2016 Annual Report: Graduate Degrees Awarded (August 2015 - May 2016)

Please help the College of Pharmacy congratulate our most recent MS and PhD graduates.
 

Industrial and Physical Pharmacy

• Sara Ahmed Abouelmagd, PhD - December 19, 2015
  • Major Professor: Yoon Yeo
  • Thesis Title: Overcoming limitations of tumor drug delivery via polymeric nanoparticples

• Saradha Chandrasekhar, PhD - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor: Elizabeth M. Topp
  • Thesis title: Thiol-Disulfide Exchange in Human Growth Hormone

• Lavanya Kannan Iyer, PhD - December 19, 2015
  • Major Professor: Elizabeth M. Topp
  • Thesis Title: High-Resolution Mass Spectrometric Approaches to Study Protein Structure and Environment in Lyophilized Solids
  • Post-graduation destination: Industry

• Matthew James Jackson, PhD - December 19, 2015
  • Major Professor: Lynne S. Taylor
  • Thesis Title: Dissolution Behavior of Amorphous Solid Dispersions
  • Post-graduation destination: Industry

• Amanda Marie Kaminski, MS - December 19, 2015
  • Major Professor: Stephen R. Byrn

• Eric Yao-Chung Kou, MS in RQC - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor: Stephen R. Byrn

• Amy B. (Quaderer) Pennock, MS in RQC - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor: Stephen R. Byrn

• Stephen R. Simpson, MS in RQC - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor: Stephen R. Byrn

• Angela Beth Thompson, MS in RQC - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor: Stephen R. Byrn

Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

• Matthew David Bartolowits, PhD - December 19, 2015
  • Major Professor: V. Jo Davisson
  • Thesis Title: Discover of Molecules that Modulate Protein-Protein Interactions in the Context of Human Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen-Associated Process of DNA Replication and Damage Repair

• Daniel E. Beck, PhD - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor: Mark S. Cushman
  • Thesis Title: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Indenoisoquinolines as Potential Anticancer Agents
  • Post-graduation destination: Education, postdoc at Scripps Institute, Jupiter, FL

• Tarsis Brust-Fernandes, PhD - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor: Val J. Watts
  • Thesis Title: Functional Selectivity Downstream of Gαi/o-Coupled Receptors
  • Post-graduation destination: Education, postdoc at Scripps Institute, Jupiter, FL

• Soumitra Ghosh, PhD - December 19, 2015
  • Major Professor: Robert L. Geahlen
  • Thesis Title: Stress Granules modulate SYK to cause microglial cell dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease

• Charles P. Kuntz, PhD - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor; Eric L. Barker
  • Thesis Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Ligands Recognition by the Human Serotonin Transporter: A Molecular Modeling Approach

• Vartika Mishra, PhD - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor; Chris Rochet
  • Thesis Title: Neuroprotective Mechanisms of Parkinson’s Disease-Related Protein DJ-1
  • Post-graduation destination: Education, postdoc Columbia University, New York, NY

• Hamed Tabatabaeighomi, PhD - December 19, 2015
  • Major Professor; Markus A. Lill
  • Thesis Title: Computational Modeling of Protein Fibrillation with Application to Glucagon
  • Post-graduation destination: Education, possible post-doc

• Mitali Tambe, PhD - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor: Chris Rochet
  • Thesis Title: Neuroprotective Effects of Polyphenols in Cellular Models of Parkinson’s Disease

• Jared J. Thompson, PhD - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor: Markus A. Lill
  • Thesis Title: Quasi-Three Body Coarse Grain Models of Protein Structure
  • Post-graduation destination: Industry, Visiting Assistant Professor, Staff Data Scientist, U. of New Haven, San Francisco, CA

• Yuchen Wang, PhD - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor: Gregory H. Hockerman
  • Thesis Title: The L-Type Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels: The Role of Cav1.2 in Pancreatic β Cells and New Perspective on the Molecular Pharmacology of Cav 1.3
  • Post-graduation destination: Education, postdoc at Scripps Institute, Jupiter, FL

• Gregory L. Wilson, PhD - December 19, 2015
  • Major Professor: Markus A. Lill
  • Thesis Title: Analysis and Application of Pseudoreceptor Modeling

Pharmacy Practice

• Marwa Noureldin, PhD - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor: Kimberly S. Plake
  • Thesis Title: Characterization of Engagement in a Medication Management Role among Informal Caregivers of Older Adult Care-recipients
  • Post-graduation destination: Academia, postdoc in the School of Nursing, Purdue University

• Jigar Rajpura, PhD – December 19, 2015
  • Major Professor: Joseph Thomas III
  • Thesis Title: Healthcare Resource Utilization in persons with Sickle Cell Disease

• Jyothi Menon, PhD - December 19, 2015
  • Major Professor: Joseph Thomas III
  • Thesis Title: Direct5 and Indirect Healthcare Resource Utilization and Expenditures Associated with Osteoarthriris

• Suyuan Zhang, MS - August 7, 2015
  • Major Professor: Joseph Thomas III
  • Thesis Title: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Medication Adherence and Health Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries
  • Post-graduation destination: PhD student, PHPR