People

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: William E. Goldman

Thesis Title: Functional Implications Revealed by Structure of a Fungal Virulence Factor

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 1994

Thesis Advisor: Robert G. Kranz

Thesis Title: Cytochromes c Biogenesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis Advisor: Scott A. Mangan

Thesis Title: The Role of Soil Microbes & Plant Relatedness in Improving Tallgrass Prairie Restoration and Rare Plant Reintroduction

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Jonathan R. Brestoff, MD, PhD, MPH

Undergraduate university: Stanford University, 2021

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Craig A. Micchelli

Thesis Title: Dynamic Responses at the Barrier Epithelium

Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Current advisor: Alex Holehouse, PhD

Undergraduate university: Kenyon College, 2024

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Washington University, 2022

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1985

Thesis Advisor: F. Scott S. Mathews

Thesis Title: "Structural Studies of Beta-Glucuronidase and Thrmethylaminedehydrogenase"

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Martha W. Bagnall

Thesis Title: Development and Structure of Spinal Interneuron Connectivity in Larval Zebrafish

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
Our research is dedicated to understanding the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, employing bioinformatic tools and a big-data approach that integrates genetics, multi-omics, brain imaging, and clinical data.

Key words
Genetics, Multi-Omics, Bioinformatics, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's disease