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Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2020

Thesis Advisor: Heather A. Lawson

Thesis Title: The Good, The Brown, and The Healthy: Understanding Non-Thermogenic Brown Adipose Function in Obese Mice

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Network plasticity as it pertains to neurorehabilitation, particularly in recovery from stroke

Key words
stroke, resting state connectivity, brain

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Jonathan D. Gitlin

Thesis Title: Structure and function of the copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1993

Thesis Advisor: Daniel D. Hartl

Thesis Title: Analysis of Functional and Genomic Factors that Influence Evolution of the Opsin Gene Family in Drosophila

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Steven X.F. Zheng

Thesis Title: Regulation of the GATA-Type Transcription Factor Gln3p by the Target of Rapamycin Protein (TOR)

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Tuan-Hua D. Ho

Thesis Title: Abscisic Acid Regulated Gene Expression in Barley: Transcription Factors Interacting with ABA-Responsive Promoters

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Current advisor: Sheng Chih (Peter) Jin

Undergraduate university: DePaul University, 2020

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Walter W. Lewis

Thesis Title: Biodirected Isolation and Characterization of Antimalarial Compounds from American Lauraceae

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 1987

Thesis Advisor: Joseph J. Varner

Thesis Title: "The Role of Hydrozproline-Rich Glycoproteins in the Structure and Function of Plant Cells"

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis Advisor: David M. Holtzman

Thesis Title: The Role of Apolipoprotein E Concentration and Isoform in Amyloid-β Metabolism In Vivo