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President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards 2004– 2005

 

Mathematics, Engineering and Physical Sciences

Katherine Dunphy Gúzman

Education: B.S., University of Texas, Austin, Mechanical Engineering; M.S., University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation: Electorphoretic Manipulation of Biomolecules in Microfluidic Devices

Thesis Advisor: Arun Majumdar, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Research Topic: Synthetic Nanoparticle Reactivity and Transport in Subsurface Systems – The Environmental Impact of Nanotechnology Products.

Mentor: Jill Banfield, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

 

Alyson Fletcher

Education: B.S., University of Iowa, Mathematics; M.S., University of California, Berkeley, Electrical Engineering; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Electrical Engineering

Dissertation: A Jump Linear Framework for Estimation and Robust Communication with Markovian Source and Channel Dynamics

Thesis Advisor: Kannan Ramchandran, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Research Topic: Optimizaiton techniques for estimation, filtering, lossy communication channels, and predictive quantization.

Mentor: Laurent El Ghaoui, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

 

Tessa Hill

Education: B.S., Eckerd College, Marine Science; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Marine Science

Dissertation: Methane hydrate and Quatemany climate change: Evidence from sediment records and modern seeps.

Thesis Advisor: James P. Kennett, Professor of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Topic: Intermediate water response to climate change: California margin sediment and coral records.

Mentor: Howie Spero, Professor of Geology, University of California, Davis

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of California, Davis

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