|
President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards 2003 – 2004
Andres Aguilar Education: B.S., Humboldt State University, Biology; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Biology Dissertation: MHC Variation and Evolution in Natural Populations Thesis Advisor: Robert Wayne, Professor of Organismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution, University of California, Los Angeles Research Topic: Thermal Adaptation in Anadromous Steelhead Trout Mentor: John Carlos Garza, Professor of Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Natural Sciences, UC Merced
Brent C. Blair Education: B.A., Princeton University, Economics; M.S., University of Michigan, Natural Resources; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Plant Ecology Dissertation: Soil Nutrient Heterogeneity and Root Foraging in a Nicaraguan Forest: Patterns, Processes and Potential Implications for Competitive Dynamics Thesis Advisor: Ivette Perfecto, Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan Research Topic: Roles of Bottom-up and Top-down Forces in Structuring Redwood Forest Communities Mentor: Deborah Letourneau, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Xavier University
Education: B.A., Washington University, St. Louis, Biology; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Biomedical Sciences; MPH, University of California, Berkeley, Interdisciplinary MPH Studies Dissertation: Role of HMG17 in chromatin structure and function. Thesis Advisor: James T. Kadonaga, Professor of Biology, University of California, San Diego Research Topic: Identification and characterization of factors that regulate dengue virus translation. Mentor: Eva Harris, Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Berkeley Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Public Health: Infectious Disease, University of California, Berkeley
Education: B.S., Trinity University, Biology; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison, Cellular and Molecular Biology Dissertation: Characterization of mutants in a universally conserved RecA structure motif. Thesis Advisor: Michael Cox, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin – Madison Research Topic: Understanding recombinational repair proteins: a structural analysis by crystallography and atomic force microscopy Mentor: Alex McPherson, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine Current Position: Project Scientist, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of California, Irvine
Education: B.S., University of Illinois, Champaign, Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution; M.S., University of Illinois, Champaign, Biology; Ph.D., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Biology Dissertation: Mitochondrial gene arrangement and the evolution, systematics, and conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in North America Thesis Advisor: Charles Lydeard, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama Research Topic: Using Euphilomedes carcharadonta (Crustacea: Ostracoda) to test for evolutionary conservation of the eye regulatory network Mentor: Todd H. Oakley, Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Marin Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, University of Iowa
|
