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Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Current advisor: Fumihiko Urano, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2021

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 1993

Thesis Advisor: Joseph L. Price

Thesis Title: The Orbital and Medial Prefrontal Cortex of the Macaque: Anatomical Parcellation and Evidence for Limbic, Sensory and Premotor Integration

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Current advisor: Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of California-Los Angeles, 2017

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Kristen Kroll

Thesis Title: Novel Functions of Geminin as a Regulator of Mesoderm and Endoderm Fate Acquisition

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Deborah J. Lenschow, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Dartmouth College, 2018

Program: Evolutionary Biology and Ecology

Graduation Year: 1980

Thesis Advisor: George G. Johnson

Thesis Title: "The Effects of Breeding System and Chromosomal Variability upon Genetic Recombination and Evolution of Gaura (Onagraceae)"

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2005

Thesis Advisor: Emil R. Unanue

Thesis Title: Mechanism and Immunological Consequences of Listeria monocytogenes induced apoptosis

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 1995

Thesis Advisor: Lee Ratner

Thesis Title: HIV-1 Tropism for T-Lymphoid Cell Lines: Role of Distinct Envelope Determinants

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary
Focus on the biogenesis, functions, and evolutionof small RNA-directed silencing pathways in multicellular eukaryotes

Key words
genomics, functional genomics, biogenesis, systems biology, silencing pathways, plant biology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, RNA pathways

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Rotating in the lab of Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Case Western Reserve University, 2023