Doctoral Recipients

2013

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  Erica Y. Shen

  Research Interests: MDMA Sensitization Using CPP Paradigm
  Chair/Advisor: Dr. Jerrold Meyer
  yshen@cns.umass.edu

2012

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  William S. Bush

  M.S. Computer Science, UMass Amherst (Feb 2006)
  Research Interests: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Investigations of Visual Selective Attention
  Chair/Advisor:

  Dr. Kyle Cave

  Lisa Sanders
  Dissertation Title: Gradients and ranges of visually selective attention based on location, objects, color, and size: Gradients are universal, but range is uniquely spatial
  wbush@cns.umass.edu
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  Carrie E. Mahoney

  M.A. Kinesiology, University of Connecticut-Storrs, December 2005
  Research Interests: Circadian Rhythms
  Chair/Advisor: Dr. Eric Bittman
  Dissertation Title: Lateralization of central circadian pacemaker output
  cmahoney9@sbcglobal.net
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  Ying Zhou

  Research Interests: The Role of Morgue, A Novel Gene in the Development of Drosophila Nervous System
  Chair/Advisor: Dr. John Nambu
  yingz@cns.umass.edu

2011

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  Lori B. Astheimer

  Chair/Advisor: Dr. Lisa Sanders
  Position:

  Lecturer, Psychology Department, University of Massachusetts

  Previous postition:  Postdoctoral Fellow, York University, Department of Psychology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  lastheim@cns.umass.edu
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  Karlie A. Intlekofer

  Research Interests: The Effect of Dioxin on the Developing Neuroendocrine Brain and Subsequent Deficits in Reproduction
  Chair/Advisor: Sandra Petersen
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Irvine, Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, Research and Graduate Studies

  kintleko@cns.umass.edu

2010

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  Elaine K. Murray

  Chair/Advisor: Nancy Forger
  Dissertation Title: "The Role of Histone Acetylation in Sexual Differentiation of the Mouse Brain"
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

  ekmurray22@gmail.com
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  Molly B. Johnson

  Chair/Advisor: Richard Van Emmerik
  Dissertation Title: "Effect of Head Orientation on Dynamic Postural Stability and Torso Coordination"
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Washington University School of Medicine

  johnsonmo@wusm.wustledu
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  Eliza L. Nelson

  Dissertation Title: "Examining the Development of Handedness in Rhesus Monkey and Human Infants Using Behavioral and Kinematic Measures"
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Fellow, Carolina Consortium on Human Development, Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  lizanelson@gmail.com
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  Benjamin D. Rood

  Chair/Advisor: Geert de Vries
  Dissertation Title: "Vasopressin Anatomy of the Mouse Brain"
  Position:

  The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  dr.ben.rood@gmail.com

2009

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  Marianne Seney

  Ph.D. Neuroscience and Behavior, UMass Amherst (September 2009)
  Chair/Advisor: Nancy Forger
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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  Amanda M. Dettmer

  Position:

  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Laboratory of Dr. Judy Cameron, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  dettmeram@upmc.edu
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  Iris L. Price

  Dissertation Title: "Visuospatial Reasoning in Toddlers: A Correlational Investigation of Door Task Performance"
  Position:

  Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Coordinator, Office of Research Affairs, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass

  irisprice@ora.umass.edu
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  Dominik K. Biezonski

  Dissertation Title: "Investigations into the Potential for 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine to Induce Neurotoxic Terminal Damage to Serotonergic Neurons"
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Columbia University Medical Center

  db2756@columbia.edu
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  Destinee L. Chambers

  Dissertation Title: "Understanding Occlusion Inhibition: A Study of the Visual Processing of Superimposed Figures"
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Wesleyan University, Department of Psychology, Middletown, Connecticut

  destineechambers@gmail.com

2008

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  Dena A. Jacob

  Dissertation Title: "The Role of Cell Death in the Development of a Sexually Dimorphic Neuromuscular SysteN"
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Fellow, Weinberg Institute for ALS, Thomas Jefferson University

  dena_beana@hotmail.com

  dena.jacob@jefferson.edu
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  Brian J. Kelly

  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst, May 2006
  Neuroscience & Behavior
  Thesis Title: Comprehension of a Scale-Model Task by Rhesus Monkeys (macaca mulatta)
  Dissertation Title: Processing Spatial Information from Photographs, Video, and Scale Models: Complex Mental Representation in Children (Homo sapiens) and Monkeys (Macaca Mulatta)
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Behavioral Biology, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Mass.

  bkelly8980@gmail.com
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  Julie Laroche

  Chair/Advisor: Jeffrey D. Blaustein
  Dissertation Title: Neuroendocrine Effects of Peripubertal Stress Exposure in the Female Mouse
  Position:

  Canadian Government

  laroche_julie@hotmail.com
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  Ashvin K. Shah

  Dissertation Title: "Biologically-Based Functional Mechanisms of Motor Skill Acquisition"
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Fellow, Adaptive Behaviour Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, U.K.

  ashvin@gmail.com

2007

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  Melissa A. Birkett

  Dissertation Title: "Investigation of Serotonergic and GABA-ergic Interactions in Physiological and Bheavioral Measures of Anxiety"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

  Melissa.Birkett@nau.edu

• Angela N. Duke

  Dissertation Title: "GABA A Receptor Mechanisms in Benzodiazepine Physical Dependence and Tolerance"
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Mentor Dr. Mike Nader Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

  aduke2@jhmi.edu
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  Jeremy D. Houser

  Dissertation Title: "The Invasion of Linyphia triangularis (Araneae Linyphiidae) in Maine: Ecological and Behavioral Interactions with Native Species"
  Position:

