Alumni
Recent alumni of the Ph.D. Program in Biology include:
| Abouelela, Ahmed M. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: THE EFFECT OF GLUMATE ON AXONAL PHYSIOLOGY |
| Afanador, Lauriaselle (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: THE ROLE OF STRIATAL NEUROPEPTIDES ON GLUTAMATE AND METHAMPHETAMINE-INDUCED NEUROTOXICITY IN THE MURINE BRAIN |
| Aguilar, Elliot George (Graduated: 2016) |
| Dissertation Title: "Models and Methods in Cultural and Social Evolution" |
| Aguirre-Santoro, Julian A. (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Systematics and evolution of the Ronnbergia Alliance (Bromeliaceae): history of disjunct diversification in three biodiversity hotspots of the Neotropics" |
| Ahmed, Selena (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: BIODIVERSITY AND ETHNOGRAPHY OF TEA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN YUNNAN, CHINA |
| Al-Bashir, Najat A. (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: MAG DOES NOT REQUIRE NgRI, PirB OR SIALIC ACID BINDING TO INHIBIT NEURITE OUTGROWTH |
| Alexander, Adanna G. (Graduated: 2020) |
| Dissertation Title: Elucidating the Role of APL-1, the C. elegans Ortholog of the Human Amyloid Precursor Protein |
| Allen, Jessica L. (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Lichen Conservation in Eastern North America: Population Genomics, Climate Change, and Translocations" |
| Almonte, Carla (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: THE VOCAL BEHAVIORS OF CAPTIVE NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTERS (LONTRA CANADENSIS): INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND SHARED REPERTOIRES |
| Alvarez, Regina Veronica (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: THE ECOLOGY OF THE WOODLANDS OF CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY |
| Anastassov, Ivan (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: NEUROMODULATORY AND CYTOPROTECTIVE ROLES OF ZINC IN THE VERTEBRATE RETINA |
| Arroyave-Gutierrez, Jairo A. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS OF OTOPHYSIAN FISHES: AFRICAN ALESTIDS AND DISTICHODONTIDS (CHARACIFORMES), AFRO-ASIAN CHEDRINS (DANIONINAE: CYPRINIFORMES), AND NEOTROPICAL LOCRICARIINS (LORICARIIDAE: SILURIFORMES) AS CASE STUDIES |
| Baazaoui, Narjes (Graduated: 2016) |
| Dissertation Title: “Effect of CNTF derived peptide, P021 on cognition and pathology in 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease” |
| Bagnall, Ciara N. (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: "The Role of Oxidative Stress and Signal Transduction in Chemotherapy-Mediated Cognitive Impairment in the Menopause Rat Model" |
| Barord, Gregory J. (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "On the biology, behavior, and conservation of the Chambered Nautilus, Nautilus sp." |
| Belanger, Diana (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: POPULATION GENETICS OF CANINE HEARTWORM (DIROFILARIA IMMITIS) |
| Beltran, Jesus Alonso (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: Functional Characterization of the Plant 15-CIS-Zetacarotene Isomerase (Z-ISO) |
| Benavides, Mario F. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: MICROSPHERULE PROTEIN MSP58 AND UBIQUITIN LIGASE EDD FORM A STABLE COMPLEX THAT REGULATES CELL PROLIFERATION |
| Bendaoud, Salim (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Modulation of the Sodium/Potassium ATPase Function and Expression by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Right Sensorimotor Cortex in Mice" |
| Benichov, Jonathan I. (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Mechanisms of Vocal Coordination in Zebra Finches" |
| Benun, Frieda (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: The Evolution of Reproductive Complexity in Fishes |
| Blaize, Jonathan F. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: THE INFLUENCE OF HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR DURING PHAGOCYTOSIS BY RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM |
| Boehm, Joel Thomas (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Population Genomic Inference of Ecology Concervation, Evolution, and Demographic History of Atlantic Seahorses and Pipefishes" |
| Bohl, Corentin (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: PREDICTING POTENTIAL INTRODUCTIONS AND RANGE EXPANSIONS OF THE MONK PARAKEET WITH ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING AND LANDSCAPE GENETICS |
| Bois, Michael (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "Candida Albicans ALS5P Amyloid in Host-microbe Interactions: A ceanorhabditis Elegans Study" |
| Briffa-Mirabella, Susan A. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: THE EFFECTS OF THYROID HORMONE INSUFFICIENCY DURING DEVELOPMENT ON CORTICAL MORPHOLOGY AND THE BEHABIOURAL MANIFESTATIONS |
| Brogun, Dmitry Y. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: A MINUS-GAMETE-SPECIFIC GENE IN FUSION-DEFECTIVE CHLAMYDOMONAS MUTANTS AND ANALYSIS OF BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS UPREGULATED DURING GAMETOGENESIS |
| Buczek, Monika S. (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: "Regulation of the Tubulin Omolog FTSZ in Escherichia Coli" |
| Budell, William C. (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Transposon Mutagenesis Facilitates Discovery of Genotype-Phenotype Associations and Functional Interrogation of the Mycobacterium kansasii Genome |
| Budylin, Tatyana (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: The 5-HT1A-R knockout mouse as a model of later life anxiety disorders: Implications for sex differences |
| Buenaventura, Diego F. (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Molecular Analysis of Cone Photoreceptor Genesis from a Specific Retinal Progenitor Population |
