Alumni
Master's Degree
Manuel E. Baldeon, Division of Nutritional Sciences, January 1993-December 1994
Thesis title: Effects of the inflammatory cytokine interferon-γ on pancreatic β-cell phenotype and function
Current position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Wei Ning, Division of Nutritional Sciences, August 1993-December 1995
Thesis title: Ribotype and biotype diversity among Lactobacillus isolates from the mouse ileum
David J. Neece, Dept. of Animal Sciences, August 1994-October 1996
Thesis title: Construction and characterization of recombinant glucose-inducible proteasome subunit genes
Current position: Research Specialist, USDA Plant Pathology Lab, UIUC
Kajorn Kittiphongspattana, Division of Nutritional Sciences, August 1998-May 2000
Thesis title: The role of the proteasome in insulin biosynthesis and secretion by pancreatic b cells
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Chicago
W Vallen Graham, Dept. of Animal Sciences, August 2001-August 2003
Thesis title: Redox regulation of CDX-2, a transcription factor involved in intestinal epithelial cell differentiation
Current position: Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Pathology, Univ. of Chicago
Joel Thurmond, Dept. of Animal Sciences, January 1999-December 2003
Thesis title: Molecular and cellular analysis of porcine CD1.1 antigen presentation
Current position: Research Specialist, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL
Mattias Attene Ramos, Dept. of Animal Sciences, August 2002-May 2005
Thesis title: Effects of intracellular redox status on mammalian cell growth and genotoxicity
Current position: Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Animal Sciences, UIUC
Ph.D. Degree
Ruurd Zijlstra, Dept. of Animal Sciences, August 1993-October 1996
Dissertation title: Malnutrition and intestinal inflammatory responses to rotavirus infection
Current position: Associate Professor/Feed Industry Research Chair, Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Canada
Barbara A. McCracken, Dept. of Animal Sciences, August 1992-August 1997
Dissertation title: Metabolic and intestinal inflammatory responses during neonatal and weaning periods in pigs
Current position: Metabolic and intestinal inflammatory responses during neonatal and weaning periods in pigs
Manuel E. Baldeon, Division of Nutritional Sciences, January 1995-May 1998
Dissertation title: Molecular dissection of interferon-γ-treated pancreatic β-cells
Current position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Taehoon Chun, Dept. of Animal Sciences, August 1993-May 1998
Dissertation title: Studies of non-classical antigen presentation molecules: Functional analysis of mouse Qa-1 and characterization of the porcine CD1 gene family
Current position: Associate Professor, Division of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
Vance J. McCracken, Dept. of Animal Sciences, August 1994-March 2000
Dissertation title: Host inflammatory responses to the indigenous microbiota of the intestine
Current position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Bart Deplancke, Division of Nutritional Sciences, August 1998-May 2002
Dissertation title: Sulfate reducing bacteria and their contribution to intestinal epithelial disorders
Recipient of Peter J. Reeds New Investigator Award from the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, 2005
Current position: Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Institute of Bioengineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Kajorn Kitiphongspattana, Division of Nutritional Sciences, June 2000-November 2004
Dissertation title: Molecular adaptation of pancreatic β-cell function during endoplasmic reticulum stress
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Chicago
John E. Conour, Dept. of Animal Sciences, January 2000-May 2005
Project: Redox regulation of cell fate
Current position: Technical Specialist, McCracken & Frank, Attorneys at Law, Chicago, IL
Chad T. Collier, Dept. of Animal Sciences, August 2000-September 2007
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Animal Sciences, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Postdoctoral Fellows
Krassimira Hristova, Ph.D., Microbiology (1994), Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Project (1997-1999): Molecular beacon technology for analysis of anaerobic microbial assemblages
Current position: Research Scientist, Dept. of Land, Air and Water Resources, Univ. of California, Davis
Olivier Vidal, Ph.D., Microbiology (1997), Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Microorganismes, INSA de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
Project (1999-2000): Molecular ecological analysis of bacterial mucolysis in the piglet intestine
Current position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, University of Lille, France
Dale King, Ph.D., Animal Sciences (1999), Purdue University
Project (2003-04): Developmental dynamics of intestinal responses to bacterial colonization
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen's University, Toronto, Canada
Shankar Chowdhury, Ph.D., Nutritional Sciences (2005), University of Guelph, Canada
Project (2005-07): Cysteine metabolism in the intestinal epithelium and its role in detoxification and redox homeostasis
Current position: Instructor, Health Sciences Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
Tarannum Khan, Ph.D., Life Sciences (2004), ICGEB, New Delhi, India
Project (2004-07): Cysteine Mediated Redox Regulation of the transcription factor, Cdx2
