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Phone: 713.743.8363
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ALUMNI


    - Students

    Kwang-Nan Brown
    M.S. 1980; Computer Science
    "Computer Simulation and Analysis of the 16S rRNA Sequence"

    Dr. Diarmuid Edward Nicholson
    Ph.D.-1982; Biophysical Sciences
    "Structure of 5S ribosomal RNA from Halobacteriaceae"

    Charles Thieman, JD
    MS- 1984; Biophysical Sciences

    Dr.Donald Floyd Schomer; dschomer@rpimail.mdacc.tmc.edu
    MS-1986; Biomedical Engineering
    "The Application of Polynomial Spatial Warping to Effect Global Image Rectification for the Direct Comparison of 16S rRNA Oligonucleotide Signatures"

    Dr. Richard Devereux; Devereux.richard@epamail.epa.gov
    Ph.D.-1986; Biology
    "Nucleotide Sequence Determination and Phylogenetic Analysis of 5S Ribonucleic Acids from Chlorophyta and Chromophyta Algae"

    Ted John McGill, MD
    MS-1987; Biochemical and Bioph
    ysical Sciences
    "A Structure and Phylogenetic Analysis of the 16S rRNA of the Chlorobiaceae"

    Dr. Chuzhao Lin
    MS-1988; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Bacillus Using Comparative 16S rRNA Sequencing"

    Sun, Yu-tai
    MS-1988; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "Studies on Oligonucleotide-Directed Mutagenesis of Escherichia coli 5S rRNA"

    Girish Dajee; dajee@slb.com
    MS-1989; Electrical Engineering

    Dr. Timothy Haselman, MD
    Ph.D. -1990; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "Comparative Sequence Analysis of Structural RNA"

    Dr. Jeffrey D. Wisotzkey
    Ph.D.-1990; Biology
    "The Phylogeny of the Thermophilic and Psychrophilic Bacuillus Species Based on 16S Ribosomal RNA Sequence Analysis"

    Dr. David R. Ammons
    Ph. D.-1990; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "An Evolutionary Study of the MSP Multigene Family: A Model System of Study"

    Patrice Miele Candela
    MS-1992; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "A Structural and Phylogenetic Analysis of 16S rRNAs from Members of the Genus Bacillus"

    Tawan Sunny Khamapirad
    BS-1993; Senior Honor's Thesis in Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of Caenorhabditis briggsae Major Sperm Protein Gene #7"

    Dr. Youn-Hyung Lee
    Ph.D.-1993; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "Experimental Exploration of the 5S rRNA Structure Space"
    Dr. Lee is currently a research scientist in South Korea.

    Dr. Mark Andrew Hadwiger; hadwiger@juno.com
    Ph.D.-1993; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "Explicit Distance Geometry: Theory and Application"

    Lisa DSouza
    MS-1993; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    Ph.D.-1999; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences

    Dr. Yinqing Yang; yy73@columbia.edu
    Ph.D.- 1994; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "Site-Directed Mutagenesis Studies on 5S Ribosomal RNA"

    Dr. Klas O. F. Hedenstierna;  klas.h@mail.com
    Ph.D.- 1995; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "An Experimental System for Evaluating 5S rRNA Mutants and Use of 5S rRNA as a Research Tool";

    Heather Rena' Lakatos
    MS-1996; Biomedical Engineering
    "Optimization of Production of the Loop C Region of Vibrio proteolyticus 5S rRNA Using Statistical Experimental Design"

    Dr. Edward R. B. Moore
    Ph. D.-1990; Biology
    "Cytochrome Oxidase and 16S Ribosomal RNA Phylogenetic Analysis on the Gram-negative Aerobic Non-symbiotic Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria"

    Dr. George Kenneth Smith, JD
    Ph.D.-1996; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "NMR Studies of the Structure of Selected DNA and RNA Oligomers"

    Dr. Robert Setterquist;  robert@cfox.bchs.uh.edu
    Ph. D. - 1997; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "Molecular Biological Studies: (1) Nematode Major Sperm Protein, (2) Vibrio Ribosomal Protein L18, (3) Rhodococcus IGTS8 Ribosomal RNA and (4) PCR Technology"

    Dr. Janet Louise Siefertsiefert@stat.rice.edu
    Ph. D.-1997; Biology
    "Genomic and Small Subunit Sequence Evaluations of Members of the Bacterial Domain: Implications for Microbial Evolution and Taxonomic Assignment"

    Ramya Natarajan;  natarr01@MCRCR6.MED.NYU.EDU
    M.S. -1998; Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
    "Characterization of the MSP Gene Family in the Nematode Caenorhabditis remanei"

    Devanand Govindaswamy; 
    M.S. -1999; Computer Sciences
    "Bio Access Guide to the Internet"

    Dr. Lisa D'Souza;  sadsouza@mail.utexas.edu
    Ph.D. -1999; Biology and Biochemistry
    "Development of an Expression System to Study 5S rRNA Mutants in P. putida and its Application as a Tool for Microbial Monitoring"

    Dr. Deana Larkin;  dclarkin@central.uh.edu
    Ph.D. -2001; Biology and Biochemistry
    "Origin of the Translation Machinery: Aminoacylation of Minimalist tRNA(Leu) Molecules and Non-Ribosomal Peptide Bond Formation"

    Yue Lu; 
    M.S. 2001; Computer Sciences
    "Design and Implementation of a Genome Comparison Tool"

    Ashwinikumar K. Naik;  ashwin_naik@hotmail.com
    M.S. 2001; Biology and Biochemistry
    "Evolution of the Translation Machinery: A Bioinformatics Approach"

    Dr. Uma Nagaswamy;  uma@prion.bchs.uh.edu
    Ph.D. 2002; Biology and Biochemistry
    "Structural Investigation of Ribosomal RNAs"

    Dr. Zhengdong Zhang;  zzhang@bayou.uh.edu
    M.S. 2000; Computer Science
    "Identification of Characteristic Oligonucleotides in the 16S ribosomal RNA Sequence Datasheet"
    Ph.D. 2002; Biology and Biochemistry
    "Study onn Common Vibrio 5S Ribosomal RNA Sequence Variants and Development of New Methodology to Identify the Phenotypes of Vibrio proteolyticus 5S rRNA Variants"

    Dr. Kirt A. Martin; 
    Ph.D. 2002; Biology and Biochemistry
    "Comparative Studies on the Structure of Cyanobacterial Genomes"

    Usha K. Desai; 
    M.S. 2002; Computer Science
    "An Object Oriented Interface for the 16S rRNA Oligonucleotide Signature Database"

     

     

    - Postdoctoral Research Associates/Visiting Scientists

    Dr. Robert Setterquist

    Dr. David Ammons; ammonstt@netscape.com

    Dr. Siavash Baharaeen (Deceased)

    Dr. Ulrich Baumann

    Dr. David G. Camp

    Mr. Jack Chappelear

    Dr. Daniel Davison; davisond@bms.com

    Dr. Alicja Gladek

    Mr. Frank Hatsack

    Mr. Rheinault Jones

    Dr. Jerzy Jurka; jurka@gnomic.Stanford.edu

    Dr. Antonio Lazcano-Araujo Reyes; alar@hp.fciencias.unam.mx

    Dr. Paul Lau

    Dr. Youn-Hyung Lee

    Dr. Karine Maillard

    Dr. Charles L. Manske; 72271.632@Compuserve.com

    Dr. Susan Martinis; smartinis@uh.edu

    Dr. Johanna Michalik

    Dr. Diarmuid Nicholson

    Mr. Todd Oakley; tho@acpub.duke.edu

    Mr. Peng Pang

    Ms. Lucia Perezgasga

    Dr. Christian W. Pitulle; cwpitull@unity.ncsu.edu

    Mr. Michael Rice; mrice@uh.edu

    Dr. Gary E. Schultz; schultzg@tamug.tamu.edu

    Dr. Erko Stackebrandt

    Dr. David Warmflash; david.m.warmflash@jsc.nasa.gov


     
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