| Burg, Noah (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: "Using Molecular Markers to Trace the Population History of Volant Organisms at Differing Temporal Scales" |
| Bythrow, Glennon (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Exploration of the Inhibitory Properties of the Nucleoside Antibiotic Salicyl-AMS and Analogues Targeting Siderophore Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Cao, Qin (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: VASCULAR ENDOTHELIA GROWTH FACTOR AND ITS RECEPTOR VEGFR2 REGULATE SYNAPTIC PROTEIN LEVELS IN RAT HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS |
| Carpino, James (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: Structure And Function In Bacteriophage Phi6 |
| Chatterjee, Amrita (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Control of cell cycle progression by mTOR" |
| Chatterjee, Kaushiki (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: An In vitro and in vivo evaluation of the anticancer potential of resveratrol and pterostilbene against HPV-E6 positive cancers |
| Chen, Xin (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: Integrating Phylogenomics, Biogeography and Systematics to Explore the Taxonomy and the Rise of the Ratsnakes |
| Cheung, Fanny (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: The Transcription Factor AT5 Portects Against Cortical Neurons from Toxicity |
| Chilukuri, Rajendra V. E. (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: A STUDY OF THE PROGENITOR POTENTIAL AND FUNCTION OF THYMIC NURSE CELLS USING pH91, A TNC-SPECIFIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY |
| Clark, James Frederick (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: Integration of BMP and Insulin/IGF-1 Signaling Regulates Multiple Homeostatic Functions in Caenorhabditis elegans |
| Cloherty, Tami Marie (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF FRESHWATER SNAILS IN FOUR LAKES IN THE NEW CROTON/MUSCOOT WATERSHED WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY |
| Cohen, Limor (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Anti-Cancer Effects of Oleocanthal and Extra Virgin Olive Oil |
| Cohen, Michael J. (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Through the Back Door: Proteins Escape Cells without Conventional Permission |
| Collie, Karyn (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: SIBLING EGG CANNIBALISM BY NEONATES OF THE COLORADO POTATO BEETLE, LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA |
| Corbo, Christopher (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: EFFECT OF TAU HYPERPHOSPHORYLATION ON CELLULAR PATHOLOGY |
| Corwin, Chuhyon (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: "Insights into the Cyclooxygenase Pathway in a Progressive Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease Induced by Prostaglandin J2: Protection with Ibuprofen" |
| Costello, Jennifer M. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: DIFFERENCES IN MORPHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR IN GREEN FROGS (LITHOBATES CLAMITANS) FROM URBAN AND RURAL SITES IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY |
| Crane, Samuel (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: UNDERSTANDING A PEST-GENETICDIVERSITY, BIOGEOGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENETICS OF THE PLUM CURCULIO (CONOTRACHELUS NENUPHAR) |
| Croston, Rebecca L. (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "Testing assumptions of coevolution in an egg-rejecting brood parasite host: Uncovering sensory, cognitive, and evolutionary drivers of responses to parasitism in American robins (Turdus migratorius)." |
| Curley, Shannon (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Responses of North American Birds to Recent Climate Change: Effects of Distribution Changes on Migration Distances, Community Structure, and Biodiversity Patterns, |
| Dan, Hanbin (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: MOLECULAR GENETIC STUDIES OF SULFUR NUTRIENT RESPONSE IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA |
| Das, Dibash (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: "MicroRNA- 1207- 3P in Prostate Cancer" |
| Davoodian, Naveed (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: "A Contribution Toward a Global Monograph of Gyroporus: Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Biogeography |
| De Gezelle, Jillian (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: Q'EQCHI' MAYA REPRODUCTIVE ETHNOMEDICINE, ESTROGENIC PLANT USE, AND WOMEN'S HEALING TRADITIONS IN BELIZE |
| Demos, Terrence (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: Comparative Phylogeography, Phylogenetics, and Population Geonomics of East African Montane Small Mammals |
| Diotti, Raffaella (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "Polymerase alpha components associate with telomeres to mediate overhang processing" |
| Dorey, Jenna (Graduated: 2020) |
| Dissertation Title: Systematics of Carex Section Laxiflorae (Cyperaceae) |
| Dover, Katarzyna Zofia (Graduated: 2010) |
| Dissertation Title: FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR HOMOLOGOUS FACTOR FAMILY OF PROTEINS |
| Doyle, Vinson (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: COLLETOTRICHUM GLOEOSPORIOIDES S.L. IN NORTH AMERICA: SEX, HOST AND HABITAT-MEDIATED DIVERSITY IN A PLANT-ASSOCIATED ASCOMYCETE |
| Eckenrode, Kelly (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Characterization of Early Biofilm Formation and Physiology in Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
| Edelstein, Jacob S. (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: NOVEL INSIGHTS INTO VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2-MEDIATED SIGNALING TO THE MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN/AKT NETWORK IN SK-N-SH NEUROBLASTOMA CELLS |
