2025
Chika Fujii
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: David Wang
Thesis Title: Understanding host-pathogen interactions using the Caenorhabditis elegans – Orsay virus experimental model
Jaquelin Garcia
Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Farshid Guilak
Thesis Title: Characterizing PIEZO1 Mechanotransduction in Articular Chondrocytes
Paige Hall
Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Daved H. Fremont
Thesis Title: Biophysical insights into emerging virus-host interactions
Wentao Han
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Grant A. Challen
Thesis Title: JARID2-mediated Epigenetic Reprogramming of Human Hematopoietic Progenitors for Stem Cell Transplantation
Kayla Hannon
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Janine D. Bijsterbosch
Thesis Title: Parsing Heterogeneity in Depression
Steven Hartman
Program: Computational and Systems Biology
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey I. Gordon
Thesis Title: Computational and mathematical modeling of host and microbial community responses to microbiota-directed complementary foods administered to children with acute malnutrition
Ruijun He
Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Kory J. Lavine
Thesis Title: DNA-damaging chemotherapy reshapes the immune landscape of the heart
Israt Jahan
Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Joan E. Strassmann
Thesis Title: Barriers and Breakthroughs in the Evolutuion of Aggregative Multicellularity
Dymonn Johnson
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Amber Stratman
Thesis Title: Lysosomes as Gatekeepers: How LIC1-Mediated Trafficking Regulates Angiogenesis and Vascular Morphogenesis
Paul Jones
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Angela Christine Hirbe
Thesis Title: Multiclass Liquid Biopsy Assessment of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Associated Nerve Sheath Tumors