Education
	B.S. in Biological Science, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 2013
	Current position
	Graduate Researcher, Lab of Dr. James Birchler, University of Missouri, Columbia (2013-present)
	Publications
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		Graham, N. D., Swyers, N. C., Gaeta, R. T., Zhao, C., Cody, J. P. and Birchler, J. A. (2015). Telomere-mediated chromosomal truncation via Agrobacterium tumefaciens or particle bombardment to produce engineered minichromosomes in plants. Bio-protocol 5(18): e1595.
	 
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		Cody, J. P., Swyers, N. C., McCaw, M. E., Graham, N. D., Zhao, C. and Birchler, J. A. (2015). Minichromosomes: Vectors for crop improvement. Agronomy 5(3): 309-321.
	 
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		Graham, N. D., Cody, J. P., Swyers, N. C., McCaw, M. E., Zhao, C. and Birchler, J. A. (2015). Engineered minichromosomes in plants: Structure, function, and applications. Int Rev Cell Mol Biol 318: 63-119.