| Elie, Benelita Tina (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Preclinical Evaluation of Gold-Based Chemotherapeutic Candidates for the Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cancer |
| Esposito, Lauren A. (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: SYSTEMATICS AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE NEW WORLD SCORPION GENUS CENTRUROIDES MARX,1890 (SCORPIONES:BUTHIDAEJ) |
| Esposito, Michelle Marie (Graduated: 2016) |
| Dissertation Title: "The implications of chromatin remodelers' acetylation in INO1 activation" |
| Ewald, Collin Yves (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: MULTIFUNCTIONAL ROLES OF APL-11N C. elegans |
| Fassbender, Joyce L. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: DIVERSITY, RESOURCE PARTITIONING, AND SPECIES TURNOVER IN NEOTROPICAL SAPROXYLIC BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE, CURCULIONIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH TREES IN THE BRAZIL NUT FAMILY (LECYTHIDACEAE) |
| Feldmann, Katherine Genevieve (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: "Non Canonical Activation of Creb/CRH-1 Mediates Neuroprotection in a Caenorhabditis Elegans Model of Excitotoxic Necrosis" |
| Fish, Ian Hunter (Graduated: 2016) |
| Dissertation Title: Molecular Evolution of Antiviral Protein OAS1 in Monkeys and Ungulates” |
| Fitzgerald, Allison (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: THE EFFECTS OF CHRONIC HABITAT DEGRADATION ON THE PHYSIOLOGY AND METAL ACCUMULATION OF EASTERN OYSTERS (CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA) IN THE HUDSON-RARITAN ESTUARY |
| Ford, Brian E. (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Pseudomonas Φ6 as a Model for virus Emergence" |
| Fowler, Wan Shan (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "LIM protein Ajuba directlt interacts with Replication Protein A to prevent ATR DNA damage response" |
| Freilich, Xenia L. (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Diversity and Biogeography of Anurans of the Highlands of Ethiopia" |
| Gao, Chong (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Context Dependent Roles of MDMX (MDM4) and MDM2 in Breast Cancer proliferation and circulating tumor cells |
| Ghahramani, Zachary (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Distribution and Activation of catcholaminergic Nerons in the Brain of Male Plainfin Midshipman Fish- Divergence in Vocal Behavior and Reproductive Phenotype" |
| Giovinazzo, Joseph A. (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: Renal Risk Variants of Apolipoprotein L-1 Form Channels at the Plasma Membrane That Lead to a Cytotoxic Influx of Calcium |
| Gonzalez, Edmundo (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: SYSTEMATICS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SCORPION SUBFAMILY SYNTROPINAE (SCORPIONES: VAEJOVIDAE) |
| Gore, Paula (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Incipient Speciations in Freshwater Fish Species from Two Isolated Watersheds" |
| Gormezano, Linda (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "How important is land-based foraging to polar bears during the ice-free season in western Hudson Bay? An examination of dietary shifts, compositional patterns, behavioral observations and energetic contributions" |
| Gorson, Juliette (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: Characterizing Venom Gene Expression, Function and Species Diversity in Predatory Marine Snails of the Terebridae |
| Gotesman, Michael (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: MyTH4 AND FERM HAVE OVERLAPPING AND DISTINCT ROLES IN THE FUNCTION OF Myo1, A CLASS XN MYOSIN IN TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA |
| Goulet, Juliette (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "Migration Plasticity as an adaptation to Climate Change" |
| Goyert, Holly (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: FORAGING STRATEGIES AND FACILITATIVE INTERACTIONS AMONG COMMON (STERNA HIRUNDO) AND ROSEATE (S. DOUGALII) TERNS IN THE NW ATLANTIC OCEAN |
| Guiher, Timothy James (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: SYSTEMATICS AND HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX AND AGKJSTRODON PISCIVORUS |
| Gutierrez, Eliecer Eduardo (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: PHYLOGENETIC$ AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF MOUSE OPOSSUMS (DIDELPHIDAE: MARMOSA) |
| Harris, Stephen E. (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Population Genomics of White-footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City." |
| Haven, James (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSES ON THE CORE GENOME OF BORREI.lA BURGDORFERI: ELUCIDATING THE GENOMICS OF VIRULENCE |
| Herman, James P. (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY IN THE HUMAN SACCADE SYSTEM |
| Huaman, Jeannette (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Circulating Tumor Cells |
| Huang, Kuo-Hsiang (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Regulation of FTSZ-ring assembly in E. coli cytokinesis" |
| Huang, Ya-Yi (Graduated: 2010) |
| Dissertation Title: SYSTEMATICS OF LECYTHIDOIDEAE (LECYTHDACEAE) WITH EMPHASIS ON BERTHOLLETIA, CORYTHOPHORA, ESCHWEILERA, AND LECYTHIS |
| Jackman, George (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "The Ecology of Winter Flounder Through an Otolith Perspective" |
| Janney, Eathan (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Musical Regularity and Rhythmic Patterns: A Quantitative Analysys of Birdsong Structure" |
| Jenkins, Edmund Charles (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: THE ROLE OF Na+/H+ EXCHANGER-1 (NHE1) IN MAMMARY BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS AND MAINTENANCE OF TISSUE ARCHITECTURE |
