Microbiology Graduates
(College of Biological Sciences)
as of JUNE 2008

• Bobst, Cedric - Ph.D., SP 04, F. Robert Tabita, Advisor
  Dissertation Title:  Biochemical and Molecular Studies of Transkeltolase from Rhodobacter Sphaeroides and its Inactivation by Oxygen.
  Position Upon Graduation:  Post-Doctoral Researcher, Microbiology Department, College of Biological Sciences, Ohio State University

• Hernandez, Julia Marcela - M.S., SP 95, F. Robert Tabita, Advisor
  Dissertation/Thesis Title: Purification and characterization of two forms of Recombinant Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase from Thiobacillus Denitrificans.
  Position Upon Graduation: Research Technician, College of Biological Sciences, Ohio State University

• Horken, Kempton - Ph.D., WI 98, F. Robert Tabita, Advisor
  Dissertation/Thesis Title: Biochemistry of Prokaryotic Ribulose 1,5-Biphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase.
  Position Upon Graduation: Post-Doctoral Fellow, NRC Fellow USDA Labs, Fargo, N.D.
  
  
• Kreel, Nathan - Ph.D. - Wi 08, F. Robert Tabita, Advisor
  Dissertation: Examination of Mutants That Alter Oxygen Sensitivity and CO2/02 Substrate Specificity of the Ribulose 1.5=Biphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase (RUBISCO) From Archaeoglobus Fulgidus
  
  
• Levengood, Jeffrey - Ph.D., AU 06, M. Ibba, Advisor
  Position Upon Graduation: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Genetics,
  University of Cincinnati Medical Center
  

• Ochreiter, Judith - Ph.D., WI 98
  Advisor:  Dr. R. Mortensen
  Dissertation:  Expression of Mouse Pentraxin Genes During Inflammation
  Current Position:  Asst. Scientist, University of Florida

• Qian, Yilei - Ph.D., AU97, F. Robert Tabita, Advisor
  Dissertation/Thesis Title: Coordinate regulation of carbon fixation and nitrogen assimilation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
  Position Upon Graduation: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Health Science Center