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Doctor of Philosophy
DIVISION OF BIOLOGY
Xavier Ignacio Ambroggio (Biology) B.S., George Mason University 1999.
    Thesis: Structural and Functional Studies of Jamm Domain Proteins and Their Role
    in the Ubiquitin System.
Magdalena Bak-Maier (Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology) B.S., New York University 1999.
    Thesis: Commissural Axon Kinetics and the Role of Netrin in Early Brain Circuitry
    Development.
Susannah Dale Barbee (Biology) B.A., Harvard-Radcliffe College 1997.
    Thesis:The Functions of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase in T Lymphocyte
    Development: Roles in Positive Selection and Thymic Exit.
Sujata Bhattacharyya (Biology) B.Sc., Saint Xavier's College 1996; M.Sc., Institute of
    Science, University of Bombay 1998.
    Thesis: Embryonic Origin of the Olfactory Sensory System: Fate Map, Lineage
    Analysis and Specification of the Avian Olfactory Placode.
Gloria Bohyun Choi (Biology) B.A., University of California, Berkeley 1999.
    Thesis: Characterization of the Circuitries Mediating Innate Reproductive and
    Defensive Behaviors from the Amygdala to the Hypothalamus.
Jeffrey Michael Copeland (Biology) B.A., University of Virginia 1996.
    Thesis: Identification of Novel Cell Death Regulators in C. elegans and Drosophila.
Laura Rosemary Croal (Biology and Geobiology) B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
    1999.
    Thesis: Fe(II) Oxidation by Anaerobic Phototrophic Bacteria: Molecular Mechanisms
    and Geological Implications.
Shabnam Sarah Farivar (Biology) B.A., University of California, Berkeley 1998.
    Thesis: Cytoarchitecture of the Locust Olfactory System.
Christopher Edward Hart (Biology) B.S., Siena College 1998.
    Thesis: Inferring Genetic Regulatory Network Structure: Integrative Analysis of
    Genome-Scale Data.
Geoffrey Kai Tong Hom (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) B.A., University of
    California, Berkeley 1999.
    Thesis: Advances in Computational Protein Design: Development of More Efficient
    Search Algorithms and their Application to the Full-Sequence Design of Larger
    Proteins.
Jun Ryul Huh (Biology) B.S., Seoul National University 1996; M.S., 1998.
    Thesis:To Die or to Differentiate: Apoptotic and Non-apoptotic Roles of Death
    Molecules in Drosophila melanogaster.
Thomas Hin-Chai Leung (Biology) B.S., Stanford University 1998.
    Thesis: Specificity of Transcription Activation by NF-kB Subunits.
Angie Siu Yee Mah (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) B.Sc., McGill University 1999.
    Thesis: Regulation of Protein Kinase Dbf2 in Mitotic Exit.

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Ofer Mazor (Computation and Neural Systems) A.B., B.S., Brown University 1998.
   Thesis: Neural Dynamics and Population Coding in the Insect Brain.
Joyce Yaochun Peng (Biology) B.S., National Tsing Hua University 1996; M.S.,
   California Institute of Technology 1998.
   Thesis: Structure and Function Prediction of Human Muscarinic Acetylcholine
   Receptor 1, Cation- Studies, and Protein Design.
Leila Reddy (Computation and Neural Systems) B.A., Pomona College 2000.
   Thesis: Attention and the Processing of Natural Stimuli: Psychophysics, fMRI and
   Single Unit Recordings in the Human Brain.
Premal S. Shah (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) B.S., University of Maryland 1998.
   Thesis: Advances in Force Field Development and Sequence Optimization Methods
   for Computational Protein Design.
Donghun Shin (Biology) B.S., Seoul National University 1995; M.S., 1997.
   Thesis: Identification and Characterization of Endothelial Specific Genes.
Claudiu Simion (Biology) B.S., California Institute of Technology 1999.
   Thesis: Orienting and Preference: An Enquiry into the Mechanisms Underlying
   Emotional Decision Making.
Hui Yu (Biology) B.S., Fudan University 1990.
   Thesis: C. elegans Male Tail Development.

DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Darren Lee Beene (Chemistry) B.A., Portland State University 1991; B.S., University of
   Arizona 1998.
   Thesis: Chemical Scale Investigations of Ligand-Gated Ion Channels Using Unnatural
   Amino Acids.
Diego Benitez (Chemistry) B.S., Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 2001.
   Thesis:Theoretical Study of the Mechanism of Olefin Metathesis and Synthesis of
   Cyclic Polymers.
Timothy Patrick Best (Chemistry) B.S., Butler University 1999.
   Thesis: Localization of DNA-Binding Polyamides in Living Cells.
Theodore Alexander Betley (Chemistry) B.S.E., University of Michigan 1999.
   Thesis: Coordination Chemistry from Trigonally Coordinated Iron Platforms:
   Chemistry Relevant to Dinitrogen Reduction.
Wendy Belliston Bittner (Chemistry) B.A., Bryn Mawr College 1999.
   Thesis: Ultrafast Photoreduction of Nitric Oxide Synthase by Electron Tunneling Wires.
Christopher J. Borths (Chemistry) B.S., University of Kentucky 1998; M.S., University
   of California, Berkeley 2000.
   Thesis: Investigations in Enantioselective Catalysis. Development of Novel
   Asymmetric Organocatalytic Reactions.




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Elizabeth Loraine Borths (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) B.S., University of
    Kentucky 1998.
    Thesis: Structural and Biochemical Characterization of the Vitamin B12 ABC
    Transporter, BtuCD-F.
Sean Pomeroy Brown (Chemistry) B.S., University of California, Davis 1998.
    Thesis: Iminium and Enamine Activation: Methods for Enantioselective Organocatalysis.
Steven Douglas Brown (Chemistry) B.S., University of Utah 2000.
    Thesis:The Chemistry of Tris(phosphino)borate Supported Iron-Nitrogen Multiply-
    Bonded Linkages.
Ileana Cristina Carpen (Chemical Engineering) B.S., Stanford University 1999; M.S.,
    California Institute of Technology 2002.
    Thesis: Studies of Suspension Behavior. I. Instabilities of Non-Brownian Suspensions.
    II. Microrheology of Colloidal Suspensions.
Serena Hsin-Yi Chung (Chemical Engineering) B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-
    Champaign 1995; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Global Distribution, Radiative Forcing, and Climate Impact of Carbonaceous
    Aerosols.
Andrei Deev (Chemistry) B.S., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology 1997; M.S.,
    1998.
    Thesis: Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Atmospherically Important Radicals.
Robert Michael Dirks (Chemistry) B.A.,Wabash College 2000.
    Thesis: Analysis, Design, and Construction of Nucleic Acid Devices.
Benjamin S. Edelson (Chemistry) A.B., Harvard College 2000.
    Thesis: Nuclear Localization of Polyamide-Fluorescein Conjugates in Cell Culture.
Ramez Ahmed Elgammal (Chemistry and Physics) B.S. (Biology), H.B.S. (Chemistry),
    Central Michigan University 1996; M.S. (Applied Physics), California Institute of
    Technology 2001; M.S. (Physics), 2002.
    Thesis:Theoretical and Experimental Investigations in MEMS-Based Force-Detected
    NMR.
Eric James Fechter (Chemistry) B.S., California State Polytechnic University, San Luis
    Obispo 2000.
    Thesis: Design of Sequence-Specific DNA Intercalators.
Eric Matthew Ferreira (Chemistry) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis:The Design and Development of Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative
    Transformations.
Jonathan Michael Galownia (Chemical Engineering and Chemistry) B.S., University of
    Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2000; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2003.
    Thesis: I. Synthesis, Characterization, and Base Catalysis of Novel Zeolite Supported
    Super-basic Materials. II. Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane Over Reduced
    Heteropolyanion Catalysts.




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Neil Kamal Garg (Chemistry) B.S., New York University 2000.
    Thesis:The Total Synthesis of Dragmacidins D and F.
Spencer Eugene Hall (Chemistry) B.S., Brigham Young University 1997; M.S., 2000.
    Thesis: Development of a Structure Prediction Method for G-Protein Coupled Receptors.
Jeremy David Heidel (Chemical Engineering and Biology) S.B. (Biology), S.B. (Chemical
    Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1999; M.S., California Institute of
    Technology 2001.
    Thesis:Targeted, Systemic Non-Viral Delivery of Small Interfering RNA in vivo.
William W. Ja (Chemistry) B.S., University of California, Berkeley 1998.
    Thesis: Peptide Modulators of G Protein Signaling.
David Matthew Jenkins (Chemistry) B.A., Cornell University 2000.
    Thesis: Low Spin Pseudotetrahedral Cobalt Tris(phosphino)borate Complexes.
Elizabeth Anne Vincent Jones (Chemical Engineering and Biology) B.A.Sc., University of
    Waterloo 1999; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2002.
    Thesis: Blood Flow and the Mammalian Embryo.
Vadym A. Kapinus (Chemistry) B.S., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology 1995;
    M.S., 1997.
    Thesis: Photophysical Properties of Protonated Aromatic Hydrocarbons.
Sara Bernadine Klamo (Chemistry) B.S.,Wayne State University 1999.
    Thesis: Direct Examination of Initiation and Propagation Kinetics of Zirconocene-
    Catalyzed Alkene Polymerization.
Bruce Michael Lambert (Chemistry and Physics) B.S., Bates College 1997.
    Thesis: Force-Detected, Single-Molecule Spectroscopy and Imaging Using Nanoscale
    Mechanical Resonators.
Hyunjoo Lee (Chemical Engineering and Chemistry) B.S., Seoul National University 1998;
    M.S., 2000; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2003.
    Thesis: A New Strategy for Synthesizing Zeolites and Zeolite-like Materials.
Youyong Li (Chemistry) B.S., Peking University 1997; M.S., 2000.
    Thesis: Atomistic Simulation of Macromolecules.
Michael A. Marques (Chemistry) B.S., Santa Clara University 2000.
    Thesis:The Molecular Recognition of DNA by Novel Heterocycles.
Peter Meinhold (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics)
    Thesis: Engineering Cytochrome P450 BM-3 for Selective Hydroxylation of Alkanes.
John Frank Murphy (Chemical Engineering) B.S., Cornell University 1999; M.S.,
    California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Methods for Collection and Processing of Gene Expression Data.
Robert J. Nielsen (Chemical Engineering and Chemistry) B.S., Northwestern University 1998.
    Thesis: Computational Strategy in Catalyst Design.




