Alumni of the Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program
For more detailed updates on some of our alumni please visit the “Where Are They Now” page.
| MOB Graduate | Dissertation Title and Major Professor | Last Known Position | Degree Year |
| Louis Kolling | Sniffing out the role of olfactory neurons in whole-body metabolism (Debra Fadool) | Post Doc, U Iowa | 2022 |
| Mohammadreza Paraan | Structural Characterization of Protein Coats in Vesicle Trafficking (Scott Stagg) | 2020 | |
| Steven Austin | Simulation and Analysis of Protein-Motion Coupled Solvation Structure and Dynamics (Wei Yang) | 2020 | |
| Travis Hand | Mechanistic Studies of CRISPR-Cas9 Using Directed Evolution (Hong Li) | 2019 | |
| Archimon Ghosh | Regulation of Protein-Ligand Interactions and Liquid-Liquid Phase separation by the Cellular Environment (Hong Li) | 2019 | |
| Erick Aitchison | Hierarchical Free Energy Surfaces of Biomolecules | Computation Chemist, Vividion Theraputics (2022) | 2019 |
| Karen Corbett | Simulation Studies of Oxidized Human Thioredoxin Ionization (Wei Yang) | Post Doc, RMIT University, Australia (2022) | 2019 |
| Joseph M. Pennigton | Siroheme Biosynthesis and Regulation of Siroheme Deficiency (Beth Stroupe) | Research Scientist, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, FL (2022) | 2019 |
| Austin Schwartz | Targeting the Kv1.3 Ion Channel with Peptide Inhibitors and Nanoparticle Bioconjugates: Neuromodulation of the Olfactory Bulb and its Influence whole-body Metabolism (Debra Fadool) | Business Development Associate, Tellus Therapeutics, Durham, NC (02/2019) | 2018 |
| Mike Kopylov | Insights into the Complex Formation between Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase and a Higly Polymorphic DNA G-Quadruplex (Beth Stroupe) | Scientist, Simons Electron Microscopy Center, NYSBC, New York City (01/2019) | 2017 |
| Tsz Kin Martin Tsui | Characterization of a Novel CRISPR Type II-C Cas9 Endonuclease from Bacterial Thermophile Acidothermus cellulolyticus 11B (Hong Li) | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California San Francisco (10/2017) | 2017 |
| Cristian Escobar | Challenges in Characterizing Membrane Proteins and Intrinsically Disordered Regions Involved in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Cell Division (Tim Cross) | Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab of Dr. Tim Cross, FSU, Magnet Lab (09/2017) | 2017 |
| Zhongjun Hu | The structure study of myosin filament, Z-disc and HIV envelope protein. (Ken Taylor) | Sr.Software Engineer; Hermes Microvision, Inc (HMI) Software Engineering Image Dept (09/2017) | 2017 |
| Zhihui Zhang | Computational Simulations of Vortex Waves Interacting with Heterogeneities: from Chemical Media to Cardiac Tissues (Oliver Steinbock) |
2016 | |
| Joana Paulino | Dynamics of the M2 Proton Channel of Influenze A: Gating by Val27 and TRP41 (Tim Cross) | Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab of Dr. Tim Cross, FSU, Magnet Lab (09/2017) | 2016 |
| Ryan Riskowski | Theory and Applications of Surface Energy Transfer for 2-20 nm Diameter Metal Nanoparticles (Geoffrey Strouse) | 2016 | |
| Anna Wright | Application of Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Drug Discovery | 2016 | |
| John Spear | Early Secretory Mechanism and Progress Toward Structural Determination of the Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Kv1.3 | 2015 | |
| Dale Bosco | Influencing human mesenchymal stem cell behavior with small molecular compounds (Qing Xiang Amy Sang) | Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab of Dr. Yi Ren, FSU College of Medicine (09/2015) | 2015 |
| Nathalie Munoz | Human mesenchymal stem cells metabolism under different environmental conditions (Tim Logan) | 2015 | |
| Tong Chen | A Novel FT-ICR Ion Trap for Ultra-high Resolution Mass Spectrometry and Its Biological Application (Alan Marshall) | 2015 | |
