List of PhD Dissertations
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000
2008
CHRISTIANE HENNESSEE, PhD Dec 2008. Degradation of aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures by mycobacterium species. (Advisor: Qing X. Li)
BRADLEY FOX, PhD May 2008. Effects of feeding, fasting, and re-feeding on ghrelin, somatolactin and the growth hormone/ insulin-like growth factor-I axis in the tilapia, oreochromis mossambicus. (Advisor: Gordon Grau)
2007
DONG PING LU, PhD Dec 2007. Characterization of protein disulfide isomerases Arabidopsis and their expressions in response to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. (Advisor: David Christopher)
Geoffrey Maiyoh Kattam, PhD Dec 2007. Modulation of lipid metabolism by phytochemicals in human hepatocytes and hamsters. (Advisor: Andre Theriault)
RICELLE AGBAYANI, PhD August 2007. Characerization and identification of systemic and acquired resistance in Carica papya L. (Advisor: Yun Judy Zhu)
JAMES JOHN KALANI LEARY, PhD May 2007. Diversity and distribution of indigenous Bradyrhizobia associated with Acacia Koa in Hawai’i. (Advirsor: Dulal Borthakur)
YUN KYUNG LEE, PhD May 2007. Mechanisms of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) associated metabolic complications. (Advisor: Pratibha V. Nerurkar)
MOHANA VALMIKI GUDUR, PhD Aug 2007. The role of phosphoprotein enriched in astrocytes (PEA-15) in tumorigenesis. (Joe W. Ramos)
2006
GABRIEL PECKHAM, PhD May 2006. A green fluorescent protein based purification system for plant suspension cells. (Advisor: Winston Su)
JONG SU SEO, PhD May 2006. Bacterial proteomes and metabolism of aromatic compounds. (Advisor: Qing Li)
CHAD WALTON, PhD May 2006. Recombinant peptides as potential vaccines against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. (Advisor: Dulal Borthakur)
JOSE CESAR, PhD August 2006. Muscle growth and gene expression in the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei over the molt cycle. (Advisor: Jinzeng Yang)
KLAUS DRAGULL, PhD Aug 2006. Phytochemistry and bioactivities of kava (Piper methysticum, Piperaceae) alkaloids and lactones. (Advisor: Chung-Shih Tang)
GORDON OKIMOTO, PhD Dec 2006. On the analysis of microarray data with applications to cancer and cardiovascular disease. (Advisor: Charles Boyd).
2005
JONNATHAN AWAYA, PhD. Dec 2005. Functions of mid and pyd genes required for mimosine degradation by Rhizobium sp. strain TAL1145 (Advisor: Dulal Borthakur)
JUDITH DENERY PhD Dec 2005. Metabolic profiling of the bioreactor based growth of Streptomyces tenjimariensis. (Advisor: Qing Li)
PAKIELI KAUFUSI, PhD Dec 2005. Regulation of exopolysaccharide synthesis in Rhizobium inovolves an alternative sigma factor gene rpoH2. (Advisor: Dulal Borthakur)
2003
DANIEL HAYDEN, PhD May 2003. Characterization of senescence regulated gene expression in Anthurium (Advisor: David Christopher)
XIAOHUI QIU, PhD May 2003. Papaya Systemic Acquired Resistance (Advisor: Henrick Albert).
HAO MA, PhD May 2003. Molecular characterization of the sex determination locus n Carica papaya L (Advisor: Paul Moore)
QINGYI YU, PhD Aug 2003. Cloning and characterization of flower development genes in papaya. (Advisor: Paul Moore)
HEE-JOO KIM, PhD. Dec 2003. Development of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Insecticides Imidacloprid and Thiamethoxam. (Advisor: Qing Li)
2002
PAUL FOX, PhD May 2002. Biochemistry and Genetics of Mimosine Degradation in Rhizobium (Advisor: Dulal Borthakur)
2001
CECELIA KATO, PhD May 2001. Characterization of the Fruit Specific 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carbolic Acid (ACC) Synthase Gene Promoter in Papaya (Advisor: John Stiles)
HAIRONG WEI, PhD May 2001. Isolation and Chracterization of Two Sugarcane Polyubiquitin Gene Promoters and Matrix Attachment Regions. (Advisor: Henrick Albert)
2000
XINGLI LI, PhD Dec 2000. Isolation and characterization of a calmodulin and cyclic nucleotide gated potassium ion channel.(Advisor: Harvey M. Harringoton)
