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Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
The mechanisms of cell death in normal tissues during cancer therapy

Key words
cancer, cell death, drug delivery, radiation, signal transduction

Program: Human and Statistical Genetics

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Alison Goate

Thesis Title: Identification and characterization of rare variants in cholinergic nicotinic receptor genes and their contribution to substance dependence

Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
Genetic underpinnings of neurological/neurosurgical disorders

Key words
rare variants, Chiari I malformation, human genetics, neurosurgery, Deep Mutation Scanning, Mutagenesis, Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Michael L. Gross

Thesis Title: Development of hydroxyl radical footprinting methods to monitor prortien ligand interactions and dynamics

Program: Evolutionary Biology and Ecology

Graduation Year: 1985

Thesis Advisor: Alwyn A. Gentry

Thesis Title: "An Ecosystematic Study and Revision of Psychotria Subgenus Psychotria (Rubiaceae) in Mexico and Central America"

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Elizabeth S. Haswell

Thesis Title: Strategies for Success: Mechanosensitive Channel MSL8 Regulates Mechanical Challenges during Pollen Rehydration and Growth

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Jonathan Kipnis, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Chicago, 2024

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
The Han lab investigates microglia and brain macrophage phenotypes in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative contexts through the lens of epigenomics and transcriptomics. 

Key words
microglia, neurodevelopment, epigenetics, transcriptomics, neurodegeneration

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Learning-related hippocampal network activation

Key words
Learning, memory, behavior, virtual reality, in vivo two-photon calcium imaging, in vivo electrophysiology, systems neuroscience

Program: Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1997

Thesis Advisor: Douglas M. Tollefsen

Thesis Title: Inhibition of Thrombin and Meizothrombin by Heparin CofactorII: Features that Determine Complex Stability and Protease Specificity