| 2010-Present | 2000-2009 | 1990-1999 | 1980-1989 | 1966-1979 |
| Name |
Degree |
Title |
Chair |
Semester |
| Neha Bhat |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Developmental Mechanisms Regulating Specification of Preplacodal Ectoderm and its Morphogenesis into Sensory Placodes in Zerbafish" |
B. Riley |
May 13 |
| Mugdha Ravindra Deshpande |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Behavioral and Molecular Characterization of the Early Phase in Vocal Learning in Zebra Finch" |
T. Lints |
May 13 |
| Jenna Nicole Jarvis |
Zoology
(PhD) |
"Vocal Timing in the Bat" |
M. Smotherman |
May 13 |
| James Bradley Johnson |
Zoology
(PhD) |
"The Architecture of Phenotypes in a Naturally Hybridizing of Xiphophorus Fishes" |
G. Rosenthal |
May 13 |
| Eric Dana Rosch |
Zoology
(PhD) |
"Response to Conspecific Chemical Cues in the Fiddler Crab Uca rapax" |
M. Wicksten |
May 13 |
| Archana Venkataraman |
Biology
(MS) |
"A Differential Protein Expression in the Insular Cortex and mygdala after Taste Memory Acquisition and Retrieval" |
M. Zoran |
May 13 |
| Mary Abou Nader |
Microbiology
(PhD) |
"Directed Evolution of Cyanide Degrading Enzymes" |
M. Benedik |
Dec 12 |
| Darren Wayne Henrichs |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Investigation of the Population Genetic Structure of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Karenia brevisin the Gulf of Mexico" |
L. Campbell |
Dec 12 |
| Nicholas Layne Ratterman |
Zoology
(PhD) |
"The Quantitative Genetics of Mate Choice Evolution: Theory and Empiricism" |
A. Jones
G. Rosenthal |
Dec 12 |
| Christoph Cleland Schwedes |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Regulation of Adult Physiology and Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster" |
G. Carney |
Dec 12 |
| Vikram Ravindra Shende |
Biology
(PhD) |
"MicroRNA As Function as Cis- and Trans-Acting Modulators of Clock Gene Expression in SCN and Peripheral Circadian Oscillators" |
D. Earnest |
Dec 12 |
| Nisha Abraham |
Biology
(MS) |
|
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Aug 12 |
| Richard Jones |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Regulation of Thyrotropin mRNA Expression in Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus" |
D. MacKenzie |
Aug 12 |
| Zane Lybrand |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Plasticity in the Rapid Escape Reflex of the Annelid Worm, Plasticity in the Rapid Escape Reflex of the Annelid Worm" |
M. Zoran |
Aug 12 |
| Samir Moussa |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Deciphering Lysis and its Regulation in Bacteriophage T4" |
R. Young |
Aug 12 |
| Alisa Womak |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Regulation and Synchronization of the Master Circadian Clock by Purinergic Signaling from Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Astrocytes" |
M. Zoran |
Aug 12 |
| Alejandra Noemi Gonález Rojos |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Somatic Sex determination in D. melanogaster: Insights in the Establishment to Maintenance Transition" |
J. Erickson |
May 12 |
| Carol Beatrice Johnson |
Biology
(PhD) |
"In VivoAnalysis of the Role of FtsZ1 and FtsZ2 Proteins in Chloroplast Division in Arabidopsis thaliana" |
A. Holzenburg |
May 12 |
| Simone M. Lepage |
Biology
(MS) |
non-thesis |
U.J. McMahan |
May 12 |
| Ryan Franklin McCormick |
Biology
(MS) |
non-thesis |
B. Riley |
May 12 |
| Anand Narayanan |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Molecular Mechanisms of Wnt8a Regulation: Insights into Vertebrate Mesoderm Development and Patterning" |
A. Lekven |
May 12 |
| Kimberly Ann Paczolt |
Zoology
(PhD) |
"Postcopulatory Sexual Selection and Evolution of Male Pregnancy in the Gulf Pipefish" |
A. Jones |
May 12 |
| Michelle Smith Yeoman |
Biology
(MS) |
non-thesis |
R. Aramayo |
May 12 |
| Charles Royal Carlson |
Biology
(MS) |
"Adaptive Hybridization and the Typological Paradigm" |
G. Rosenthal |
Dec 11 |
| Zachary Wyatt Culumber |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Mate Choice, Genetic Variation, and Population Structure in Hybrid Zones" |
G. Rosenthal |
Dec 11 |
| Krithika Kumar |
Microbiology
