School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
The University of Texas at Dallas

For specific information about this Degree Program go to:
http://www.utdallas.edu/admissions/graduate/degrees/

Characteristics of Texas Public Doctoral Programs
1
Number of Degrees Per Year

FY 2009 - 6 (08F-2, 09S-1, 09U-3)

FY 2010 - 3 (09F-0, 10S-2, 10U-1)

FY 2011 – 4    (10F-3, 11S-3, 11U-0)
2 Graduation Rates

FY2009: Within 4years-1, Within 3 years-4, Within 2 years-1

FY2010: Within 3years-2, Within 2 years-1

FY2011: Within 2.5 years-1,Within 2 years-4, Within 1.5 years-1           

3 Average Time to Degree Roughly 3 years
4 Graduate Employment Profile (one year after graduation)

100% Employment:

Fall 2007-Nazanin Majdzadeh-Koohbanani-Medical student/TX Tech, TX

Spring 2008-Min Jung Kim-Postdoc/John Hopkins,MD

Summer 2008-Sok Ho Kim-Postdoc/UTSW Medical Center, TX

Fall 2008-Hsin-Mei Chen- Postdoc/UT Health Center at Houston, TX

Fall2008- Swati Sudhir Ghatpande- Postdoc/UTSW Medical Ctr, TX

Spring2009-Jun Huei Fan-Postdoc/Tthe Cincinnati Children's
                     Hospital Med. Center, Cincinnati , OH          

Summer2009-Nataliya Gurich-Senior Scientist/Protor & Gamble
                        Cincinnati, OH

Summer2009-Beena Kadakkuzha-Postdoc/Scripps Research
                        Institute, FL

Summer2009- Dan Li- Research scientist, Fudan University, Shanghai, PRC

Spring2010-Lakshmi D Kodeboyina-Postdoc/UTSW Med. Ctr, TX

Spring2010-Shalini A Muralidhar-Postdoc/UTSW Med. Ctr, TX

Fall2010-Huai-Lu Chen-Postdoc/Stanford University, CA

Fall2010-Niyati Jain-Postdoc/Ohio State Medical Centre, OH

Fall2010-Santhosh Satapati-Postdoc/UTSW Med.Ctr, TX

Spring2011-Inderdeep Singh Kalra-Research Fellow/Sloan     Kettering Cancer Center-Cornell University, NY

Spring2011-Konrad E Mueller-Postdoc/University of Miami, FL

Spring2011-Valya Ramakrishnan-Postdoc/Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego, CA
5 Admissions Criteria

Unconditional Admission Criteria:

Completed Bachelors Degree with the following additional requirements:

1) GRE (V+Q), minimum score of 1000

2) Minimum undergraduate GPA 3.0 based on all undergraduate course work

3) Leveling courses: Students from non-biology backgrounds are evaluated on a case-by-case basis as to the need for leveling course work

4) International Students: minimum TOEFL score is 79

Justification for admission exception to the above criteria will be determined by a graduate admission review committee formed of at least three Environmental Faculty. Such exceptions will consider all applicant qualifications and may include, but is not limited to the one or more of the below additional applicant considerations.

1) Personal Statement

2) 3 Letters of Recommendation

3) Relevant continuing education credits/certificate

4) 4 years of bachelor degree

These applicants may be considered for conditional admission by the committee because of the demonstration of one or more of these factors, which can be illustrative of success for doctoral level work
6 Percentage Full–time Students
(FTS) with Financial Support		 FY08 -100%, FY09 - 100%, FY10 -100%

Completed Bachelors Degree with the following additional requirements:

  1. GRE (V+Q), minimum score of 1000

 
2)  Minimum undergraduate GPA 3.0 based on all undergraduate course work

 3)  Leveling courses: Students from non-biology backgrounds are evaluated on a case-by-case basis as to the need for leveling course work

4)  International Students: minimum TOEFL score is 79
Justification for admission exception to the above criteria will be determined by a graduate admission review committee formed of at least three Environmental Faculty.  Such exceptions will consider all applicant qualifications and may include, but is not limited to the one or more of the below additional applicant considerations.

  1. Personal Statement
  2. 3 Letters of Recommendation
  3. Relevant continuing education credits/certificate
  4. 4 years of  bachelor degree

These applicants may be considered for conditional admission by the committee because of the demonstration of one or more of these factors, which can be illustrative of success for doctoral level work.
7 Average Financial Support
Provided

FY09 - $22,672 yrly

FY10 - $23,764 yrly

FY11 - $25, 960 yrly
8 Student–Core Faculty Ratio FY09-2.84:1, FY10-3.19:1, FY11-2.7:1
9 Core Faculty Publications
  FY09 FY10 FY11
Dr. Gail Breen - 3 2
Dr. Lee Bulla 1 - 3
Dr. Jeff DeJong 1 1 -
Dr. Santosh D'Mello 2 2 7
Dr. Rocky Draper 3 2 2
Dr. Juan Gonzalez 6 2 3
Dr. Don Gray 1 1 -
Dr. Steve Levene 3 - 2
Dr. Dennis Miller 1 - -
Dr. Betty Pace - - -
Dr. Larry Reitzer 2 1 1
Dr. Stephen Spiro 1 1 5
Dr. Tianbing Xia 2 4 3
Dr. Zhenyu Xuan - 7 5
Dr. Li Zhang 1 - 4
Dr. Michael Zhang - 5 25
10 Core Faculty External Grants
  FY09 FY10 FY11
Dr. Gail Breen 1 - -
Dr. Jeff DeJong 1 1 -
Dr. Santosh D'Mello 4 5 5
Dr. Rocky Draper 4 4 6
Dr. Juan Gonzalez 3 3 1
Dr. Don Gray 1 1 -
Dr. Steve Levene 1 1 1

Dr. Betty Pace

 4 4 -
Dr. Larry Reitzer 1 1 1
Dr. Stephen Spiro 1 2 1
Dr. Tianbing Xia 4 2 2
Dr. Li Zhang 3 3 3
Dr. Michael Zhang - 8 10
11 Percentage Full–Time
Students		 FY09 = 100, FY10 = 100, FY11=100%
12 Number of Core Faculty FY09 = 16, FY10 = 18
13 Faculty Teaching Load
  FY09 FY10 FY11
Dr. Gail Breen 7.25 7.62 4.98
Dr. Lee Bulla 11.0 8.55 9.17
Dr. John Burr 16.20 16.85 17.42
Dr. Jeff DeJong 6.08 6.45 6.48
Dr. Santosh D'Mello 8.23 9.3 11.68
Dr. Rocky Draper 6.83 5.4 5.83
Dr. Juan Gonzalez 5.77 3.53 6.26
Dr. Don Gray 5.15 6.7 6.56
Dr. Ernie Hannig 9.03 7.87 6.93
Dr. Steve Levene 4.70 7.83 8.1
Dr. Dennis Miller 12.67 16.45 21.67
Dr. Betty Pace 9.2 8.89 3.45
Dr. Larry Reitzer 6.4 11.46 9.94
Dr. Stephen Spiro 11.45 11.45 10.06
Dr. Tianbing Xia 7.93 8.14 6.43
Dr. Zhenyu Xuan - 0.6 2.2
Dr. Li Zhang 12.08 9.7 9.97
Dr. Michael Zhang - 4.5 2.3
14 Faculty Diversity Asian - 6, Hispanic - 1, Black - 1, White - 11
15 Student Diversity

Using Fall 2011 data: 44 PhD Students

US: Asian American=2, White American=6

International: Asian=35, Hispanic=1
16 Date of Last External Review None
17 External Program Accreditation not accredited
18 Student
Publications/Presentations
 
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Alam, Maksudul

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Balamurugan, Parimaladevi

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Balasubramani, Aarti

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Bharadwaj, Anusha

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Bardai, Farah Hussain

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Chen, Huai Lu

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Fan, Jun Huei

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Ghosh Dastidar, Somasish

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Ghosh Dastidar, Ranita

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Giovan, Stefan Michael

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Gurich, Nataliya

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Hooda, Jagmohan

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Jain, Niyati

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Kadakuzha, Beena

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Keshavan, Neela Devi

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Kim, Sok Ho (Reitzer)

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Kulkarni, Ashwinkumar

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Lee, Sang Won

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Li, Dan

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Lu, Jia

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Marketon, Melanie

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Miller, Mara Lynne

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Morris, Jennifer

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Muller, Konrad E

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Nguyen, Hieu Ngoc

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Shah, Ajit Navin

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Yoo, Byong Hoon

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