Alumni Profiles

What is it like to work in biotechnology?

We interviewed students and alumni to learn about their careers and hear about a typical day on the job. Most of the people profiled in this section graduated from a community college biotech program. We also have video interviews and articles about people working in different kinds of biotech careers.

If you work in the biotech industry and graduated from a community college biotech or biomanufacturing program, we'd love to hear from you! Contact us to share your story!

Elizabeth Stahl is a laboratory intern at Valero Renewable Fuels. She talked to us about ... Read more

Cagney Coomer has been working as a sequencing technician at the University of Kentucky Advanced ... Read more

Jessica Zabloski, Research Associate at Bioo Scientific Corp. tells us about making ELISA kits.Read more

Mitch Kane is a graduate of the Shoreline Community College Biotechnology Lab Specialist Certificate program. ... Read more

Kevin Hin works as a Research Associate at Acepix Biosciences in Hayward, California. He manages ... Read more

We culture human B cells for DNA and cell lines, here I am getting ready to take these cultures for DNA. Each culture represents a unique individual and each of my technicians (and myself) tend to have anywhere from 100-150 cultures growing at any one time.

Jenna Gravley is the Research Technician Supervisor for the Research Cell Bank at Fred Hutchinson ... Read more

Polly Bechtold is a graduate of the Bridge to Biosciences Program (Lab Assistant Certificate) and ... Read more

Seravin Behnken is the Lab Supervisor at the cell culture core lab at the Fred ... Read more

Maddie Kelly graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon where she received a ... Read more

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Selena Alvarado is a Marine Science Technician with the United States Coast Guard.Read more

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Julian Gutierrez works as a Lab / Manufacturing Technician at Biotility in Florida. He tracks ... Read more

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Julia Bittencourt earned the BACE credential while in high school. She credits the BACE for ... Read more

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