Recent Graduates |
Degree |
Degree Date |
Advisor |
Dissertation/Thesis Title |
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Nhan, Lam |
Ph.D. |
12/08 |
Dr. Rebecca Creamer |
Characterization of a New Curtovirus, Pepper Yellow Dwarf Virus, From Chile Pepper in New Mexico |
Wang, Fei |
Ph.D. |
11/08 |
Dr. Jinfa Zang |
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Sanjay Shrestha |
M.S. |
08/08 |
Dr. Charles Shuster |
Studying Human Mitotic Exit Network Using RNA Interference |
Salvador Lopez |
M.S. |
08/08 |
Dr. Glenn Kuehn |
Polyamine Oxidase: A Potential Source of Hydrogen Peroxide During the Hypersensitive Response |
Nyree E. Maes |
M.S. |
05/08 |
Dr. Kathryn Hanley |
The Impact of the Conserved Sequences in the Flavivirus 3' Untranslated Region on Vector Infectivity |
John S. Moraros |
Ph.D. |
12/07 |
Drs. Hugo L. Vilchis & Larry K. Olsen |
Human Papilloma Virus Infection and Cervical Cancer: Elucidation of a Causal Relation Through the Use of Molecular Biology and Epidemiological Research |
Yelena Bird |
Ph.D. |
12/07 |
Drs. Hugo L. Vilchis & Larry K. Olsen |
Identification and Use of a Novel Serum Biomarker in the Determination of Brest Cancer Risk Among Women in Juarez, Mexico |
Sharareh Siamakpour Reihani |
Ph.D. |
12/07 |
Dr. Barbara Lyons |
Investigating the Role of the Growth Factor Receptor Bound 7 Protein in Cell Migration and Cancer |
Olivia L. George |
Ph.D. |
12/07 |
Dr. Brad Shuster |
Using Chemical Biology to Probe the Regulation of Cell Division |
Ebenezer V. Tumban |
Ph.D. |
12/07 |
Dr. Kathryn Hanley |
Role of the Untranslated Regions in the Biology of the Flaviviridae |
Chinh Q. Hoang |
M.S. |
05/07 |
Dr. Geoffrey B. Smith |
EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY OF TREATMENT PROCESSES AT THREE WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITIES IN THE PASO DEL NORTE REGION AND THE ABILITY OF NANOCERAM POWDER TO RECOVER VIRUSES |
Mara-Koosham, Gopi |
M.S. |
08/06 |
Dr. Stephen F. Hanson |
Determination of Beet Curly Top Virus Replication Fidelity and its Implications for Evolution and Adaptation |
Thokala, Mercy S. |
Ph.D. |
06/06 |
Dr. Stephen F. Hanson |
Characterization of Cap Independent Translation in Potato Virus Y |
Mark Seger |
M.S. |
12/05 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
Modulation of Cytosolic Glutamine Synthetase: Mesophyll-Specific VS Constitutive Overexpression |
Delany Rodriguez |
M.S. |
08/05 |
Dr. William Lott |
Separation of Capacitated and Non-Capacitated Sperm Cellular Populations, and Localization of Raft Related Proteins |
Tushun Renee Powers |
Ph.D. |
08/05 |
Dr. Michele Nishiguchi |
Determination of the Bacterial Communities in the Rumen and Their Impact on Protein Breakdown and Carbohydrate Utilization |
Rosario Carolina Gutierrez-Herrera |
M.S. |
08/05 |
Dr. Peter Lammers |
Development and Application of Methodology to Localize Expression of Genes and Protein in the Arbuscule Mycorrhizae Symbiosis |
Garcia-Ibilcieta, David |
M.S. |
07/05 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
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Lorenzo Aleman |
Ph.D. |
05/05 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
Unraveling the Complexities of Sucrose Metabolism in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa): A Pursuit to Increase Sucrose-Phosphate Synthase Activity |
Jennifer J. Randall |
Ph.D. |
05/05 |
Dr. John D. Kemp |
Zein Protein Body Biogenesis in Transgenic Plants |
Rossio Karim Kersey |
M.S. |
8/04 |
Dr. Ian Ray |
Microarray Expression Analysis to Identify Drought Responsive Genes Involved in Photosynthesis, Carbohydrate, and Lipid Metabolism in Medicago sativa Leaves |
Salvador Moguel-Esponda |
Ph.D. |
07/28/04 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
The 3' Untranslated Region of Cytosolic Glutamine Synthetase Gene From Soybean (Glycine Max) Mediates Stability of its Transcript" |
Rossio Kersey |
Ph.D. |
06/22/04 |
Dr. Ian Ray |