| Liam Longo | Symmetry and Simplicity in Protein Evolution and Design (Michael Blaber) | Postdoctoral Fellow, Fleishman Lab, Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (02/2015) | 2014 |
| Hanaa Hariri | Novel insights into the mechanisms involved in the formation of COPII-coated vesicles (Scott Stagg) | Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Mike Henne Lab (02/2015) | 2014 |
| Aguang Dai | Identifying weak and strong binding states of Myosin V on F-actin in the ADP.Pi condition (Ken Taylor) | 2014 | |
| Nabanita Das | Structure determination of M. Tuberculosis small helical membrane proteins in lipid by solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (Tim Cross) | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Colorado Medical School (06/2014) | 2014 |
| Dylan Murray | Structure of a three helix membrane protein in a lipid bilayer (Tim Cross) | Assistant Professor at the University of California Davis (2018) | 2014 |
| Alexis Cocozaki | Structure and Function of the Cmr Ribonucleoprotein Complex in CRISPR RNA-Mediated RNA Cleavage Link to dissertation (Hong Li) | Postdoctoral Researcher, AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Co., Boston MA (08/2013) | 2013 |
| Nancy Ramia | Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Bacterial Effector Complexes in Viral Defense Link to dissertation (Hong Li) | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Massachusetts Medical School (06/2014) | 2013 |
| Myriam Badr | Generation and Characterization of Fret Constructs of Cardiac Troponin C to Study Divalent Cation Dependent Structural Changes and Develop a Ca2+ Sensor (Bryant Chase) Link to dissertation | Postdoctoral Researcher, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Lab of Dr. Natalia Shirokova (08/2013) | 2013 |
| Kerem Bingol | Metabolite identification by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Link to dissertation (Rafael Brüschweiler) |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Scientist (Level 3), Richland, WA (08/2015) | 2013 |
| Ari Kassardjian | Regulation of the Transcription Factor YY1 by Phosphorylation Link to dissertation (Myra Hurt) |
Enrolled as MD student at Tulane Medical School (06/2013) | 2012 |
| Roni Rayes | Role of tropomyosin’s dynamics & the C-terminal domain of troponin I in the regulation of muscle contraction Link to dissertation (Peter Fajer) |
Post-Doc, McGill University Cedars Cancer Inst. Montreal (03/2013) | 2011 |
| Shaun Murphy | 3D Molecular Cytological and Genetic Analysis of the Sun-Domain (SAD1-UNC-84) Proteins in Maize (Zea Mays, L) meiosis; Discovery of a Novel Plant Sun Family including Sun3, a Candidate Gene for the Desynaptic (DY) Mutant Link to dissertation (Hank Bass) |
Research Associate, Hank Bass Lab, Florida State University (09/2015) |
2011 |
| Kyle Noble | Physical Structural Characterization of Intrinsically Disordered Protein Link to dissertation (Tim Logan) |
Post-Doc, Ken Roux Lab, Florida State University | 2011 |
| Cristina Russo | Salt-dependence of Protein-DNA binding: insights into protein electrostatics and redesign Link to dissertation (Marcia Fenley and Michael Blaber) |
STEM Research Assoc., Pathevo/Owen Software Development Corp., Rockville, MD | 2010 |
| Bo Liang | Structural and Functional Studies of a RNA-Guided RNA Modification Enzyme: Box H/ACA RNP Link to dissertation (Hong Li) |
Post-Doc, Harvard Medical School, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunobiology | 2009 |
| Jason Crowe | Development and Implementation of an NMR Compatible 3-D Perfusion Bioreactor to Study hMSC Microenvironment Link to dissertation (Teng Ma and Tim Logan) |
Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, State of Florida, Tallahassee, FL | 2009 |
| Michelle Hall Mitchell | Understanding Structural Mechanisms of Endolytic RNA Cleavage Enzymes Link to dissertation Link to dissertation (Hong Li) |
San Antonio, TX | 2009 |
