Fall 2012 - Pullman Campus Commencement Ceremonies ...

*Maximilian Jeffrey Feldman
B .S ., University of Arizona
Thesis: Identifying
Regulatory Components of
Phytosterol Biosynthesis in
the Genomics Era .
Major Advisor: Mark Lange
Amber Lynn Hauvermale
Colfax
B .S ., University of Denver
M .S ., University of
Colorado at Colorado
Springs
Thesis: GA Signaling in
Arabidopsis Thaliana .
Major Advisor: Camille
Steber
Tyson Andrew Koepke
Cut Bank, Montana
Bachelor, Montana State
University, Bozeman
Thesis: Rootstock
Effects on Sweet Cherry
Flowering .
Major Advisor: Amit
Dhingra
*Lei Zhang
Xiangfen, Shanxi, China
B .S ., Beijing Forestry
University
Thesis: Genetic
and Functional
Characterization of
Calcium/Calmodulin/
ATSR1-Mediated Signal
Pathway in Plant Defense
Response .
Major Advisor: B .W .
Poovaiah
NEUROSCIENCE
Jenny Raye Browning
Dallas, Texas
B .S ., Arizona State
University
Thesis: The Dynamic
Interaction Between
Circadian Rhythms and
Drug-Taking: Evidence
From Behavior Analyses in
Rats .
Major Advisor: Heiko
Jensen
James Montgomery Clinton
Tiburon, California
B .A ., University of
California, San Diego
Thesis: The Role of the
P2X7 Receptor in Sleep .
Major Advisor: James
Krueger
*Previously awarded degree
Matasha Dhar
Delhi, India
B .S ., Washington State
University
Thesis: Role of Leptin
in Hippocampal
Synaptogenesis .
Major Advisor: Gary A .
Wayman
Steven James Ford
West Richland
B .S ., Washington State
University
Thesis: Modeling the
Dynamics of Cardiac
Muscle Contractions .
Major Advisor: Murali
Chandra
Zachary Rex Gallaher
Riverside
B .S ., Washington State
University
Thesis: Neural Proliferation
Within the Dorsal Root
Ganglia Following Spinal
Nerve Injury in the Adult
Rat .
Major Advisor: Krzysztof
Czaja
Adam J . Lesiak
B .S ., Colorado State
University
Thesis: Transcriptional
Regulation of Neuronal
Morphology .
Major Advisor: Gary
Wayman
Jasmine Victoria Ware
Nashville, Tennesee
B .S ., University of
Tennessee at Martin
M .S ., University of
Kentucky
Thesis: Temporal
Organization of Activity
in the Brown Bear (Ursus
arctos): Roles of Circadian
Rhythms, Light and Food
Entrainment .
Major Advisor: Heiko
Jansen
Bradley Winters
Abilene, Texas
B .S ., Mesa State College
Thesis: Intrinsic
Membrane Adaptations
to Cocaine Exposure and
Sleep Deprivation .
Major Advisor: Yan Dong
NURSING
Gail Gobbato Salvatierra
B .S ., Washington State
University
M .S ., San Diego State
University
Thesis: Clinical Outcomes
Associated with Rapid
Response Teams in the
Acute Care Setting .
Major Advisor: Kenneth B .
Daratha
PHYSICS
Jiajia Chang
B .S ., Western Washington
University
Thesis: Quantum
Hydrodynamics of Oneand
Two-component Bose-
Einstein Condensates .
Major Advisor: Peter
Engels
Kevin Michael Daily
Kennewick
B .S ., University of
Washington
M .S ., Washington State
University
Thesis: Harmonically
Trapped Cold Atom
Systems: Few-Body
Dynamics and
Application to Many-Body
Thermodynamics .
Major Advisor: Doerte
Blume
Jharana Kumari Dhal
Dhenkanal, Orissa, India
B .Sc ., M .Sc ., Utkal
University
Thesis: Effect of Tantalum,
Tungsten and Silicon
Doping on Polarizability
and Bioactivity of
Hydroxyapatite .
Major Advisor: Philip
Marston
*Grant Carl Eastland
Astoria, Oregon
B .S ., M .S ., Oregon State
University
Thesis: Acoustic
Scattering Boundary
Effects Investigated Using
Reversible Synthetic
Aperture Sonar Filtering
and Time Delay Models .
Major Advisor: Philip L .
Marston
Candidates for advanCed degrees
*Randal Leslie Newhouse
Mabton
B .S ., Whitworth University
Thesis: Atomic Jump
Frequencies in Inter
Metallic Compounds
Studied Using Perturbed
Angular Correlation of
Gamma Rays .
Major Advisor: Gary
Collins
Narendra Singh Parmar
B .S ., Chhatrapati Shahu Ji
Maharaj University
M .Sc ., Jawaharlal Nehru
University
Thesis: P-type
Conductivity in Bulk ZnO
Single Crystals .
Major Advisor: Kelvin G .
Lynn
*Shiva Kumar Ramini
Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh, India
B .S ., Osmania University
M .Sc ., Indian Institute of
Technology, Madras
Thesis: Experimental
Investigations of a
Proposed Chromophore
Correlation Model of
Self Healing of Disperse
Orange 11 Doped in Poly
(mehyl methacrylate) .
Major Advisor: Mark G .
Kuzyk
Afsoon Soudi
Tehran, Iran
B .Sc ., M .S ., University of
Tehran
Thesis: Characterization of
Semiconductor Nanowires
Using Multifunctional
Scanning Probe
Microscopy .
Major Advisor: Yi Gu
*Dipongkar Talukder
Barguna, Bangladesh
B .Sc ., M .Sc ., University of
Dhaka
M .S ., Washington State
University
Thesis: Multi-Baseline
Searches for Stochastic
Sources and Black Hole
Ringdown Singals in
LIGO-VIRGO Data .
Major Advisor: Sukanta
Bose
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