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Jehad Abubaker |
Ph.D. |
05/04 |
Dr. Peter Lammers |
Carbon Metabolism and Gene Regulation in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi |
Swrnamala Ratnayaka |
M.S. |
05/04 |
Dr. Peter Lammers |
Genome Survey Sequencing of Glomus intraradices |
Robert Lynn Moore |
M.S. |
12/03 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
Functional Analysis of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Green-Tissue Specific Promoters |
Mohammed A. Qutyan |
Ph.D. |
12/03 |
Dr. Geofrey Smith |
Characterization of Nitrite Reductase and Dichloromethane Dehalogenase in Hyphomicrobium Strains and Biological Activated Carbon Wastewater Microorganisms |
Luis Lorenzo Valera-Montero |
Ph.D. |
08/03 |
Dr. Gregory Phillips |
Agrobacterium-Mediated Stable Transformation of Capsicum Baccatum and C. Annuum |
Olivia L. George |
M.S. |
08/03 |
Dr. Charles Shuster |
Swainsonine Effects on Serum Alkaline Phosphatase |
Sarah Manion Higbie |
Ph.D. |
12/02 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
Analysis of Transformed Alfalfa Overexpressing the Genes for Manganese Superoxide Dismutase or Ascorbate Peroxidase |
Johnette Koffa Browne-Silva |
Ph.D. |
05/02 |
Dr. Tammy May |
THE USE OF groEL AND 16SrRNA GENE SEQUENCES FOR CLASSIFICATION OF RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS AND RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS BACTERIAL SPECIES AND FOR IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWN BACTERIA |
Marcela Zozaya |
Ph.D. |
05/02 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
Regulation of Chloroplastic Glutamine Synthetase in Alfalfa |
Lorenzo Aleman |
M.S. |
05/01 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
Isolation and Characterization of Leaf-Specific Promoters from Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa) |
John Dee Randall |
Ph.D. |
05/01 |
Toxic Effects of Halogenated-Aliphatic Compounds: Competition for Carbon, and Recoverability of Perturbed Populations |
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Jacob Gil Nevarez |
M.S. |
05/01 |
Dr. Mary O'Connell |
Isolation of Drought-Induced Genes From Habanero (Capsicum dsinense) |
Xiaolin Xu |
M.S. |
12/2000 |
Dr. Colleen B. Jonsson |
LOCALIZATION OF THE RNA BINDING DOMAIN OF HANTAVIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN |
Maneesha Raje Aluru |
Ph.D. |
12/1999 |
Dr. Mary O'Connell |
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF GENES EXPRESSED IN HABANERO (CAPSICUM CHINENSE) PLACENTA-A SITE OF CAPSAICINOID BIOSYNTHESIS |
Baidehi Mukherjee |
M.S. |
12/1999 |
Dr. Joseph Wang |
DEVELOPING A DETECTION SYSTEM FOR A DNA BIOSENSOR |
Shaolin Liu |
M.S. |
8/1999 |
Dr. Roy G. Cantrell |
COTTON GENETIC MAPPING AND QTL ANALYSIS USING SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEATS MARKERS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF THEIR CHROMOSOMAL LOCATIONS |
Natalie D. Russell |
M.S. |
8/1999 |
Dr. Dean E. Hawkins |
USING MICROSATELLITES TO DETERMINE GENETIC SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN CRIOLLO CATTLE |
William Edward Severson |
Ph.D. |
5/1999 |
Dr. Colleen B. Jonsson |
ENCAPSIDATION PROPERTIES OF THE HANTAVIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN AND EFFECT OF RIBAVIRIN ON HANTAVIRUS REPLICATION |
Armando Varela |
Ph.D. |
7/1998 |
Dr. Elba E. Serrano |
SACCULAR SENSORY EPITHELIUM DEVELOPMENT AND DRK (Kv2) CHANNEL EXPRESSION IN THE XENOPUS LAEVIS INNER EAR |
Jutta Yvette Gardner-Johnson |
Ph.D. |
5/1998 |
Dr. Glenn Kuehn |
ISOLATION, SEQUENCING, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE GENE FOR POLYAMINE OXIDASE FROM AVENA SATIVA L. (OATS) |
Sreenatha S. Kirakodu |
Ph.D. |
5/1998 |
Dr. Elba E. Serrano |
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PROTON-ATPASE AND ACTIN TRANSCRIPTS FROM PHASEOLUS ACUTIFOLIUS AND VICIA FABA |
Mini Balakrishnan |
Ph.D. |
5/1998 |
Dr. Colleen B. Jonsson |
THE RETROVIRAL INTEGRASE: ENZYME-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS |
