Former students in Sokolova's lab

Graduate

Anton Cherkasov (Ph.D.)
2004 - 2007 Physiological adaptations to heavy metal and temperature stress at cellular, tissue and whole-organism levels
Supported by NSF
Currently at St. Petersburg State University (Russia) preparing his thesis for defense.

Snimar Grewal (Master's)
2005-2007 Role of apoptosis in host-parasite relationships
Supported by UNC Charlotte and NC Sea Grant
Graduated in December 2007

Undergraduate

Huy To
2007 Effects of temperature and cadmium on mitochondrial enzyme activities

Hiep Tu
2007 Effects of temperature and cadmium on mitochondrial enzyme activities

Basharat Sanni (Honors)
2006-2007 Role of cadmium and uncoupling proteins in ROS-induced inactivation of mitochondrial aconitase
Sponsored by the American Physiological Society.

Christina Sims
2006-2007 Effects of cadmium on key enzymes of mitochondrial ETC
Supported by NSF-REU program

Edna Zamparelli (Honors)
2006-2007 Effects of heat-induced expression of HSPs on resistance to cadmium in oysters
 

Tahani Farah
2006 Effects of cadmium exposure and temperature stress on protein content of tissues and blood of oysters

Robert A. Overton Jr. (Honors)
2005-2006 Mechanisms of cadmium-induced ROS production
Sponsored by the American Physiological Society.

Kavita Ponnappa (Honors)
2004-2005 Effects of cadmium exposure on mitochondrial function in oysters.
Sponsored by the American Physiological Society.

Paige Waymer
2004 Subcellular distribution of cadmium in oysters
Sponsored by the JCSU MBRS-RISE Program.

Melanie Harrison
2004-2005 Using AFLP fingerprinting to identify markers of disease resistance in oysters.
Sponsored by the JCSU MBRS-RISE Program and SEEDS program of the United Negro College Fund.

Patricia Gillespie (Honors)
2003-2004 Protozoan parasite infection in the eastern oysters from polluted and unpolluted sites in North Carolina estuaries.
Sponsored by the SEEDS program of the Ecological Society of America.

Chalita Johnson (Honors)
2003-2004 Subcellular distribution and uptake of cadmium in the eastern oyster.
Sponsored by the SEEDS program of the Ecological Society of America

Neema Shah
2003 Cadmium-induced oxidative stress in oysters.
Sponsored by the Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems.

Emily Habinck (Honors)
2002-2003 Effects of cadmium exposure on activities of key mitochondrial enzymes in oysters.
Partially sponsored by the Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems.

Sarah Evans
2002-2003 Role of mitochondria in cadmium-induced apoptosis of oyster immune cells.
Sponsored by the JCSU MBRS-RISE Program.