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Graduate Directory

 

Biochemistry Department Graduates

College of Biological Sciences: as of JUNE 2008

 

  • Kaya, Mahinur - Ph.D., SU91 Advisor:  Dr. Caroline A. Breitenberger Dissertation Title: Purification, characterization and light regulation of pea chloroplast protein synthesis elongation factor G: identification and partial sequencing of its gene.

  • Anand, Rene - Ph.D., WI89 Advisor:  Dr. Elio Vanin Dissertation Title: Recombination within the human b-globin gene cluster

  • Bidinger, Jeannette - M.S., SU86 Advisor:  Dr. Edward J. Behrman Dissertation Title: Non-thesis grad

  • Boomershine, William - Ph.D., SP 05 Advisor:  Dr. Mark Foster Dissertation:  Structure and Interactions of Archaeal RNase P proteins Mth Rpp29 and Pfu Rpp21 Position Upon Graduation:  Post-Doctoral Fellow in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of North Carolina, Wilmington

  • Byerly, Douglas - Ph.D., WI 2002 Advisor:  Dr. Mark Foster, Advisor Dissertation Title: Position Upon Graduation:  Attending Ohio State Medical School

  • Deng, Tiliang - Ph.D., WI90 Advisor:  Dr. Lee F. Johnson Dissertation Title: Mouse thymidylate synthase gene: determination of its structure and identification of its control elements

  • Druhan, Lawrence - M.S., AU93 Advisor:  Dr. Richard Swenson Thesis Title: The develoment of a phenotypic screening procedure for the application of random mutagenesis to flavodoxins

  • Duerr, Barbara - M.S., SP90 Advisor:  Dr. Caroline Breitenberger Thesis Title: Isolation of Euglens gracilis chloroplast EF-G genetic information

  • Eren, Mesut - Ph.D., SU90 Advisor:   Dr. Richard Swenson Dissertation Title: The design, chemical synthesis, expression in E. coli and site-directed mutagenesis of an artificial gene coding for the flavodoxin from Clostridium mp

  • Fang, Yunnan - Ph.D., SU04 Advisor:  Dr. Gary Means Dissertation Title:  Studies on Serum Albumin and Hemoglobin:  The Two Principal Transport Proteins in Blood Position Upon Graduation:  Research Assistant, Dept. of Biochemistry, The Ohio State University

  • Fiala, Kevin - Ph.D., SU 07 Advisor: Dr. Zucai Suo Dissertation Title: A Kinetic and Biochemical Approach to Understanding the Mechanisms of Novel DNA Polymerases Position Upon Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry Department, laboratory of Dr. Sunny Xie, Harvard University

  • Gerber, Kelly - M.S., SP 00 Advisor: Dr. Maria-Alda Gilles-Gonzales Non-thesis Master's Awarded Employment: unknown

  • Grove, Tara - M.S., SP2001 Advisor:  Dr. Donald H. Dean. Thesis Title:Characterization of the Binding Properties of the Bacillus Thuringiensis CRY 11BA(delta)-endotoxin to Receptors in Three Mosquito Species Position Upon Graduation:  Research Assistant, Wexner Research Institute, Human and Molecular Genetics Department, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

  • Harrison, Kelly - Ph.D., WI 2002 Advisor:  Dr. George Marzluf Dissertation Title:  Characterization of SRE, A GATA factor which negatively regulates siderophore synthesis in Neurospora Crassa Position Upon Graduation:  Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute, Gene Regulation Section, Frederick, Maryland

  • Helms, Larry - Ph.D., SU92 Advisor:  Dr. Richard Swenson. Dissertation Title: The flavodoxins from the Desulfovibrio genus: cloning, characterization, and site-directed mutagenesis

  • Hong, Young-Soo - Ph.D., AU93 Advisor:  Dr. David Ives Dissertation Title: Effects of site-directed mutagenesis on the kinetic and allosteric behavior of deoxyadenosine kinase/deoxyguanosine kinase from lactobacillus acidophilus R-26 Position Upon Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York-Buffalo

  • Jovanovic, Milan - Ph.D., SP 04 Advisor:  Dr. Venkat Gopalan Dissertation Title:  Structure-Function Relationships in the Protein Subunit of Bacterial Ribonuclease P Position Upon Graduation:  Research Assistant, Dept. of Microbiology, The Ohio State University Current Position:  Intellectual Property Technical Advisor, Calfee, Halter, Griswold, LLP

  • Kessler, Patricia - M.S., SP89 Advisor:  Dr. Caroline Breitenberger Thesis Title: Screening for organellar elongation factor genes in the higher plant, Pisum sativum

