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Kawther Abdilleh

Advisor:  Dr. Cristian Castillo-Davis

E-mail kabdille@umd.edu

2128 Bioscience Research Building

Phone Number:  301-405-2005

 

Haifa Bensaidan

Advisor:  Rotation

E-mail:  dr_haifa2003@yahoo.com

1125 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-6991

 

Robert Berkey

Advisor:  Dr. Shunyuan Xiao

E-mail: rberkey@umd.edu

9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD

Phone Number:  240-314-6482

Research Summary:  Plant resistance ® genes to pathogen attack.  Functional

Origin of RPW8-Medicated Resistance to the Fungal Pathogen Powdery Mildew.

 

Roxane Bouten

Advisor:  Dr. Zvi Kelman

E-mail:  rbouten@umd.edu

9600 Gudelskey Drive, Rockville, MD

Phone Number:  240-314-6294

 

Katherine T. Briggs

Advisor:  Dr. John Marino

E-mail:  ktbriggs1@umd.edu

9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD

Phone Number:  240-314-6267

 

Wayne Cabral

Advisor:  Dr. Joan Marini

E-mail:  cabralw@mail.nih.gov

3151 Plant Science Buillding

Phone Number:  301-496-5379

 

Chen Cao

Advisor:  Dr. John Moult

9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD

Phone Number:  240-314-6241

 

Paul E. Clavijo

Advisor:  Dr. Kenneth Frauwirth

E-mail:  pclavijo@umd.edu

2105 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-5121

 

Gina Della Togna

Advisor:  Dr. Buddhan Pukazhenthi

E-mail:  gdellat@umd.edu

Phone Number:  540-635-6591

 

Lijuan Du

Advisor:  Rotation

E-mail:  lijuandu@umd.edu

1125 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-6991

 

Vonetta Edwards

Advisor:  Dr. Wenxia Song

E-mail:  vedwards@umd.edu

2121 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-5453

Research Summary:  Changes in Epithelial Cells after Invasion by N. Gonorrhoeae

 

Laura Ellestad

Advisor:  Dr. Tom Porter

E-mail:  ellestad@umd.edu

1469 Animal Sciences Building (#142)

Phone Number:  301-405-5786

Research Summary:  Investigation of the Signaling Pathways Involved in the Glucocorticoid

Induction of Somatotroph Differentiation in the Chick Embryonic Anterior Pituitary Gland

 

Siqian Feng

Advisor:  Dr. Jian Wang

E-mail:  sqfeng@umd.edu

3147 Plant Sciences Building

Phone Number:   301-405-6967 (office), (301-405-1794 (lab)

Research Summary:  I am currently investigating the roles of polyhomeotic in fruit fly

 

Amanda Field

Advisor:  Dr. Leslie Pick

E-Mail:  afield13@umd.edu

3152 Plant Science Building

Phone Number:  301-405-6881

 

Rui Gao

Advisor:  Dr. William D. Figg

E-mail:  ruigao@umd.edu

NIH, 5A10/Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD  20892

Phone Number:  301-451-4974

Research Summary:  Pharmacogenetics Study on DNA Repair Genes

 

Kasim George

Advisor:  Rotation

E-mail:  kigeorge@umd.edu

1125 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-6991

 

Jennifer German

Advisor:  Dr. Brenda Fredericksen

E-mail:  jgerman@umd.edu

3219 Bioscience Research Building

Phone Number:  301-405-5441

 

Theodore R. Gibbons

Advisor:  Rotation

E-mail:  tgibbons@umd.edu

1125 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-6991

 

Suna Gulay

Advisor:  Rotation

E-mail:  sgulay@umd.edu 

1125 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-6991

 

Nataporn Haskins

Advisor:  Dr. Mendel Tuchman

Children National Medical Center

1111 Michigan Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20011

Phone Number:  202-476-3109

 

Lara Hause

Advisor:  Dr. Kevin McIver

E-mail:  lhause@umd.edu

3217 Bioscience Research Building

Phone Number:  301-405-7514

 

Alison Heffer

Advisor:  Dr. Leslie Pick

E-mail:  aheffer@umd.edu

3188 Plant Sciences Building

Phone Number:   301-495-2862

 

Ryan Heselpoth

Advisor:  Rotation

E-mail:  rhesel@umd.edu

1125 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:   301-405-6991

 

