Debbie Wilkerson (Knitt)
1992-1998
Thesis: Insights into RNA catalysis through investigations with the Tetrahymena ribozyme
Post-graduation Position: Research Associate, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Current Position: Independent Consultant
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Geeta Narlikar
1992-1998
Thesis: Understanding RNA Catalysis through Study of the Tetrahymena Ribozyme
Current Position: Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics; University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
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Suzanne Admiraal
1993-1999
Thesis: Mechanisms of Phosphoryl Transfer from ATP
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Current Position: Senior Research Lab Specialist; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Patrick O'Brien
1994-2000
Thesis: Mechanism and Catalytic Promiscuity of E.Coli Alkaline Phosphatase
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Fellow; Harvard Medical School
Current Position: Professor, Biological Chemistry; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Shu-ou Shan
1994-2000
Thesis: The Role and Identity of Metal Ions in the Active Site of the Tetrahymena | Ribozyme
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Fellow; Univeristy of California San Francisco
Current Position: Altair Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Caltech
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Matthew Peck
1995-2001
Thesis: The Action of eIF4A in Eukaryotic Translation Initiation
Post-graduation Position: Research Scientist; University of Oklahoma
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Washington State University; Program Coordinator, Washington State University NIH Biotechnology Graduate Training Program
Laura Bartley
1996-2001
Thesis: Single Molecule Fluorescence Probes of RNA Conformational Rearrangements
Post-graduation Position: Science Policy Fellow; American Association for the Advancement of Science
Current Position: Associate Professor, Institute of Biological Chemistry; Washington State University
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Katrin Karbstein
1997-2003
Thesis: Conformational Transitions in the Group | Self-splicing Reaction
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Jennifer Doudna Lab; University of California Berkeley
Current Position: Professor; Scripps Research Institute
Jihee Lee
1997-2002
Master's Thesis: Conformational Changes in Ribozyme Catalysis
Ivana Nikolic Hughes
1999-2005
Thesis: Catalysis by Alkaline Phosphating Transition States and Mechanisms
Post-graduation Position: Lecturer, Chemistry; Columbia University
Current Positions: Director for Frontiers of Science and Lecturuer, Chemistry; Columbia University; President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Rhiju Das
2000-2005
Thesis: Structural Probes to Study RNA Folding
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Scholar; HHMI and University of Washington
Current Position:
Associate Professor, Biochemistry; Stanford University
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Felix Mueller-Planitz
2000-2006
Thesis: Dissection of the TOPO Topoic Isomerase II Reaction Cycle
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Scholar; Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat Munich
Current Position: Professor; Technical University Dresden
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Dan Kraut
2000-2006
Thesis: Investigation of the Mechanism of Ketosteroid Isomerase
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Scholar; Northwestern University
Current Position: Associate Professor, Biochemistry; Villanova University
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Yu Bai
2001-2007
Thesis: Probing Electrostatic Forces in Nucleic Acids
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Scholar and Keck Fellow; WM Keck Center for Computational & Structural Biology
Current Position: Data Scientist; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
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Mark Engelhardt
2002-2006
Thesis: The Role of Peripheral Structural Elements in Catalysis by the Tetrahymena Group I Ribozyme
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Fellow; Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
Current Position: Partner; Ovodenovo Scientific Consulting
Jesse Zalatan
2002-2008
Thesis: Structural and Functional Comparisons in the AlkalinePhosphatase Superfamily: Implications for Mechanism and Evolution
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Fellow; University of California San Francisco
Current Position: Associate Professor, Chemistry; University of Washington
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Dan Hogan
2002-2009
Thesis: Regulation of Gene Expression by RNA-Binding Proteins and microRNAs
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate; Stanford University
Current Position: Research Fellow; Impossible Foods
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Paul Sigala
2002-2009
Thesis: Physical and energetic dissections of enzyme active site properties
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Scholar
Current Position: Associate Professor, Biochemistry; University of Utah
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Helen Wiersma-Koch
2004-2013
Thesis: Catalytic Promiscuity in the Alkaline Phosphatase Superfamily
Post-graduation Position: High school teacher, Chemistry; Lincoln Park Academy
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Biology; Indian River State College
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Max Greenfeld
2005-2012
Thesis: Dissecting Multiple Origins of Heterogeneity in RNA Folding
Current Position: Co-Founder, Equipt Health
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Tara Benz-Moy
2006-2012
Thesis: Networked to the Catalytic Core: Structure-Function Studies of RNA Enzymes Reveal Distinct Connections from the Periphery
Current Position: Adjunct lecturer, Chemistry; Butler University
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Logan Andrews
2006-2012
Thesis: Molecular Recognition of Phosphatases: Insights into Specificity and the Destabilizing Influence of an Enzyme Active Site
Post-graduation Position: Content Writer; Shmoop
Current Position: Head of Program Management, Animol Discovery Inc.
