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Most graduates of the Applied Molecular Biology Program have gone on to take up well-paying positions in a large variety of companies and Universities. Many graduates have continued to pursue educational goals, in medicine, dentistry, or often by continuing as Ph.D. students at UMBC and around the country.

Here is a sample of the types of jobs that our graduates have taken after leaving UMBC.

  • Biochemistry Production Technician, Life Technologies
  • Research Technician, Origene
  • Research Technician, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMAB)
  • Research Technician, Center for Viral Development, UMAB
  • Researh Assistant, US Army (MRICD), Edgewood, MD
  • DNA Forensic Technician, Buffalo, NY
  • Technician, Human Genome Sciences
  • Research Assistant, Brady Urological Research Institute, Johns Hopkins University
  • Coordinator, Technical Development, Center for Inherited Disease Research, Johns Hopkins Bayview Research Campus
  • Manager of Biochemistry Group, Life Technologies
  • Research Technician, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University
  • Research Assistant, National Institutes of Health
  • Research Assistant, Smith-Kline Beecham
  • Research Technician, Jackson Laboratories, Bar Harbor, ME

Other graduates have gone on to Ph.D. programs at UMBC, UMAB, Johns Hopkins University and in foreign countries. Many students have gone on to study medicine, dentistry or osteopathy.