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President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Recipients 2006-07Life SciencesNathaniel Dudley Education: B.A., Hampshire College, Molecular Biology; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Biology Dissertation: Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of RNA interference in C. elegans Thesis Advisor: Bob Goldstein, Professor of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Research Topic: Investigations into the non-nuclear modes of nuclear hormone receptor function in C. elegans Mentor: Joel Rothman, Professor of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Galit Fuhrmann Alpert Education: B.S., Hebrew University , Biology and Computer Science; M.S., Hebrew University, Neural Computation; Ph.D., Hebrew University, Neural Computation Dissertation: Information Flow in Neocortical Pathways Thesis Advisor: Misha Tsodyks, Professor of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot , Israel Research Topic: Functional Connectivity and Information Flow in the Human Brain: Multimodal Neuroimaging and Electrophysiological Studies. Mentor: Robert T. Knight, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Amanda Lewis Education: B.S., California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Biological Sciences; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Biological Sciences Dissertation: Discovery, Characterization, and Pathologic Relevance of Sialic Acid Thesis Advisor: Ajit Varki, Professor of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego Research Topic: The Role of Sialic Acids in Bacterial Pathogenesis Mentor: Victor Nizet, Professor of Pediatrics, University of California , San Diego
Matthew Milnes Education: B.S., University of Florida , Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Ph.D., University of Florida, Zoology Dissertation: Effects of Environmental Contaminants on Development, Sexual Differentiation, and Steroidogenesis in Alligator Mississippiensis Thesis Advisor: Louis J. Guillette, Jr., Professor of Zoology, University of Florida Research Topic: Nuclear Hormone Receptor Mediated Chemical Stress Response Mentor: Bruce Blumberg, Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine
Heather Van Epps Education: B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana, Biochemistry; Ph.D., University of Washington, Biochemistry Dissertation: Synaptojanin's role in vision and photoreceptor ribbon synaptic architecture Thesis Advisor: James B. Hurley and Susan Brockerhoff, Professors of Biochemistry, University of Washington Research Topic: Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Specification Mentor: Yishi Jin, Professor of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Education: B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Integrative Biology; Ph.D., University of Washington, Zoology Dissertation: Dispersal, disturbance, and distance: the connection between ecological processes and spatial genetic patterns in the Pacific jumping mouse (Zapus trinotatus) Thesis Advisor: G. Jim Kenagy, Professor of Biology, University of Washington Research Topic: The influence of behavior, habitat, and landscape on adaptive coat coloration in the endangered Choctawhatchee beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus allophrys) Mentor: Hopi Hoekstra, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego Current Position: Associate of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Louie H. Yang Education: B.A., Cornell University, Biology (Ecology and Evolution); Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Population Biology Dissertation: Periodical Cicadas (Magicicada spp.) and the Ecology of Resource Pulses Thesis Advisors: Richard Karban, Professor of Entomology and Judy Stamps, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, University of California, Davis Research Topic: Resource Pulses, Thresholds and Environmental Change: Understanding the Ecology of Temporal Variation Mentors: Jonathan Levine, Professor of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara and Mary Power, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley |
