Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2003
Advisor: Matthew Mescher
Dissertation Title: "The Roles of Interleukin-12 as a Third Signal for Clonal Expansion and Cytolytic Function of Naive CD8 T Cells."

Current Position: Clinical Research Associate, Houston, Texas

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2000
Advisor: Matthew Mescher
Dissertation Title: "Interleukin-12 as an Adjuvant and Activation Signal for CD8 Positive T Lymphocytes in Vivo."

Program: BMBB
Defense Year: 2002
Advisor: Matthew Mescher
Dissertation Title: "The Biochemical Basis for Activation-Induced Non-Responsiveness in CD8 T Cells."

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2007
Advisor: Matthew Mescher
Dissertation Title: "Targeting CD8 T Lymphocyte Activation for Tumor Immunotherapy Using Peptide Antigens and Cytokines."

Current Position: Research Associate,Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development (David Laraespada lab), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Contact Info: [email protected]  

Program: Pathobiology
Defense Year: 1997
Advisor: Matthew Mescher
Dissertation Title: "Analysis of Primary and Memory CD8 Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses inVivo: Tracking an Antigen Specific Response."

Current Position: Professor at University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver CO
Contact Info: [email protected]

Program: MCDB&G
Defense Year: 1997
Advisor: Matthew Mescher
Dissertation Title: "Regulation of the CD8 Receptor on Murine Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes."

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2007
Advisor: Matthew Mescher
Dissertation Title: "Regulation of IL-7 Receptor Alpha Expression on CD8+ T Cells and Its Role in Reversing Activation-Induced Nonresponsiveness."

Current Position: Director of Immunology, Syntiron, Minneapolis, MN
Contact Info: [email protected]

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2009
Advisor: Matthew Mescher
Dissertation Title: "Antigen Presentation and T Cell Activation During Cancer."

Current Position: Associate Professor at University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Contact Info: [email protected]  

Program: Pathobiology
Defense Year: 1998
Advisor: Matthew Mescher
Dissertation Title: "Costimulation of CD8 Positive T Lymphocytes."

Current Position: Dermatologist, Mountain West Dermatology, Grand Junction, CO
Contact Info: (970) 242-7273

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2009
Advisor: Matthew Mescher
Dissertation Title: "Third Signal Cytokines and Their Roles in CD8 T Cell Responses."