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Program: Cancer Biology

Current advisor: Jason D. Weber, PhD

Undergraduate university: Indiana University-Bloomington, 2018

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Mark S. Sands

Thesis Title: The Role of Astrocyte Activation in a Model of Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis.

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Allan Larson

Thesis Title: Molecular Phylogenetic Studies of Historical Biogeography in the Asian Herpetofauna and Evolution of the Vertebrate Mitochondrial Genome

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2022

Thesis Advisor: Heather A. Lawson

Thesis Title: Genetic Effects Mediated Through Epistatic Networks Onto Metabolic Traits

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 1997

Thesis Advisor: Timothy J. Ley

Thesis Title: Functional Analysis of Neutrophil and Natural Killer Cell Granzymes in Humans and Mice

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis Advisor: Brian S. Kim

Thesis Title: The Role of Natural Killer Cells in Atopic Dermatitis

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Investigation of peripheral nerve injury and regeneration

Key words
nerve regeneration, neuropathy, neurotrophins, peripheral nervous system, nerve allotransplantation, tissue engineering

Program: Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Current advisor: Alex Ramsey, PhD

Undergraduate university: Clemson University, 2019

Program: Human and Statistical Genetics

Graduation Year: 2023

Thesis Advisor: Ting Wang

Thesis Title: Epigenetic perturbation as a means to induce cancer-specific antigens in GBM

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2010

Thesis Advisor: Michael G. Caparon

Thesis Title: Characterization of Streptolysin O as the Translocator for the Cytolysin-Mediated Translocation Process in Streptococcus pyogenes