| Hui-Min Zhang | Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Monitored by Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry-Method Optimization and Applications to the Study of Protein Conformation and Protein-Drug Interactions Link to dissertation (Alan Marshall) |
Senior Scientist, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Whitehouse Station, NJ | 2009 |
| Irina Carbone | Computational Approaches to the Description of Long Time-Scale Biomolecular Events Link to dissertation (Wei Yang) |
Environmental Specialist, State of Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection | 2009 |
| Aya Kataoka-Takeda | Cardiac thin-filament regulatory proteins: modulation of kinetics and calcium sensitivity and relevance to familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Bryant Chase) |
Sales and Marketing representative for Genaris, Inc., Yokohama, Japan | 2008 |
| Hau Nguyen | Structural Characterization of Rr0008c, an Integral Membrane Protein from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis by Solution NMR Spectroscopy Link to dissertation (Tim Cross) |
Post-Doc, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe, NM (12/2013) | 2008 |
| Dan Mitchell | Methods for Epitope Characterization of Adeno Associated Virus Type 2 through Antibody Neutralization Escape Mutants Link to dissertation (Michael Chapman) |
Staff Scientist, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX | 2008 |
| Shenping Wu | Structures of Active Myosin Cross-bridge in Quick Frozen Insect Flight Muscle Characterized by Electron Tomography Link to dissertation (Ken Taylor) |
Post-Doc, Yifan Cheng Lab, University of California, San Francisco | 2008 |
| Weishu Bu | Mapping of Adeno-associated Virus 2 Immunogenic Epitopes and Cellular Receptor Binding Sites – Improving a Gene Therapy Vector Link to dissertation (Michael Chapman) |
Research Associate, Veteran’s Administration, Ann Arbor, MI | 2007 |
| Kate Calvin | Biochemical Characterization of the RNA Splicing Endonuclease Link to dissertation (Hong Li) |
Scientific Research Specialist, College of Medicine, Florida State University | 2007 |
| Tom Asbury | From Data to Structure: Using Orientational Information with PISEMA Spectra to Build Atomic Models Link to dissertation (Richard Bertram) |
Post-Doc, Medical Univ South Carolina, Charleston, SC | 2006 |
| Nicolas Brunet | Mutations in the Human Cardiac Ca2+-regulatory Proteins Affect the Function of the Thin Filament – Lessons for Inherited Cardiomyopathies Link to dissertation (P. Bryant Chase) |
Research Associate, Department of Neurological Surgery, Univ. of Pittsburgh (01/2013) | 2006 |
| Cheri Hampton | Reading Between the Filaments: Structural Character5ization of Two Different F-Actin Cross-Linking Proteins Link to dissertation (Ken Taylor) |
Post-Doc, Emory University, Department of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases (5/2014) | 2006 |
| Eliza Ruben | Stereoelectronic Effects in Phosphates Link to dissertation (Michael Chapman) |
Director, Protein Expression Core Facility, University of Oklahoma, Norman (06/2014) | 2006 |
| Brenda Schoffstall | Modulators of Myosin Activity and Actomyosin Interaction: Potential for a 2-Deoxy-ATP (dATP) as a Positive Inotrope in Cardiac Muscle –Link to dissertation (P. Bryant Chase) |
Asst Prof, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL (06/2013) | 2006 |
| Mariya Semavina | Molecular Mechanisms of Activation of Iron Dependent Regulator from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Link to dissertation (Tim Logan) |
Cornell Medical Center | 2006 |
| Ilker Sen | Activation by Metal Binding of the Anthracis Repressor from Bacillus anthracis Link to dissertation (Piotr Fajer and Tim Logan) |
Research Scientist at Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (10/2013) | 2006 |
| Feng Ye | Integrin alphaIIbbeta3 Conformational Change Visualized in a Membrane Environment by Cryoelectron Tomography Link to dissertation (Ken Taylor) |
