After Lewis & Clark

Biology alumni pursue a wide variety of careers including research, medicine, public health, natural resource management, teaching, and law. They work in academia, industry, with nonprofits, and for local, state, and federal governments. Many of them apply the skills they have acquired in problem solving, critical thinking, writing, and speaking to fields other than biology. Some examples:

• Isa Maxwell is a PhD student in Neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.
• Saheli Singh ’22 is a PhD student in Neuroscience at UCSF.
• Vy Lam ’22 earned her Pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan and is now an emergency medicine intern at the University of Michigan.
• Malcolm Arnott ’22 is a PhD student at the University of Delaware.
• Asia Wooten ’20 earned her MD at Oregon Health & Science University and is now a resident physician at the University of Chicago.
• Zoe Cook ’18 is a PhD student in Neurosciences at Stanford.
• Madison Lambert ’18 earned her Masters of Public Health at Columbia University and now works in the Department of Epidemiology & Statistics at UCSF.
• Ella Santana-Propper ’18 earned her masters at UCLA and is now a K-12 science teacher.
• Kyla Hamling ’14 earned her PhD in Neuroscience at New York University and is now a post-doctoral scientist at Oregon Health & Science University.
• Ryan Bubriski ’12, Will Fortini ’12, and Zac Tobias ’12 founded the Portland Mushroom Company that supplies restaurants and farmer’s markets.  Zac went on to a PhD at MIT and now works as a post-doctoral scientist at UCSD.
• Hannah Clements ’15 earned her environmental law degree at Lewis & Clark Law School, was named a Wyss Scholar in 2020, and is now an attorney at Advocates for the West.
• Mason Wordell ’15 worked as a volunteer manager at Columbia Springs, a natural area and education center, and now is a health care provider.
• Micah Depper ’10 earned an MS in environmental studies and is the director of teaching and learning at Harpswell Coastal Academy, a private high school in Maine.
• Adam Lipus ’10 earned a degree in public health from Emory University and works as a program consultant for community-based organizations working in food, agriculture, and sustainability.
• Bridget Pekrul ’00 is a physician who specializes in hospice and palliative medicine.
• Deborah Purce ’03 earned a master’s degree in marine science and is a program specialist for Sea Grant Washington.
• Hannah Somhegyi ’11 earned a PhD in neuroscience at Harvard University and works as a data scientist and scientific illustrator.
• Marjorie Weber ’07 earned a PhD from Cornell University and is a professor of evolutionary ecology at Michigan State University.
• Beth Leger ’96 is a professor of plant ecology at U. Nevada, and won a major award from the university. 

Calling all biology alumni! What have you been up to since graduation? Start an interesting job? Discover a hidden talent? Used your liberal arts experience and degree to better the world? Adopt a cat? We’d love to know!