People

Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Computational and Systems Biology
Cancer Biology

Research summary
The interplay between inherited genetic variation, environmental factors, and acquired mutations in shaping the earliest stages of carcinogenesis

Key words
cancer, genetics, computational biology, genetic epidemiology

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1986

Thesis Advisor: Milton M. Schlesinger

Thesis Title: "Ubiquitin and the Heat Shock Response"

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis Advisor: Gautam Dantas

Thesis Title: Trust Your Gut (Microbes) While Traveling

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology

Research summary
Emerging viruses

Key words
Host-pathogen interactions, Influenza virus, SARS-CoV-2, Bourbon virus, Viral pathogenesis, RNA biology, Influenza Reassortment

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
My research has focused on developing computational approaches to distilling and deciphering adaptive immune receptor sequences and tracking immune cell interaction through intracellular mitochondria transfer.

Key words
T Cell Receptor, TCR, B Cell Receptor, BCR, Computational Immunology, Adaptive Immunology, Machine Learning

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Joanna Jankowsky, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2019

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: James J. Havranek

Thesis Title: Strategies for Computational Protein Design with Application to the Development of a Biomolecular Tool-kit for Single Molecule Protein Sequencing

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Microbial metabolisms and their influence on biogeochemical cycling

Key words

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Genomics and Cell Signaling in Breast Cancer

Key words
cancer, genomics, organoids, 3D culture, receptor tyrosine kinase, signal transduction, next-generation sequencing, targeted therapy of cancer

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Carolyn J. Anderson

Thesis Title: Copper-64-Labeled Tetraazamacrocyclic Complexes for Radiopharmaceuticals: Metabolism, Characterization, and Mechanisms of Metal Dissociation