(PhD) |
"Regulation of the Nitrogen Fixation Genes in the Heterocystous Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120" |
M. Benedik
J. Golden |
Dec 11 |
| Anjali Misra |
Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences
(PhD) |
"The Bromodomain Preteins GTE9 and GTE11 Associate with BT2-Based E3 Ligase Complex and Mediate Responses to Multiple Signals in Araidopsis thaliana" |
T. McKnight |
Dec 11 |
| Sunny Kay Scobell |
Biology
(PhD) |
"The Role of Androgens in Male Pregnancy and Female Competitive Behavior in a Sex Role Reversed Pipefish" |
A. Jones
G. Rosenthal |
Dec 11 |
| Shruti Vemaraju |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Neurosensory Development in the Zerbrafish Inner Ear" |
B. Riley |
Dec 11 |
| Sonia Cristina Irigoyen Aranda |
Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences
(PhD) |
"Plastidic Pi Transporters in Arabidopsis thaliana" |
W. Versaw |
Aug 11 |
| Lauren Alysse Menasco-Davis |
Biology
(MS) |
non-thesis |
I. Greenbaum |
Aug 11 |
| Mahesh Padanad |
Genetics
(PhD) |
"The Role of Fgf and Its Downstream Effectors in Otic and Epibranchial Development in Zebrafish" |
B. Riley |
Aug 11 |
| Natalie Jeanette Thompson |
Microbiology
(MS) |
|
|
Aug 11 |
| Abhishek Chatterjee |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Connecting the Circadian Clock with Chemosensation" |
P. Hardin |
May 11 |
| Yishi Liu |
Biology
(PhD) |
"A Cholinergic Sensory-Motor Circuit Controls the Male Copulation Nehavior in C. elegans" |
R. Garcia |
May 11 |
| Sirisha Medicherla |
Microbiology
(MS) |
non-thesis |
D. Siegele |
May 11 |
| Thomas Charles Miller |
Zoology
(PhD) |
"Biological Activity of Thyrotropin in Two Teleost Fish, Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) and Goldfish (Carassius auratus)" |
D. MacKenzie |
May 11 |
| Lida Silvana Paredes Martinez |
Biology
(PhD) |
"The Ribosomal DNA Genes Influence Genome-Wid Gene Expression in Drosophila melanogaster" |
K. Maggert |
May 11 |
| Angela Dawn Witmer |
Zoology
(PhD) |
"Ecology of Sandy Beach Intertidal Macroinfauna along the Upper Texas Coast" |
M. Wicksten |
May 11 |
| Silverius Osafomwan Enobakhara |
Microbiology
(MS) |
non-thesis |
M. Manson |
Dec 10 |
| Christine Patrice Schwartz |
Zoology
(PhD) |
"Neurobiology of Bat Vocal Behavior" |
M. Smotherman |
Dec 10 |
| Leah Nicole Towers |
Zoology
(MS) |
The Mystery of the Chaetognata: A molecular phylogenetic Approach using telegic Chaetognath Species of Pelican Island, Galveston, Texas |
M. Benedik |
Dec 10 |
| Jedediah Tim Tressler |
Zoology
(PhD) |
"The Basal Ganglia as a Structure of Vocal Sensory-Motor Integration and Modulation of Vocal Plasticity in Mammals: Behavioral and Experimental Evidence from Tadarida brasiliensis." |
M. Smotherman |
Dec 10 |
| Anna Mildred Burrell |
Botany
(PhD)
|
"Molecular and Genetic Analysis of Adaptive Evolution in the Rare Serpentive Endemic, Caulanthus amplexicaulis var. barbarae (J Howell) Munz" |
A. Pepper |
Aug 10 |
| Lisa Lynn Ellis |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Fitting it All Together: How Courtship-and Mating-Responsive Genes Affect Drosophila melanogaster Male Behavior" |
G. Carney |
Aug 10 |
| Kranthi Kiran Mandadi |
Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences
(PhD) |
"BT2, a BTB Scaffold Protein, Mediates Responses to Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Signals in Arabidopsis" |
T. McKnight |
Aug 10 |
| Rodrigo Andres Mella Herrera |
Microbiology
(PhD) |
"Heterocyst Morphogenesis and Gene Expression in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120" |
M. Benedik
J. Golden |
Aug 10 |
| Bonny Butler Millimaki |
Genetics
(PhD) |
"The Function and Genetic Interactions of Zebrafish atoh1and sox2: Genes Involved in Hair Cell Development and Regeneration" |
B. Riley |
Aug 10 |
| Elly Mae Sweet |
Biology
(PhD) |
"Inner Ear Sensory Epithelia Development and Regulation in Zebrafish" |
B. Riley |
Aug 10 |
| Chace A. Craig |
Biology
(MS) |
non-thesis |
Mark Zoran |
May 10 |
| Rick L. Hammer |
Botany
(PhD) |
"Systematic and Evolutionary Studies in the Dichanthelium acuminatum (Poaceae:Paniceae) Complex" |
James Manhart
Stephan Hatch |
May 10 |
