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Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Evan Gordon, PhD

Undergraduate university: Washington University, 2018

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Movement and Neurodegenerative Disease

Key words
gait, balance, Parkinson disease, motor control, movement, neurodegeneration, neuroimaging, neurorehabilitation

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis Advisor: Stephen "Kerry" K. Kornfeld

Thesis Title: C. elegans Response to Cadmium Toxicity

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Craig S. Pikaard

Thesis Title: The Regulation of Ribosomal RNA Gene Transcription by Histone Deacetylase HDA6 in Arabidopsis

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Immune cell development and function

Key words
dendritic cells, macrophages, hematopoiesis, infection, inflammation, innate immunity, autoimmunity, multiple sclerosis

Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Current advisor: Dmitri A. Nusinow, PhD

Undergraduate university: Kenyon College, 2020

Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary
Using genetic approaches to understand the evolutionary and ecological causes and consequences of rarity in endangered plant species

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Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Human and Statistical Genetics

Research summary
We develop new computational and experimental approaches to understand the roles of DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation in neurodevelopment and cancer

Key words
bioinformatics, cancer, cancer genomics, epigenetics, epigenomics, neurodevelopment, transcriptional regulation

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: John A. Cooper

Thesis Title: The Function of CARMIL1 in Migrating Cells

Program: Bioorganic Chemistry

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Michael J. Welch

Thesis Title: "Radiolabeled Peptides and Pretargeting Agents for Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy of Cancer"