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Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Mechanical properties of reconstituted tissues; fluctuation spectroscopy of protein interactions

Key words
cytoskeleton, signal transduction, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, tissue engineering, cell/tissue mechanics

Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis Advisor: Alex S. Holehouse

Thesis Title: Molecular mechanisms modulating auxin response across different tissues

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1981

Thesis Advisor: Robert Roeder

Thesis Title: "Structural and Transcriptional Analysis of Mammaliam Class III Genes"

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Maria S. Remedi

Thesis Title: The role of membrane excitability in insulin regulation

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Ian W. Duncan

Thesis Title: The Role of Spineless in Patterning theVentral Appendages of Drosophila melanogaster

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Steven J. Mennerick

Thesis Title: Modulation of NMDA Receptor Activity During Physiological and Pathophysiological Events

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2016

Thesis Advisor: Lucia C. Strader

Thesis Title: Arabidopsis MAP KINASE1 influences auxin-responsive cell expansion

Program: Cancer Biology

Current advisor: Francesca Ferraro, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1979

Thesis Advisor: Robert Roeder

Thesis Title: "Eukaryotic Gene Transcription In Vitro"

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Robert G. Kranz

Thesis Title: The nitrogen starvation response in Arabidopsis thaliana and expression of AtAmt1.1, a high affinity ammonium transporter