Thesis/Dissertation Defenses

Christian Perez-Martinez
Behavioral Ecology, Ecophysiology, and Social Dynamics in Miniaturized Puerto Rican Geckos (Sphaerodactylus)

Christian Perez-Martinez

Ph.D. Candidate
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 22, 2025
Jen Amstutz
Cell Envelope Integrity in the Polar-Growing Bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Jen Amstutz

Ph.D. Candidate
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 21, 2025
Faith Wilson
Characterization of Cell Fate Determination in Oocyte Differentiation and Oocyte Development in the Mouse Ovary

Faith Wilson

M.S. Candidate
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 15, 2025
Victoria Hamlin
Genetic Dissection of Variability in Cognitive Phenotypes using Drosophila melanogaster

Victoria Hamlin

Ph.D. Candidate
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 08, 2025
Shawn Thomas
The Evolutionary History and Impact of Polyploidy in Mustard Crops and their Relatives

Shawn K. Thomas

Ph.D. Candidate 
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 02, 2025
Brody Aubry
Structure and function of Ftsz and interacting protein partners in cell division of A. tumefaciens

Brody Aubry
Ph.D. candidate - Brown Lab

August 16, 2024
Sherryl Henderson
Effects of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis on Properties and Function of the Mouse Major Pelvic Ganglion

Sherryl Henderson
Ph.D. Candidate

April 23, 2024
Candice King
The role of microRNA in a gene-environment interaction mouse model

Candice King
Doctoral Candidate
Division of Biological Sciences
 

April 01, 2024
Kathryn Storey
Beta Cell Adaptations to Pregnancy in a Mouse Model of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Kathryn M. Storey
Ph.D. Candidate
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

January 16, 2024
Sabrina Michael holding an ecology textbook
The Social Symphony of Treehoppers

Sabrina Michael

Ph.D. Candidate
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

November 10, 2023
Nadia Patterson
Mechanisms of cancer drug resistance

Nadia Patterson
Ph.D. Candidate - Chabu Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 27, 2023
Alexandra Diller
B2 or Not B2: Loss of ephrin-B2 in Endothelial Cells During Development, Homeostasis, and Regeneration

Alexandra Diller
Ph.D. Candidate - Cornelison Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 13, 2023
Jacob Bouchier
Surprising Insights About Cell Growth and Stress Responses in Diverse Bacteria

Jacob Bouchier
Ph.D. Candidate - Brown Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 06, 2023
Joe Voter
Disentangling the Feedback Signals Coordinating the Ion Channel mRNA Profile of Motor Neurons of the Crustacean Stomatogastric Ganglion

Jose Viteri
Ph.D. Candidate - Schulz Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

February 28, 2023
Z Elkins
The evolution and genetic basis of complex traits in D. melanogaster

Z. Forrest Elkins
Ph.D. Candidate - E. King Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

November 18, 2022
Carolyn Stephen
Disturbance and Restoration Ecology: Exploring Biological and Human Dynamics

Carolyn Stephen
M.A. Candidate, Sullivan Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

November 15, 2022
Maya Parker-Smtih
An all-consuming conundrum: drivers of seed predation in tallgrass prairies

Maya Parker-Smith
Master's candidate, Sullivan Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

November 08, 2022
Zack Miller
(Socio-) Ecological Tools and Insights for a Changing Climate

Zachary J. Miller
Ph.D. Candidate - Sullivan Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

July 11, 2022
Janlo Robil
Hormonal and Genetic Control of Leaf and Vein Development in Maize

Janlo Robil
Ph.D. Candidate - McSteen Lab
Division of Biological Sciences

June 08, 2022
Michael Vierling and baby
Molecular dissection of the roles of RNA processing proteins in meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA

Michael Vierling
Ph.D. Candidate - Shiu Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

May 06, 2022
Benton Berigan
Neuroscience in novel contexts: thermogenetics in Drosophila and decoding autonomic activity in mouse lower urinary tract

Benton Berigan
Ph.D. Candidate - Ilker Ozden Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 27, 2022
Devynn Hummel
Celsr1 Suppresses Wnt5a-Mediated Chemoattraction to Prevent Incorrect Rostral Migration of Facial Branchiomotor Neurons

Devynn Hummel
Ph.D. Candidate - Chandrasekhar Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 20, 2022
Singha Raj Dhungana
Dissecting the Genetic Basis of Carbohydrate Partitioning in Maize and Sugarcane

Singha Raj Dhungana
Ph.D. Candidate - Braun Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 11, 2022
Marzie Amirshenava at the microscope
Mining the Drosophila Gustatory Receptor Family for New Thermosensitive Proteins: Basic Science and Tool Development

Marzie Amirshenava
Ph.D. Candidate - Brown Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missorui

December 03, 2021
Deise Cruz Santos with a bullfrog
Exploring learning and sound conditioning in American toads (Anaxyrus americanus)

Deise Cruz Santos
Ph.D. Candidate - Gerhardt Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

November 30, 2021
Joe Gunn
Ecological genomics of divergence, admixture, and fitness in the smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)

Joe C. Gunn
Ph.D. Candidate - Eggert Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

July 06, 2021
Katie Guthrie
Understanding the role of Suppressor of sessile spikelets2 (Sos2) in meristem maintenance networks required for maize growth and development

Katy Guthrie
Ph.D. Candidate
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

June 18, 2021
Patricka Williams Simon
An Integrative Approach to Dissecting the Genetic Basis of Learning, Memory, and Thermal Tolerance in a Fruit Fly Model

Patricka Williams-Simon
Ph.D. Candidate - King Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

May 11, 2021
R. Shawn Abrahams
The Power of Synteny: Deep Evolutionary insights from Comparative Genomics

R. Shawn Abrahams
Ph.D. Candidate - Pires Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

May 06, 2021
Kris Budd feeding an elephant
Conservation genetics of human conflict in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Kris Budd
Ph.D. Candidate - Eggert Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

May 05, 2021
Daniel Kick
Coupling, membrane conductance, and ion channel mRNA profiles in the establishment and maintenance of network activity in the crustacean cardiac ganglion

Daniel Kick 
Ph.D. Candidate - Schulz lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 22, 2021
Levi Storks
An Exploration of the Interactions between Ecology, Behavior, and Neuroanatomy in Anolis Lizards

Levi Storks
Ph.D. Candidate - Leal lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 22, 2021
Marianne Slaten
Uncovering the genetic basis of seed amino acid composition in Arabidopsis using a multi-omics integration approach

Marianne Slaten
Ph.D. Candidate - Angelovici Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 21, 2021
E. Asante
Defective Neural Circuits & Abnormal Behavioral Outputs in a Neuronal Migration Zebrafish Mutant

Emilia Boakyewaa Asante
Ph.D. Candidate - Chandrasekhar Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 21, 2021
Vivek Shrestha
Uncovering the Genetic Architecture and Metabolic Basis of Amino Acid Composition in Maize Kernels Using Multi-Omics Integration

Dr. Vivek Shrestha, Ph.D. (2020)
Angelovici Lab

December 01, 2020