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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

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 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