Students that have completed a research-based M. S. thesis in the Whitten Lab:
- Erika Soria. Use of Xiphophorus reveals impact of host genetics on gut microbiota composition and genetic loci associated with human disease. Defense date: June 21, 2023. (Co-supervisor with Dr. Yuan Lu)
- Nathan P. Khaodeuanepheng. Polymer properties that predict protein structure class from the primary sequence. Defense date: November 7, 2022.
- Ayyam Y. Ibrahim. Intrinsic sequence-based properties that identify intrinsically disordered phase-separating protein regions. Defense date: July 6, 2022. (Co-supervisor with Dr. Karen Lewis)
- George R. Parra. Phosphoserine incorporation into the Intrinsically Disordered N-terminal Domain of the p53 Tumor Suppressor Protein. Defense date: November 5, 2019.
- Elisia Ariana Paiz. Using heat effects on coil hydrodynamic size to reveal the nature and energetics of denatured state conformational bias. Defense date: October 31, 2019.
- Benjamin Ricard. The effects of primary sequence perturbation on the structure of intrinsically disordered proteins. Defense date: July 18, 2017.
- Leona Martin. Investigating cold adaptation of intrinsically disordered proteins in p53 homologs. Defense date: November 4, 2016.
- Lance English. Electrostatic effects on the structure of intrinsically disordered proteins. Defense date: July 13, 2016.
- Erin Tilton. Cold adaption of intrinsically disordered structure studied in p53 homologs. Defense date: July 12, 2016.
- Shobha Gokul. Quantifying the ability of RF-amide neuropeptide analogs to promote amyloidosis of recombinant human prion protein. Defense date: October 15, 2015.
- James Campbell. Optimization of SDD-AGE as a method to study amyloid conversion of human recombinant prion protein. Defense date: July 2, 2014.
- Reagan Meredith. Quantitative characterization of peptide induced amyloidosis of recombinant human prion protein. Defense date: June 4, 2014.
- Ryan Maldonado. Testing the ability of RF-amide neuropeptides to promote amyloidosis of recombinant human prion protein. Defense date: February 27, 2014.
- Leasha Schaub. Quantifying the energetics of binding between p53 and DNA using electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Defense date: August 31, 2012.
- Melody Adam. Peptide-induced amyloidosis of recombinant human prion protein. Defense date: January 2, 2012.
Students that have completed a research-based Honor’s College thesis in the Whitten Lab:
- Micheal Jace Tarver. Testing the ability of standard molecular dynamic software force fields to accurately model the structural features of intrinsically disordered proteins. Spring 2015.
- Stephen Gates. Beta amyloid formation and its effect on Alzheimer’s Disease. Spring 2011.