People

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: James M. Cheverud

Thesis Title: The genetic architecture and evolution of brain cortical folding in a
pedigreed primate population.

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
Complement activation and regulation in innate and adaptive immunity

Key words
immunology, inflammation, autoimmunity, complement system, innate immunity

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Rotating in the lab of Cheng Huang, PhD

Undergraduate university: Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, 2025

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Erik D. Herzog

Thesis Title: The Role of Intercellular Communication in Synchronization and Maintenance of Rhythms in the Mammalian Circadian Clock

Program: Cancer Biology

Current advisor: Priyanka Verma, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of North Carolina-Wilmington, 2022

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1987

Thesis Advisor: Meng-Chao M. Yao

Thesis Title: "Developmentally Regulated DNA Deletion in Tetrahymena Thermophila"

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Daved H. Fremont

Thesis Title: A Structural Perspective on Antibody Neutralization of Dengue Virus

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
His research interests include intraoperative awareness, postoperative cognitive alteration, brain monitoring during surgery, and postoperative outcomes.

Key words

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Enrico Di Cera

Thesis Title: "Molecular Determinants in the Thrombin-Receptor Interactions"

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Tom P. Franken, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2012