Previous members of the Sacks Lab and their current locations

Graduate Students

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) – Associate 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, Vina Robles Vineyards (Paso Robles, CA)

Charlie Frohman (PhD ’13) – Senior Director, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Innovation & Claims, Coca-Cola (Atlanta, GA)

Lauren Musumeci (MS ’13) – R&D Manager, 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) Benz (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) – Cellar Master and Assistant Vineyard Manager, Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery  (Hammondsport, NY)

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) – Science Writer

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

Colleen Szeto (MPS ’17) – Graduate Viticulturalist, Pernod-Ricard (Adelaide, South Australia)

Kevin Barthelemey (MPS ’18)

Beth (Burzynski) Chang (PhD ’19) – Enology Extension Support, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)

Madeleine Bee (PhD ’20) – Senior 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)

Ana Gabriela Ortiz-Quezada (PhD ’23) – Dairy Foods Extension Associate, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)

Matthew Sheehan (MS ’23) – R&D Engineer, Mars Inc (Nashville, TN)

 

Post-doctoral associates

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)