Kevin Jay Morey |
Ph.D. |
12/1997 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF THE GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE GENE FAMILY IN SOYBEAN |
Mary Elyse Lucero |
Ph.D. |
12/1997 |
Dr. Mary O'Connell |
BIOTRANSFORMATION OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES BY THE SOLANACEOUS PLANT DATURA INNOXIA |
Ella Jean Andazola |
M.S. |
12/1997 |
Dr. Geoffrey B. Smith |
COMBINED USE OF ELISA AND ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY IN THE DETECTION OF PATHOGENS |
Jennifer J. Randall |
M.S. |
8/1997 |
Dr. John D. Kemp |
TARGETING AND STABILIZATION OF 10kD AND 15kD ZEINS IN TRANSGENIC TABACCO |
Delfina Dominguez |
Ph.D. |
5/1997 |
Dr. James H. Hageman |
IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF A CALMODULIN-LIKE PROTEIN FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS |
Christopher Edward Williams |
M.S. |
5/1997 |
Dr. Elba E. Serrano |
REVERSE TRANSCRIPTAASE - POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ANALYSIS OF ACTIN EXPRESSION IN THE XENOPUS LAEVIS INNER EAR |
Marcela Beatriz Trevino |
Ph.D. |
5/1997 |
Dr. Mary O'Connell |
DROUGHT-INDUCED GENE EXPRESSION IN PLANTS: ANALYSIS OF THE NON-SPECIFIC LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN GENE FAMILY IN THED DROUGHT-TOLERANT TOMATO SPECIES |
Sergio Torres |
M.S. |
5/1997 |
Dr. Peter Lammers |
EXPRESSION OF CYP110 AND IMMUNOCYTOLOCALIZATION OF A CYANOBACTERIAL CYTOCHROME P450 IN ANABAENA sp. PCC 7120 |
James St. Clair Womack |
M.S. |
5/1997 |
Dr. Geoffrey B. Smith |
ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION OF BENZENE AND THE RAPD ANALYSSIS OF DEGRADING MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES: EXPRESSION VS. GENETIC POTENTIAL |
Jennifer Lee Rychlik |
M.S. |
5/1997 |
Dr. Tammy May |
THE USE OF MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES TO INVESTIGATE THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN RUMINAL BACTERIA |
Sudeesha Kunjibettu |
Ph.D. |
12/1996 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
NITROGEN-FIATION-DEPENDENT REGULATION OF GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE (GS1) ENZYME IN SOYBEAN ROOT NODULES--TRANSCRIPTION, ASSEMBLY OF SUBUNITS AND HOLOPROTEIN TURNOVER |
Zhongtang Yu |
Ph.D. |
8/1996 |
Dr. Geoffrey B. Smith |
BIODECHLORINATION AND BIODEGRADATION OF CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS UNDER ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS |
Megan Bruce Carver |
Ph.D. |
7/1996 |
Dr. Glenn Kuehn |
TRANSGLUTAMINASE-CATALYZED FORMATION OF AN e-(y-GLUTAMYL)-LYSINE CROSSLINK IN MERISTEMATIC MEDICAGO SATIVA L. (ALFALFA) TISSUE |
Jay Michael Shockey |
Ph.D. |
7/1996 |
Dr. John D. Kemp |
IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LIPID BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES IN DEVELOPING SEED OF JOJOBA |
Jeongwon Lee Jun |
Ph.D. |
5/1996 |
Dr. James H. Hageman |
DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A PROTEASOME IN Bacillus subtilis CELLS |
A. Inez Feder |
M.S. |
5/1996 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
EXPRESSION PATTERN OF THE SYMBIOSIS ENHANCED CHALCONE SYNTHASE GENE MEMBER OF SOYBEAN IN SUSPENSION CULTURE AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS |
Diane B. McLaughlin |
M.S. |
12/1995 |
Dr. Peter J. Lammers |
MONITORING THE EXPRESSION OF GENES ENCODED IN THE nifD ELEMENT OF ANABAENA sp. PCC 7120 USING RT-PCR AND SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES |
Mohammed A. AL-Omair |
M.S. |
8/1995 |
Dr. Glenn Kuehn |
ACCUMULATION AND EXCRETION OF COMMON AND UNCOMMON POLYAMINES INDUCED BY TOXIC METAL IONS IN CYANIDIUM CALDARIUM |
Vagdevi Tatineni |
M.S. |
5/1995 |
Dr. Roy G, Cantrell |
GENETIC DIVERSISTY IN COTTON DETERMINED BY RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD) MARKERS AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS |
Tao Wei |
Ph.D. |
5/1995 |
Dr. Mary A. O'Connell |
