People

Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Developing algorithms and architectures for large-scale biosequence comparison, genome annotation, and metagenomics

Key words
annotation, bioinformatics, computational biology, genome analysis, metagenomics

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Current advisor: Megan T. Baldridge, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Maryland-Baltimore County, 2022

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Current advisor: Andrew L. Kau, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of California-Los Angeles, 2020

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Michael S. Diamond

Thesis Title: Mechanism of Impaired CD8+ T Cell Activation During Ross River Virus Infection

Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Current advisor: Petra Anne Levin, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of South Florida, 2018

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: David R. Piwnica-Worms

Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Cell-Permeable Peptides for Targeted Imaging of Caspase Activity In Vivo

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Gautam Dantas

Thesis Title: A Mechanism of Antimicrobial Resistance and a Mitigation Strategy

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Our research is focussed on improving the design of neuroprosthetic systems for post-stroke rehabilitation by examining the relationship between neuroplasticity and motor recovery and the mechanisms of neuroprosthetic-driven neuroplasticity.

Key words
Neuroprosthetic, Brain-Computer Interface, Motor Control, Stroke, Neuroplasticity

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1987

Thesis Advisor: John J. Merlie

Thesis Title: "Transcriptional Regulation of the Mouse NicotinicAcetylcholine Receptor Gene During Myogenesis"

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2023

Thesis Advisor: Andrew Yoo

Thesis Title: Inhibiting Notch Signaling in miNs Improves Neurite Extension & Investigating the Epigenome of Alzheimer's Disease