2005 | |
| Rumana Rashid | Structural and Biochemical Characterization of RNA-guided Modification Enzymes Link to dissertation (Hong Li) |
Research Fellow, Xencor, Inc. Monrovia CA ( | 2005 |
| Wendy Walton | Isotopic enrichment and Receptor-binding Analysis of Insect and Lec1 Expressed Avian Thy-1 –Link to dissertation (Tim Logan) |
Method Development Scientist at ImClone Systems, NJ (06/2013) | 2005 |
| Ying Xiong | Electrospray Ionization Fourier Transform on Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Biological Molecules: Oligoribonucleotide and Membrane Proteins Link to dissertation (Alan Marshall) |
2005 | |
| Deborah Kelly | Visualizing Cell Adhesion Proteins using Cryo-electron Microscopy and 3-D Reconstruction Techniques Link to dissertation (Ken Taylor) |
Associate Professor Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA (09/2017) | 2003 |
| Changlin Tian | Initial Structural Characterization of M2 Proton Channel from Influenza A Virus using Solid State NMR and Solution NMR (Tim Cross) |
Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) Anhui, China (05/2012) | 2003 |
| Smita Bhatia | Combined Crystallographic and Cryo-electron Microscopic Analysis of Adeno-associated Virus Type-2 Link to dissertation (Michael Chapman) |
Founder, Bhatia Research Consulting, Ottowa, Canada (06/2014) | 2003 |
| Meredith Newby Spano | Solution NMR Structure Determination of the Spliceosomal U2suRNA-Intrahelix: Role of a Conserved Pseudouridine in Branch Site Conformation (Nancy Greenbaum) |
Senior Research Scientist, NUBAD, LLC, Greenville SC (08/2015) | 2002 |
| Mohammad Yousef | Arginine Kinase: Transition State and Substrate-free Structures. Implications for Catalysis and Induced-fit (Michael Chapman) |
Asst. Professor, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (06/2013) | 2002 |
| Sanguk Kim | Computational Aspects of Membrane Protein Structure Determination using Solid State NMR (Tim Cross) |
Associate Professor, Department of Life Science, POSTECH, Pohang, S. Korea (06/2013) | 2002 |
| Promod Mehndiratta | Expression, Purification and Characterization of Chicken Thy-1 in Lec-1 Mammalian and Tr5 Insect Cells (Tim Logan) |
Associate Director at Janssen R&D (Johnson and Johnson) (05/2014) | 2002 |
| Bruce Baumann | Dynamics and Orientation of Myosin Regulatory Domain Link to dissertation (Piotr Fajer) |
2002 | |
| Pamela Twigg | Biophysical Investigations into Mechanisms for Regulation of Diphtheria Toxin Repressor Activity (Donald Caspar) |
Research Associate, FSU Logan Lab (06/2014) | 2001 |
| Alla Korepanova | Exploring the Role of the Unfolded State in Protein Folding (Tim Logan) |
Sr. Researcher, Abbott Labs, Chicago (06/2014) | 2001 |
| Daniel Adamek | Characterization of the Hydrophobic Cavity of Interleukin 1-beta (Donald Caspar) |
VP R&D, Business Developmen, AZ Technology, Huntsville AL (05/2012) | 2001 |
| Elena Falkovskaia | Electronic Mechanisms of Photophysical Induction of Luminescence in Hydroxyflavones (Michael Kasha) |
2001 | |
| Alexei Soares | Mapping the Hydration Structure of Insulin, Interleukin 1-beta, and PPG11 (Donald Caspar) |
Sr. Researcher: beam line scientist in the Macromolecular Crystallography Research Resource (PXRR) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (06/2013) | 2001 |
| Junfeng Wang | PISA Wheel Analysis and its Application in Structural Determination of Ms-TMP (Tim Cross) |
Professor, Heifei Inst. of Physical Science, Anhui, China (05/2012) | 2001 |
| Michaella Velichova | Role of Platelet Titin and GSP in the Process of Platelet Activation (Tom Keller) |
2001 | |
| John Caban | A Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Study of Transdermal Drug Delivery using Electric Fields and Chemical Penetratio Enhancers (Tim Moerland/Bruce Locke) |
2000 | |
| Jinhua Tang | 3-D Structure of Alpha-Actinin from Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reconstruction (Ken Taylor) |
