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2012 PhD Recipients
Eric Adamson, PhD, Space Physics Thesis: Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Plasma Dynamics in the Magnetospheric Cusp Region
Michael Anderson, PhD, Biological Sciences: Biology Thesis: Sources of Variation in the Symbiotic Association Between Alnus and Frankia in Interior Alaska
Jeffrey Benowitz, PhD, Geology Thesis: The Topographically Asymmetrical Alaska Range: Different Tectonic Drivers Through Space and Time
Jessican Coltrane, PhD, Biological Sciences: Wildlife Biology Thesis: Ecological and Physiological Adaptations of the Porcupine to Winter in Alaska
Maegan Daniello-Weltzin, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Thesis: Investigation of the Allosteric Modulators Desformylflustrabromine and 4-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-1- Piperazineethanesulfonic Acid (Hepes) Interactions on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Matthew Druckenmiller, PhD, Geophysics Thesis: Alaska Shorefast Ice: Interfacing Geophysics with Local Sea Ice Knowledge and Use
Julie Elliot, PhD, Geophysics Thesis: Active Tectonics in Southern Alaska and the Role of the Yakutat Block Constrained by GPS Measurements
Oceana Francis, PhD, Atmospheric Sciences Thesis: Atmospheric Forcing of Wave States in the Southeast Chukchi Sea
Heather Huson, PhD, Molecular Genetics: Interdisciplinary Program Thesis: Genetic Ancestry Modeling and Performance Association in the Alaskan Sled Dog
Kyle Joly, PhD, Biological Sciences: Wildlife Biology Thesis: Winter Range Studies of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd, Northwest Alaska
Katrina Knott, PhD, Biological Sciences: Biology Thesis: Contaminant Exposure and Associated Biological Responses in Southern Beaufort Sea Polar Bears
Trixie Lee, PhD, Biology Sciences: Biology Thesis: Expression and Mechanisms of Hibernation in the Arctic: The Alaska Marmot and Arctic Ground Squirrel
Karen Mager, PhD, Biological Sciences: Wildlife Biology Thesis: Population Structure and Hybridization of Alaskan Caribou and Reindeer: Integrating Genetics and Local Knowledge
Irina Mueller, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Thesis: The Effect of Mitochondrial Ultrastructure on Function and Thermal Tolerance in Antarctic Notothenioid Fishes
Marc Mueller-Stoffels, PhD, Physics Thesis: Reversibility of Arctic Sea Ice Retreat – A Conceptual Multi-Scale Modeling Approach
Lola Oliver, PhD, Geology Thesis: Characterization of Permafrost Development by Isotopic and Chemical Analysis of Soil Cores Taken From the Copper River Basin and an Upland Loess Deposit in Interior Alaska
Santosh Panda, PhD, Geology Thesis: Permafrost Distribution Mapping and Temperature Modeling Along the Alaska Highway Corridor, Interior Alaska
Peter Rinkleff, PhD, Geology Thesis: Transport and Formation Processes For Fine Airborne Ash From Three Recent Volcanic Eruptions in Alaska: Implications For Detection Methods and Tracking Models
Jennifer Roach, PhD, Biological Sciences: Biology Thesis: Lake Area Change in Alaskan National Wildlife Refuges: Magnitude, Mechanisms, and Heterogeneity
Maciej Grzegorz Sliwinski, PhD, Geology Thesis: Geochemistry of the Late Devonian ‘Punctata” Event in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
John Styers, PhD, Computational Aurora Studies: Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis: An Interdisciplinary Computational Study of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling and its Visual and Thermal Impact in the Auroral Region
Kenneth Tape, PhD, Biological Sciences Thesis: Arctic Alaskan Shrub Growth, Distribution, and Relationships to Landscape Processes and Climate During the 20th Century
Caroline Van Hemert, PhD, Biological Sciences: Wildlife Biology Thesis: Epizootic of Beak Deformities in Alaska: Investigation of an Emerging Avian Disease
Robert Wilson, PhD, Biological Sciences: Biology Thesis: Genetic and Phenotypic Divergence Within and Between Cinnamon Teal (Anas Cyanoptera) and Blue-Winged Teal (A. Discors)
Jiang Zhu, PhD, Atmospheric Sciences Thesis: Investigation on Cirrus Clouds by the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation Data
2012 MS Recipients
Spencer Audie, MS, Biology
Odille Bastille, MS, Mathematics
Matthew Campbell MS, Biology
Amber Churchill, MS, Biology
Dyre Oliver Dammann, MS, Atmospheric Science
Anglea Ekstrand, MS, Geophsics
Louise Farquharson, MS, Geology
Todd Fortun, MS, Environmental Chemistry
Heather Gates, MS, Wildlife Biology
Spencer Giles, MS, Chemistry
Daniella Della-Guistina, MS, Physics
Daniel Glass, MS, Biology
Laura Gutierrez, MS, Wildlife Biology
Brooke Hill, MS, Wildlife Biology
Mary Hogan, MS, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Austin Johnson, MS, Geophysics
Patrick Joyce, MS, Environmental Chemistry
Tania Lewis, MS, Wildlife Biology
John Mayfield, Jr., MS, Atmospheric Science
Paula Doubrawa Moriera, MS, Atmospheric Science
Jonathan Nigg, MS, Chemistry
Mitali Patil, MS, Biochemistry
David Roon, MS, Biology
Jozef Slowik, MS, Biology
Lisa Smith, MS, Interdisciplinary Studies
Kevin Stack, MS, Geology
Jean Talbot, MS, Atmospheric Science
Ashley Wallace, MS, Environmental Chemistry
Patrick Wallace, MS, Physics
