People

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Our current research focuses on delineating the cellular, molecular, and metabolic processes involved in the development of fibrotic disorders such as Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and how these metabolic adaptations may in turn be targeted therapeutically for IPF.

Key words
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), metabolic networks, targetable mechanisms driving fibroblast function and fibrosis

Program: Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1995

Thesis Advisor: Douglas D. Dean

Thesis Title: An Analysis of the Transcriptional Function of the Retinoblastoma Protein

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2023

Thesis Advisor: Tamara L. Doering

Thesis Title: Investigating how sterol transport affects survival of the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans in host-like conditions

Program: Computational Biology

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis Advisor: Gary D. Stormo

Thesis Title: Protein-DNA Recognition Models for the Homeodomain and C2H2 Zinc Finger Transcription Factor Families

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis Advisor: Paul Schlesinger

Thesis Title: Delineating the Steps of BAX Pore Activation

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Improve outcomes for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other hematopoietic malignancies utilizing genomic and molecular biology techniques

Key words

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Current advisor: Jeffrey Milbrandt, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: National Taiwan Normal University, 2016

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Justin C. Fay

Thesis Title: Identification of Deleterious and Disease Alleles in a General Population and Preterm Labor Patients

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: William A. Frazier

Thesis Title: Modulation of Integrin Functions by Thrombospondin-1

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Andrey S. Shaw

Thesis Title: Regulation of Fluid-phase Uptake in Podocytes by Albumin-associated Free Fatty Acids