Project Scientist UC San Diego, Tim Baker Lab (05/2012) | 2000 |
| Frank Kovacs | Structural Characterization of the M2 Protein Ion Channel of the Influenza A Virus Using Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (Tim Cross) |
Assoc. Professor, Univ. of Nebraska at Kearney (06/2013) | 1999 |
| Genfa Zhou | The Transition State Structure of Argenine Kinase (Michael Chapman) |
Founder/Chief Scientist, FusoGen Pharmaceuticals (05/2012) | 1998 |
| Pablo Perhacs | Sharing in Covalent and Hydrogen Bonds (Robert Fulton) |
Lawyer and Owner, Carcinomics, LLC, West Palm Beach, FL (06/2014) | 1998 |
| Lorena Griparic | Identification and Characterization of Chicken and Human Clip-170/Restin Isoforms (Tom Keller) |
Principal Publications Planning Specialist, Global Medical Affairs at Allergan, and VP, Communications, Association for Women in Science; Los Angeles (06/2014) | 1998 |
| Priya Subramony | Developmental Regulation of Calcium-activated Potassium Currents in Chick Autonomic Neurons (Stuart Dryer) |
Senior Patent Agent at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Austin, TX (05/2014) | 1997 |
| Sanja Roje | Towards More Efficient Gene Targeting in Plants (George Bates) |
Assistant Professor, Inst. of Biological Chemistry, Washington State Univ. at Pullman (05/2012) | 1997 |
| Sperantza Svirchevsky | Projective Spatial Decomposition for Quantum Transition Rate Theory (William Rhodes) |
1997 | |
| Goran Periz | Dissection of the Chlamydomonas ReinhardtII Alpha 1-tubulin Promoter (Laura Keller) |
Postdoctoral Fellow w/ Shanthini Sockanathan, Johns Hopkins University (05/2012) | 1997 |
| Jeanette Gunther-Brooks | Characterization and Evolution of a Tandemly Repetitive DNA Component in Birds (Siwo DeKloet) |
1997 | |
| Bishow Adhikari | Myosin Heads: Modulation of Dynamics in Filaments and Orientation and Mobility of Fibers during Force Generation (Piotr Fajer) |
Program Director, NIH, Bethesda MD (06/2013) | 1996 |
| Drazen Raucher | Conformational Changes of Myosin Heads in Muscle Contraction (Piotr Fajer) |
Assoc. Professor, Univ. of Mississippi at Jackson, Medical Center (05/2012) | 1995 |
| Martin Martinov | Rigorous Analysis of Charge Transfer and Electronegativity Equalization in Molecules (Jerzy Cioslowski) |
Founder, Chief Scientist, Gradient Biomodeling, LLC, Park City, UT (06/2014) | 1995 |
| Yi Zhang | Cloning and Characterization of Satellite 2 Hammerheads from a Diverse Set of Caudate Amphibians (Lloyd Epstein) |
Professor, Harvard Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Center (6/2014) | 1995 |
| Randal Ketchem | Structural Determination and Refinement of the Gramicidin A Transmembrane Channel as Studies by Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (Tim Cross) |
Scientific Director at AmGen, Inc. Snohomish, Washington (06/2013) | 1995 |
| Stephen Coats | Satellite 2 DNA is a Caudate-specific Repetitive Element that is Evolutionarily Related to the Small Nuclear RNA Gene Family (Lloyd Epstein) |
Research Scientist, Univ. of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle (05/2014) | 1995 |
| Barbara Green | Conserved Sequence and Functional Domains in Satellite 2 from Four Families of Salamanders (Lloyd Epstein) |
Professional Tutor, WyzAnt Tutoring, New Orleans, LA (06/2014) | 1995 |
| Kenneth Eilertsen | Identification and in vitro Characterization of Cellular Titin: A Component of the Intestinal Brush Border Cytoskeleton (Tom Keller) |
Assoc. Professor, Tulane Univ. Pennington Biomedical Research Center (09/2012) | 1994 |
| Sarah Netzel-Arnett | Use of Synthetic Peptides to Study Structure-Function Relationships of Matrix Metalloproteinases and their Substrates (Harold Van Wart) |
Asst. Professor, Univ. of Maryland, School of Medicine at Baltimore (05/2012) | 1994 |
| Tom Burris | Dopaminergic Stimulation of Prolactin Secretion from the Anterior Pituitary Gland (Marc Freeman) |
Chair, Pharmacological & Physiological Science, St. Louis University (12/2013) | 1993 |