A DROUGHT-AND ABSCISIC ACID (ABA)-INDUCIBLE H1 HISTONE GENE FROM A DROUGHT-RESISTANT WILD TOMATO SPECIES |
Dominique Roche |
Ph.D. |
12/1994 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
REGULATION OF GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE ACTIVITY IN ROOTS AND NODULES OF SOYBEANS -- SYNTHESIS, ASSEMBLY AND TURNOVER |
Nathan C. Reiter |
M.S. |
12/1994 |
Dr. Mary A. O'Connell |
ANALYSIS OF atp6 FROM L. PENNELLII; POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT WITH TOMATO / L. PENNELLII CYBRID MUTANT PHENOTYPE |
Richard Arthur McDonald |
Ph.D. |
7/1994 |
Dr. Suzanne Gartner |
GENETIC VARIATION AMONG HIV-1 gp120 GENES: MACROPHAGE TROPISM REVISITED |
Mario De La Pena |
Ph.D. |
7/1994 |
Dr. James H. Hageman |
CATALASE ACTIVITY AND PROTEOLYSIS OF BACILLUS SUBTITIS DURING SPORULATION |
Marc Anthony Alvarez |
M.S. |
12/1993 |
Dr. James L. Botsford |
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A 2, 4, 6-TRINITROTOLUENE-DEGRADING MICROORGANISM |
Owen White |
Ph.D. |
12/1992 |
Dr. Christopher A. Fields |
COMMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF DNA |
William Augustine Palmisano |
Ph.D. |
12/1992 |
Dr. James H. Hageman |
MOLECULAR CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF THE THYMUS-SPECIFIC B-PARVALBUMIN DESIGNATED AVIAN THYMIC HORMONE |
Elizabeth Marie Estabrook |
Ph.D. |
5/1992 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
EXPRESSION OF GENES ENCODING FOR THE PHENYLPROPANOID BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES DURING THE GLYCINE MAX-BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM SYMBIOSIS |
Hannes Eckart Richter |
Ph.D. |
5/1992 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
GENOMIC ORGANIZATION AND EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF A HIGHLY EXPRSSED LATE NODULIN GENE SUBFAMILY IN SOYBEANS |
ALEXANDER JOHN RYNCARZ II |
Ph.D. |
5/1992 |
Dr. Peter J. Lammers |
CHARACTERIZATION AND SEQUENCE OF THE OPEN READING FRAMES OF THE nifD ELEMENT FROM ANABAENA 7120. WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF A POSSIBLE INVERSION ELEMENT |
Cindy Rene Peach |
Ph.D. |
5/1992 |
Dr. Jeff P. Velten |
TRANSCRIPTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE DIVERGENT MANNOPINE SYNTHASE PROMOTERS (PMAS 1 PMAS2) IN TRANSGENIC NICOTIANA TABACUM |
Carolyn Judith Meduski |
Ph.D. |
5/1992 |
Dr. Jeff P. Velten |
INVESTIGATION OF A VIROID-mRNA TRANS-SPLICING HYPOTHESIS |
Mark Edward Waugh |
M.S. |
8/1991 |
Dr. Mary A. O'Connell |
GENOMIC RESPONSE TO DESICCATION AND HEAT SHOCK IN Tortula ruralis AT THE PROTEIN LEVEL |
Osama Ahmed Momtaz |
Ph.D. |
5/1991 |
Dr. J.J. Ellington |
ISOLATION OF FRUITWALL-SPECIFIC GENE FROM COTTON PLANT (Gossypium hirsutum) |
Michael J. Spence |
Ph.D. |
5/1991 |
Dr. Peter J. Lammers |
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A PHASEOLUS VULGARIS cDNA ENCODING PHYTOFERRITIN |
Augusta Benine Bonnema, Ir |
Ph.D. |
12/1990 |
Dr. Mary A. O'Connell |
Inheritance of the Organellar Genomes in Tomato Fusion Products and Effects of Alloplasmic Substitution on Vigor of Tomato Cybrids |
Margaret Beckwith Harloe |
M.S. |
8/1990 |
Dr. Melvin J. Oliver |
EXPRESSION OF SYNTHETIC GENES FOR SMALL ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEINS IN PLANTS |
M. V. Ramanujam |
M.S. |
8/1990 |
Dr. James H. Hageman |
TRANSGLUTAMINASE ACTIVITY IN VEGETATIVE AND SPORULATING CELLS OF B. subtilis 168 |
Leonard Thomas Leyba |
M.S. |
5/1990 |
Dr. Peter J. Lammers |
IN VIVO SELECTION ASSAY FOR SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION OF THE ANABAENA nif D EXCISION IN E. COLI |
Wilas Nirunsuksiri |
Ph.D. |
5/1990 |
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan |
EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN NODULIN GENES: ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF EXPRESSION DURING SOYBEAN NODULE DEVELOPMENT |
Nancy Ann Reichert |
Ph.D. |
12/1989 |
Dr. John D. Kemp |
MODIFICATIONS OF THE BEAN B-PHASEOLIN GENE AND RELATED IMPACT ON EXPRESSION IN TRANSGENIC TOBACCO |