Alumni

Program: Evolutionary Biology and Ecology

Graduation Year: 1980

Thesis Advisor: George G. Johnson

Thesis Title: “The Effects of Breeding System and Chromosomal Variability upon Genetic Recombination and Evolution of Gaura (Onagraceae)”

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2005

Thesis Advisor: Emil R. Unanue

Thesis Title: Mechanism and Immunological Consequences of Listeria monocytogenes induced apoptosis

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 1995

Thesis Advisor: Lee Ratner

Thesis Title: HIV-1 Tropism for T-Lymphoid Cell Lines: Role of Distinct Envelope Determinants

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2020

Thesis Advisor: Heather A. Lawson

Thesis Title: The Good, The Brown, and The Healthy: Understanding Non-Thermogenic Brown Adipose Function in Obese Mice

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Jonathan D. Gitlin

Thesis Title: Structure and function of the copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1993

Thesis Advisor: Daniel D. Hartl

Thesis Title: Analysis of Functional and Genomic Factors that Influence Evolution of the Opsin Gene Family in Drosophila

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Steven X.F. Zheng

Thesis Title: Regulation of the GATA-Type Transcription Factor Gln3p by the Target of Rapamycin Protein (TOR)

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Tuan-Hua D. Ho

Thesis Title: Abscisic Acid Regulated Gene Expression in Barley: Transcription Factors Interacting with ABA-Responsive Promoters

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Walter W. Lewis

Thesis Title: Biodirected Isolation and Characterization of Antimalarial Compounds from American Lauraceae

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 1987

Thesis Advisor: Joseph J. Varner

Thesis Title: “The Role of Hydrozproline-Rich Glycoproteins in the Structure and Function of Plant Cells”