| Kunal Merchant-William | The Dependence of DNA Liquid Crystalline Phases on the Contour Length and Other Physical Properties (Randy Rill) |
Sr Clinical Project Manager, Duke Translational Medicine Institute (06/2014) | 1993 |
| Steven Pascal | High Resolution Structure Determination of Gramicidin A Dimers in Various Solvent Environments by 2-D 1H-1H NMR (Tim Cross) |
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA (06/2014) | 1993 |
| Christopher North | Peptide Backbone Librations of the Gramicidin A Transmembrane Channel as Measured by Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Implications for Proposed Mechanisms of Ion Transport (Tim Cross) |
Patent Attorney with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in Alexandria VA; received law degree in 2005 from Georgetown Univ. (06/2013) | 1993 |
| Brian Wendelburg | Transcriptional Control Elements of the Sea Urchin Early U1 Small Nuclear RNA Gene (William Marzluff) |
Business Development Manager, North America at Miltenyi Biotec, Inc., Raleigh-Durham NC (06/2013) | 1993 |
| Eric Springman | Metallobiochemistry and Activation of the HUMAN Fibroblast and Neutrophil Collagenases (Harold Van Wart) |
Chief Scientific Officer, Celtaxsys Pharmaceutical Co., Atlanta (06/2013) | 1992 |
| Jinn-Shyan Wang | Resonance Raman Characterization of N-Acetyl Microperoxidaes-8 and its High Valent Intermediates (Harold Van Wart) |
Assoc. Professor, Fu Jen Catholic University, School of Medicine, New Taipei City, Taiwan | 1992 |
| Jianhua Sun | Transport of Histone mRNA from the Nucleus to the Cytoplasm (William Marzluff) |
1992 | |
| Branko Stefanovic | Developmental Regulation of the Sea Urchin U2snRNA Genes (William Marzluff) |
Assoc. Professor, FSU Medical School (06/2013) | 1991 |
| Karen Stevenson | Protein-DNA Interactions in the Sea Urchin U1snRNA Prometer (William Marzluff) |
1991 | |
| Linda Nicholson | The Structural Motif and Backbone Dynamics of Membrane-bound Gramicidin-A using Solid-state 15n Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (Tim Cross) |
Professor, Cornell University (09/2012) | 1990 |
| Glenn Marsch | Sequence Preference Motifs of Covalent DNA Binding by Intercalating Drugs and Carcinogens (Randy Rill) |
Professor of Physics, Grove City College, PA (06/2013) | 1990 |
| Niranjan Pandey | The Role of mRNA Stability in Histone Gene Expression (William Marzluff) |
Faculty Research Assoc. Neuroscience & Neuroengineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (06/2014) | 1990 |
| Robert Smith II | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Biochemical Studies of Histone Mobility in Nucleosomes (Randy Rill) |
M.D. Radiologist, Baptist Health Care, Pensacola, FL (05/2014) | 1990 |
| James Veal | An Investigation of the Sequence Specific Binding of bis(1,10-phenanthro-line) Copper(I) to DNA (Randy Rill) |
Distinguished Research Fellow, Quanticel Pharmaceuticals, San Francisco (05/2014) | 1989 |
| Charles Deane Little | Bacteria that Degrade Hazardous Waste: The Isolation of Trichloroethylene-degrading Methanotropic Bacteria and Development of Monoclonal Antibodies Specific to Them (Penny Gilmer) |
CEO, CSO at New Sky Energy, Inc., Boulder, CO (11/2013) | 1988 |
| Anthony Nicholls | The Dynamics of a Vibronically Coupled Exciton, Modeled upon the Alpha Helix, Compared to Soliton Solutions of the System’s Reduced Hamiltonian (William Rhodes) |
President and CEO, Open Eye Scientific Software, Santa Fe, NM (11/2013) | 1988 |
| Teresa Strzelecka | Liquid-Crystalline Phases in Concentrated DNA Solutions (Randy Rill) |
1988 | |
| Jeffrey Priest | Application of HPLC and FPLC to the Detection and Purification of Patulin Biosynthetic Enzymes form Penicillium patulum (Robley Light) |
Research Biologist, Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA (05/2014) | 1988 |
| Jean Allen MacInnis | Picosecond Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculation of Complex Molecular Proton Transfer (Michael Kasha) |
