Coon Group alumni are pursuing exciting careers all across the globe.
Each year several students earn their Wisconsin Ph.D. after conducting research in the Coon Laboratory. We are proud to present them here and share with you their successes.
Our Alumni
“I learned how to be a self-starter—that no idea is bad, but an idea has to carry weight and momentum to be carried through to see it to the end.”
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“Josh Coon was a great mentor—he always had my best interest in mind.”
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“Altogether, I cannot speak highly enough about what I got out of the Coon lab, its high profile research that allows you to work on the cutting-edge.”
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“But I was not anticipating the level of attention to detail in various aspects of our careers and research, which I think may be unique to the Coon group.”
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“I’ve always been interested in mass spectrometry because it’s conceptually a very simple technique but extremely general and powerful.”
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“I learned how to see a problem from many viewpoints and to articulate my viewpoint to effectively make an argument for something I feel strongly about.”
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“I learned how to be a mentor from my great mentors and teachers in the program.”
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“In grad school there’s a general emphasis on process, but one thing that’s unique about the Coon group is the expectation for production.”
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“The group patents a lot of their ideas, which conveys to students the real-world applications of their research.“
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“The training, opportunities, and network the Coon lab provided me factored directly into landing my current position.“
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“I fell in love when I visited and had to come.“
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“The emphasis on programming with instrumentation and the close connections with industry the Coon lab had were really heartening to me...“
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“Developing communication skills through mentoring has helped me navigate difficult management situations in my current job.”
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“My research in the Coon group directly prepared me for this, particularly the focus on developing instrument methods...”
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“I loved the opportunities to collaborate with other research groups and industry researchers.”
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“The people are motivated and smart. They drive each other to do well in a collaborative way.”
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“Taking a research project all the way to the presentation stage, was exceptionally useful.”
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“I was involved in some really neat, high impact projects while I was at the Coon lab. If you had asked me at the beginning of my grad school career, I never would have thought that was possible.“
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“I’m tremendously excited for the next stage and at the same time tremendously appreciative for all the opportunities I had in the Coon lab“
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“I was drawn to UW because all of the students I met on my visit seemed so happy, and because there were so many collaborations—not just within the department but also across the university.“
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“...the highly collaborative aspect of the Coon Group research does prepare its students to be effective communicators.”
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“I applied to UW because they have a top-quality biochemistry program, but it was the visit that really sold me on attending.”
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“The research is exciting and high caliber…”
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“I saw the Coon lab as a place where I could pursue my interest in analytical chemistry instrumentation and method development…”
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”I came to the Coon Lab to learn more about how MS could be applied to these biological problems.”
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I really liked the diversity of projects I saw happening in the Coon lab and its collaborations with different groups in the university and across the country.
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I liked the environment in the Coon lab, and liked how the group works on all aspects of mass spectrometry.
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My work involved both characterizing and improving existing commercial ETD reagent ion sources.
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”Knowing more about what goes on behind the scenes, I’m much more appreciative of the not necessarily flashy and cutting-edge but really essential work that administration provides.”
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Postdoctoral Scholars
“Every day I still think carefully about how to accurately and effectively convey results in scientific and marketing contexts.“
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“Working with Josh Coon and his group gave me a one of a kind opportunity to do cutting-edge proteomics research.“
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“I think the most important thing that any Ph.D. program can do for you is to train you to be a scientist.”
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“...I later realized just how powerful and broadly applicable of a technique mass spectrometry...“
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