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Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Current advisor: Scott A. Handley, PhD

Undergraduate university: Universidad de los Andes, 2020

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Petra A. Levin

Thesis Title: A Molecular Rheostat Coupling Cell Size to Nutrient Availability

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
The interface between systems and control engineering, neuroscience and neural medicine

Key words
Control of neural dynamics; Biophysical modeling of multiscale brain networks;

Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Current advisor: Ziao Fu, PhD

Undergraduate university: Portland State University, 2023

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Current advisor: Tony Tsai, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Kaohsiung Medical College, 2017

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Andrew A. Chan

Thesis Title: Regulation of B Cell Activation through Tyrosine Phosphorylation of BLNK

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Michael S. Diamond

Thesis Title: Antiviral programs in the brain

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Understanding the mechanism mediating intravascular cell-cell interactions and vascular occlusion under thromboinflammatory conditions, including thrombosis, ischemia/reperfusion injury, and sickle cell disease

Key words
Platelet, Neutrophil, Thrombosis, Inflammation, Sickle Cell Disease, Intravital microscopy

Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Graduation Year: 2025

Thesis Advisor: Christopher N. Topp

Thesis Title: Understanding the role of E1OGDH1 in Root System Architecture and Nitrogen Response in Maize

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Nico U.F. Dosenbach, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Duke University, 2022