1987 | |
| Carr Smith | Role of Proteinases in Cellular Invasion and Metastasis of L1210 and L5178 Murine Leukemias (Harold Van Wart) |
VP, Product Design, Entegrion, Inc. Research Triangle, NC (05/2012) | 1984 |
| Marcia Applegate (Harris) | Studies on Replication and Transcription Using in vitro Methylated DNA (J. Herbert Taylor) |
Family Practicioner, Christiansburg, VA (06/2014) | 1984 |
| Larry Bezviner | Excited State Proton Transfer in Lumichrome and in the Purine Bases (Michael Kasha) |
Consultant, JLB Consulting Group, Inc. and Adjunct Professor, Brandeis University (06/2014) | 1984 |
| Benjamin Irvin | Mechanisms and Thermodynamics of the Marangoni Instability (Robert Fulton) |
Director of R&D, Bayer Health Care, Westhaven CT (09/2012) | 1983 |
| Thomas Eads | Carbon-13 NMR Studies of Myosin (Leo Mandelkern) |
Photographer and owner of Thomas Eads Fine Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL (05/2014) | 1982 |
| Nancy Rosenberg Nicolson | a-Chymotrypsin: A Probe of Nucleosome Fine Structural Topography (Randy Rill) |
CEO and Co-Founder, Institute for Molecular Medicine, Laguna Beach, CA (05/2014) | 1982 |
| Jasemine Choy Chambers | Replication of Cloned Xenopus Laevis DNA Fragments in Unfertilized Eggs and their Transcription in Oocytes (J. Herbert Taylor) |
Has Law degree from George Washington Univ.; Counsel for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Washington DC, Patent Law (06/2013) | 1982 |
| Steven Theg | Studies on the Composition and Organization of the Oxidizing Side of Photosystem II in Chloroplasts (Peter Homann) |
Professor of Plant Biology, Univ. of California at Davis (10/2013) | 1981 |
| Thomas Fischer | Differences in the Interaction between Rhodopsin and the Major Headgroup Classes of Phospholipids (Ted Williams) |
Chief Scientific Officer, Vice President and Co-Founder, Entegrion, Inc. Research Triangle Park, NC (05/2014) | 1981 |
| Kurt Donaldson | A Static Screened Potential Method for the Calculation of Electronic Transition Properties of Azabenzenes (William Rhodes) |
Professor of Chemistry, Edison State College, Fort Myers, FL (11/2013) | 1981 |
| Scott Chambers | Characterization of a Soluble Chromatin Fraction Enriched in Transcribed and Newly Replicated DNA Sequences as well as NHCP and Histone Variants (Randy Rill) |
Partner, Chair of Intellectual Property Dept./Patent law; Patton Boggs law Firm, Washington DC (10/2013) | 1981 |
| Michael Chaitin | The Distribution of Actin in Cultured Normal and Dystrophic Rat Pigment Epithelial Cells during Phagocytosis of Rod Outer Segments (Ted Williams) |
Review Officer NIH/Center for Scientific Review (09/2012) | 1981 |
| Claude Needham | Theory of Nonlinear Optical Effects in Multi-level Systems (William Rhodes) |
CEO Galaxy Web Design, Sacramento CA (12/2013) | 1980 |
| Pradeep Sengupta | Physical Chemistry and Spectroscopy of Flavanols and Related Plant Pigments (Michael Kasha) |
Sr. Professor, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkuta, India (06/2014) | 1980 |
| Tess Allred Stewart | Purification of Human Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme (Kinase II) Characteristics of the Lung and Kidney Enzymes (James R. Fisher/Kurt Hofer) |
1980 | |
| Christopher Flick | Polyamine Synthesis in Bacteriophage P22 Infected Salmonella typhimurium (Robert Reeves) |
1978 | |
| Tommie Laughlin | Initiation of DNA Replication in Mammalian Chromosomes (J. Herbert Taylor) |
Founder and CEO of “Mist-On-Tan” company, Fort Worth, TX (06/2014) | 1979 |
| Arlene Mencke | Isolation and Characterization of Nucleosomes and Subnucleosomes from Digested Chromatin (Randy Rill) |
1978 | |
| Parmod Nijhawan | Synthesis of Low Molecular Weight Nuclear RNAs in Sea Urchin Development (William Marzluff) |
1978 | |
| James Jackson | Potentially Active Chromatin with Nucleosomes Rich in HMG Proteins and Acetylated Histone 4 (Randy Rill) |