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Greg Hogan
2007-2014
Thesis: Evolution and Coordination of Gene Expression Through RNA-Protein Interactions
Post-graduation: Operations Laboratory Scientist; Counsyl
Current Position: Senior Director of Research and Development and Director of Bioinformatics, Foresight Diagnostics Inc.
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Aditya Natarajan
2009-2015
Thesis: Hydrogen Bond Physical and Energetic Properties
Post-graduation Position: Life Science Specialist; L.E.K Consulting
Current Position: Principal; L.E.K. Consulting
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Namita Bisaria
2009-2015
Thesis: Testing a Reconstitution Model for RNA Folding
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Bartel Lab; Whitehead Institute
Current Position: Co-Founder and Head of Research and Strategy, Stealth Biotech Startup; Chief Operating Officer, GanNA Bio Platform; ReNAgade Therapeutics
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Breena Stoner
2011-2015
Master's Thesis: Roles of Non-Active Site Elements in the Functions of Two Related Group I Ribozymes
Post-graduation Position: Freelance Scientific Editor
Current Position: Senior Academic Safety Manager; Seattle University
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Raghu Sengupta
2009-2016
Thesis: Conformational Transitions within an RNA Enzyme
Post-graduation Position: Biochemist; HP Labs
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Pfizer
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Seshadri Gowrishankar
2014-2016
Engineer's Thesis: Determining Rare State Populations in Nucleic Acid Ensembles
Post-lab Position: Scientist; Impossible Foods
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Ariana Peck
2013-2018
Thesis: Advancing X-ray Diffuse Scattering to Probe Protein Dynamics
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Scholar; Grant Jensen Lab, Caltech
Current Position: Project Scientist; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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Steve Bonilla
2012-2019
Thesis: Dissecting the Energy, Conformational, and Evolutionary Landscapes of a Ubiquitous RNA Tertiary Structural Motif Through Single-molecule and High-throughput Studies
Post-graduation Position: Postdoctoral Scholar; Jeffrey Kieft Lab, University of Colorado
Current Position: Assistant Professor; Rockefeller University
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Andras Sagi
2014-2019
Post-lab Position: Graduate Student; William Weis Lab; Stanford University
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Margaux Pinney
2014-2021
Thesis: The Molecular Forces Shaping Enzyme Function and Evolution: From Hydrogen Bonds to Enzyme Temperature Adaptation
Post-graduation Position: Principal Investigator and Sandler Faculty Fellow; University of California San Francisco
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Daniel Mokhtari
2016-2021
Thesis: Developing and Applying Quantitative High-Throughput Microfluidics to Elucidate Enzyme Functional Architecture
Post-graduation Position: Medical Student; Stanford University School of Medicine
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Catherine Stark
2016-2021
Thesis: Evaluating Variation in Ketosteroid Isomerase From Energetics to Evolution
Post-graduation Position: Adjunct Faculty; Foothill College
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