| Jin, Ye (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "The Role of Fitx Proteins in Early Xenopus Development" |
| Johnson, Livia V. (Graduated: 2020) |
| Dissertation Title: Regulation of a Messenger: Raising oskar, It Takes a Village |
| Jordan, Jake (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Interhemispheric Communication and Lateralization in the Mouse Hippocampus |
| Ju, Chenghui (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Cultural evolution in natural populations: a quantitative bioacoustic analysis" |
| Kalamarz, Marta Elzbieta (Graduated: 2010) |
| Dissertation Title: ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF HEMATOPOIETIC TUMORS IN SUMOYLATION MUTANTS OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER |
| Kalan, Sampada (Graduated: 2016) |
| Dissertation Title: "LIM protein Ajuba participates in the repression of ATR- mediated DNA damage response in human cells" |
| Kane, Kristin (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: EFFECTS OF ENDOPHYTE INFECTION, ABIOTIC STRESS AND COMPETITION ON LOLIUM PERENNE POPULATIONS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION |
| Kass, Jamie (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Integrating the effects of biotic interactions into models of species distributions |
| Kaur, Kulbir (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: EFFECTS OF BISPHENOL-A ON OXIDATIVE STRESS, MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR - LYMPHOBLASTS AND DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER STUDIES - POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS IN AUTISM |
| Kavalier, Adam (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: EFFECTS OF THE ENZYME INHIBITOR PROHEXADIONE-CALCIUM ON HOPS DETERMINED BY LC-TOF-MS |
| Keller, Amy C. (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ANTIDIABETIC DOMINICAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PLANTS COSTUS SPICATUS SW. AND MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L. |
| Kerr, Daniel J. (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "The Function of the Phospholipid Flippase Atp8a1 in Neurotransmission, Brain Development, and Autistic Behavior" |
| Khalil, Reem (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: POSTNATAL REFINEMENT OF INTERAREAL CIRCUITS IN FERRET VISUAL CORTEX |
| Khan, Afsheen (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: The Interplay of Visual Attention and Saccade Planning in Active Vision |
| Khan, Amber (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: The Master Synaptic Regulators: Activity Regulated Cytoskeleton Associated Protein, Arc, in Normal Aging and Diseases with Cognitive Impairment |
| Khan, Sana (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: Chamber-Specific Patterns of Epicardium Formations in Zebrafish |
| Khondker, Shoily (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Role of Protein Phosphatase 2A-Cdc55 (PP2ACdc55) in Regulating Cell Cycle progression and DNA replication stress response |
| Kitalong, Christopher (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "Ethnomedical, Ecological and Phytochemical Studies of Palauan Flora." |
| Klein, Coby Michael (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: The Evolution of Spinosad Resistance in Colorado Potato Beetles (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) |
| Konarzewska, Paulina (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "The Regulation of the Vcuolar ATPase activity" |
| Kreibel, Ricardo (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "Phylogeny, taxonomy and morphological evolution Conostegia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae)." |
| Kucerova-Levisohn, Martina (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "TCR alpha LCR and non-LCR CIS-elements contributing to tissue specific expression of the TCR Alpha gene in thymic and peripheral T-cells" |
| Kulakowski, Daniel (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "An ethnobotanical, ecological and LC-MS based chemometric investigation of Phaleria nisidai, a traditional adaptogen containing diterpene esters from Palau Micronesia" |
| Kundu, Nandini (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "The p53 independent functions of estrogen-activated MDM2 in cell signaling and mammary architecture" |
| Lahiji, Armin (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: IN VITRO MODELS TO STUDY THE PROPERTIES OF THE TCR LOCUS CONTROL REGION |
| Lalicata, Linda A. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: A STUDY OF THE DIETS AND FEEDING STRATEGIES OF TWO CO-OCCURRING SPECIES OF CENTRARCHIDS, REDBREAST SUNFISH (LEPOMIS AURITUS) AND BLUEGILL SUNFISH (LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS) IN TWO SUBURBAN LAKES |
| Lang, Damaris-Lois Yamoah (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: IMPACT OF ODORS ON PATERNAL RESPONSIVENESS AND ASSOCIATED NEURONAL ACTIVITY IN “EXPECTANT” MALE PRAIRIE VOLES (Microtus ochrogaster) |
| Lazarus Sherr, Goldie L. (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "The regulation of phosphatidate phosphataste gene PAH1 and its regulatory role on cell homeostasis" |
| Lempert, Eugene (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Probing the Limits of Singular Gene Expression Through the Activity of High Representation Odorant Receptor Transgenes |
| Lendemer, James Colin (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: LICHEN TAXONOMY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: A REVISION OF THE GENUS LEPRARIA SL. IN NORTH AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO |
| Levendosky, Keith (Graduated: 2020) |
| Dissertation Title: Sex, Scents, and Cephalopods: Factors that Affect Social and Reproductive Behavior in Chambered Nautilus and Oval Squid |
| Lewandowski, Naomi (Graduated: 2020) |