  • Ketchner, Susan - Ph.D., WI91 Advisor:  Dr. Richard T. Sayre Dissertation Title: Characterization of the Expression of the Photosystem II- Oxygen Evolving Complex in C3, C3-C4 Intermediate and C4 Species of the Genus Flaveria

  • Krey, Grigorios - Ph.D., SU86 Advisor:  Dr. Richard P. Swenson Dissertation Title: Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression in E. coli of the flavodoxin gene from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough): investigation of the role of tyrosine-98 on the oxidation-reduction properties of the flavodoxin

  • Lee, Hakjoo - Ph.D., WI90 Advisor:  Dr. George A. Marzluf Dissertation Title: Nitrogen regulation of the purine catabolic genes in Neurospora crassa

  • Li, Dawei - Ph.D., SP90 Advisor:  Dr. Lee F. Johnson. Dissertation Title: Isolation and characterization of the mouse thymidylate synthase gene and its pseudogene

  • Li, Yue - Ph.D., SP91 Advisor:  Dr. Lee F. Johnson. Dissertation Title: Mechanisms of the mouse thymidylate synthase gene regulation: identification of the regulatory elements

  • Liu, Xinyan Sylvia - Ph.D., SP 05 Advisor:  Dr. Donald Dean Dissertation:  Mapping the Manduca sexta calherin-like receptor finding epitopes of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1As and Protein Engineering of Mosquitocidal Activity Position Upon Graduation:  Postdoctoral Fellowship, Biochemistry Department, The Ohio State University

  • Lu, Hong - M.S., SU92 Advisor:  Dr. Donald H. Dean Thesis Title: Site-directed mutagenesis in the putative receptor binding region of the insecticidal crystal protein-CrylAa.

  • Ma, Grace - Ph.D., WI93 Advisor:  Dr. David H. Ives Dissertation Title: Heterodimeric deoxyguanosine/deoxyadenosine kinase from Lactobacillus acidophilus R-26: affinity protein purification, molecular cloning, sequence of the genes, and expression in E. coli Position Upon Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Biochemistry Department, Northwestern University

  • McElroy, Craig - Ph.D., SP 05 Advisor:  Dr. Mark Foster Dissertation Title:  Dynamics and Function:  Mechanistic studies of the Gene Regulatory Proteins TRAP and Anti-TRAP Position Upon Graduation:  Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Biochemistry Department, The Ohio State University

  • Miller, Karen - M.S., WI92 Advisor:  Dr. Gary E. Means Thesis Title: Adsorption of proteins on a hydrophobic polymer bead Position Upon Graduation: Environmental Specialist, Ohio EPA, Columbus, Ohio

  • Mo, Molly Xiaokui - Ph.D., SU 2002 Advisor:  Dr. George Marzluf Position Upon Graduation:  Post Doctoral Researcher, College of Medicine and Public Health, Pulmonary/Critical Care, The Ohio State University

  • Murray, Tracey - Ph.D., SU 03 Advisor:  Dr. Richard Swenson Dissertation Title: Position Upon Graduation:  Faculty Member, Capital University

  • Myszka, David - Ph.D., SU91 Advisor:  Dr. Richard P. Swenson Dissertation Title: Photoaffinity labeling of warfarin binding proteins

  • Okamoto, Patricia - Ph.D., SP92 Advisor:  Dr. George A. Marzluf Dissertation Title: Nitrate reductase of Neurospora crassa: characterization of its gene, nit-3, and structural studies of its heme-binding domain Position Upon Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cell Biology, Worcester Foundation, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

  • Pan, Hongguang - Ph.D., WI97 Advisor:  Dr. George A. Marzluf Dissertation Title: Function of the positive acting NIT2 and negative acting NMR proteins in mediating nitrogen regulation in neurospora Position Upon Graduation:  Research Associate, George Washington University

  • Srinivason, Bharath - M.S., AU87 Advisor:  Dr. Gary E. Means Thesis Title: Non-thesis student

  • Thampi, Satheesh - M.S., WI91 Advisor:  Dr. Robert Ross Thesis Title: Resolution of intrinsic protein fluorescence using multilinear analysis

  • Yi, Wen - Ph.D., AU 08 Advisor: Dr. George Wang Dissertation: Chemical Approaches to Understanding Glycobiology Position Upon Graduation: Employed in the Div. of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology

  • Zhang, Haichao - Ph.D., SU90 Advisor:  Dr. Lee F. Johnson Dissertation Title: Mouse thymidylate synthase: high level expression and protein engineering.