1978 | |
| James Stewart | Kinetic Evidence for a Conformational Transition in Rhodopsin Link to dissertation (Ted Williams) |
1978 | |
| Maryann Bierman Flick | Transient Energy Deficiency Immediately Following Infection of Salmonella typhimurium with Bacteriophage P22 (Robert Reeves) |
1978 | |
| Dennis Cravens | Linear Response Theory Applied to Pi Electrons of Nucleic Acid Bases Link to dissertation (William Rhodes) |
1977 | |
| Stephen Redmann | A Linear Response Formulation of the Circular Dichroism of Helical Polymer Rods Link to dissertation (William Rhodes) |
Asst. Professor, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA (05/2014) | 1977 |
| Daniel Nelson | The Arrangements of Histones on DNA in Chromatin Link to dissertation (Randy Rill) |
Research Associate Professor, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte (05/2014) | 1977 |
| David Price | The Structure of a Cardioexcitatory Neuropeptide from the Clam Macrocallista nimbosa Link to dissertation (Michael Greenberg) |
Associate Scientist and Molecular Lab Director, Whitney Lab, Univ. of Florida and Founder of FishDNAID (10/2013) | 1977 |
| Jeffrey Thompson | A Model of Synthesis and Degradation of Xanthine Dehydrogenase in Chick Liver Organ Cultures Link to dissertation (James R. Fisher/Kurt Hofer) |
Professor of Biology and Associate Provost for Research, California State University, San Bernadino (05/2014) | 1976 |
| Katherine Bisset Warniment | Spectrophotometry, Chromatography and Genetics of Hemerocallis Pigments Link to dissertation (Michael Kasha) |
Sr. Crime Lab Analyst, Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement, Jacksonville (05/2014) | 1976 |
| Alan Ziv | The Spectroscopic Channel Basis: Effective System Excited States Link to dissertation (William Rhodes) |
1975 | |
| James Pipas | Transcriptional Patterns in Bacteriophage P22 Infected Salmonella typhimurium Link to dissertation (Robert Reeves) |
Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Pittsburgh (05/2014) | 1975 |
| John Hozier | DNA Subunits of Mammalian Chromosomes Link to dissertation (J. Herbert Taylor) |
Founder, President and Scientific Director, Applied Genetics Laboratory, Melbourne, FL (06/2013) | 1975 |
| James McMahon | A Computer Method for Prediction of RNA Secondary Structure Link to dissertation (William Rhodes) |
Founder and Director at Better Climate Research and Policy Analysis, San Francisco (06/2013); previously Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Natl Labs | 1975 |
| Alice Adams Schwartz | Repeated Sequences in the DNA of Eukaryotic Genome Link to dissertation (J. Herbert Taylor) |
1974 | |
| Abraham Reznick | Studies on Glycoproteins from Ascitic Fluid of Ehrlich Ascites Tumor Link to dissertation (Richard Winzler) |
Associate Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Israel Institute of Technology, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa (05/2014) | 1974 |
| Hugh McDowell | A Disulfide Exchange Model for the Bleaching and Regeneration of Rhodopsin (Ted Williams) |
Research Faculty, Univ. of Florida, Dept. of Ophthalmology (06/2013) | 1974 |
| Stephen Scott Zimmerman | Mechanisms of Precipitation of Poly-L-glutamic Acid Link to dissertation (Leo Mandelkern) |
1973 | |
| Guenter Gross | A Quantitative Characterization of Rapid Axoplasmic Transport in the C-fibers of the Garfish Olfactory Nerve Link to dissertation (Lloyd Beidler) |
Professor and Director of the Center for Network Neuroscience, Biology Dept. Univ. of North Texas (06/2013) | 1973 |
| Dale Brabham | Chemiluminescence of Dyes Sensitized by Singlet Oxygen Link to dissertation (Michael Kasha) |
Ushio America, Portland OR (04/2013) | 1973 |
| Frederick Bargoot | Visual Pigments in Solution: Effects of Preparation upon the Intermediates of Bleaching Link to dissertation (Ted Williams) |
Vice President for Product Development, Optimum Technologies, Inc., Southbridge MA (05/2014) | 1972 |