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Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1987

Thesis Advisor: Peter H. Raven

Thesis Title: "Biosystematics of Kalimeris"

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Ting Wang

Thesis Title: Variation and Plasticity of DNA Methylation in Genome Regulation

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: David M. Holtzman, MD

Undergraduate university: Zhejiang University, 2021

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Tarin Bigley, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Oregon State University, 2019

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2016

Thesis Advisor: Audrey R. Odom John

Thesis Title: Discovery and characterization of a novel class of metabolic regulators in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology

Research summary
We develop innovative magnetic resonance (MR) and position emission tomography (PET) imaging approaches to monitor neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration and repair mechanisms in neurological disorders

Key words
Metabolic imaging, hyperpolarized 13C MRI, positron tomography emission (PET) imaging, neurological disorders, cell tracking, multiple sclerosis, microglia, myelin, immune cells

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology

Research summary
Application of stem cells and mechanobiology in the onset, progression, and treatment of osteoarthritis and other joint diseases.

Key words
cartilage, obesity, osteoarthritis, mechanobiology, bioengineering, stem cells, iPSCs

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2005

Thesis Advisor: Tanya Wolff

Thesis Title: Identification of strabismus interactors, novel roles for Dachsous and Protein Kinase CK2 in setting up polarity in the Drosophila eye.

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Scott J. Hultgren

Thesis Title: Molecular Insights into the Uropathogenesis of Enterococcus faecalis and Escherichia coli in the Context of Urinary Catheterization

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Jason J. Yi, PhD

Undergraduate university: Gonzaga University, 2022