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Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2022

Thesis Advisor: Charles Kaufman

Thesis Title: The Role of SOXE Transcription Factors in Melanoma Initiation

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Kathryn G. Miller

Thesis Title: Microevolutionary Forces Affecting the Incidence of Parthenogenesis in Drosophila mercatorum

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 1996

Thesis Advisor: Daniela D. Gerhard

Thesis Title: Genetic Characterization and Physical Isolation of the Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Candidate Region in Human Chromosome 11q13

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 1998

Thesis Advisor: Kathleen B. Hall

Thesis Title: U1 snRNA Recognition by the N-Terminal RNA Binding Domain of the Human U1A Protein: Thermodynamic and Structural Studies

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Gene regulation and biogenesis of extracellular components in bacteria

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bacteria, gene expression, protein structure, plant biosensors, cytochromes

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Neurosciences

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The study of basal ganglia circuits and how their function changes in disease states such as obesity, addiction, and anxiety disorders

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Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology

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Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Brian Van Tine

Thesis Title: Targeting the Response to Arginine Starvation in ASS1 Deficient Sarcomas

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Jordan G. McCall, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of California-Berkeley, 2021

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Steven J. Mennerick

Thesis Title: Action Potential Initiation and Propagation in Dentate Gyrus Granule Neurons