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Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Graduation Year: 2023

Thesis Advisor: David J. Kast

Thesis Title: DFCP1 Regulates Lipid Droplet Catabolism in an NTPase-Dependent Manner

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2010

Thesis Advisor: Paul Schlesinger

Thesis Title: FCS Analysis of Pore Formation by the Hyman Protein Bax in Lipid Membranes

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Susan S. Wente

Thesis Title: The Role of Inositol Polyphosphate Synthesis in mRNA

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Peter T. Chivers

Thesis Title: Discovery of a Novel Metalloregulator Family: Structure/Function Studies of E. Coli RcnR

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
Protein folding and misfolding, and the engineering and application of protein disaggregases to reverse misfolding

Key words
protein folding and misfolding; intrinsically disordered proteins, phase separation, and neurodegenerative disease; protein chaperones; protein engineering; amyloid; yeast models of protein misfolding

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2016

Thesis Advisor: Phyllis I. Hanson

Thesis Title: Mechanisms of Extracellular Vesical Biogenesis

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1978

Thesis Advisor: Ralph Bradshaw

Thesis Title: "Purification and Characterization of Rat Somatomedin"

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Dennis E. Hallahan

Thesis Title: Stem Cells Exhibit an Attenuated DNA Damage Response Influenced by Unique Regulation of Histone Modifications

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2022

Thesis Advisor: Timothy R. Peterson

Thesis Title: Analyzing the Interconnectedness of the Human Genome

Program: Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1986

Thesis Advisor: Daniel D. Hartl

Thesis Title: "Genetic and Molecular Analysis of an Unstable White Mutation in Drosophila mauritiana"