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Current and Past Students

Current Students

Yue Ban

Yue Ban

Program:

CBN Ph.D.

Advisor:

Michael Markham

E-mail:

Yue.Ban-1 at ou dot edu

Research Interests:

TBD

Dahong-Chen

Dahong Chen

Program:

CBN Ph.D.

Advisor:

Randall Hewes

E-mail:

cdh at ou dot edu

Research Interests:

I am studying factors governing metamorphic remodeling of Drosophila neuroendocrine cells.

Sunetra Das

Sunetra Das

Program:

Zoology Ph.D.

Advisor:

David Durica

E-mail:

Sunetra.Das-1 at ou dot edu

Research Interests:

Characterizing genes involved in steroid hormone signaling in fiddler crabs.

Doyle Dodd

Doyle Dodd

Program:

Bioengineering Ph.D.

Advisor:

Robert Rennaker

E-mail:

DoyleDodd at gmail dot com

Research Interests:

Determining the contribution of specific receptor types in fine-grained frequency resolution of the auditory system.

Clay Foster

Clay Foster

Program:

CBN Ph.D.

Advisor:

Ann West

E-mail:

clayfoster at ou dot edu

Research Interests:

I am interested in signal transduction pathways as well as natural product discovery and development.

Tingting Gu

Tingting Gu

Program:

Zoology Ph.D.

Advisor:

Randall Hewes

E-mail:

Tingting.GU-1 at ou dot edu

Research Interests:

My research focuses on the functional and molecular changes of neuroendocrine cells under certain disease conditions. Specifically, I use fruit fly as a model to dissect the molecular mechanisms mediating the neuronal changes arising from animal diseases.

Zhaozhe Hao

Zhaozhe Hao

Program:

CBN Ph.D.

Advisor:

Ari Berkowitz

E-mail:

haozhaozhe at ou dot edu

Research Interests:

I am trying to figure out how the vertebrate spinal cord can generate rhythms and I use the turtle spinal cord as a model to look at fictive scratching and swimming behaviors.

Eric Lee

Eric Lee

Program:

CBN Ph.D.

Advisor:

David McCauley

E-mail:

ericmlee at ou dot edu

Research Interests:

Evolutionary developmental biology, specifically, the evolutionary conservation of developmental mechanisms involving skeletogenic neural crest cells, from basal (lampreys) to derived (zebrafish) vertebrates.

Esther Lo

Esther Lo

Program:

Zoology M.S.

Advisor:

Thomas Ray

E-mail:

elo at ou dot edu

Research Interests:

My research focus is on neuromodulation, which is prevalent and important in biological systems. My goal is to extend neuromodulation to artificial neural networks and explore the possible benefits.

Emily-Markadakis

Emily Markadakis

Program:

Chemistry & Biochemistry Ph.D.

Advisor:

Ann West

E-mail:

emarka1 at ou dot edu

Research Interests:

I am interested in signal transduction and determining the protein structures in transduction pathways.

Neil Markwardt

Neil Markwardt

Program:

Bioengineering Ph.D.

Advisor:

Robert Rennaker

E-mail:

theinimitableneil at gmail dot com

Research Interests:

I'm currently developing a diamond-based microtexturing process to improve the recording stability and longevity of microwire electrodes in the brain.

Xinyun Peng

Xinyun Peng

Program:

CBN Ph.D.

Advisor:

Bing Zhang

E-mail:

xypeng at ou dot edu

Research Interests:

To be determined

Hiliary Riedmann

Hiliary Riedmann

Program:

CBN Ph.D.

Advisor:

To be determined

E-mail:

hiliary.l.riedmann-1 at ou dot edu

Research Interests:

Animal behavior and the central nervous system.