Plant Biology

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Eric J. Richards

Thesis Title: Epigenetic Variation in Arabidopsis Disease Resistance

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Michael M. Neff

Thesis Title: The AT-hook Containing protiens SOB3/AHL29 and ESC/AHL27 are Negative Modulators of Hypocotyl Growth in Arabidopsis

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Erik E. Nielsen

Thesis Title: The A. thaliana Rab GTPase RabA4d and its Effector Protein PI-4Kβ1 Are Required for Normal Pollen Tube Tip Growth While the Novel RabA4b Effector PUB13 is Important for Resistance to Pseudomonas syringae DC3000

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Erik E. Nielsen

Thesis Title: The Roles of PI4Kβ1, RHD4, and SAC6 in Regulating PI(4)P Pools in Root Hairs and Pollen Tubes

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Himadri B. Pakrasi

Thesis Title: Components of the Functionally Stable Water Oxidation Center of Photosystem II in Synechocystis 6803

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey J. Skolnick

Thesis Title: The Study of Enzyme Function Conservation and its Application for Genome-scale Enzyme Function Inference and Metabolic-Pathway Reconstruction.

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Barbara N. Kunkel

Thesis Title: Analysis of the functional relationships between the multiple activities of AvrRpt2, an effector from the bacterial phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2010

Thesis Advisor: Craig S. Pikaard

Thesis Title: Control of Ribosomal RNA genes by maintenance and de novo methylation in Arabidopsis: molecular genetics and evolution of the Pol IV/Pol V system

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2005

Thesis Advisor: Michael M. Neff

Thesis Title: Brassinosteroid Catabolism Modulates Photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 1990

Thesis Advisor: Tuan-Hua D. Ho

Thesis Title: Molecular Action of Abscisic Acid in Barley Aleurone Layers