Click on a profile to see updates on where our alumni are now. Kiana Martinez Ph.D. 2021 Advisor: Christina Laukaitis "Identifying the Genetic Basis of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS)" John Alexander Erwin Ph.D. 2020 Advisor: Melanie Culver "The Use of Conservation Genomics To Inform Law and Policy" Alejandra Encinas Ph.D. 2019 Advisor: Michael Hammer “Understanding SCN8A and Voltage-Gated Sodium Channelopathies” Aaron Roznowski Ph.D. 2019 Advisor: Bentley Fane "Structure/Function investigation of the bacteriophage φX174's DNA piloting protein" Asher Haug-Baltzell Ph.D. 2018 Advisor: Eric H Lyons “Genomic Insights: Comparative Genomics in the Big Data Age” Ryan Sprissler Ph.D. 2017 Advisor: Michael Hammer "Genetics of Epilepsy" Erin Vaughn Ph.D. 2016 Advisor: Melanie Culver “Conservation Genetics and Epigenetics of Pronghorn, Antilocapra Americana” Consuelo Dayzú Quinto Ph.D. 2016 Advisor: Joseph Watkins “Inferring Demographic History of Admixed Human Populations with SNP Array Data” August Woerner Ph.D. 2016 Advisor: Michael Hammer "On the neutralome of great apes and nearest neighbor search in metric spaces" Joe Kunkle Ph.D. 2015 Advisor: Andrew Capaldi “A Systems Approach for Dissecting Integrated Signaling Pathways: TORC1 and Ras/PKA Regulation of Glucose Induced Growth Control in S. cerevisiae” Katie Caviness Ph.D. 2015 Advisor: Felicia Goodrum “Complex Gene Expression and Interplay of the UL136 Protein Isoforms Influence Human Cytomegalovirus Persistence” Robert Fitak Ph.D. 2014 Advisor: Melanie Culver “Conservation Genomics of the Endangered Mexican Wolf and De Novo SNP Marker Development in Pumas Using Next-Generation Sequencing” Jason Pugh Ph.D. 2013 Advisor: Janko Nikolich-Zugich “Radiation and Immunity in the Context of Cytomegalovirus and Aging” Atlantis Russ Md, Ph.D. 2013 Advisor: Joyce A Schroeder “HUGL and the Role of Polarity in Breast Cancer” Matt Hart Ph.D. 2013 Advisor: Joyce A Schroeder “Understanding EGFR Modification, Trafficking, and the Importance of its Juxtamembrane Domain in Cancer” Maureen Peterson Ph.D. 2011 Advisors: Giovanni Bosco and Vicki Chandler “Transportation Regulation: Control of Expression in Drosophila Melanogaster and Consequences of Disregulation in Human Cells” Robert Valenzuela Ph.D. 2011 Advisor: Murray H Brilliant “Predictive Modeling for Complex Traits: Normal Human Pigmentation Variation” Helen F. Smith Ph.D. 2010 Advisor: Giovanni Bosco “Condensin II Regulation and Function in Polyploid and Female Meiotic Cells in Drosophila Melanogaster” Bridget Barker Ph.D. 2009 Advisor: Steve Rounsley “Population Genetics and Genomics of Coccidioides Immitis and Coccidides Posadasii” Patricia Kiesler Ph.D. 2009 Advisor: Donata Vercelli “Functional Characterization of an Allergy-Associated Regulatory Variant at the Human IL13 Locus” Jannine Strempel Ph.D. 2008 Advisor: Donata Vercelli “The Regulation of Th2 Cytokine Genes: Functional and Comparative Genomic Analysis” Holly Garriock Ph.D. 2006 Advisor: Robert P. Erikson “Genetics of Major Depressive Disorder in Treatment Resistance and Tryptophan Depletion” Sally Dickinson Ph.D. 2005 Advisor: Qin M. Chen “Early Responses to Oxidative Stress in Heart Cells: Signals from the Cell Membrane to the Nucleus and Beyond” Zanhua Yi Ph.D. 2005 Advisor: Murray H. Brilliant “Analysis of the Mouse p100H Mutation: Implications for Two Disease Related Genes: P and Sox6” Ramanujam Radabaugh Ph.D. 2003 Advisor: Roy R. Parker “Oxidation and Reduction of Inorganic Arsenic in Mammalian Systems” Joana Carneiro da Silva Ph.D. 2000 Advisor: Margaret G. Kidwell “Population Genetics of P Transposable Elements and their Host Species, with Emphasis on Drosophilia Willistoni and Drosophilia Sturtevanti” Shermali Gunawardena Ph.D. 1999 Advisor: Mary C Rykowski “Interphase Chromosome Movement during the Midblastula Transition in Drosophila Melanogaster” Patrick O'Grady Ph.D. 1998 Advisor: Margaret G. Kidwell “Phylogenetic Relationships of Files in the Family Drosophilae Inferred by Combined Analysis of Molecular and Morphological Data Sets” Ssucheng Jeff Hsu Ph.D. 1998 Advisor: Robert P. Erikson “Physical and Genetic Mapping on Mouse Proximal Chromosome 18” Baris Kerimoglu
