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Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Current advisor: James C. Carrington, PhD

Undergraduate university: Iowa State University, 2022

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Current advisor: Fumihiko Urano, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of South Florida, 2022

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Mechanistic studies of DNA motor proteins; single Molecule Biochemistry

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Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: David R. Piwnica-Worms

Thesis Title: Spectral Deconvolution of Genetically Encoded Luciferase Reporters for Analysis in Cellulo of Signal Transduction Pathways

Program: Computational and Molecular Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis Advisor: Enrico Di Cera

Thesis Title: Structural and functional studies on thrombin allostery

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis Advisor: Ira M. Hall

Thesis Title: Analysis of structural variation and mtDNA copy number in Finns

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General

Research summary
My research investigates neonatal immune responses after surgery and their connection to congenital heart disease. Clinical trial to study immune responses in pediatric pulmonary valve transplant recipients, both living and cryopreserved.

Key words
congenital heart disease, viral infection, immune responses, transcriptomic, biomarkers, immunophenotyping

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Quantitative proteomics for understanding protein and proteome modifications

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Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: David H. Gutmann

Thesis Title: Merlin regulation of mouse spinal cord neural precursor cell function

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Current advisor: Mayssa H. Mokalled, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Colorado-Boulder, 2021