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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

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2020

Thesis Advisor: Lilianna Solnica-Krezel

Thesis Title: Regulation of Yolk Microtubule Dynamics by Dachsous Cadherins

Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Current advisor: Michael J. Landis, PhD

Undergraduate university: New Mexico Institute of Technology, 2022

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Understanding the role of endogenous opioids in affective neuroscience and metabolic homeostasis

Key words
reward, valence, opioid, motivation, metabolism, diabetes

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis Advisor: Jonathan A. Myers

Thesis Title: Environmental change, beta-diversity, and the stability of regional ecosystems

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2023

Thesis Advisor: Andrew Yoo

Thesis Title: Identifying the Molecular Fate Logic Underlying Direct Neuronal Reprogramming

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Virginia L. Miller

Thesis Title: RovA, Regulation and Virulence in the Yersinia