| Dissertation Title: Sex, Scents, and Cephalopods: Factors that Affect Social and Reproductive Behavior in Chambered Nautilus and Oval Squid |
| Lewis, Rita Hazel (Graduated: 2010) |
| Dissertation Title: REGULATION OF ANTI-dsDNA B-CELLS IN MICE TRANSGENIC FOR THE HEAVY AND LIGHT CHAINS OFAN ANTI-dsDNA ANTIBODY |
| Liu, Jingjing (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: HYPER-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE C MEDIATES THE REDUCED AMPA RECEPTOR SURFACE EXPRESSION IN PRENATAL COCAINE EXPOSED BRAINS: THE ROLE FOR DIACYLGLYCEROL, DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE AND 3-PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-DEPENDENT KINASE |
| Liu, Yue (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Physical Mechanisms and Biological Consequences of Voltage-gated Sodium Channel Modulation by FHF Proteins" |
| Ljubicic, Iva (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: "Social Influences on Songbird Behavior: From Song Learning to Motion Coordination" |
| Lovett, Jordana M. (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: Compact gene regulatory casettes support hallmark features of the T-cell receptor (TCR)-alpha gene locus control region (LCR) activity |
| Lyles, James Thomas (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: REGULATION OF ANTI-dsDNA B-CELLS IN MICE TRANSGENIC FOR THE HEAVY AND LIGHT CHAINS OFAN ANTI-dsDNA ANTIBODY |
| Madaan, Uday (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Tissue Specific Mechanisms of Target Gene Regulation by BMP in C. Elegans" |
| Malave, Lauren (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Activation of the Sonic Hedgehog Effector Smoothened Selectively Restores Cholinergic Interneuron Function to Counteract L-Dopa Induced Dyskinesia |
| Marra, Christopher J. (Graduated: 2020) |
| Dissertation Title: Functions of Fibr unctions of Fibroblast Gr oblast Growth Factor Homologous F or Homologous Factor 2 in or 2 in Excitable Tissues |
| Marsillo, Alexandra (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Neonatal Stimulation of PKC Epsilon Signaling Normalizes Fragile X-Associated Deficits in PVN Oxytocin and Later Life Social and Emotional Behavior" |
| Martin, Che (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: GENOMIC ANALYSES REVEAL PUTATIVELY PATHOGENIC GENES AND FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS IN BORRELIA BURGDORFERI, THE LYME DISEASE BACTERIUM |
| Martin, Marie-Caroline (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: HABITAT ASSOCIATION AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF PROCELLARIIFORM SEABIRDS ALONG THE NORTHEAST CONTINENTAL SHELF OF THE UNITED STATES: RELATIONSHIPS TO PREY AND OTHER TOP PREDATORS |
| Matos, Fernando B. (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Systematic studies of Elaphoglossum section Polytrichia (Dryopteridaceae)" |
| Mcclelland, Donald (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: SYSTEMATICS AND TAXONOMY OF SOLANUM SECTION DUNALIANA AND SECTION IRENOSOLANUM (SOLANACEAE) |
| McLaughlin, John (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Post-transcriptional regulation of the Drosophila anterior determinant, bicoid" |
| McLean, Jeffrey Edward (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: INFLUENZA A AND FLAVIVIRUS MANIPULATION OF CELL DEATH |
| Medley, Tiffany Loren (Graduated: 2010) |
| Dissertation Title: WILD OYSTERS, CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA, IN THE HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY: GROWTH, HEALTH AND POPULATION STRUCTURE |
| Mekhael, Wagdy William (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Modulation of spatsticity by trans-spinal direct current stimulation in animals with spinal cord injury" |
| Metcalfe, Maria Jose (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: cAMP AND CHAPERONES, POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES TO PREVENT INFLAMMATION-LINKED TAU PATHOLOGY IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
| Meyer, Rachel S. (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: CHEMICAL, GENETIC AND ETHNOBOTANICAL DIVERSITY IN ASIAN EGGPLANT |
| Mighty, Jason (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Characterization of Extracellular Versicles from Human Diabetic Retinopathy Retinal Tissue in Vitro and from Urine of Human Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy |
| Mogha, Amit (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: THE ROLE OF SEROTONIN lA RECEPTOR-MEDIATED SIGNALING IN PSD95 INDUCTION AND SYNAPTOGENESIS DURING NEONATAL HIPPOCAMPAL DEVELOPMENT |
| Mohandas, Poornima (Graduated: 2016) |
| Dissertation Title: “Biosynthesis and roles of virulence conferring cell wall associated dimycocerosate esters in Mycobacterium marinum” |
| Monod, Lionel (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: THE LIOCHELIDAE FET & BECHLY, 2001 (SCORPIONES) OF THE INDO-PAClFIC REGION, SYSTEMATICS AND BIOGEOGRAPHY |
| Morgan, Eric Carl (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: ECOLOGY OF A SOUTHWEST NEW ENGLAND FOREST AND ITS INVASION BY A NON NATIVE TREE SPECIES |
| Mukhopadhyay, Suman (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Exploiting cancer cell signaling and metabolism: Implications for therapeutic approach" |
| Murphy, Michael (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Role and Regulation of Alternative Polyadenylation in the DNA Damage Response |
| Myeku, Natura (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: UBIQUITIN PROTEASOME PATHWAY, AlJTOPHAGY AND A NOVELTHERAPEUTICAPPROACH TO PREVENT NEURODEGENERATION LINKED TO INFLAMMATION IN ALS |
| Myers, Edward A. (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Comparative population genomics and speciation of snakes across the North American deserts" |
