Dr. Taraka Donti received his MS.C. in Applied Chemistry from India and received an M.S. degree in Biotechnology from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2002. He started his Ph.D. program in Biochemistry and Biophysics at Texas A&M University in 2002 and graduated in 2008 from the lab of Dr. Geoffrey Kapler, where he worked… Read More →
Dr. Benjamin Kaster
Dr. Benjamin Kaster began his life in the lab early in his undergraduate career in plants with Dr. Harold Rathburn at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. After receiving his undergraduate degree in Chemistry in 2009, Ben moved to Texas A&M to pursue graduate studies that summer. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 from the… Read More →
Dr. J. Matthew Watson
Dr. J. Matthew Watson received his PhD in 2007 from the lab of Dr. Dorothy Shippen. His work focused on studying how the conserved DNA repair protein Ku70 protected telomeres and how elongated telomeres in ku70 mutants were affected by recombination. He initially started in the lab as a technician, working with Dr. Karel Riha, who was… Read More →
Dr. Andrew Nelson
Dr. Andrew Nelson received his Ph.D. in 2012 in the lab of Dr. Dorothy Shippen. His research focused on describing mechanisms by which an essential ribonucleoprotein complex, telomerase, is regulated in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. His work resulted in seven first or co-author research publications, three reviews, and a book chapter. After graduation, Andrew… Read More →
Eric C. Greene
Eric Greene is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University. Dr. Greene’s laboratory pioneered development of novel technologies for studying protein–nucleic acid interactions at the single–molecule level using real–time optical microscopy with an overarching goal of seeking to understand the molecular mechanisms that cells use to repair, maintain, and… Read More →
Arnaldo Díaz Vázquez
Arnaldo Díaz Vázquez, Ph.D., is the Assistant Dean for Research Training Programs, Director of Recruitment and Retention of Diversity Scholars, Director of the Office of Research Training Programs, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. As Assistant Dean, Dr. Díaz… Read More →
Dr. T.Scott Pinkerton
Dr. T. Scott Pinkerton received his PhD in 2004 after working in a collaborative project between Dr. Jim Wild’s lab at TAMU and a local biotech company in College Station. Scott then went on to a post-doctoral research molecular biologist position with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service at the National Center… Read More →
Dr. Rebecca Murphy
Dr. Rebecca Murphy received her Ph.D. in 2012 in the lab of Dr. John Mullet where her research was focused on the improvement of agriculturally important crop species, with emphasis on flowering time regulation in Sorghum bicolor. Her dissertation work was published in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and her research… Read More →
Dr. Allison Ortigosa
Dr. Allison Ortigosa is the Executive Director of Technical Operations at Merck & Co., Inc., supporting the commercial manufacture of life-saving medicines at the Elkton, Virginia pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. She received her PhD in 2003 in the lab of Dr. Gregory Reinhart studying the allosteric regulation of phosphofructokinase through the use strategically placed amino acid… Read More →
Dr. Angela Domitrovich
Dr. Angela Domitrovich received her Ph.D. in 2002 in the lab of Dr. Gary Kunkel. Her postdoctoral research was at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus in the Department of Microbiology which was supported by an NIH fellowship and the Thorkildsen Research fellowship. During her time as a postdoctoral fellow her research focused on… Read More →