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Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 1979

Thesis Advisor: George G. Johnson

Thesis Title: "Adaptation in a Forest Floor Herb in Response to Seasonal Changes in the Light Environment"

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Scott J. Hultgren

Thesis Title: A panel of UPEC clinical isolates elucidates virulence factors involved in the UPEC pathogenic pathway.

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Michael G. Caparon

Thesis Title: The Convergence of Metabolism and Virulence Factor Regulation on Streptococcus pyogenes pathogenesis.

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Alexxai V. Kravitz, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Illinois-Chicago, 2019

Program: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1990

Thesis Advisor: Linda J. Pike

Thesis Title: "Investigations of Cytoskeletal Rearrangements Induced by Epidermal Growth Factor in A431 Cells"

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Thomas Papouin, PhD

Undergraduate university: Middlebury College, 2020

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
My lab aims to establish the fundamental principles of intracellular physical chemistry and electrochemical functions of macromolecular complexes, and design synthetic proteins as therapeutics for condensate-dependent diseases.

Key words
molecular biology; physical chemistry; biochemistry; biophysics; synthetic biology; electrochemistry; phase transition; condensates

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
My research aims to understand the lung vascular homeostasis and the pathogenesis of pulmonary diseases using novel animal models, integrated pharmacological approaches, genome editing and single cell RNA-sequencing and spatial transcriptomics.

Key words
cardiovascular, lung, vascular, single cell, spatial transcriptomic

Program: Neural Sciences

Graduation Year: 1990

Thesis Advisor: Paul C. Bridgman

Thesis Title: "Structure and Dynamics of Membrane Organelles of a Neruonal Growth Cone"

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2022

Thesis Advisor: Erik D. Herzog

Thesis Title: Circadian circuitry and glioblastoma: Interactions with behavior, carcinogenesis, and clinical practice.