Gaya K. Hettiarachchi

Advisor:  Rotation

1125 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-6991

 

Jae Kwang Jeong

Advisor:  Dr. Ian Mathers

E-mail:  jjkeong@umd.edu

1401 Animal Science/Agric. Engr. Building ZIP 2311

Phone Number:  301-405-1380

 

Harlan Joseph King

Advisor:  Castillo-Davis

E-mail:  harley@umd.edu

3220 Bio/Psych. Bldg.

Phone Number:  301-405-2005

 

Sandra Kirsch

Advisor:  Dr. Mendel Tuchman

Children National Medical Center

1111 Michigan Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20011

Phone Number:  202-476-3109

 

My Tra Le

Advisor:  Rotation

E-mail:  myle@umd.edu

1125 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-6991

 

Caroline R. Li

Advisor:  Dr. Leslie Pick

E-mail:  crli@umd.edu

3188 Plant Sciences Building

Phone Number:  301-405-2862

Research Summary:  Regulation of Axon Guidance by the Drosophila Insulin

 

Dandan Li

Advisor:  Dr. Lian-Yong Gao

E-mail:  ddanli@umd.edu

3109 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-7562

 

Sara Linden

Advisor:  Rotation

E-mail:  slinden87@mail.uri.edu

125 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-6991

 

Omar Memon

Advisor:  Dr. Anne Simon

E-mail osm@umd.edu

2201 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-8965

 

Jessica Miller

Advisor:  Dr. Volker Briken

E-mail:  jlmiller@umd.edu

2201 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-1216

Research Summary:  Virulence of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and its Ability to Inhibit Host Cell Apoptosis

 

Habi Mojidi

Advisor:  Dr. Xiaoping Zhu

E-mail:  hmojidi@umd.edu

9617 Greenmead Drive

Phone Number:  301-314-5626

Research Summary:  Viral Evasion of Host Immune System by HSV

 

Nellie Moshkovich

Advisor:  Dr. Elissa Lei

E-mail:  moshkovichn@niddk.nih.gov

Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, NIDDK, NIH 50 South Drive.,

Bldg. 50, Rm. 3146, MSC 8028, Bethesda, MD  20892-8028

Phone Number:  301-594-0398

Research Summary:  Chromatin Organization

 

Malini Mukherjee

Advisor:  Dr. Tom Porter

E-mail:  malini@umd.edu

1462 Animal Sciences/Agric. Eng. Bldg. #142

Phone Number:  301-405-5786

Research Summary:  Investigation of the Regulation of Growth Hormone Gene Expression in the Anterior Pituitary During Chicken Embryonic Development

 

Jyoti Narayana

Advisor:  Dr. Tom Porter

E-mail:  njyoti@umd.edu

1403 Animal Science/Agric. Engr. Building #142

Phone Number:  301-405-5786

Research Summary:  Investigating Genes Involved in the Glucocorticoid Inducted Regulation of Growth Hormone Gene Expression During Somatotroph Differentiation in Chicks

 

Miao Pan

Advisor:  Dr. Zvi Kelman

E-mail:  miaopan@umd.edu

CARB 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD

Phone Number:  240-314-6294

 

Vanya Paralanova

Advisor:   John Glass

E-mail:  vparalanova@gmail.com

J. Craig Venter, 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD

Phone Number:  301-715-7305

 

Trinity Perry

Advisor:  Dr. David Mosser

E-mail:  tperry@umd.edu

3107 Bioscience Research Building

Phone Number:  301-405-4281

 

Alma Polo Barrios

Advisor:  Rotation

E-mail:  almapolo@umd.edu

1125 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-6991

 

Varnika Roy
Advisor: 
Dr. William Bentley

E-mail:  varnika@umd.edu

5115 Plant Sciences Building

Phone Number:  301-405-5255

Research Summary:  Investigating Nanofactories, and their Development to Observe Effects on Bacterial Phenotypes Such as Quorum Sensing Mediated Biofirm Formation

 

Jennifer Marie Shemansky

Advisor:  Caren Chang

0209 Bioscience Research Building

Phone Number:  301-405-1854

 

Yang Shen

Advisor:  Daniel Nelson

CARB, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD  20850

Phone Number:  240-314-6230

 

