Graduation Year

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis Advisor: James Umen

Thesis Title: Deciphering the origins of cell-type differentiation using the simple multicellular green alga Volvox carteri

Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Graduation Year: 2023

Thesis Advisor: Ru Zhang

Thesis Title: Understanding thermotolerance in photosynthetic cells: From green algae to land plants

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Alan R. Templeton

Thesis Title: Applications of evolutionary theory to genotype/phenotype association studies

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Brian J. DeBosch

Thesis Title: Glucose transporters in hepatic fasting metabolism: Implications for cardiometabolic disease

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2010

Thesis Advisor: Kathleen B. Hall

Thesis Title: Unique features of polypyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB) RNA recognition motifs (RRMs): Insight into protein motions, RNA binding and downhill folding

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Erik D. Herzog

Thesis Title: The Role of VIP SCN Neurons in Circadian Physiology and Behavior

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis Advisor: Herbert W. Virgin

Thesis Title: Investigation of IFNγ-induced control of intracellular pathogens

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Steven S. Dowdy

Thesis Title: Analysis of the p27KIPI Cell Cycle Inhibitor and its Function in Cell Motility

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis Advisor: J. David D. Dickman

Thesis Title: Neural substrates of vestibular behavior in birds: multisensory integration and state-dependent processing

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Michael R. Bruchas

Thesis Title: Dissection of affective catecholamine circuits using traditional and wireless optogenetics.