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Amanda Murphy

Amanda Murphy, PhD

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Current Group Members

  • Konneytha Touch (W2023-present)
  • Reagan Billingsley (S2023-present)
  • Katherine Hunter (MS, F2023-present)
  • Megan Downer (W2024-present)
  • Emily Remmers (W2024-present)
  • Beatrix Brudie (W2024-present)
2024 Murphy Group Students

Murphy Group Alumni 

2024 Graduates

  • Marie Kerns (W2022-S2024); PhD program in Chemistry at University of Oregon
  • Keavy Lynch (W2022-S2024); Forensics MS program at Cedar Crest College
  • Caleb Doherty (W2023-S2024); Industrial MS program at University of Oregon
  • Morgan Stucky (W2023-S2024; Master in Teaching program at WWU
Murphy group spring 2023

2023 Graduates

  • Monique Bunkers (M.S. F2021-S2023), R&D Lab Associate at Houdek, Brookings, South Dakota

2022 Graduates

  • Keith Echague (S2021-S2022), Seattle Genetics, Bothell, WA
  • Romane Frevol (W2020-S2022); Graduate program the Universita di Bologna in Italy
  • Carolynne Holbrook (S2021-S2022), Altasciences, Everett, WA
  • Jeremy Talusig (M.S. F2020-2022); Tidal Vision, Bellingham, WA
  • Eli Walley-Ferate (W2019-S2022)
Murphy Group Spring 2022

2021 Graduates

  • Racine Santen (M.S. F2019-F21)
  • Kayla Owens (W2020-S2021), Cepheid, Bothell, WA
  • Aleena Young (W2020-S2021), Seattle Genetics, Bothell, WA
Murphy group members 2021

 

2020 Graduates

  • Kimberly Dowdle (S2018-S2020), Northwest Laboratories, Bellingham, WA
  • Kian Hausken (W2019-S2020), Bio-Rad, Woodinville, WA
  • Jeremy Talusig (S2018-S2020), WWU M.S. Chemistry Program
  • Mikaela Sadri (S2018-S2019), Ph.D. Program in Polymer Science at U. of Southern Mississippi
Screenshot of Zoom meeting with current Murphy Group Members

2019 Graduates

  • Kelly Mossman (S2017-S2018), WWU Woodring Master's in Teaching Program
  • Evan Patamia (S2017-Su2019), Ph.D. Program in Chemistry at UMass Amherst
  • Grace Nierenberg (S2018-S2019)
  • Racine Santen (S2017-S2019), WWU M.S. Chemistry Program
  • Thao Ngo (summer student 2019), University of Washington, Biochemistry BS program
Murphy group members S2019

2018 Graduates

  • Randy Grant (S2016-S2018), F21 - Ph.D. Program at Colorado State Univ. in Molec. Cell. & Integrative Neuroscience
  • Ellie James (S2016-S2018), Molecular Engineering Ph.D. Program at the University of Washington 
  • Stephanie Maxwell (Summer 2015-S2018)
  • Dylan Spence (F2014-W2016), Industrial Master’s program at the U. of Oregon, now employed at Intel

Murphy Group Photo Spring 2018

 

2017 Graduates

  • Jonathan Bontrager (S2016-S2017), WWU M.S. Chemistry Program (S2017-2018)
  • Tatum Fuller (S2016-S2017), Law school
  • Nick Ostrovsky-Snider (B.S. Biochemistry F2013-S2016, M.S. Chemistry F2015-S2017), Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program at Tufts University

 

A group of students and Amanda Murphy pose on concrete steps. The photo is labeled "Murphy Group Spring 2017"

Murphy Group Photo Spring 2017

 

2016 Graduates

  • Taylor Blatz (W2014-S2016), Law School at Georgetown University
  • Jordan Donohue (W2015-S2016), Neuroscience Ph.D. from UC Riverside 2022; postdoctoral researcher at UC-Irvine 
  • Melany Fry (Summer 2014-S2016), Industrial Master’s program at the U. of Oregon; research scientist at Lonza, Bend, OR; research scientist at Moses Lake Industries, Portland, OR
  • Connor Ransom (W2015-F2016), Industrial Master’s program at the U. of Oregon; research scientist at Seran Biosciences, Bend, OR.
  • Emily Sanders (W2015-S2016), Chemistry Ph.D. program at UC Irvine
  • Sean Severt (B.S. Chemistry W2013-S2014, M.S. Chemistry F2014-S2016), Research Technician in Robert Langer's group at MIT, Cambridge, MA; Scientist at Moderna Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA

 

A group of students sit on boulders in front of floral plants, smiling at the camera. The photo is labeled "Murphy Group Spring 2016"

 

2015 Graduates

  • Brad Farrell (W2014-S2015), Industrial Master’s program at the U. of Oregon, scientist at Emerald Performance Materials, Kalama, WA; Project Manager at Rancho BioSciences, Rochester, NY
  • Nicholas Ostrovsky-Snider (F2013- S2015), Chemistry M.S. from WWU (2017), PhD program in Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University.
  • Jesse Larson (Summer 2013-W2015), Tesoro Refinery, Anacortes, WA; Industrial Master’s program at the U. of Oregon; research scientist at Arclin, Springfield, OR.
A group of students and Amanda Murphy sit on a wooden sculpture, smiling at the camera. The photo is labeled "Murphy Group Spring 2015"

 

2014 Graduates

  • Paige Atterberry (S2013-F2014); Student Experience Specialist at Virginia Mason Memorial, Yakima, WA
  • Tyler Albin (S2012-S2014), Chemical Biology Ph.D. from UC Irvine (2019); Senior Scientist at Seawolf Therapeutics, San Diego, CA
  • Drew Goodman (W2013-S2014), Industrial Master’s program at the U. of Oregon; Scientist at Roche Diagnostics, Seattle, WA.
  • Ben Rubin (W2013-S2014) Scientist at ABSci, Vancouver WA
  • Sean Severt (W2013-S2014), Chemistry M.S. program at WWU
A group of students and Amanda Murphy stand in front of floral plants, smiling at the camera. The picture is labeled "Murphy Group Spring 2014"
A group of students and Amanda Murphy stand in front of a tree, smiling at the camera. The photo is labeled "Murphy Group Summer 2013"

 

2013 Graduates

  • Emily Lasselle (S2012-S2013), Industrial Master’s program at the U. of Oregon, research scientist at Bend Research (Lonza), Bend, OR; QA Project Manager at Serán Bioscience, Bend, OR
  • Isabella Romero (undergraduate W2010-S2011, master's F2011-S2013), Iasis Molecular Sciences, Spokane, WA
  • Morgan Schiller (Schurr) (S2011-S2013), Medical School at St. Louis University; Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 
A group of students and Amanda Murphy stand in front of a building, smiling at the camera. The photo is labeled "Murphy Group Spring 2013"

 

2012 Graduates

  • Jake Flood (S2010-Summer 2011), Cell and Molecular Biology Ph.D. program at the U. Colorado Boulder; Associate Director of Strain Engineering at Novome Biotechnologies, San Francisco, CA
  • Jack Lally (S2010-S2011), staff scientist at Boeing/Safran, Seattle, WA
  • Benjamin Lehman (W2010-Summer 2011), Toray Composites America, Seattle, WA; Senior Materials and Process Engineer at BLUE ORIGIN, Seattle, WA
  • Gabriel Matson (S2010-S2011)
  • Kelly Peck (W2010-S2011)
A group of students and Amanda Murphy sit on concrete steps, smiling at the camera. The photo is labeled "Murphy Group Spring 2011"

Murphy Group Photo Spring 2011