UNMC | Recent Graduates

	Anindit Mukherjee, Ph.D. 2012 Dissertation Title: Identification of a novel protein mediating estrogen action on the regulation of primordial follicle formation Mentor: Shyamal K. Roy Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
	Liang Xiao, Ph.D. 2012 Dissertation Title: Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 in heart failure: Regulation of sympathetic outflow Mentor: Irving H. Zucker Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
	Sarah C. Clayton, Ph.D. 2011 Dissertation Title: Neural regulation of renal blood flow during experimental keart failure Mentor: Irving H. Zucker Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
	Jing Yang, Ph.D. 2010 Dissertation Title: Causes and consequences of superoxide anion production by the renal medullary thick ascending limb during type 1 diabetes Mentor: Pamela K. Carmines Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
	Carmen M. Troncoso Brindeiro, Ph.D. 2010 Dissertation Title: Potassium channel regulation of renal afferent arteriolar tone in kidneys from normal and diabetic rats Mentor: Pamela K. Carmines Current Position: Special Instructor, Department of Biological Sciences, Darthmouth College, Hanover, NH
	P. Richard Grimm, Ph.D. 2009 Dissertation Title: The role of BKβ1 in regulating extracellular volume Mentor: Steven C. Sansom Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
	Kurinji Singaravelu, Ph.D. 2009 Dissertation Title: Mechanistic role of pro-apoptotic molecules, Siva and PERP, in eliciting apoptosis in ischemic injury Mentor: Babu J. Padanilam Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Harvard University / Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
	Kishor Devalaraja-Nirashimha, Ph.D. 2008 Dissertation Title: Mechanisms of targeted necrosis of proximal straight tubular cells following ischemic renal injury Mentor: Babu J. Padanilam Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY
	Allison Kleiber, Ph.D. 2008 Dissertation Title: Sympathetic hyperactivity in chronic heart failure: Role of glutamatergic mechanisms in the paraventricular nucleus Mentor: Kaushik P. Patel Current Position: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Basic & Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO
	Viswanathan Ragagopalan, Ph.D. 2008 Dissertation Title: Role of ErbB (EGFR) tyrosine kinase receptors in adult & aging heart Mentor: Irving H. Zucker Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pediatrics/Cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
	Qin Fang, M.D., Ph.D. 2005 Dissertation Title: The influence of nicotine on the cerebral microcirculation: Mechanisms of impaired vasodilation Mentor: William G. Mayhan Current Position: Physician, East Coast Nephrology Associates, Ormond Beach, FL
	Jennifer L. Pluznick, Ph.D. 2005 Dissertation Title: The BKβ1 subunit in the mammalian kidney Mentor: Steven C. Sansom Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD