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2002

Baldwin, Jeffrey W	PhD	Metzger	Dr. Baldwin works at the Naval Research Lab.
Bateman, Colin Patrick	PhD	Thrasher	Dr. Bateman is a professor of chemistry at Brevard Community College in Cocoa, FL, where he teaches general and organic chemistry classes and labs. He also performs research in the field of fuel cells, specifically the synthesis of PEM materials to be used in fuel cells and their MEAs all of which takes place at the Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa, Florida.
Kim, Se-Ho	PhD	Cha	Dr. Kim currently works at Myriad Pharmaceuticals in Salt Lake City, UT.
Lee, Hyoung-Ik	PhD	Cha	Dr. Lee accepted a post-doctoral associate position with A. Padwa at Emory University, Atlanta, GA after completing his PhD.
Sittidech, Manop	PhD	Bertsch	Dr. Sittidech is a faculty member in Thailand.
Perez, Erik	PhD	Thrasher	Dr. Perez is currently a Senior Chemist & Patent Liaison Manager in the Intellectual Property Management group for DuPont's Chemical Solutions Enterprise, Wilmington, DE.
Visser, Ann	PhD	Rogers	Dr. Visser is working as a Senior Scientist at Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC
Willauer, Heather Dawn	PhD	Rogers	Dr. Willauer works at the Naval Research Lab. Her current projects focuses on developing methods to surpress the flammability of jet fuel and hydraulic fluid.
Chu, Yongjun	MS	Woski	Yongjun is in the PhD program in Chemistry at the University of Texas-Austin.
Harrison, Delane Vaughn	MS	Street	Delane is employed by Hunt Refining in Tuscaloosa.
Henderson, Nathan	MS	Redding	Nathan is pursuing a PhD degree at the University of Oregon.
Li, Yajing	MS	Redding	Yajing is attending Dental School at the University of Minnesota.
Sun, Luyi	MS	Thrasher	Luyi completed his PhD under Dr. Thrasher in 2004.
Ye, PingPing	MS	Street	PingPing is currently a Ph.D candidate in the Chemistry Department, Carnegie Mellon University. PingPing is working with Prof. Andrew Gellman to understand the transition states for elementary processes important in catalysis by using ultrahigh vacuum methods.

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2001

Kim, Myung Joong	PhD	Nikles	Dr. Kim is Senior Associate Scientific Information Analyst for Chemical Abstracts Service.
Lee, Kwangho	PhD	Cha	After completing a postdoctoral stay with Prof. Y. Kishi at Harvard, Dr. Lee has accepted a position at Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, MA.
Lu, Norman	PhD	Thrasher	Dr. Lu is an assistant professor at National Tapei University of Technology.
Qiao, Li	PhD	Thrasher	Dr. Qiao is a Senior Chemist at 3M Corporation.
Selby, Trent Dale	PhD	Blackstock	Dr. Selby is currently an assistant professor of Chemistry at the University of North Texas.
Sung, Moo Je	PhD	Cha	After completing post-doctoral research with Prof. Kishi at Harvard University, Dr. Sung is employed by the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Cambridge, MA as a Research Scientist.
Tidwell, Cynthia Pruitt	PhD	Nikles	Dr. Tidwell is a faculty member at the University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL
Irvin, Turkessa Nicole	MS	Thrasher	Mrs. Hepburn, formerly Irvin, is currently working as an Applications Chemist with CMS Field Products in Pelham, AL.
McGee, Byron Jacob	MS	Blackstock	Mr. McGee is currently working at Microcoating Technologies Inc., Atlanta, GA.
Shute, Amanda Ann	MS	Vincent
Wood, Andrew Nathanial	MS	Thrasher	Mr. Wood is currently teaching AP and Honors Chemistry at Williamson High School in Mobile. He and his wife now have a soon to be two year old who takes up most of their spare time.

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2000

Cho, Sung Yun	PhD	Cha
Eom, Khee Dong	PhD	Cha
Friesen, Chadron Mark	PhD	Thrasher	Dr. Frieson is an assistant professor of chemistry at Trinity Western University in Canada.
Han, Mijeong	PhD	Nikles	Dr Han is a staff scientist at the Korean Research Institute of Chemical Technology
He, Zhangfei	PhD	Kispert
Hu, Yongqi	PhD	Nikles	Dr. Hu is a research scientist with Applied Materials.
Lee, Jae Chol	PhD	Cha
Miller, Gregory Todd	PhD	Timkovich	Dr. Miller is an associate professor of chemistry at Southern Oregon University where his teaching responsibilities include biochemistry and forensic science.
Sun, Yanjie	PhD	Vincent	Dr. Sun is a research scientist at Drug Discovery Department of Southern Research Institute.
Boudreaux, Brent Gerard	MS	Redding	Mr. Boudreaux is working as analytical chemist with Delsite, a subsidiary of Carrington Laboratories, Inc. The company develops products from the Aloe Vera plant, and currently he is working in the R&D department on a carbohydrate polymer with the potential to aid in drug delivery.
Granger, Kimberly Smith	MS	Rogers
Stuman, Valarie Jo	MS	Woski	Valarie McGee is a Clinical Team Manager for Pharmaceutical Product Development. In this position she works with many of the major pharma companies getting their clinical trials up, running and maintained according to the FDA regulations. She is married to a former Alabama classmate, Jake McGee, who graduated with an MS degree in 2001. They have been married for almost 6 years and live in Atlanta, GA.
Zhou, Yuhing	MS	Nikles	Ms. Zhou is pursuing a PhD at Tufts University.

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