Alumni Program

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Rohit V. Pappu

Thesis Title: Determining the Molecular Mechanisms of Huntington’s Disease through Multi-Scale Modeling

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Sheila A. Stewart

Thesis Title: Senescent fibroblasts drive tumorigenesis through the establishment of an immunosuppressive microenvironment

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis Advisor: Julie K. Schwarz

Thesis Title: Investigating biological mechanisms of radiation resistance in an advanced stage cervical cancer

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 1998

Thesis Advisor: Michael G. Caparon

Thesis Title: "Modulation of Keratinocyte Responses by Streptococcus pyogenes M Protein and Streptolysin O"

Program: Cellular Developmental & Systemic Biology

Graduation Year: 1983

Thesis Advisor: David D. Silbert

Thesis Title: "Structural Requirement for STerol in an LM Cell Sterol Auxotroph. Physical Properties of Cholesterol Analogues in Relation to Growth and Adaptive Changes in Membrane Phospholipid"

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 1990

Thesis Advisor: Martin M. Sachs

Thesis Title: The Genetics and Expression of Cytosolic Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Arnold A. Strauss

Thesis Title: The Molecular Genetics, Structure, and Function of Mammalian Medium and Short Chain L-3-Hydroxyacyl-Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis Advisor: Scott J. Hultgren

Thesis Title: Investigating the role of bladder epithelial stem cells in bladder mucosal remodeling and defense against infection

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis Advisor: Aaron DiAntonio

Thesis Title: Neuronal stress pathways influence synaptic development and nervous system function in Drosophila melanogaster.

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Shiming Chen

Thesis Title: Deciphering mechanisms governing the development of the rod epigenome