WMRS Graduate Student
Fellowships 2007
Graduate student research proposals were reviewed by the White Mountain
Advisory Committee. In 2007, seventeen awards were made for a total of
$24,082. The committee awarded support to the following applicants.
|
| Name
(*renewal application) |
Campus |
Advisor |
Project Title |
| UC |
|
|
|
| *Barber,
Adelia |
UCSC |
Doak |
Using
Dendrochronology to Understand the Population Dynamics of Ancient
Bristlecone Pine Forests |
| Ferril,
Ron |
UCSB |
Lubin |
B-Machine |
| O'Neill,
Hugh |
UCSB |
Lubin |
Measurements
of the CMB Polarization from the Barcroft Observatory at the White Mountain
Research Station |
| Ortiz,
Sonia |
UCR |
Hammond |
Lung
Surfactant Lipid Composition in Deer Mice, Peromyscus maniculatus |
| *Wang,
Thea |
UCLA |
Nonacs |
Behavioral
Roles and Social Structure in the Yellow-bellied Marmot, Marmota
flaviventris |
| Goedhart,
Christine |
UCI |
Pataki |
Linking
Plant Water Relations, Nitrogen Cycling, and Woody Encroachment
in Owens Valley,
California |
| *Epanchin,
Peter |
UCD |
Lawler |
Beyond
An Aggregative Response: Do Non-native Fish Indirectly Affect Bird
Populations? |
| Rovito,
Sean |
UCB |
Moritz |
Physiological
Limits and Climatic Niche Modeling of the Mt. Lyell Salamander,
Hydromantes platycephalus |
| Schoville,
Sean |
UCB |
Roderick |
Biogeographic
History, Climate Change, and Conservation of High Altitude Endemic
Insects in the Sierra Nevada
and White-Inyo Ranges |
| NON-UC |
|
|
|
| Wall, Bridget |
CSU
Sacramento |
Delacorte |
Precontact/Contact
Evolution of Native American Subsistence Strategies in the Eastern
Sierra |
| Clemons,
Kit |
U
Utah |
Bartley |
Kinematic
and Timing Relations of the Solid-State Deformation Associated With
the Lamarck Pluton and Wall Rock in theLong Lake-Dusy Basin Area |
| Stearns,
Michael |
U
Utah |
Bartley |
New
Criteria for Identifying Increments and Pluton Anatomy in the Firld,
McDoogle Pluton, Sierra Nevada,
CA |
| MacNutt,
Meaghan |
U
Brit. Col. |
Sheel |
Acclimation,
De-acclimation, and Re-acclimation During Repeated Exposure to High
Altitude |
| Thomson,
Cynthia |
U
Brit. Col. |
Rupert |
Changes
in gene expression in blood and buccal cells in response to varing
level of hypoxic stress. |
| *Franklin,
Rebecca |
U
AZ |
Hughes |
The
Use of Herbchronology in Addressing Perplexing Questions About Rock
Glaciers |
| Hallman,
Christine |
U
AZ |
Sheppard |
Influence
of Phenology, Aspect, and Elevation on Growth Patterns of Bristlecone
Pines (Pinus longaeva) in White
Mountains, CA |
| *Buckley,
Christine |
U
Amherst |
Irschick |
Ecomorphology
of Wide-ranging Lizards (genus Sceloporus) |
|