Alumni Program

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2016

Thesis Advisor: Chyi-Song Hsieh

Thesis Title: Understanding the interactions of developing thymocytes and antigen presenting cells in the thymic medulla.

Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Joan E. Strassmann

Thesis Title: The Challenges of Diet Generalism in a Microbial Predator, Dictyostelium discoideum

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Gautam Dantas

Thesis Title: β-Lactamase Gene Exchange within the Enterobacteriaceae

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Timothy P. Fleming

Thesis Title: Characterization of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV (DPPIV) as an Inhibitor of Melanoma Invasion

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2023

Thesis Advisor: Rajendra S. Apte

Thesis Title: Examining the role of microglia in diabetic retinopathy: Phenotypes, mechanisms, and therapies

Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis Advisor: Rebecca Bart

Thesis Title: Phylogenetic and Genomic Characterization of the Host-Pathogen Arms Race Between Bacterial Pathogens and Gossypium hirsutum

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1989

Thesis Advisor: Owen O. Sexton

Thesis Title: "Breeding Pond Fidelity, Population Structure and Phylogeography in the Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum"

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Colin G. Nichols

Thesis Title: The Structure, Gating, and Block of Ligand Gated Kir Channels

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1993

Thesis Advisor: Alwyn A. Gentry

Thesis Title: "Comparative Valuation of Tropical Forests in Amazonian Peru"

Program: Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1992

Thesis Advisor: David D. James

Thesis Title: The N-Terminal Sequestration Domain of the Insulin-Regulatable Glucose Transporter (GLUT-4).