| Nagy, Christopher Michael (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: POPULATION DYNAMICS AND OCCUPANCY PATTERNS OF EASTERN SCREECH OWLS (MEGASCOPS ASIO) IN NEW YORK CITY PARKS AND ADJACENT SUBURBS |
| Negrin, Adam (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Chemotaxonomy of Theobroma and Herrania (Malvaceae) and Ilex (Aquifoliaceae) species |
| Neofotis, Peter (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Explorations in Advancing Algal Biomass Productivity" |
| Neuwirth, Lorenz S. (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: The Characterization of Pb2+Toxicity in Rat Neural Development: An Assessment of Pb2+ Effects on the GABA Shift in Neural Networks and Implications for Learning and Memory Disruption |
| Novcic, Ivana (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "Foraging ecology of shorebirds at a stopover site: niche dynamics, aggression and resource use in Delaware Bay" |
| Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro Francisco (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: BIODIVERSITY, TAXONOMY AND SYSTEMATICS OF NEW WORLD FRESHWATER LEECHES (ANNELIDA: HIRUDINEA) WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON GLOSSIPHONIID LEECHES AND THEIR BACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS |
| Offringa, Lisa C. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: MEDICINAL PLANTS OF NORTHERN THAILAND FOR THE TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN THE ELDERLY |
| Okoro, Danielle (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: THE NON-CANONICAL GROWTH ACTIVATING FUNCTIONS OF HIGHLY EXPRESSED HUMAN MDM2-C |
| Orridge, Jonelle Imogene (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: GENETIC, MORPHOLOGICAL. AND ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG POPULATIONS OF THE CLAM SHRIMP, CAENESTHERIELLA GNECIA |
| Overcast, Isaac (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: On the Distribution of Genetic Variation in Ecological Communities |
| Owen, Matthew Aaron (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Ecology, Evolution and Sexual Selection in the invasive, globally distributed small Indian Mangoose (Urva auropunctata)" |
| Ozelski, Ashley N. (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Climate, resource phenology, and demographic population structure impacts on songbird habitat quality." |
| Pabon-Mora, Natalia (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: FUNCTIONAL EVOLUTION OF THE APETALA1/FRUITFULL GENE LINEAGE |
| Paddibhatla, Indira (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: ROLE Of TOLL-NF-kB SIGNALING IN INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNE HOMEOSTASIS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER |
| Palmisano, Nicholas (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "The Recycling GTPase, RAB-10, Regulates Autophagy Flux in Caenorhabditis Elegans" |
| Pant, Jyoti (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Trypanosome Lytic Factor mediated immunity against Leishmania sp." |
| Parvanova, Irena G. (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Getting at the surface- a promoter and coding sequence characterization of an odorant receptor |
| Patoori, Sruti (Graduated: 2020) |
| Dissertation Title: Gene regulation and cell fate choice in the developing vertebrate retina |
| Pavan, Silvia E. (Graduated: 2016) |
| Dissertation Title: “Phylogeny, Systematics and Biogeography of short-tailed opossums (Didelphidae: Monodelphis)” |
| Penaloza, Carlos (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "The Sex of the Cell Dictates its Response" |
| Perez, William (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: A Systematic Revision of North American Tolypella A. Braun (Charophyceae, Charophyta) |
| Persaud, Leah (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: The Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Cancer Killing Effect of Interleukin-24 |
| Petrova, Vanya (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: "The therapeautic potential of natural products from Vaccinium berries for viral and lung diseasesthrough an imporved LC- MS-based chemometric approach" |
| Petrovicheva, Anna (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: Search for Host Factors Involved in Attachment of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens to Plants |
| Phan, Ha Thi Thu (Graduated: 2010) |
| Dissertation Title: AUDITORY PROCESSING OF COMPlEX TONES IN NEWBORN INFANTS |
| Phillips, Anna Jane (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: A PHYLOGENETIC REVISION OF THE MEDICINAL LEECHES OF THE WORLD (HIRUDINIDAE, MACROBDELLIDAE, PRAOBDELLIDAE) |
| Pinto, Christian Miguel (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Evolution of bat-trypnosome associations and the origins of Chagas Disease" |
| Pooyaei Mehr, Fatemeh (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: TRANSCRIPTOME DE NOVO ASSEMBLY, CLUSTERING AND ANNOTATION OF NOVEL TRANSCRIPTS |
| Prates, Ivan (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Climate-driven Habitat Shifts in South America; biogeography, historical demography, and population genomics of anole lizards" |
| Qi, Yan (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "Comparative Modeling and Functional Characterization of Two Enzymes of the Cyclooxygenase Pathway in Drosophilia melanogaster" |
| Quinlan, Rena Fiona (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CYP97 AND HYO CAROTENE HYDROXYLASE ENZYMES |
| Radikha Sookdeo, Ayisha (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: “Nuclear Pore Protein nup211 Is Essential for Cell Cycle Progression and Cell Shape Maintenance in Fission Yeast" |
| Raghupathy, Gayathri Devi (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Identification and characterization of a novel barrier insulator activity in the T-cell receptor alpha locus control region |
