People

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
A major component of my research program is to (1) develop strategies for improving the therapeutic ratio of radiation therapy by increasing tumor sensitivity to radiation and limiting normal tissue toxicity and (2) understand the biological mechanisms of treatment resistance.

Key words
Cancer targeting, antibodies, Translational research, Radiation, Lung Cancer, Glioblastoma, Signaling mechanisms

Program: Evolutionary Biology and Ecology

Graduation Year: 1982

Thesis Advisor: Alwyn A. Gentry

Thesis Title: An Ecological Investigation of Sclerophylly in Two Tropical Forests

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Current advisor: Rotating in the lab of Brian Muegge, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Florida, 2023

Program affiliation
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary

Key words
tumor growth, metastasis, signaling mechanisms, immunology, cancer, B cells, Tregs

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

Research summary
Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying tauopathies

Key words
neurodegeneration, neurogenetics, Alzheimer`s disease, frontotemporal dementia, tau, amyloid precursor protein, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), cell and molecular biology, molecular mechanisms

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Colorado-Boulder, 2022

Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Current advisor: Ben Garcia, PhD

Undergraduate university: Kathmandu U., 2015

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Current advisor: Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Truman State University, 2020

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis Advisor: Ting Wang

Thesis Title: Cancer Epigenome Reprogramming

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Aaron DiAntonio

Thesis Title: A high-content screen identifies HSP90 as a component of axon injury signaling.