Alumni Testimonials
Below you will find testimonials submitted by former Environmental Health Science Ph.D. students who were willing to share information regarding their post-graduate careers:
Xiaoliang Zhuo, Ph.D.
Class of 2001
Senior Research Investigator, Discovery Biotransformation,
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Job Function:
Identify metabolism-related liabilities of drug candidates
and guide structural refinement during lead selection and optimization to avoid
metabolism-mediated attrition of drug candidates in clinical development.
Hong Wu, Ph.D.
Employer: Pfizer
Inc Research & Development
Current title: Senior scientist
Year of graduation: 2009
I considered my 5 years I spent in the PhD program of EHS department
the best 5 years of my life. As an international student and knowing
nothing about my future, I was instantly welcomed by department faculty and
staff, and fully supported to be a full time student as well as a good scientist.
During those years, I grew up mentally, emotionally, and professionally.
Those experiences not only opened a door to my current research
career, but also helped me develop a fundamental scientific
sense to many future research possibilities. I am currently happily
working in Pfizer and I love my job.
Ting Su, Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 2000
Current Job Title: Senior Research Investigator
Employer: Bristol-Myers Squibb
“The education and training I received at SUNY
Albany and the
