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Distinguished Ph.D. Graduates of the Department

James N. Ihle, Ph.D. (1971). Thesis: Regulation of enzyme synthesis during embryogenesis and germination of cotton. Current Position: Professor and Chair - Biochemistry Dept., St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.

D. Mack Ivey, Ph.D. (1987). Thesis: Generation of energy during CO2 fixation in acetogenic bacteria. Current Position: Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Richard McCann, Ph.D. (1995). Thesis: Identification and characterization of CKM1 and CDC37 as physiological partners of Saccharomyces cerevisiae casein kinase II. Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

William C. Merrick, Ph. D. (1971). Thesis: Changes in isoaccepting tRNA species during germination of cotton seeds. Current Position: Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

Michael R. Moore, Ph.D. (1975). Thesis: Isolation and kinetic properties of methylene-tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase from Clostridium formicoaceticum. Current Position: Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Marshall University, School of Medicine, Huntington, WV.

William E. O'Brien, Ph.D. (1971). Thesis: The synthesis of acetate from carbon dioxide by Clostridium formicoaceticum. Current Position: Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Ramesh Padmanabha, Ph.D. (1989). Thesis: A biochemical and genetic analysis of yeast casein kinase II. Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Wallingford, CT.

Stephen W. Ragsdale, Ph.D. (1983). Thesis: Electron transfer reactions involved in acetogenic bacteria. Current Position: Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Craig Reed, Ph.D. (1995). Thesis: Biochemical and molecular genetic analysis of casein kinase II regulatory subunit function. Current Position: Project Manager, Chemical and Biological Defense Division, Southern Research Institute, Frederick, MD.

Christopher F. Reilly, Ph.D. (1982). Thesis: The structural and functional characteristics of human leukocyte cathepsin G. Current Position: Vice President, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, England.

Sangram Sisodia, Ph.D. (1985). Thesis: Structural and functional comparison of nucleic acid helix destabilizing protein and lactate dehydrogenase 5 of rat. Current Position: Thomas Reynolds Sr. Family Professor of Neurosciences and Director - The Center for Molecular Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

William S. York, Ph.D. (1996). Thesis: Development and application of spectroscopic methods for the structural analysis of xyloglucans and xyloglucan oligosaccharides. Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.




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