Graduation 2006

Dissertation: Characterization of Factors Controlling the Species-Specificity of a Model Microbe-Host Interaction.
Faculty Advisor: Heidi Goodrich-Blair
Charles is a Senior Scientist in In Vitro Diagnostic Quality Control at Promega.

Dissertation: Activity and Regulation of Hemolysins in the Insect Pathogen Xenorhabdus nematophila.
Faculty Advisor: Heidi Goodrich-Blair
Kim is a Research Associate in Jeri Barak’s lab in the Department of Plant Pathology, UW-Madison.

Dissertation: Cellular Factors Impacting the Biosynthesis of the Pyrimidine Moiety of Thiamine.
Faculty Advisor: Diana Downs
Michael is a Senior Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center in Oakland, CA.

Dissertation: Understanding the Antiviral Efficacy and Breadth of CD8+ T Lymphocytes against Simian Immunodeficiency Virus.
Faculty Advisor: David Watkins
John is the Associate Director and Clinical Biomarker Lead at Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Dissertation: Regulation of Dimorphism and Virulence in Pathogenic Fungi.
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Klein
Julie is a regulatory microbiologist at the FDA.

Dissertation: Characterization of Factors Controlling the Species-Specificity of a Model Microbe-Host Interaction. A Role for Chloroperoxidase-Producing Fungi in Natural Organochlorine Production.
Faculty Advisor: Kenneth Hammel
She is a Professor of Biological and Chemical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.

Dissertation: Metabolic Robustness of Phosphoribosyl Amine Biosynthesis in Salmonella enterica.
Faculty Advisor: Diana Downs
Itzel is a Director of Strain Engineering at Genomatica.

Dissertation: Survey of Aminoglycoside Resistance Genes in Soil.
Faculty Advisor: Jo Handelsman
Christian is an Instructor at New England Institute of Technology.

Dissertation: A Link Between YjgF and Isoleucine Biosynthesis in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium.
Faculty Advisor: Diana Downs
George is a scientist at the Energy BioScience Institute-University of Illinois.