Vandana Sekhar

Advisor:  Dr. Alison McBride

137, Bldg.-4, NIAID, NIH, 50 South Drive., Bethesda, MD  20892

Phone Number:  301-412-6612

Research Summary:  Role of E2 Protein in Maintenance of Viral Minichromosomes in Persistent Papilloma Infections

 

Matthew D. Servinsky
Advisor: 
Dr. Doug Julin

E-mail:  mservins@umd.edu

3511 Biochemistry Building

Phone Number:  301-405-7583

Research Summary:  Our Research Focuses on DNA Repair Enzymes.  Currently I am Studying a RecD Homolog in D. Radiodurans, the most Radiation Resistant Organism Known to Date

 

Zhen Shi

Advisor:  Dr. John Moult

E-mail:  zhenshi@umd.edu

CARB 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD

Phone Number:  240-314-6149

Research Summary:  Residue Substitutions and their Disease Susceptibility; Protein-protein Interaction Interface Analysis

 

Lalitha Srinivasan
Advisor: 
Dr. Volker Briken

2201 Microbiology Bldg.

Phone Number:  301-405-1216

 

Mathangi Srinivasan

Advisor:  Dr. Kenneth Fauwirth

2105 Microbiology Bldg.

Phone Number:  301405-5121

Research Summary:  The Role of the Transcription Factor Isoforms NFAT1 and NFAT2 in Energy Maintenance and Regulation

 

David Sturgill

Advisor:  Dr. Brian Oliver

NIH,  3339 Louis B. Stokes Lab, 50 South Drive., Bethesda, MD 20892

Phone Number:  301-496-5494

 

Ramanand Arun Subramanian
Advisor: 
Dr. David  O’Brochta

E-mail:  srarun@umd.edu

UMBI Shady Grove, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD  20850

Phone Number:  240-314-6494

Research Summary:  Study of the Behavior of Transposable Elements in the Malarial Mosquito, Anopheles Gambiae as Part of the Efforts to Understand the Feasibility of Using Transposable Elements as Genetic Drive Systems to Control Vector-Borne Diseases such as Malaria

 

Sergey Sulima

Advisor:  Jonathan Dinman

2135 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-1758

 

Jessica Tang
Advisor: 
Dr. Louisa Qu

E-mail:  jtang@umd.edu

5112 Plant Science Building

Phone Number:  301-405-6958

 

Nutinee Teerakulkittipong

Advisor:  Dr. John Moult

E-mail:  nteeraku@umd.edu

CARB, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD  20850

Phone Number:  301-405-6958

 

Cristel Thomas

Advisor:  Dr. Eric Haag

E-mail:  cthomas8@umd.edu

0245 Biology/Psych Building

Phone Number:  301-405-8625

Research Summary:  Evolution of Sex Determination in Caenorhabditis

 

Vijayakala Vydeeswaran

Advisor:  Dr. David C. Straney

E-mail:  vvkala@umd.edu

2216 H. J. Patterson Building

Phone Number:  301-405-1619

Research Summary:  Study of Regulation of Binuclear Zinc Transcription Factors in Filamentous Fungi

 

Qian Wang

Advisor:  Dr. Louisa Wu

5128 Plant Science Building

Phone Number:  301-405-5151

 

Melvin D. Wiggins

Advisor:  Wenxia Song

2121 Microbiology Building

Phone Number:  301-405-5453

 

Yiyuan Yin

Advisor:  Dr. Roy Mariuzza

E-mail:  yiny@umd.edu

3151 Plant Science Building

Phone Number:  301-405-3236

 

Yizhou Yin

Advisor:  Elizabeth Quinlan

E-mail:  yzyin@umd.edu

1217 Biosciences Research Building

Phone Number:  301-405-7222

Research Summary:  Reactivation of Ocular Dominance Plasticity in the Adult Visual Cortex

 

Chen-Hsin Yu

Advisor:  Dr. John Moult

E-mail:  chyu@umd.edu

9600 Gudelsky Drive., Rockville, MD  20850

Phone Number:  240-314-6000

 

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND    

Office of the Director

1125 Microbiology Building

 College Park, MD  20742

 Phone  301-405-6991

 Fax:  301-314-9921

 Email: mocbgrad@deans.umd.edu


   


Office of the Director, 4112 Plant Sciences Building,
College Park, MD, 20742 Telephone: (301) 405-6958
Fax: (301) 314-9290 mocbgrad@deans.umd.edu