Students Advised: Andre R. O. Cavalcanti

• Elisa Soares Leite – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – Dept. of Fundamental Chemistry, Junior Student, 1999 – 2000.
       Paper: Cavalcanti, Leite, Neto, Ferreira (2004).
  
• Kaveri Rajamaran – Princeton University – Dept. of Molecular Biology Summer Program, Junior Student, Mount Holyoke College, 2003.
       Research Project: Evolution of the genetic code.
  
• Lorenzo Orecchia – Princeton University – Dept. of Computer Science – Junior Student, 2003.
       Paper: Cavalcanti, Stover, Orecchia, Doak, Landweber (2004).
  
• Thomas H. Clarke – Princeton University – Dept. of Molecular Biology – Junior/Senior Student (co-supervised Junior Paper and Senior Thesis), 2003– 2004.
       Paper: Cavalcanti, Clarke, Landweber (2004).
  
• Craig McFarland – Princeton University – Dept. of Molecular Biology – Junior Student, 2004.
  Research Project: Study of two-gene chromosomes in Oxytricha trifallax.
  

• Dana Mohamed - Harvey Mudd College - Senior Student. Fall 2005.
  Research Project: Genomic analyses of Stop codon reassignment in two ciliate lineages.
  
• Amelia Huck - Pomona College - Department of Biology - Senior Student. Spring 2006.
  Research Project: Periodicity of Gene Expression Along Yeast Chromosomes.
  
• Alison Dubner - Pomona College - Department of Biology - Freshman Student - Summer 2006.
  Research Project: Correlation of Number of Codons and Amino Acid Usage Across Genomes.
  
• Jessica Lee - Pomona College - Department of Biology - Freshman Student - Summer 2006.
  Research Project: Use of GIS Systems to Correlate Little Auk Populations with Food Supply in Greenland. (Collaboration with Prof. Nina Karnovski - Pomona College).
  
• Derek Young - Pomona College - Department of Biology - Freshman Student - Summer 2006, Spring 2007.
  Research Projects:
  • Correlation of Number of Codons and Amino Acid Usage Across Genomes.
    
  • Development of an Automated System for Comparison of Bird Songs.
    
• Scott Zimmerman - Pomona College - Department of Biology - Sophomore Student - Spring 2007.
  Research Project: Development of an Automated System for Comparison of Bird Songs.
  
• Marie Adachi - Pomona College - Department of Biology - Sophomore Student - Fall 2006, Spring 2007.
  Research Project: Analysis of Tandem Stop Codons in Yeast.
  
• Christopher Marsh - Pomona College - Department of Biology - Sophomore Student - Fall 2006, Spring 2007.
  Research Project: A New Model for Genetic Code Evolution.
  
• Michael Lawson - Pomona College - Department of Biology - Sophomore Student - Summer 2006 - Spring 2007.
  Research Projects:
  • A Bioinformatics Analysis of Proteins Related to the Rab GTPase Cycle. (Collaboration with Prof. Clarissa Cheney - Pomona College).
    
  • A System for Automatic Detection of Fusion Genes in EST Databases.
    
• Hannah Salim - Pomona College - Sophomore Student - Spring 2007.
  Research Project: Causes for Codon Usage Bias in Single Gene and Whole Genomes.