Alumni
Alumni
Engage with our community of 60,000 Science Terps.
Get Involved
Alumni Stories
Pushing the Boundaries of Therapeutic Possibility
Biotech executive Krisztina Zsebo (B.S. ’77, biochemistry) has spent more than four decades working at the forefront of therapeutic discovery, bringing life-changing drugs to the patients who need them.
Building Disney+, ESPN+ and a New SiriusXM
Jared Wolinsky (B.S. ’09, computer science) credits his University of Maryland education and the QUEST Honors Program for preparing him for his current role as group vice president of software engineering at SiriusXM.
UMD Alum Hanhee Paik Helps to Shape the Future of Quantum Computing at IBM
Paik (M.S. ’05, Ph.D. ’07, physics) helps researchers use the company’s increasingly powerful machines to solve challenging problems.
Celebrating National Postdoc Appreciation Week
Postdocs bring valuable expertise, national prestige and additional research funding to UMD.
Kelly Fast (M.S. ’93, Ph.D. ’05, astronomy) is NASA’s acting planetary defense officer, overseeing U.S. efforts and global coordination to survey the sky, calculate orbits, study physical properties and identify possible impact risks of near-Earth objects.
The Code They Couldn't Talk About
Eileen Buckholtz (M.S. ’73, computer science) is publishing a book, "Queens of Code: Inspiring True Stories from NSA’s Computing Women," in November 2026.
