Past Graduate students

Bruce Geller Ph.D., 1982

Thesis: Rat Liver Cu,Zn-Superoxide Dismutase: Subcellular Locations in Lysosome
Present: Assoc. Prof. Oregon State Univ.

Daren Heaton Ph. D., 2000

Thesis: Characterization of the Cox17 mitochondrial copper chaperone
Present: Assoc. Prof. Brigham Young University, Hawaii

Laran Jensen Ph.D., 1998

Thesis: Identification of Cu-induced intramolecular interaction in Mac1 in yeast
Present: Res. Assist. Prof. Johns Hopkins Univ.

Mark Kelleher Ph.D., 2000

Thesis: Genetic screen to identify nuclear copper chaperone in yeast
Present: Staff Scientist in Product Development at Affymetrix Corp.

Andrew Maxfield Ph.D. 2004

Thesis: Structure/function of the Cox17 copper metallochaperone
Present: Post-doctoral fellow, Washington University

Thalia Nittis, Ph. D., 2001

Thesis: Characterization of Mitochondrial Sco1
Present: Post-doctoral fellow, Wash. Uiniversity

Luis Ojeda, Ph.D., 2006

Thesis: Iron sensing by the yeast Aft1 transcriptional activator
Present: Post-doctoral fellow, University Texas, Galveston

Kevin Rigby, Ph.D., 2008

Thesis: Role of Cox19 in the assembly of cytochrome c oxidase
Present: Post-doctoral fellow, NIH

Joanne Thorvaldsen Ph.D., 1995

Thesis: Characterization of the Cu-activated Amt1 factor in Candida glabrata
Present: Post-doctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania

Wei Yu Ph.D., 1995

Thesis: Identification of a gene important in copper sulfide mineralization on yeast cell surface
Present: Project Manager, Roche

H. Jerome Coyne III Ph.D., 2007

Thesis: Metalloproteins Involved in the Assembly of Cytochrome c Oxidase: in vitro and in vivo consequences of metal binding and oligomerization
Present: Post-doctoral fellow, University of British Columbia.

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