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Education:
- 2009 - present Ph. D. student in Plant Biology, Rutgers University, SEBS, New Brunswick, NJ.
- 2003 - 2007 B. S. in Biology, Women's & Gender Studies, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ.
- Thesis: "Population Dynamics and Invasiveness of the Perennial Grass Andropogon virginicus (Broomsedge): Implications for the Regulatory Role of the Smut Fungus Pathogen Sporisorium elisii in Eastern Populations and Enemy Escape in Hawaii"
Experience:
- Research Assistant - International Cooperative Biodiversity Group (ICBG) through the Conservation, Research and Education Opportunities (CREO) - Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) Program, Panama, Panama.
- Isolated bioactive compoundsfrom marine cyanobacteria with activity against cancer, malaria, leishmaniasis, and Chagas' diseasethrough field collection, extraction, and bioassay-guided fractionation using chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques.
- 2008: Rainforest conservation - Jatun Sacha Foundation, Ecuador.
- 2007: Assistant - Institute of Economic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.
Publications:
- Graf, B. L., Raskin, I., Cefalu, W. T., and D. M. Ribnicky. Plant-derived therapeutics for the treatment of metabolic syndrome. Curr. Opinion in Investigational Drugs, 11:1107-1115, 2010.
Presentations:
- B. Graf, A. Donohue, J. Appleheimer. "Healing Places: Reports from the Workplace." Women's History Month Alumni Panel Presentation on Human Health and Environmental Sustainability. The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, March 2009. (Invited Lecture)
- Bojdani, E., B. Graf, R. Shupak, A. Romanchuk, J. Decker, and J. A. Morrison. Smut fungus infection in the perennial grass Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge): individual and population level consequences. Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, York, PA. March 2007. (Poster Presentation)
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Brittany Graf
Graduate Student