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Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Raphael Kopan

Thesis Title: Mechanisms Regulating the Self-Renewal and Differentiation of Nephron Progenitors

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Aaron DiAntonio, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Maryland-College Park, 2021

Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Current advisor: Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD

Undergraduate university: University of California-Davis, 2021

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Understanding the function of neuromodulators and sleep through the spatiotemporal dynamics of molecular signals

Key words
neuromodulator, sleep, dynamics, sensors, actuators, signaling, G protein coupled receptors, imaging, microscopy, learning, plasticity, engineering

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of primary nephrotic syndrome (NS)

Key words

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Alexxai V. Kravitz, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Current advisor: Kodi S. Ravichandran, PhD

Undergraduate university: Boston College, 2022

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Ting Wang

Thesis Title: Epigenetic Dynamics in Zebrafish Development and Regeneration

Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: David M. Holtzman

Thesis Title: Elucidating the first protective mutation from inherited Alzheimer’s Disease - Apolipoprotein E3 Christchurch (APOE3ch) and insights into APOE ligand-receptor interactions

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 1987

Thesis Advisor: Roger N. Beachy

Thesis Title: "Accumulation and Regulated Gene Expression of a Soybean Seed Storage Protein in Transgenic Plants"