| Ramroop, Johnny R. (Graduated: 2016) |
| Dissertation Title: "Mechanisms of Immune Activation and Suppression by Parasitic Wasps of Drosophila" |
| Ravbar, Primoz (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: MECHANISMS OF VOCAL LEARNING IN SONGBIRDS: HOW SONG SYLLABLE STRUCTURE IS LEARNED |
| Ray, Kathryn (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: EXPRESSION OF THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BROAD AND RNA BINDING FACTORS IN THE MIDGUT OF THE MOSQUITO A. AEGYPTI DURING METAMORPHOSIS |
| Reginato, Marcelo (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "Systematics and evolution of Leandra s.str. (Melastomataceae, Miconieae)" |
| Roberts, Andrew Spender (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: PHYTOSOCIOLOGY, HISTORY AND DIVERSITY IN FARMER-MANAGED LANDSCAPES ON THE TONLE SAP FLOODPLAIN, CAMBODIA |
| Rodrigues, Carlos (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Systematics and Ecology of the Andean Neotropical Schefflera (Araliaceae) with Globose Capitate Influorescences and Use of Niche Modeling for IUCN Red List Threat Assessment of Plerandra Elegantissima (Araliaceae) |
| Rosso, Melissa (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Exploring chromatin-bound MDM2 functions in compromised transcriptioal regulation of p53 target genes" |
| Ruane, Sara (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: PHYLOGEOGRAPHY, PHYLOGENETICS, HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY, AND MORPHOLOGY OF MILKSNAKES (GENUS LAMPROPELTIS) |
| Rusielewicz, Tomasz (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: ENHANCEMENT OF OLIGODENDROCYTE REMYELINATION THROUGH THE ABLATION OF NON-MUSCLE MYOSIN II B |
| Salinas, Nelson (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: Systematics and Biogeography of Orthaea Kloztsch (Ericaceae: Vaccinieae) |
| Salloum, Darin (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "Lipid Dependency in Ras-Driven Cancer Cells" |
| Samaddar, Sreyashi (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: NEONATAL INVOLVEMENT OF THE SEROTONERGIC SYSTEM IN HIPPOCAMPAL WIRING: UNRAVELING ITS ROLE ON GENDER-SPECIFIC MOOD DISORDERS |
| Santiago, Zully (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Understanding Motility in 3D environments: A Song of Hydrostatic Pressure and Blebs |
| Scarpati, Michael (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "A Combined Computational Strategy of Sequence amd Structural Analysis Predicts the Existence of a Functional Eicosanoid Pathway in D. Melanogaster" |
| Schnaars, Kathleen (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: MOVEMENT AND SPATIAL COSTS OF RESISTANCE IN THE COLORADO POTATO BEETLE, LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA (SAY), COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE" |
| Sengupta, Ananya (Graduated: 2016) |
| Dissertation Title: "Deciphering the role of Gfi1b gene target RGS18 in mammalian hematopoiesis and identifying its signal transduction pathway" |
| Sheng, Caren Ka Lee (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: IN VITRO EFFECTS OF INSULIN AND VEGF ON THE CHOROIDAL AND SCLERAL COMPONENTS OF EYE GROWTH |
| Sheppard, Samantha Allyson (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: LIM DOMAIN PROTEINS TRIP6 AND LPP ASSOCIATE WITH SHELTERIN TO MEDIATE TELOMERE PROTECTION |
| Shohat, Aya (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: REGULATION OF MICROTUBULE STABILITY IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE |
| Sidime, Francoise (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: Neurodevelopmental defects associated with gestational exposure to low levels of dibutyl phthalate in mice |
| Sigurdsson, Snorri (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: "THE SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF THE NIGHTJARS AND THEIR ALLIES (AVES: CAPRIMULGIFORMES)" |
| Simpson, Joshua (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: Phylogeny and Population Genetics of the Endangered Dwarf Bear-Poppy, Arctomecon Humilis Coville (Papaveraceae) Using Microsatellite Markers |
| Singh, Sean (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Dictyostelium discoideum Protein Kinase C-orthologue pkcA Regulates Actin Cytoskeleton through Interaction with Phospholipase D and p21-activated Kinase |
| Sleith, Robin (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Distribution and population structure of the invasive Nitellopsis obtusa (Desv. In Loisel.) J.Groves and native species of characeae in the Northeast USA |
| Small, Chiyedza (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: FUNCTIONS OF NOTCH AND NEURALIZED IN DROSOPHILA HEMATOPOIESIS |
| Soley, Mariano (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "Ecological niches, special distributions, and biogeogrphic processes in rodents on Neotropical sky islands." |
| Starikov, Lev (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: The integration of multiple sources of Sonic Hedgehog in the spinal cord contribute to the production of first-born oligodendrocyte precursor cells which become critical for synapse remodeling in response to adult motor neuron injury |
| Strangas, Maria L. (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: "Niche Shifts, Species Distributions, and Genetic Diversity in Gymnophthalminae Lizards, with a focus on Microclimates and Thermophysiology" |
| Stucky, Andres W. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: PRENATAL COCAINE DYSREGULATES BDNF/TRKB SIGNALING IN HIPPOCAMPUS AND PREFRONTAL CORTEX OF ADOLESCENT RATS |
