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President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Awards 2006-07
Mathematics, Engineering and Physical SciencesAsmeret Asefaw BerheEducation: B.S., University of Asmara, Eritrea, Soil and Water Conservation; M.S., Michigan State University, Resource Development; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Biogeochemistry Dissertation: Effect of Soil Erosion and Deposition on Soil Organic Carbon Storage, Loss, and Stabilization Thesis Advisor: John Harte, Professor of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California , Berkeley Research Topic: Dynamics of nanoparticulate oxides in the presence of organic carbon Mentors: Jillian F. Banfield, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, UC Berkeley
Education: B.S., University of California, Davis, Materials Science and Engineering; M.S., University of California, Davis, Materials Science and Engineering; Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Materials Science and Engineering Dissertation: Atomic-Scale Simulations of Viteous Silica under High Pressure: Structure and Properties Thesis Advisor: James Shackelford, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis Research Topic: Nanoscale rate-earth and silicon oxides studies via experimental and computational methods Mentor: Valerie J. Leppert, Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Engineering, UC Merced
Education: B.S., Fort Lewis College, Chemistry; Ph.D., Colorado State University, Organic Chemistry Dissertation: A Highly Enantio and Diastereoselective Intramolecular Stetter Reaction and Internal Redox Reaction Catalyzed by Chiral Nucleophilic Carbenes: Catalyst and Reaction Development Thesis Advisor: Tomislav Rovis, Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University Research Topic: The Total Synthesis of Kapakahines Mentor: Larry E. Overman, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara
Education: B.S., Hampton University, Mathematics; Ph.D., University of Chicago, Statistics Dissertation: Statistical Inference for Genetic Analysis in Related Individuals Thesis Advisor: Mary Sara McPeek, Professor of Statistics, University of Chicago Research Topic: Statistical Methods for Identifying Susceptibility Genes for Complex Diseases in the Tasmanian Population Mentor: Terence Speed, Professor of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics Biostatistics, University of Washington
Devin Walker Education: B.S., Hampton University, Physics; M.A., Harvard University, Physics; Ph.D., Harvard University, Physics Dissertation : Theories on the Origin of Mass and Dark Matter Thesis Advisor: Nima Arkani-Hamed, Professor of Physics, Harvard University Research Topic: Framework to evaluate potential new models of electroweak symmetry breaking from generic LHC data Mentor: Lawrence J. Hall, Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, UC Berkeley
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