- 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 Siefert; siefert@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