| Name | Time in Engelke lab | Next career step (education/job) after leaving the Engelke lab |
| Caleb Sawe | Aug. 2021 -Dec. 2023 | Sigan America, Ottawa, IL |
| Ayoola Fasawe | Jan. 2021 – Aug. 2023 | Accelerated Master program in Nursing at Illinois State University, IL |
| Omid Zare’-Mehrjerdi | Jan. 2023 – Jul. 2023 | Ph.D. student at Purdue University, IN |
| Samuel Irwin | Sept. 2020 – May 2022 | R&D at AMD via Actalent/Aerotek in Decatur, IL |
| Alex Murarus | Jun. 2020 – Sep. 2021 | Master of Education at the University of Illinois, IL |
| Carly Goben | Aug. 2020 – Dec. 2020 | Student at SIU School of Medicine, IL |