Past Lab Members – Sacks Research Lab – Flavor, Food, Chemistry

Previous members of the Sacks Lab and their current locations

Kristin Alongi (MS ’09) – VP of Business Transformation at Rich Products (Buffalo, NY)

Imelda Ryona (MS ’08, PhD ’11) – Co-owner, Kemmeter Wines (Penn Yan, NY)

Qun Sun (PhD ’11) – Assistant Professor of Enology & Viticulture, Fresno State University (Fresno, CA)

Misha Kwasniewski (PhD ’12) – Assistant Research Professor, Dept of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA)

Sarah Harris (MS ’12) – Assistant Winemaker at Vina Robles Vineyards (Paso Robles, CA)

Charlie Frohman (PhD ’13) – Senior Manager, Global Juice R&D at Coca-Cola (GA)

Lauren Musumeci (MS ’13) – R&D Manager at PepsiCo (Valhalla, NY)

Zach Pegram (MPS ’13) – Winemaker at Swedish Hill Winery (Romulus, NY)

Maya Dalla Valle (MPS ’13) – Dalla Valle Vineyards (Oakville, CA)

Christine Hansen (MS ’14) – Director of Quality, E&J Gallo Winery (Healdsburg, CA)

Megan Damen (MPS ’14) – Liquid Manager at Diageo (Norwalk, CT)

Patricia Howe (PhD ’15) – Instructor, UC Davis Continuing Education (Davis, CA)

Greg Dlubac (MPS ’15) – Director of Product Development, Archer Roose Winery (Boston, MA)

Lindsay Springer (PhD ’16) – Head of Plants and Nutrition, Gardyn (Buffalo, NY)

Lei-An Chen (MPS ’16) – Whole Earth Trading Company (Taiwan)

Casey DiCesare (MPS ’16) – Winemaker, Scheid Vineyards (Salinas, CA)

Jillian Jastrzembski (PhD ’17) – Senior Analytical Chemist, Endless West (San Francisco, CA)

Danielle Noce (MPS ’17) – Enologist, Markham Vineyards (St Helena, CA)

Colleen Szeto (MPS ’17) – PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide (Australia)

Kevin Barthelemey (MPS ’18)

Beth (Burzynski) Chang (PhD ’19) – Enology Extension Specialist, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg, VA)

Madeleine Bee (PhD ’20) – Scientist, Exponent (Washington, DC)

Jessica Rafson (PhD ’21) – Research Scientist, Food & Drug Administration (Denver, CO)

Rachel Allison (PhD ’22) – Associate, McKinsey & Co (New York, NY)

Terry Bates (PhD ’23) – Applications Specialist, Bruker (Billerica, MA)

Bruce Pan (2007-09) – Senior Manager at E&J Gallo (Modesto, CA)

Pilar Gómez-Cortés (2011-12) – Researcher at Institute of Food Science Research (Madrid, Spain)

Imelda Ryona (2012-15) – Co-owner, Kemmeter Wines (Penn Yan, NY)

Noam Reshef (2018-21) – Researcher, ARO – Volcani Institute (Rishon LeZion, Israel)