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Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1988

Thesis Advisor: John J. Rogers

Thesis Title: "The Barley alpha-amylase multi-gene families: A Quantitative Comparison of Steady-State mRNA Levels from Individual Members"

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2010

Thesis Advisor: Michael G. Caparon

Thesis Title: Catabolite sensing regulatory pathways in Group A streptococcus control virulence and host-pathogen interactions

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Toni M. Kutchan

Thesis Title: The Identification of Alkaloid Pathway Genes from Non-Model Plant Species in the Amaryllidaceae

Program: Cellular Developmental & Systemic Biology

Graduation Year: 1986

Thesis Advisor: Donald D. Shreffler

Thesis Title: "Structural Aspects of Serologically Defined Variants of th eMurine Complement Protein C4"

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences
Cancer Biology

Research summary
Genetic and epigenetic changes that drive malignant behavior in brain tumors

Key words
brain tumors, glioblastoma, meningioma, neural stem cells

Program affiliation
Immunology

Research summary
Identifying the role of cytokines in glomerular injury

Key words
B cell, podocytes, renal imaging, cytokines, systemic lupus erythematosus, biomarkers

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2016

Thesis Advisor: Denise Head

Thesis Title: Differential Associations of Stress and Cortisol with Brain Structure and Cognition in Cognitively Normal Older Adults.

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2020

Thesis Advisor: Michael S. Diamond

Thesis Title: Structural and Functional Insights into Alphavirus-Host Interactions

Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Current advisor: Tamara L. Doering, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2019