Newman, Dianne K.

Committee Member — 85 thesises

• Rojansky, Rebecca Bloom — A Core Mitophagic Machinery Promotes Selective Degradation of Paternal Mitochondria in Mouse Embryos and MEF Cells (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liaw, Eric Jer-Jiun — A Novel, Rapid Phenotypic Assay for a Beta-Lactam Antibiotic Susceptibility and an Analysis of its Theoretical Limits (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thalhammer, Korbinian O. — A Physicochemical Approach to Determining the Functions of Microbial Phenazine Metabolites (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Angeles-Albores, David — A Theory of Genetic Analysis Using Transcriptomic Phenotypes (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Jean Jing — Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Signal Degradation by Soil and Clinical Pseudomonas sp. (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hui, Yue — Applications of Genetically Engineered Bacillus subtilis in Biocatalysis and Functional Materials (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Silva, Rebekah Miriam Brawer — Attributes of the [4Fe4S] Cofactor Coordinated by UvrC, a DNA Repair Enzyme (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Campbell, Kate Marie — Biogeochemical Mechanisms of Arsenic Mobilization in Haiwee Reservoir Sediments (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Babin, Brett Michael — Bioorthogonal Noncanonical Amino Acid Tagging for Selective Analysis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Proteome (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lucey, Kaitlyn Shae — Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase-Assisted Cleavage of Aromatics by "Anaerobic" Termite Gut Spirochetes and Genomic Evidence of a Complete Meta-Pathway (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Xinran — Cell-Selective Proteomic Profiling in Complex Biological Systems (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Yancheng — Characterizing the Lipid II Flippase MurJ as an Antibiotic Target (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Grace Zimu — Chemo-Selective Proteomics for Discovery of Polymicrobial Interactions (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Donaldson, Gregory Paul — Colonization of the Intestinal Surface by Indigenous Microbiota (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ricci, Jessica Nicole — Constraining the Interpretation of 2-Methylhopanoids through Genetic and Phylogenetic Methods (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Raymond J. — Construction of Bacterial Genome Chimeras (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Robinson, Noah Evan — Construction of Long, Complex, and Diverse DNA Sequences (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Condiotte, Zevin Joseph — Cooperative Microbe-Host Carbon Metabolism Drives Drosophila Regenerative Response (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barnes, Stephanie Loos — Decoding the Regulatory Genome: Quantitative Analysis of Transcriptional Regulation in Escherichia coli (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sanfiorenzo, Charles John — Design and Construction of Bacterial Genomes at the Megabase-Scale (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Satsanarukkit, Penvipha — Development of Integrated Parylene Fluidic Devices for Use as a Microbial Monitoring System in Wastewater Treatment (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dekas, Anne Elizabeth — Diazotrophy in the Deep: An Analysis of the Distribution, Magnitude, Geochemical Controls, and Biological Mediators of Deep-Sea Benthic Nitrogen Fixation (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tobias, Alexander Vincent — Directed Evolution of Biosynthetic Pathways to Carotenoids with Unnatural Carbon Backbones (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ching, Weng Ki — Disinfection by Pulsed Power Discharges (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Narayanan, Aditi Kalpagam — Diversity, Activity, and Adaptations of Phage Communities in Anoxic Hydrocarbon-Rich Marine Sediments (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Romano, Christine Anne — DNA-Mediated Charge Transfer Between [4Fe-4S] Cluster Glycosylases (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Grodick, Michael Andrew — DNA-Mediated Charge Transport Signaling Within the Cell (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Larsson, Elin Maria — Domestication of Environmental Bacteria for Biosensing Applications (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meyerowitz, Joseph Toshiro — Engineering and Rapid Prototyping for Biology in Extreme Conditions (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meinhold, Peter — Engineering Cytochrome P450 BM-3 for Selective Hydroxylation of Alkanes (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sarai, Nicholas Singh — Engineering Cytochrome P450BM3 for Oxidation and Silicon–Carbon Bond Cleavage of Volatile Methylsiloxanes (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brenner, Sarah Katherine — Engineering Synthetic Biofilm-Forming Microbial Consortia (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marken, John Paul — Experimental and Theoretical Frameworks for Enabling Environmental Synthetic Biology (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guo, Yongzhao — Exploring Versatility of Energy Metabolism and Dynamics of Anabolism and Growth in Anaerobic Methanotrophic Consortia (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Croal, Laura Rosemary — Fe(II) Oxidation by Anaerobic Phototrophic Bacteria: Molecular Mechanisms and Geological Implications (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kreamer, Naomi N. — Ferrous Iron Sensing and Responding in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kopf, Sebastian Hermann — From Lakes to Lungs: Assessing Microbial Activity in Diverse Environments (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marlin, Theresa — From Ocean Floor to Stratosphere: Investigating Astrobiologically Relevant Processes and Molecules on Solar System Bodies (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Renée Zurui — From Photosynthesis to Detoxification: Microbial Metabolisms Shape Earth’s Surface Chemistry (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Silverman, Shaelyn Nicole — From Pure Cultures to Particles: Tracing Microbial Metabolism Through Amino Acid ²H/¹H Ratios (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Augustyn, Katherine Emily — Fundamental Mechanisms and Biological Applications of DNA-Mediated Charge Transport (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Basta, David Wagdi — Genetic Determinants of Growth Arrest Survival in the Bacterial Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the Role of Proteases (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sanders, Cecilia Brooke — Geological and Geochemical Explorations of the Salitre Formation Phosphorite, Eastern Brazil (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• MacKrell, Elliot James — Global Analysis of Protein Synthesis and Degradation in Escherichia coli (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Way, Hannah Virginia — Handprints in Manganese: The Morphology and Attributes of Manganitrophus noduliformans and its Associated Manganese Oxides (2027, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chadwick, Grayson Lee — How to Beat Diffusion: Explorations of Energetics and Spatial Relationships in Microbial Ecosystems (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ramesh, Pradeep — Imaging and Control of Engineered Cells using Magnetic Fields (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Magyar, Paul Macdonald — Insights into Pathways of Nitrous Oxide Generation from Novel Isotopologue Measurements (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tookmanian, Elise M. — Investigation of the Roles of Hopanoids in the Lifecycle of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens in the Context of Climate Change (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bosak, Tanja — Laboratory Models of Microbial Biosignatures in Carbonate Rocks (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Orta, Anna Karen — Leveraging the ΦX174 Protein Antibiotic to Study MraY Structure, Function, and Regulation (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lingappa, Usha Farey — Manganese Through Time and Other Stories Concerning Cyanobacteria and the World Around Them (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Jena Elaine — Manganese: Minerals, Microbes, and the Evolution of Oxygenic Photosynthesis (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Perry, Elena Kim — Mechanisms and Consequences of Bacterial Resistance to Natural Antibiotics (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nash, Cody Zane — Mechanisms and Evolution of Magnetotactic Bacteria (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hernández, Maria Eugenia — Mechanisms of Indirect Mineral Reduction by Bacteria (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Saunders, Scott Harrison — Mechanisms of Phenazine-Mediated Extracellular Electron Transfer by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Horak, Richard Davis — Metabolic Rewiring Promotes Bacterial Survival Under Oxidative and Reductive Stress (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Malasarn, Davin — Molecular and Environmental Studies of Bacterial Arsenate Respiration (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huber, Ferdinand Michael — Molecular Basis for Ribosomal Protein Protection from Cellular Degradation (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Savela, Emily Sue — Nucleic Acid Measurements for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing and Early Detection of SARS-CoV-2 (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Razo-Mejia, Manuel — Physical Biology of Cellular Information Processing (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marlow, Jeffrey James — Physical, Metabolic, and Energetic Investigations of Methane-Metabolizing Microbial Communities (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Glasser, Nathaniel Robert — Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms of Phenazine-Mediated Survival in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jiao, Yongqin — Physiological and Mechanistic Studies of Phototrophic Fe(II) Oxidation in Purple Non-sulfur Bacteria (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Price-Whelan, Alexa Mari — Physiology and Mechanisms of Pyocyanin Reduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Wen — Proteomics Profiling and Functional Characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans Excreted/Secreted Proteins (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bialecka-Fornal, Maja I. — Single-Cell Analysis of the Physiology of Mechanosensation in Bacteria (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Canran — Smart Bandages for Chronic Wound Sampling, Monitoring, and Management (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mullin, Sean William Alexander — Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Microorganisms Living Along Steep Energy Gradients and Implications for Ecology and Geologic Preservation in the Deep Biosphere (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yun, Hyun Gi — Structural and Biochemical Studies of Enzymes in Bacterial Glycobiology (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Herrera, Nadia — Structure and Function of the Mycobacterial Mechanosensitive Channel of Large Conductance, MscL (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Teal, Tracy Kristin — Studies of the Spatial Organization of Metabolism in Shewanella oneidensis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Ya-Juan (Megan) — Studies on Environmental Relevance of Quorum Sensing Signal Decay (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gerber, Bryan Michael — Synthetic Control of the Biological Central Dogma (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barlow, Alexandra Nichole — The Biochemical and Structural Basis of Get3d’s Role in Photosynthesis (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ciemniecki, John Alan — The Bioenergetics of a Low-Power, Phenazine-Dependent Maintenance Metabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tsypin, Lev Maximovich — The Discovery and Biological Mechanisms of a Widespread Phenazine's Oxidation (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kopp, Robert Evans, III — The Identification and Interpretation of Microbial Biogeomagnetism (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chure, Griffin Daniel — The Molecular Biophysics of Evolutionary and Physiological Adaptation (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Andrade Meirelles, Lucas — The Nuanced Effects of Redox-Active Metabolites on Bacterial Physiology and Antibiotic Susceptibility (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wilbert, Steven Alexander — The Role of Context-Dependent Metabolic Interactions in Organizing Microbial Communities (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Salmon, Gabriel Luke — To see a World in a Grain of Cells: Statistical Auguries of Nonequilibrium (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Buss, Marjorie Theresa — Tools for Noninvasive Imaging and Control of Engineered Bacteria In Vivo (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yu, Hang Hank — Understanding the Symbiosis in Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane Through Metabolic, Biosynthetic and Transcriptomic Activities (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))