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Alan Bowers Northrup (Chemistry) A.B., Harvard College 2000.
    Thesis: Design and Development of New Enantioselective Organocatalytic
    Transformations, a Two-Step Synthesis of Carbohydrates, and Progress toward the
    Total Synthesis of Callipeltoside C.
Jonathan S. Owen (Chemistry) B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison 2000.
    Thesis: A Study of Ligand Substitution and Its Importance in the C-H Activation of
    Methane and Methanol.
Ernest James Petersson (Chemistry) B.A., Dartmouth College 1998.
    Thesis: Investigations of Ion Channel Structure and Function. I. Studies of Nicotine
    Binding to the Acetylcholine Receptor. II. Development of Tools for Studying
    Learning and Memory with Unnatural Amino Acids.
Stephen R. Popielarski (Chemical Engineering) B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    1999; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2004.
    Thesis: Development of a Nanoparticle-Based Model Delivery System to Guide the
    Rational Design of Gene Delivery to the Liver.
Adam Thomas Poulin-Kerstien (Chemistry) B.A., Amherst College 2000.
    Thesis: DNA-Templated Dimerizations of Minor Groove-Binding Polyamides.
Xin Qi (Chemistry) B.S., Peking University 1991.
    Thesis: Unnatural Amino Acid Incorporation to Rewrite the Genetic Code and RNA-
    peptide Interactions.
Isaac Michael Rutenberg (Chemistry) B.S., Colorado School of Mines 2000.
    Thesis: Functionalized Polymers and Surfaces via Ring-Opening Metathesis
    Polymerization.
Daniel Paul Sanders (Chemistry) B.S., Case Western Reserve University 1996; M.S. 1999.
    Thesis: Development of Fluorinated Monomers and Polymers for Advanced
    Photolithographic Applications.
Catherine Ann Sarisky (Chemistry) B.A., New College of the University of South Florida
    1995.
    Thesis: Exploration of the Determinants of Protein Structure and Stability by Protein
    Design.
Shantanu Sharma (Chemistry) B.S., California State University, Los Angeles 2001.
    Thesis: Prediction of Structure and Antagonist Binding Site in Human and Rodent
    Chemokine Receptor 1.
Wei Shen (Chemical Engineering and Biology) B.S., East China University of Science and
    Technology 1992; M.S., 1995; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Structure, Dynamics, and Properties of Artificial Protein Hydrogels
    Assembled through Coiled-coil Domains.
Brian Christopher Sisk (Chemistry) B.S.,Western Kentucky University 1999; M.S., 2000.
    Thesis: Computational Optimization of Chemical Vapor Detector Arrays.




