager at GC America, 11/2017 – present.

Andrew Weeks, PhD

  • Process Engineer at Benteler Steel/Tube, 06/2015 – 08/2017.
  • Process Engineer at Nucor Steel, 08/2017 – present.

Bhuvaneswari Gurumurthy, PhD

  • Research Scientist, Global Devices, Global Technology, Design and Packaging, Colgate-Palmolive Company, 2019 – 2021
  • Lead, India Dental-Dermal Health Unit, Limited Main Street, Hiranandani Gardens, Colgate-Palmolive Company, 2021-Present

Jared Cobb, PhD*

  • Research Chemist, US Army Core of Engineers Research and Development Center, 2020 – present

* While at the PhD program, Jared applied for and received a grant and fellowship from the United States Department of Agriculture to pursue his PhD project.

Haden Johnson, PhD

  • Aerospace Engineer in the Structures and Materials Division US Army Aviation and Missile Center, 2021 – present

Kartikeya Singh Jodha, PhD

  • Postdoctoral research fellow at the Biomedical Materials Science Department, 2021-present

Megha Satpathy, PhD

  • Senior Research Associate at Prismatik Dentalcraft, 2022 – present

Kadie Nobles

  • Postdoctoral research fellow at the Biomedical Materials Science Department, 2022-present