President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Awards 2008-2009

Biological Sciences  

 Jackelyn Alva

Education: B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Cell and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Molecular Biology

Dissertation: Investigation of the contribution of the Notchl signaling pathway during vascular morphogenesis

Thesis Advisor: Luisa Iruela-Arispe, Professor of Molecular Biology, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Topic: Investigating the mechanisms that cause human embryonic stem cell transformation and the use of HESCs as a tumor model system

Mentor: April Pyle, Professor of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles

Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles

Wesley G. Moons

Education: B.A., Boston College, Psychology; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Psychology

Dissertation: Empathic Forecast Confirmation: Inducing Expected Emotions in Others

Thesis Advisor: Diane M. Mackie, Professor of Psychology and Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Topic: How cultural differences in cognitive processes influence estimates of others' stress response, which in turn determine the amount and type of social support provided and others' psychological and biological stress

Mentor: Shelley E. Taylor, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UC Davis

Karen Osborn

Education: B.S., Andrews University, Zoology, minor Chemistry; M.S., Western Washington University, Marine and Estuarine Science; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Integrative Biology

Dissertation: Phylogenetics and Ecology of Pelagic Munnopsid Isopods (rustacea, Asellota)

Thesis Advisor: Roy Caldwell, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Research Topic: Evolution and Ecology of the pelagic realm with specific focus on cinnatuliform polychaetes, munnopsid isopods and forams

Mentor: Gregory W. Rouse, Professor of Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Corinne Richards-Zawacki

Education: B.S., University of Michigan, Biology and Chemical Engineering; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dissertation: An Integrative Approach to the Conservation of Panamanian Golden Frogs

Thesis Advisor: L. Lacey Knowles, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan and Ronald A. Nussbaum, Professor of Biology, University of Michigan

Research Topic: Selection and the Evolution of Morphological Diversity Among Strawberry Poison Dart Frogs of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago

Mentors: Jim McGuire, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley; Eileen Lacey, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley