President's Postdoctoral
Fellowship Awards 2001-2002
Biological Sciences
Anhthu Hoang
Education: B.S., University of California, Irvine, Biology;
Ph.D., University of Washington, Zoology
Dissertation: Physiological and evolutionary consequences to Drosophila
melanogaster of immune response against parasitims by the parasitiod wasp
Asobara tabida.
Thesis Advisor: Raymond B. Huey, Professor of Zoology, University
of Washington
Research Topic: Effects of interaction between multiple environmental
stressors on immunity and growth of the western toad Bufo boreas.
Mentor: Tyrone B. Hayes, Professor of Integrative Biology, University
of California, Berkeley
Current Position: General Counsel, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, New York, NY
Marjorie Patrick
Education: B.Sc., McMaster University, Biology; M.Sc.,
McMaster University, Animal Physiology; Ph.D., University of California,
Irvine, Biological Sciences
Dissertation: The physiology of salinity tolerance in mosquito
larvae.
Thesis Advisor: T. J. Bradley, Professor of Biology, University
of California, Irvine
Research Topic: Characterization of ion transport in mosquito
larvae in varying environmental salinity
Mentor: Sarjeet S. Gill, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology,
University of California, Riverside
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of
Biology, University of San Diego
Rudy M. Ortiz
Education: B.A., Texas A&M University, Biology; M.S.,
Texas A&M University, Physiology; Ph.D., University of California,
Santa Cruz, Biology
Dissertation: Endocrinology of fasting and renal function
Thesis Advisor: C. Leo Ortiz, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology
Research Topic: Regulation of growth hormone receptor expression
Mentor: Frank Talamantes, Professor of Biology, University of
California, Santa Cruz
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of California, Merced
Nora Underwood
Education: B.A., Vassar College, Biology; Ph.D., Duke University, Zoology
Dissertation: The interaction of plant quality and herbivore population
dynamics
Thesis Advisor: Mark D. Rausher, Professor of Biology, Duke University
Research Topic: Population dynamics in a heterogeneous environment:
The role of plant diversity in insect herbivore population dynamics
Mentor: Richard Karban, Professor of Entomology, University of
California, Davis
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Florida State University
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