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Anna Wheless, under the direction of Dr. Saskia Neher, successfully defended her dissertation on November 5, 2025, and received her PhD!
\nProgram: Biochemistry and Biophysics.
\nThe title of her dissertation was \u201cResolving features in the map of lipoprotein lipase regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anna earned her B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Houston \u2013 Downtown in May 2019 and joined the Neher lab in April 2020. As a graduate student, Anna has been an NSF Fellow, the managing editor of the NC DNA Day Blog, a JEDI Leadership Fellow, the PI of a TraCS Pilot Grant, and a poster award recipient.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anna Wheless, under the direction of Dr. Saskia Neher, successfully defended her dissertation on November 5, 2025, and received her PhD! Program: Biochemistry and Biophysics. 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