People

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Molecular, cellular, genetic and evolutionary mechanisms of behavior

Key words
Behavioral genetics, Evolutionary neurogenetics, Drosophila, Ion channels, Molecular genetics, Neurobiology, Neuroethology, Sensory systems

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Peter T. Chivers

Thesis Title: The evolution and regulation of DNA-binding by the Ni2+ -dependant transcription factor NikR

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: David H. Gutmann

Thesis Title: K-Ras, but Not H-Ras or N-Ras, Hyperactivation Regulates Brain Neural Stem Cell Proliferation in a Raf/Rb-dependent Manner

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Current advisor: Gautam Dantas, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2020

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Current advisor: Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD

Undergraduate university: College of William and Mary, 2024

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: David L. Brody

Thesis Title: Axonal Damage in Repetitive Concussive Traumatic Brain Injury: Characterization and Contributing Factors

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2020

Thesis Advisor: Jonathan Miner

Thesis Title: Mechanisms of STING-associated vasculopathy and immunodeficiency

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2016

Thesis Advisor: Fuzhong Zhang

Thesis Title: Engineering Escherichia coli towards the production of branched-chain advanced biofuels

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Lawrence H. Snyder

Thesis Title: Oxygen Polarography in the Awake Macaque: Bridging BOLD fMRI and Electrophysiology.

Program: Cancer Biology

Current advisor: Patricia Ribeiro Pereira, PhD

Undergraduate university: Oklahoma State University, 2021