WMRS Graduate Student Fellowships 2008 Graduate student research proposals were reviewed by the White Mountain Advisory Committee. In 2008, sixteen awards were made for a total of $20,452. The committee awarded support to the following applicants: |
Berkelhammer, Max USC Earth Sciences Climatic interferences from simultaneous measurements of cellulosic D/H and gamma^18O from long-lived trees of the western United States Clemons, Kristopher University of Utah Geo. Kinematic and timing relations of the solid-state deformation associated with the Lamarck pluton and wall rock in the Long Lake-Dusy Basin area, John Muir intrusive suite, King Canyon National Park and John Muir Wilderness, California Davis, Jesse University of NC at Chapel Hill Geo. Thermochronology and thermal histories of plutons: implications for incremental pluton assembly DeRose, Margie UCR Earth Sciences Age Contraints for the Casa Diablo Till, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California Dlugosz, Elizabeth UCR Biology Effect of High Altitude on Voluntary Wheel Runni8ng in Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels and Least Chipmunks Domke, Kirk USC Earth Sciences The Paleoecology of the Earliest Biomineralizing Organisms of Western North America Foley, Emily University of NC at Chapel Hill Geo. Formation of modal layering in granitic magma chambers Goedhart, Christine UCI Biology Linking Plant Water Relations, Nitrogen Cycling, and Woody Encroachment in Owens Valley, California Greene, Lacey University of Montana Forestry/Conserv. An evaluation of Sierra Nevada bighorn Sheep habitat restoration using wildfire Hernandez, Leo SJSU Biology Photosynthetic response and potential climate change effects for Hulsea algida in the White Mountains Hoffman, William Pennsylvania State University Geo. Slip rates along the Panamint Valley fault system: Probing space-time patterns of strain release across the Eastern California Shear Zone O'Neill, Hugh UCSB Physics Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background from Barcroft Ortiz, Sonia UCR Biology Effects of High Altitude on Lung Surfactant Proteins in Deer Mice, Peromyscus maniculatus Rubin, Ishai UCSB Physics B-Machine, COFE Wang, Thea UCLA Biology Behavioral roles and social structure in the
yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris |