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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Belanger, Diana (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: POPULATION GENETICS OF CANINE HEARTWORM (DIROFILARIA IMMITIS) |
| Benavides, Mario F. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: MICROSPHERULE PROTEIN MSP58 AND UBIQUITIN LIGASE EDD FORM A STABLE COMPLEX THAT REGULATES CELL PROLIFERATION |
| Blaize, Jonathan F. (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: THE INFLUENCE OF HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR DURING PHAGOCYTOSIS BY RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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)." |
| Dan, Hanbin (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: MOLECULAR GENETIC STUDIES OF SULFUR NUTRIENT RESPONSE IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA |
| 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" |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Esposito, Lauren A. (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: SYSTEMATICS AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE NEW WORLD SCORPION GENUS CENTRUROIDES MARX,1890 (SCORPIONES:BUTHIDAEJ) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Gonzalez, Edmundo (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: SYSTEMATICS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SCORPION SUBFAMILY SYNTROPINAE (SCORPIONES: VAEJOVIDAE) |
| 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" |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Huang, Ya-Yi (Graduated: 2010) |
| Dissertation Title: SYSTEMATICS OF LECYTHIDOIDEAE (LECYTHDACEAE) WITH EMPHASIS ON BERTHOLLETIA, CORYTHOPHORA, ESCHWEILERA, AND LECYTHIS |
| Jenkins, Edmund Charles (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: THE ROLE OF Na+/H+ EXCHANGER-1 (NHE1) IN MAMMARY BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS AND MAINTENANCE OF TISSUE ARCHITECTURE |
| Kalamarz, Marta Elzbieta (Graduated: 2010) |
| Dissertation Title: ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF HEMATOPOIETIC TUMORS IN SUMOYLATION MUTANTS OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER |
| Kane, Kristin (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: EFFECTS OF ENDOPHYTE INFECTION, ABIOTIC STRESS AND COMPETITION ON LOLIUM PERENNE POPULATIONS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Kreibel, Ricardo (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: "Phylogeny, taxonomy and morphological evolution Conostegia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae)." |
| 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" |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mcclelland, Donald (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: SYSTEMATICS AND TAXONOMY OF SOLANUM SECTION DUNALIANA AND SECTION IRENOSOLANUM (SOLANACEAE) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mogha, Amit (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: THE ROLE OF SEROTONIN lA RECEPTOR-MEDIATED SIGNALING IN PSD95 INDUCTION AND SYNAPTOGENESIS DURING NEONATAL HIPPOCAMPAL DEVELOPMENT |
| 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 |
| Myeku, Natura (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: UBIQUITIN PROTEASOME PATHWAY, AlJTOPHAGY AND A NOVELTHERAPEUTICAPPROACH TO PREVENT NEURODEGENERATION LINKED TO INFLAMMATION IN ALS |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Pooyaei Mehr, Fatemeh (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: TRANSCRIPTOME DE NOVO ASSEMBLY, CLUSTERING AND ANNOTATION OF NOVEL TRANSCRIPTS |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Roberts, Andrew Spender (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: PHYTOSOCIOLOGY, HISTORY AND DIVERSITY IN FARMER-MANAGED LANDSCAPES ON THE TONLE SAP FLOODPLAIN, CAMBODIA |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Schnaars, Kathleen (Graduated: 2013) |
| Dissertation Title: MOVEMENT AND SPATIAL COSTS OF RESISTANCE IN THE COLORADO POTATO BEETLE, LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA (SAY), COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE" |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Small, Chiyedza (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: FUNCTIONS OF NOTCH AND NEURALIZED IN DROSOPHILA HEMATOPOIESIS |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Tzfadia, Oren (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: SYSTEMS BIOLOGY-BASED STUDY OF PROVITAMIN A CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA |
| Van der Hoek, Yntze (Graduated: 2014) |
| Dissertation Title: Variation in Habitat Thresholds: An Analysis of Minimum Habitat Requirements of North American Breeding Birds |
| 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 |
| Xu, Limei (Graduated: 2012) |
| Dissertation Title: REGULATION OF NUTRIENT SIGNALING TO MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN BY PHOSPHOLIPASE D |
| 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 |
| Ziaei, Samira (Graduated: 2011) |
| Dissertation Title: MNKI MODULATION OF hnRNP A1 IN CELLULAR SENESCENCE |