| Tachjadi, Janto (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: ANGIOGENESIS OF HUMAN RETINAL MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS: ROLE OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR -1 AND HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR-1 ALPHA IN THE PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL 3-KINASE PATHWAY |
| Teegala, Sushma (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "The Role of T-box Proteins in Vertebrate Germ Layer Formation and Patterning" |
| Tehrani, Nazila (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "The Insulin/IGF Signaling Regulaor Cytohesin/GRP-1 Modulates Sensitivity to Excitotoxicity in C.elegans" |
| Thevalingam, Donald (Graduated: 2020) |
| Dissertation Title: Hyaluronan at the Brain-Environment Interface |
| Thorn, Mitchell (Graduated: 2010) |
| Dissertation Title: THE ROLE OF BAFF OVEREXPRESSION IN THE LOSS OF ANTI-dsDNA B CELL TOLERANCE |
| Tiwari, Athena (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ROAD DE-ICING SALT ON ADIRONDACK FORESTS AND HEADWATER STREAMS |
| Tollis, Marc (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: LIZARDS AND LINEs: PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND GENOME EVOLUTION OF THE GREEN ANOLE (ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS) |
| Tsang , Susan Man Shu (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Phylogeography of Southeast Asian flying foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Pteropus)" |
| Tsoi, Shuk C. (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Adult Neurogenesis in Avian Auditory Cortex, Caudomedial Nidopallium (NCM): Lateralization and Effects of Statins" |
| Tzfadia, Oren (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: SYSTEMS BIOLOGY-BASED STUDY OF PROVITAMIN A CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA |
| Uddin, Sharmeen (Graduated: 2020) |
| Dissertation Title: Cell Cycle Progression Effects of Albumin |
| Urbanski, Mateusz (Graduated: 2015) |
| Dissertation Title: "Matrix Stiffness Regulates Glial Cell Morphology and Differentiation" |
| Van der Hoek, Yntze (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: Variation in Habitat Thresholds: An Analysis of Minimum Habitat Requirements of North American Breeding Birds |
| Verdes, Aida E. (Graduated: 2018) |
| Dissertation Title: "Convergent Evolution of Biochemical Innovations in Polychaetes: Characterizing the Molecular Basis of Bioluminescence and Venom Production" |
| Verdi, Joseph (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: Innate Antibodies, Murine Models, and Evolution: A Study of Trypanosome Lytic Factor Functions and Their Translational Applications |
| Wang, Hu (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE ADVERSE IMPACT OF MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION AND ITS PREVENTION ON THE UBIQUITIN/PROTEASOME PATHWAY: RELEVANCE TO PARKINSON DISEASE |
| Weckel, Mark E. (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: FINE-SCALE GENETICS, POPULATION DYNAMICS, AND MANAGEMENT OF SUBURBAN WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS) |
| Wegiel, Jarek (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: DEVELOPMENTAL ALTERATIONS OF RAPHE NUCLEI IN AUTISTIC SUBJECTS 5-15 YEARS OF AGE-METHODS AND TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS |
| White, Timothy P. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: SPATIAL ECOLOGY OF WINTERING SEA DUCKS OFFSHORE ON NANTUCKET SHOALS, MASSACHUSETTS |
| Wiech, Eliza M. (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: Computational Analyses of the Components of Sinohizobium Meliloti EXoR-EXoS/ChvI Pathway: The EXoR and EXoS Proteins |
| Wise, Alexandria Augustine (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: THE NEUROGENETIC ANALYSIS OF SYNAPTOGENESIS AND SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER |
| Wu , Hao (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: A Novel Kinesin Adapter Directly Mediates Dendritic mRNA Localization During Synapse Development |
| Xiao, Shu (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "The Role of Nucleolin Phosphorylation by CK2 in Regulating Cellular Fate Under Normal amd Stress Conditions" |
| Xu, Limei (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: REGULATION OF NUTRIENT SIGNALING TO MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN BY PHOSPHOLIPASE D |
| Xue, Alexander T. (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Comparative Phylogeographic and Population Genomic Inference Under Hierarchical Co- Demographic Models" |
| Xue, Yan (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: THE TRANSCELLULAR PATHWAY IS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO WATER FLOW THROUGH VASCULAR ENDOTHELIA |
| Yan, Xin (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: ROLE OF VOLTAGE SENSITIVE CALCIUM CHANNELS (VSCCs) IN THE MATURATION OF THE GABAERGIC SYSTEM IN THE FRAGILE X SYNDROME |
| Yarosh, Haley Lauren (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: ON THE MECHANISM OF NEUROTOXICITY FROM METHAMPHETAMINE, THE ROLE OF NEUROPEPTIDE Y |
| Yellen, Paige B. (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: CYTOTOXIC AND CYTOSTATIC PROPERTIES OF RAPAMYCIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS |
| Yu, Meng-Hsueh (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: MODELING TREE GROWTH AND SEEDLING RECRUITMENT IN A SELECTIVELY LOGGED TEMPERATE FOREST |
| Zhou, Jing (Graduated: 2017) |
| Dissertation Title: "Retinal Progenitor Cell Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell and 3D Mini Retina Derived Extra Cellular Vesicles Contain Transcription Factors , MicroRNAs, and Proteins Associated with Potency and Development" |
| Ziaei, Samira (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: MNKI MODULATION OF hnRNP A1 IN CELLULAR SENESCENCE |
| Zions, Michael (Graduated: 2019) |
| Dissertation Title: A Neural Mechanism for Capnotaxis in the naked mole rat |