Physical Sciences

Joanna D. E. Athanassopoulos

Education: B.Sc., University of Greece, Athens, Physics; M.Sc., University of California, Santa Barbara, Geological Sciences; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Geological Sciences

Dissertation: Large Scale Fluctuations of the Geomagnetic Field

Thesis Advisor: Mike Fuller, Professor of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Topic: 10Be Abundances and Geomagnetic Field Intensity Fluctuations

Mentor: Robert Finkel, Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Current Position: Researcher, Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara

Caroline (Arnold) Jarrold

Education: B.S., University of Michigan, Chemistry; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Chemical Physics

Dissertation: Study of small carbon and semiconductor clusters using negative ion threshold photodetachment spectroscopy

Thesis Advisor: Daniel Neumark, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Research Topic: Synthesis and photophysical characterization of small germanium crystallites

Mentor: James R. Heath, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago

Lisa Borland

Education: B.Sc., University of Stockholm, Sweden, Physics; Diplom-Physicist, Freie University of Berlin, Germany, Physics; Doctor rer. nat., University of Stuttgart, Germany, Physics

Dissertation: Determining the Dynamics of Stochasitic Processes

Thesis Advisor: Hermann Haken, Professor of Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Research Topic: Simultaneous Modeling of Nonlinear Deterministic and Stochasitic Dynamics

Mentor: Donald A. Glaser, Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Researcher, IRIS Financial Engineering Systems, Inc.

Ellen C. Hopmans

Education: Ingenieurs, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Food Science; Ph.D., Iowa State University, Toxicology

Dissertation: The purification of Fumonisin B1, the analysis of Fumonisins in corn containing foods, and the bioavailability of Fumonisin B1, hydrolyzed Fumonsin B1, and the Fumonsin B1-Fructose adduct

Thesis Advisor: Patricia A. Murphy, Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University

Research Topic: Analysis of cooked foods for new mutagenic compounds

Mentor: J. S. Felton, Researcher, Biomedical Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Current Position: Research Scientist, Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research

Sarah Keller

Education: B.A., Rice University, Physics; M.A., Princeton University, Physics; Ph.D., Princeton University, Physics

Dissertation: Interactions between Ion -channels and Membranes

Thesis Advisor: Raymond E. Goldstein, Professor of Physics, Princeton University

Research Topic: Membrane-protein interaction and the uses of cryo-electron microscopy to monitor assemblies of tethered vesicles

Mentor: Joseph Zasadzinski, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington

Ka Yee Christina Lee

Education: B.Sc., Brown University, Electrical Engineering; M.S., Harvard University, Applied Physics; Ph.D., Harvard University, Applied Physics

Dissertation: Optical Studies of Capillary Waves at Liquid-Vapor Interfaces

Thesis Advisor: Eric Mazur, Professor of Applied Science, Harvard University

Research Topic: Function and Morphology of Lung Surfactants

Mentor: Joseph A. Zasadzinski, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara

Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago

Janna Levin

Education: B.A., Barnard College, Physics and Astronomy; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Theoretical Physics

Dissertation: A Possible New Resolution to the Horizon, Flatness, and Monopole Problems

Thesis Advisor: Katherine Freese, Professor of Physics, University of Michigan

Research Topic: A model of the early universe predicted from a fundamental, high-energy theory.

Mentor: Joseph Silk, Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University

Lisa M. Miller

Education: B.S., John Carroll University, Chemistry; M.S., Georgetown University, Biophysical Chemistry; Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Biophysics

Dissertation: Structural and Electronic Intermediates of Oxygen Binding in Hemeproteins

Thesis Advisor: Mark R. Chance, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Research Topic: L-Edge X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy and X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism of Photosystem II

Mentor: Stephen P. Cramer, Professor of Applied Science, University of California, Davis and Scientist in Energy and Environment Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Biophysical Chemist, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory

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