| Susan Flores | Ph.D., 1983 | Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Allschwil, Switzerland |
| S. Chuan Kee | Ph.D. 1984 | Software designer, ITC Group |
| Gretchen Sassenrath | Ph.D. 1988 | ARS Scientist, Stoneville, MS |
| Patricia Grandoni | Ph.D. 1989 | Software designer, WebWorks |
| Adriana Ortiz | Ph.D. 1990 | Research Assistant Professor, Harvard |
| Denise Sparrow | M.S. 1990 | Research Technician, Ohio State |
| Susan Martino-Catt | Ph.D. 1991 | Monsanto Company |
| Won-Il Kim | M.S. 1993 | Research Technician |
| Ron Hutchison | Ph.D. 1994 | Richard Stockton College of New Jersey |
| Vasoula Fasoula | M.S. 1994 | Research Associate, University of Georgia |
| Yonghwa Yung | M.S. 1995 | Research Technician |
| Tamara Jones | Ph.D. 1996 | Applied Biosystems |
| Taylor Field | M.S. 1997 | Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee |
| Hong Liu | Ph.D. 1999 | Senior Scientist, Aventis |
| Dawn Tucker | Ph.D. 2001 | Postdoc, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver |
| Aleel K. Grennan | Ph.D. 2002 | Assistant to Editor-in-Chief, Plant Physiology |
| Guosheng Wu | Ph.D. 2003 | Postdoc, University of Wisconsin |
| Davyd Chung | Ph.D. 2005 | CEO, NutraFuncFoods, LLC CEO, CiboReale, LLC |
| Ping Gong | M.S. 2006 | Seattle, WA |
| Thomas Graan | 1979-85 | Project Scientist, Weston Corp |
| Bjorn Martin | 1980-84 | Professor, Oklahoma State |
| Roger Hangarter | 1982-85 | Professor, Indiana University |
| Pam Cooper | 1985-87 | Senior Information Specialist, Dept. of Surgery-Applied Research, MARCI-kids |
| Robert Wise | 1986-91 | F. John Barlow Professor of Biology, University of Wisconsin,Oshkosh |
| Jeffrey Kent | 1988-90 | Associate Professor, Kentucky |
| Kevin Oxborough | 1988-94 | Chief Research Officer, Univ of Essex |
| Adriana Ortiz | 1990-92 | Research Assistant Professor, Harvard |
| Quentin Groom | 1990-93 | Computer programmer |
| George Byrd | 1992-94 | Associate Professor of Agriculture and Chair of the Life Sciences Division, Ferrum College |
| Eric Singsaas | 1997-99 | Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin,Stevens Point |
| Damian Allen | 1998-01 | Mendel Biotechnology, Inc |
| Carl Bernacchi | 2000-04 | Illinois State Water Survey |
| Andrew Leakey | 1998-01 | Assistant Professor, University of Illinois |
| Fangxiu Xu | 2005-08 | Research Associate, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, UIUC |