MATC alumni

An interview with Tyson Crary, a Biotech Program graduate from Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin.

1. Where did you attend college?

I completed an Associates degree in the Madison College Biotechnology Program in Madison, Wisconsin.

2. What do you currently do (what is your job or what educational program are you attending)? Please elaborate on your career pathway or education after finishing the biotech program.

I am currently a Research associate II at Invenra. We are a research and development company doing novel antibody discovery. We are focused... Read more

An interview with German Umana, a Biotech Program graduate from Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin.

1. Where did you attend college and what degree did you complete?

I completed a Biotechnology Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Biotechnology at Madison College in Wisconsin.

2. What do you currently do (what is your job or what educational program are you attending)? Please elaborate on your career pathway or education after finishing your college program.

Since I graduated from Madison College, I have been working at the Wisconsin Energy Institute-Great Lakes Bioenergy Research... Read more

An interview with Ryan King. King completed an Associate's degree through the Madison College Biotech Program.

1. What do you currently do (what is your job title/company)?

I currently work at Aldevron as an Associate Scientist 1. I provide assistance with making buffers, packing columns, and writing methods for the AKTAs, using a spectrophotometer to test concentrations, doing Tangential Flow Filtration and doing aseptic dispenses. Also, there have been opportunities to assist in improving purification methods involving scaling up and getting a high protein purity during certain parts of projects.

2. How... Read more

An interview with Kayla DeGuire. DeGuire completed an Associate's degree through the Madison College Biotech Program.

1. What do you currently do (what is your current job title/company)? Please elaborate on your career pathway after finishing our program if needed.

I am a biomanufacturing senior associate at Catalent Pharma Solutions. I have worked at Catalent since 2017, developing experience in both biomanufacturing and quality control microbiology positions. In my current role, I manufacture clinical phase biologic pharmaceuticals to treat illnesses ranging from cancer to the COVID-19 pandemic to genetic diseases. Our manufacturing department covers a variety... Read more

An interview with Nihaarika Mohanarangan, Madison College graduate.

1. Where did you attend college and what degees (or certificates) did you complete?
I hold a B.Tech in Biotechnology degree from SRM University in India. After that, I went on to do a 1 year Post Graduate Diploma in Plant Tissue Culture and Micropropagation that also included an internship from Bioseed Research India. Subsequently, I came to the US and pursued the Post Baccalaureate Biotech certificate at Madison College. Shortly afterwards, I was admitted to the Masters in Biotech program at UW-Madison, which I completed.... Read more

An interview with Elizabeth Clawson, UW-Madison, a Biotech Program graduate from Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin.

The image shows Ms. Clawson, a graduate of Madison College, working in the Biological Safety Cabinet. In this photo, she was getting ready to stimulate the cells with fresh media and extract metabolites from them two hours later. Her next day would be dedicated to separating the extracts through the HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography machine) and Mass Spec (Mass Spectrometry).

1. Where did you attend college and what degees (or certificates) did you complete?

I have a B.S.... Read more