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Andrew J. Spakowitz (Chemical Engineering) B.S., University of Wisconsin­Madison
   1999; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
   Thesis: Semiflexible Polymers: Fundamental Theory and Applications in DNA Packaging.
Ramesh Srinivasan (Chemical Engineering and Chemistry) B.ChE., University of Mumbai 1995.
   Thesis: Structural Dynamics of Complex Molecules by Ultrafast Electron Diffraction:
   Concepts, Methodology and Applications.
Heather Ann Sumner (Chemistry) B.A.,Williams College 1995.
   Thesis: Gas Phase Reaction Dynamics and Design of Molecular Clusters and Bioconjugates.
Terry Torao Takahashi (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) B.S., Claremont McKenna
   College 1998; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2004.
   Thesis: In Vitro Selection of RNA Binding Peptides.
Andrew K. Udit (Chemistry) B.Sc., University of Toronto 2000.
   Thesis: P450 BM3 Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis.
Jeremy John Weaver (Chemistry) B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College 2000.
   Thesis: Corroles.
Susanna Leigh Widicus Weaver (Chemistry) B.S., Illinois Wesleyan University 2000.
   Thesis: Rotational Spectroscopy and Observational Astronomy of Prebiotic Molecules.
Lauren J. Webb (Chemistry) B.A., Bowdoin College 2000.
   Thesis: Chemical Characterization and Charge Carrier Dynamics of Crystalline
   Silicon(III) Surfaces Modified with Surface-Bound Organic Functional Groups.
James Michael Zahler (Chemical Engineering and Applied Physics) B.A.,Texas A&M
   University 1999; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2002.
   Thesis: Materials Integrations for High-Performance Photovoltaics by Wafer Bonding.

DIVISION OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES
Gabriel Alejandro Acevedo Bolton (Bioengineering) B.S., University of California,
   Berkeley 1998; M.S., California Institute of Technology 1999.
   Thesis: Blood Flow Effects on Heart Development and a Minimally Invasive Technique
   for in vivo Flow Alterations.
Steven Wayne Alves (Civil Engineering) B.S., Harvey Mudd College 2000; M.S.,
   California Institute of Technology 2001.
   Thesis: Nonlinear Analysis of Pacoima Dam with Spatially Nonuniform Ground
   Motion.
Deniz Karapetian Armani (Electrical Engineering) B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-
   Champaign 2000; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2003.
   Thesis: Ultra-High-Q Planar Microcavities and Applications.
Roya Bahreini (Environmental Science and Engineering) B.S., University of Maryland 1999;
   M.S., California Institute of Technology 2003.
   Thesis: Studies with the Aerosol Mass Spectrometer.




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Jeffrey Myles Bergthorson (Aeronautics and Chemistry) B.Sc., University of Manitoba
    1999; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis: Experiments and Modeling of Impinging Jets and Premixed Hydrocarbon
    Stagnation Flames.
Harish Subrahmanya Bhat (Control and Dynamical Systems) A.B., Harvard College 2000.
    Thesis: Lagrangian Averaging, Nonlinear Waves, and Shock Regularization.
Justin Scott Boland (Electrical Engineering) B.S., University of Texas at Dallas 2000;
    M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Micro Electret Power Generators.
Stacey Walker Boland (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., University of Texas at Dallas 2000;
    M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Sol-gel Synthesis of Highly Oriented Lead Barium Titanate and Lanthanum
    Nickelate Thin Films for High Strain Sensor and Actuator Applications.
Christopher Shawn Boxe (Environmental Science and Engineering and Geology) B.S.,
    Morehouse College 1999; M.S. (Planetary Science), California Institute of Technology
    2001; M.S. (Enviromental Science and Engineering), 2002.
    Thesis: Nitrate Photochemistry and Interrelated Chemical Phenomena in Ice.
Philippe Chatelain (Aeronautics and Applied and Computational Mathematics) Ingénieur Civil
    Mécanicien, Université Catholique de Louvain 1999; M.S., California Institute of
    Technology 2000.
    Thesis: Contributions to the Three-Dimensional Vortex Element Method and
    Spinning Bluff Body Flows.
Stephanie Sienyee Chow (Computation and Neural Systems) B.Sc., University of Toronto
    1995; M.A., Queen's University 1998.
    Thesis: Speciation in Digital Organisms.
Matthew M. Cook (Computation and Neural Systems)
    Thesis: Networks of Relations.
Georgia B. Cua (Civil Engineering and Geophysics) B.S., Harvey Mudd College 1998;
    M.S., California Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis: Creating the Virtual Seismologist: Developments in Ground Motion
    Characterization and Seismic Early Warning.
Uri Vaughan Cummings (Electrical Engineering) B.A.,Wesleyan University 1994; B.S.,
    California Institute of Technology 1994; M.S., California Institute of Technology 1995.
    Thesis: Linearized and High Frequency Electrooptic Modulators.
John Oluseun Dabiri (Bioengineering and Aeronautics) B.S.E. (Mechanical Engineering and
    Aeronautics), Princeton University 2001; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2003.
    Thesis: Unsteady Fluid Mechanics of Starting-Flow Vortex Generators with Time-
    Dependent Boundary Conditions.
Domitilla Del Vecchio (Control and Dynamical Systems) Diploma, Università degli Studi di
    Roma "Tor Vergata" 1999.
    Thesis: State Estimation in Multi-Agent Decision and Control Systems.



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Bradley Scott Dooley (Aeronautics and Planetary Science) B.S., Rice University 1993;
    M.S., California Institute of Technology 1994.
    Thesis: Stereo Digital Particle Image Velocimetry Investigation of a Free Surface
    Mixing Layer.
Evan David Dorn (Computation and Neural Systems) B.S., B.A., Swarthmore College 1997.
    Thesis: Universal Biosignatures for the Detection of Life.
Jeffrey B. Endelman (Bioengineering) B.S., Northwestern University 2000; M.S.,
    University of California, Santa Barbara 2002.
    Thesis: Design and Analysis of Combinatorial Protein Libraries Created by Site-
    Directed Recombination.
James Malcolm Faddy (Aeronautics and Planetary Science) M.E., University of Queensland
    1998; M.E., 2000.
    Thesis: Flow Structure in a Model of Aircraft Trailing Vortices.
Ilja Friedel (Computer Science) B.S., University of Jena 1997; M.S., University of
    Kaiserslautern 1999; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2002.
    Thesis: Approximation of Surfaces by Normal Meshes.
Jimmy Fung (Aeronautics and Control and Dynamical Systems) B.S.,Virginia Polytechnic
    Institute and State University 1997; M.S., 1998; M.S., California Institute of
    Technology 1999.
    Thesis: Coarse Analysis of Multiscale Systems: Diffuser Flows, Charged Particle
    Motion, and Connections to Averaging Theory.
Marcel Gavriliu (Computer Science) B.S., California Institute of Technology 1997; M.S., 2001.
    Thesis:Towards More Efficient Interval Analysis: Corner Forms and a Remainder
    Interval Newton Method.
William M. J. Green (Electrical Engineering) B.Sc., University of Alberta 1999; M.S.,
    California Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis: InGaAsP-InP Semiconductor Microcavity Geometries for Annular Bragg
    Reflection, Optical Switching, and Sensing.
Irene Michelle Gregory (Control and Dynamical Systems) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of
    Technology 1988; M.S., University of Michigan 1990.
    Thesis: Design and Stability Analysis of an Integrated Controller for Highly Flexible
    Advanced Aircraft Utilizing the Novel Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion.
Lawrence Cary Gunn III (Electrical Engineering) B.S., United States Air Force Academy
    1995; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Integration of Complex Optical Functionality in a Production CMOS Process.
Anna Iwaniec Hickerson (Bioengineering) B.S., California Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis: An Experimental Analysis of the Characteristic Behaviors of an Impedance Pump.
Stephen Richard Hostler (Mechanical Engineering) B.S.E., Case Western Reserve
    University 2000; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis:Wave Propagation in Granular Materials.




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Hung-Te Hsieh (Electrical Engineering) B.S., National Taiwan University 1998; M.S.,
    California Institute of Technology 2002.
    Thesis: Operation of Holographic Elements with Broadband Light Sources.
James Sean Humbert (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., University of California, Davis 1997;
    M.S., California Institute of Technology 1999.
    Thesis: Bio-Inspired Visuomotor Convergence in Navigation and Flight Control Systems.
Scott Irving Jackson (Aeronautics and Geophysics) S.B., Brown University 1999; M.S.,
    California Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis: Gaseous Detonation Initiation via Wave Implosion.
Yindi Jing (Electrical Engineering) B.E., University of Science and Technology of China
    1996; M.E., 1999; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis: Space-Time Code Design and Its Applications in Wireless Networks.
Olga Kowalewsky (Aeronautics and Computer Science) Vordiplom, Aachen University of
    Technology 1996; Diplom, 2000; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis:Theory of Complex Lattice Quasicontinuum and Its Application to Ferroelectrics.
Seung-Yub Lee (Materials Science) B.S.,Yonsei University 1997; M.S., University of
    California, Los Angeles 2000; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2002.
    Thesis: Deformation Mechanisms of Bulk Metallic Glass Matrix Composites.
Fei Fei Li (Electrical Engineering) B.A., Princeton University 1999; M.S., California
    Institute of Technology 2002.
    Thesis:Visual Recognition: Computational Models and Human Psychophysics.
Nathan Jacob Litke (Computer Science) B.A., University of Waterloo 1998; M.S.,
    California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis:Variational Methods in Surface Parameterization.
Miao-Ling Lu (Environmental Science and Engineering) B.S., National Taiwan University
    1996; M.S., 1998; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis: Large-Eddy Simulations of Marine Cumulus and Stratocumulus and Study of
    Humidity Halos and Aerosol Indirect Radiative Effects.
Daniella Meeker (Computation and Neural Systems) B.A., University of Chicago 1998.
    Thesis: Cognitive Neural Prosthetics.
Sundeep Mukherjee (Materials Science) B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology 1998;
    M.S., University of Alabama 2000; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2003.
    Thesis: Study of Crystallization Behavior, Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Bulk
    Metallic Glasses Using Noncontact Electrostatic Levitation Technique.
Saleem Mukhtar (Computation and Neural Systems) B.S., Carnegie Mellon University 1996.
    Thesis: Interval Modulation: A New Paradigm for the Design of High Speed
    Communication Systems.
George T. Paloczi (Applied Physics) B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara 1999;
    M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Polymer Integrated Optics: Device Architectures and Fabrication Methods.




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Antonis Papachristodoulou (Control and Dynamical Systems and Aeronautics) B.A., M.E.,
    Cambridge University 2000.
    Thesis: Scalable Analysis of Nonlinear Systems Using Convex Optimization.
Florian Peter Pintgen (Applied Physics) Ingenieur,Technische Universität München 2000.
    Thesis: Detonation Diffraction in Mixtures with Various Degrees of Instability.
Nicolas Frédéric Ponchaut (Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering) Candidat Ingénieur,
    Université De Liège 1997; Ingénieur Aerospatiale 2000; M.S., California Institute of
    Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Part I: 3DPTV Advances and Error Analysis. Part II: Extension of Guderley's
    Solution for Converging Shock Waves.
Stephen Prajna (Control and Dynamical Systems) S.T., Institut Teknologi Bandung 1998;
    M.Sc., University of Twente 2000.
    Thesis: Optimization-Based Methods for Nonlinear and Hybrid Systems Verification.
Carlos Alejandro Romero Talamás (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics) Industrial
    Physics Engineering, Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
    1995; M.S., International Space University 1998; M.S., California Institute of
    Technology 2000.
    Thesis: Investigations of Spheromak Plasma Dynamics: High-Speed Imaging at the
    Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment and Magnetic Diagnostics at the Caltech
    Spheromak Experiment.
Silvio Savarese (Electrical Engineering) Laurea, Università degli Studi di Napoli -
    Federico II 1998; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Shape Reconstruction from Shadows and Reflections.
Geoffrey D. Staneff (Materials Science) B.S., University of Washington 1998; M.S.,
    California Institute of Technology 2003.
    Thesis: High-pressure Synthesis of Thermoelectric Materials.
Valentin Gabriel Stredie (Applied and Computational Mathematics) B.S., California
    Institute of Technology 1999.
    Thesis: Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Aquatic and Aerial Animal
    Locomotion.
Jeremy Christopher Thorpe (Electrical Engineering) B.S., University of California,
    Riverside 2000; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Analysis and Design of Protograph Based LDPC Codes and Ensembles.
Daniel Pierre Thunnissen (Mechanical Engineering) B.S.E., University of Michigan 1995;
    M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1996.
    Thesis: Propagating and Mitigating Uncertainty in the Design of Complex
    Multidisciplinary Systems.
Andrew Neil Westhead (Applied and Computational Mathematics) B.S., M.S., Imperial
    College London 1998.
    Thesis: Upscaling for Two-phase Flows in Porous Media.




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Vincent Wheatley (Aeronautics and Planetary Science) B.E., University of Queensland
    1998; M.Eng.Sc., 2000.
    Thesis: On the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in Magnetohydrodynamics.
Christopher John White (Electrical Engineering) B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-
    Champaign 1999; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis: A Solid-state Atomic Frequency Standard.
Richard Edward Wirz (Aeronautics and Electrical Engineering) B.S.,Virginia Polytechnic
    Institute and State University 1992; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Discharge Plasma Processes of Ring-Cusp Ion Thrusters.
Jeremy Witzens (Electrical Engineering) Diplôme d'Ingénieur, École Poltechnique 2000;
    M.S., California Institute of Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Dispersion in Photonic Crystals.
Jian Wu (Materials Science) B.S.,Tsinghua University 1999; M.S., California Institute of
    Technology 2001.
    Thesis: Defect Chemistry and Proton Conductivity in Ba-based Perovskites.
Kaiwen Xia (Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics) B.S., University of Science and
    Technology of China 1995; M.S., 1998; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis: Laboratory Investigations of Earthquake Dynamics.
Yu Xiao (Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science) B.S., University of Science and
    Technology of China 1995; M.S., 1998.
    Thesis:The Influence of Oxygen Vacancies on Domain Patterns in Ferroelectric
    Perovskites.
Jun Xie (Electrical Engineering) B.E., Zhejiang University 1996; M.S., California
    Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis: Integrated Parylene LC-ESI on a Chip.
Donghua Xu (Materials Science) B.E., Jilin University 1998; M.S., 2001; M.S.,
    California Institute of Technology 2002.
    Thesis: Development of Novel Binary and Multi-component Bulk Metallic Glasses.
Lan Yang (Applied Physics) B.S., University of Science and Technology of China 1996;
    M.S., California Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis: Fabrication and Characterization of Microlasers by the Sol-Gel Method.
Arash Yavari (Applied Mechanics and Mathematics) B.S., Sharif University of Technology
    1997; M.S., George Washington University 2000.
    Thesis: Atomic Structure of Ferroelectric Domain Walls, Free Surfaces and Steps.
Xinwei Yu (Applied and Computational Mathematics) B.S., Peking University 1997; M.S., 2000.
    Thesis: Localized Non-blowup Conditions for 3D Incompressible Euler Flows and
    Related Equations.
Qingsong Zhang (Materials Science) B.E.,Tsinghua University 1996; M.S., California
    Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis: Atomistic Simulation of Barium Titanate.
Jijie Zhou (Bioengineering) B.S., Peking University 1997; M.S., 2000.
    Thesis: Nanowicking: Multi-scale Flow Interaction with Nanofabric Structures.


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DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND PLANETARY SCIENCES
Tanja Bosak (Geobiology) B.Sc., University of Zagreb 1998.
   Thesis: Laboratory Models of Microbial Biosignatures in Carbonate Rocks.
Jane Ellen Dmochowski (Geophysics) B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara 1995;
   M.S., California Institute of Technology 1997.
   Thesis: Application of MODIS-ASTER (Master) Simulator Data to Geological Mapping
   of Young Volcanic Regions in Baja California, Mexico.
William R. Keller (Geophysics) B.S., University of Arizona 1996.
   Thesis: Cenozoic Plate Tectonic Reconstructions and Plate Boundary Processes in the
   Southwest Pacific.
David Lawrence Shuster (Geochemistry) B.A., University of California, Berkeley 1996;
   M.S., California Institute of Technology 2003.
   Thesis: Application of Spallogenic Noble Gases Induced by Energetic Proton
   Irradiation to Problems in Geochemistry and Thermochronometry.
Zhengrong Wang (Geochemistry) B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
   1996; M.S., 1999; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2002.
   Thesis: Oxygen Isotope Studies of the Petrogenesis of Hawaiian Lavas and a Theoretical
   Study on Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Multiply-Substituted Isotopologues.

DIVISION OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Paul Jay Healy (Social Science) B.S., Purdue University 2000; M.S., California Institute of
   Technology 2003.
   Thesis: Institutions, Incentives and Behavior: Essays in Public Economics and
   Mechanism Design.
Kevin A. Roust (Social Science) B.S., California Institute of Technology 1997; M.S., 2003.
   Thesis: Minority Rights in Majoritarian Institutions.

DIVISION OF PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY
Sever Achimescu (Mathematics) B.Sc., M.Sc.,West University of Timisoara 1995; M.Sc.,
   University of South Alabama 1998.
   Thesis: Hilbert Modular Forms of Weight 1/2.
Kevin Michael Birnbaum (Physics) B.S., Stanford University 1999.
   Thesis: Cavity QED with Multilevel Atoms.
Andreea Boca (Physics) A.B., Harvard College 1999.
   Thesis: Experiments in Cavity QED: Exploring the Interaction of Quantized Light
   with a Single Trapped Atom.
Allen David Boozer (Physics) B.S., University of Virginia 1996.
   Thesis: Raman Transitions in Cavity QED.
Kaihua Cai (Mathematics) B.S., University of Science and Technology of China 2000.
   Thesis: Dispersive Properties of Schrödinger Equations.



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Martin Centurion Mac Lean (Physics) B.S., University of Michigan 2000.
    Thesis: Study of the Nonlinear Propagation of Femtosecond Laser Pulses.
Silviu Doru Covrig (Physics) B.Sc., University of Bucharest 1995; M.Sc., 1996.
    Thesis: A Measurement of Parity-Violating Asymmetries in the G0 Experiment in
    Forward Mode.
Luca R. Diaconescu (Physics) B.Eng., Carleton University 1995; B.Sc., 1996; M.Eng.,
    1997, M.S., California Institute of Technology 2000.
    Thesis: Applications of Effective Field Theory to Electron Scattering.
Joshua Aaron Eisner (Astrophysics) A.B., Harvard College 1999.
    Thesis: High Angular Resolution Studies of the Structure and Evolution of
    Protoplanetary Disks.
Alison J. Farmer (Astrophysics) B.A., M.Sc., University of Cambridge 2000.
    Thesis: Adventures in Theoretical Astrophysics.
Stephan Ichiriu (Physics) B.S. (Physics and Mathematics), Indiana University 1999.
    Thesis: Investigation of Spin Injection in Semiconductors:Theory and Experiment.
Bryan Anthony Jacoby (Astrophysics) B.S., Pennsylvania State University 1997.
    Thesis: Recycled Pulsars.
Jennifer Michelle Johnson (Mathematics and Chemistry) B.S., College of William and
    Mary 1998.
    Thesis: Artin L-functions for Abelian Extensions of Imaginary Quadratic Fields.
William C. Jones (Physics) B.A., Princeton University 1998.
    Thesis: A Measurement of the Temperature and Polarization Anisotropies in the
    Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation.
Daniel Jerome Katz (Mathematics) B.A., Princeton University 1997.
    Thesis: On p-Adic Estimates of Weights in Abelian Codes over Galois Rings.
Melinda Jane Kellogg (Physics) B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara 1993; M.S.,
    California Institute of Technology 1999.
    Thesis: Evidence for Excitonic Superfluidity in a Bilayer Two-Dimensional Electron
    System.
Michael Henry Kesden (Physics) B.A., Princeton University 2000.
    Thesis:To the Horizon and Beyond:Weak Lensing of the CMB and Binary Inspirals
    into Horizonless Objects.
Christopher Lee (Physics) B.A., Reed College 1999.
    Thesis: Probing Physics and the Standard Model and Beyond with Electroweak
    Baryogenesis and Effective Theories of the Strong Interactions.
Hok Kong Lee (Physics) M.S., Oxford University 1999.
    Thesis: Gauge Theory and Supergravity Duality in the PP-Wave Background.
Yi Li (Physics) B.S., California Institute of Technology 1998; M.S., 2000.
    Thesis:Topological Sigma Models and Generalized Geometries.




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Benjamin A. Mazin (Astronomy) B.S., Yale University 1997.
    Thesis: Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors.
Tristan McLoughlin (Physics) B.A.,Trinity College Dublin 1999.
    Thesis:The Near-Penrose Limit of AdS/CFT.
Carlos Mochon (Physics) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1999.
    Thesis: From Non-Abelian Anyons to Quantum Computation to Coin-Flipping by
    Telephone.
Irina Nenciu (Mathematics) B.S., University of Bucharest 2001.
    Thesis: Lax Pairs for the Ablowitz-Ladik System Via Orthogonal Polynomials on the
    Unit Circle.
Takuya Okuda (Physics) B.S., Kyoto University 2000; M.S., California Institute of
    Technology 2004.
    Thesis: Large N Dualities in Topological String Theory.
Yasser Rathore (Physics) B.A., Middlebury College 1998.
    Thesis: Resonant Excitation of White Dwarf Oscillations in Compact Object Binaries.
George G. Shapovalov (Physics) M.Sc., Kiev State Shevchenko University 1996.
    Thesis: Mechanosensitive Channels of Bacteria: Structure and Function.
    Electrophysiology as a High Resolution Technique of Ion Channel Study.
Kris Raymond Sigurdson (Physics) B.A., Simon Fraser University 2000.
    Thesis:Variations on the Standard Model of the Universe.
Mihai Valentin Stoiciu (Mathematics) M.A., University of Bucharest 2000.
    Thesis: Zeros of Random Orthogonal Polynomials on the Unit Circle.
Ian Jakov Swanson (Physics) B.S., College of William and Mary 2000.
    Thesis: Superstring Holography and Integrability in AdS5 x S5.
Tzer-jen Wei (Mathematics) B.S., National Taiwan University 1996; M.S., 1998.
    Thesis: Descriptive Properties of Measure Preserving Actions and the Associated
    Unitary Representations.
Nevin Nachum Weinberg (Astronomy) B.A., University of Chicago 2000.
    Thesis: I. Ash Injection and Exposure During Radius Expansion Type I X-ray Bursts.
    II. Stellar Dynamics at the Galactic Center. III.Weak Gravitational Lensing by Dark
    Matter Concentrations.
Margaret Ellen Wessling (Physics) B.A., Amherst College 1999; M.S., California
    Institute of Technology 2002.
    Thesis: Heavy Pentaquarks in the Diquark Model and the Large Nc Expansion.
David Whitehouse (Mathematics) B.S., Imperial College London 1999; C.A.S.M.,
    Cambridge University 2000.
    Thesis:The Twisted Weighted Fundamental Lemma for the Transfer of Automorphic
    Forms from GSp(4) to GL(4).
Paul Alexander Wiggins (Physics) B.S., Cornell University 1999.
    Thesis: Biology Beyond Biochemistry:The Mechanics of Life.




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