Alumni Program

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2016

Thesis Advisor: Thomas J. Brett

Thesis Title: Mechanism of Calcium-dependent Chloride Channel Activation by the Secreted Regulator CLCA1

Program: Neural Sciences

Graduation Year: 1987

Thesis Advisor: Robert R. Miller

Thesis Title: "The Physiology of Neuropeptides in the VertebrateRetina"

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1991

Thesis Advisor: Barbara A. Schaal

Thesis Title: "Genetic and Environmental Sources of Variation inNatural Populations of Helianthus Tuberosus L." Short: Variation in Helianthus tuberosus L.

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Steven Bassnett

Thesis Title: Proteolytic Mechanims underlying organelle breakdown in the ocular lens

Program: Computational Biology

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Barak A. Cohen

Thesis Title: Analysis of TF-DNA vs. TF-TF interactions in statistical thermodynamic models of transcriptional regulation

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2016

Thesis Advisor: Deborah J. Veis

Thesis Title: Role of Mitochondria Biogenesis and Dynamics Regulating Osteoclast-mediate Bone Resorption

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Helen M. Piwnica-Worms

Thesis Title: Cdc25 and G2 Checkpoint Control in Fission Yeast

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1992

Thesis Advisor: Martin M. Sachs

Thesis Title: Molecular Evolution of the Alcohol dehydrogenase-1 (Adh1) gene in maize (Zeamays L. ssp. mays)

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 1983

Thesis Advisor: Walter W. Lewis

Thesis Title: "Panaz Quinquefoluim (American Ginseng) Plant Demography and Medical Efficacy"

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Tuan-Hua D. Ho

Thesis Title: Molecular Dissection of Hormone Signaling Pathways in Barley Aleurone Cells