  Native Plant Nursery Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy, Martha's Vineyard

  jeremy.houser@gmail.com
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  Veronica Lopez

  Chair/Advisor: Christine Wagner
  Dissertation Title: "Transiently Expressed Progestin Receptors in the Perinatal Rat Isocortex"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  lopez@nsm.umass.edu
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  Brian J. Piper

  Dissertation Title: "Adolescent 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy) Exposure in Rats: Behavioral, Neurochemical, and Pharmocokinetic Activity
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, Husson Univeristy, Bangor, Maine

  piperbj@husson.edu
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  Christa D. Skow

  Dissertation Title: "Jumping Spiders and Aposematic Prey: The Role of Contextual Cues During Learned Avoidance"
  Position:

  Laboratory Instructorship, Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts

2006

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  Matthew D. Davenport

  Dissertation Title: "Physiological Aspects of Chronic Stress in the Rhesus Monkey: Effects of Self-Injurious Behavior"
  Position:

  Postdoc, Behavioral Biology, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Mass

  mat_davenport@hotmai.com
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  Christina Metevier

  Chair/Advisor: Melinda Novak
  Dissertation Title: "Tool Using in Rhesus Monkeys and 36-Month-Old Children: Acquisition, Comprehension, and Individual Differences"
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst

  stina@cns.umass.edu
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  Trisha K. Prunty

  Dissertation Title: "Comparison of Child (Home sapiens) and Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) Search Strategies on Invisible Displacement Tasks"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Mount Olive College, Mount Olive, North Carolina

  pprunty@moc.edu
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  Heather A. Molenda-Figueira

  Chair/Advisor: Marc Tetel
  Dissertation Title: "Nuclear Receptor Coactivators Modulate Hormone-Dependent Gene Expression in Brain and Female Reproductive Behavior in Rats"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

  hmolenda@uwsp.edu
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  Robert J. Polewan

  Chair/Advisor: John Moore
  Dissertation Title: "Physiological and Behavior Studies of Rabbit Eyeblink Conditioning Under Temporal Uncertainty: Purkinje Cell Response and Compound Conditioning"
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  rpolewan@hotmail.com
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  Sarah C. Strand

  Dissertation Title: "Impact of Early Rearing Environment on the Behavior and Physiology of Juvenile and Adolescent Mother-Peer, Surrogate-Peer, and Peer-Only Reared Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
  Position:

  Staff Research Associate III-Supervisor, Brain, Mind and Behavior Unit, California National Primate Research Center, Davis, California

  sstrand@ucdavis.edu

2004

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  Princy Mennella

  Chair/Advisor: Christine Wagner
  Dissertation Title: "New Insights into Steroid Hormone Regulation of Progesterone Receptor Expression: Age, Sex and Region Predict Estradiol Action in the Rat Brain"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware

  pmennella@desu.edu
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  Erich N. Ottem

  Chair/Advisor: Sandra Petersen
  Dissertation Title: "Glutamatergic and GABAerigic Regulation of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Neurons
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan

  eottem@nmu.edu

  ottemerich@hotmail.com

2003

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  Stephan Froggett

  Dissertation Title: "Endocytosis Dependent Critical Periods Mediated Proper Giant Fiber Escape Circuit Development in Drosophila melanogaster
  Position:

  Science Advisor, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA/OSTA/NTPMD, Washington, D.C.

  Steve.Froggett@fas.usda.gov
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  Susan Kralian

  Dissertation Title: "Stabilization of the Frog Neuromuscular Junction: Terminal Schwann Cells and the Actin Cytoskeleton"
  Position:

  High School Teacher, New York City

  Kralsusa@yahoo.com

2002

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  Amy L. Bennett

  Chair/Advisor: Jeffrey D. Blaustein
  Dissertation Title: "An Investigation of the Mechanisms by Which Mating Stimulation Facilitates and Terminates Sexual Receptivity in Female Rats"
  Position:

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, Villa Julie College, Stevenson, Maryland

  f-benna@mail.vjc.edu
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  Juli Jones

  Chair/Advisor: George Wade
  Dissertation Title: "Neuroendocrine Bases of Nutritional Infertility in Syrian Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)
  Position:

  Principal Scientist, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

  julidav@gmail.com
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  Alison McReynolds

  Dissertation Title: "An in vivo Investigation of the Role of the 5-HT 1A Receptor in Brain Development"
  Position:

  Professional Education Scientific Manager, Teva Neuroscience (field based position in Aurora, Colorado)

  alisonmcreynolds@msn.com
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  Susan L. Zup

  Chair/Advisor: Nancy Forger
  Dissertation Title: "The Role of Bcl-2 Family Members in Sexual Differentiation and Adult Neural Plasticity
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston

  susan.zup@umb.edu
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  Tina Han

  Chair/Advisor: Geert De Vries
  Dissertation Title: "Sexual Differentiation of Arginine Vasopressin Expression in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis and Medial Amygdala in Rats"
  Position:

  Field Applications Specialist, Affymetrix, Inc. Santa Clara, California

  Tina_Han@affymetrix.com

2001

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  Meredith Curran-Rauhut

  Dissertation Title: "The Role of Brainstem Noradrenergic Neurons in Communicating Steroid Hormone Signals to Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Neurons"
  Position:

  Adjunct Faculty, Departments of Biology and Psychology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

  marauhut@yahoo.com
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  Skirmantas Janusonis

  Chair/Advisor: Katherine Fite
  Dissertation Title: "Anatomical and Functional Analysis of the Subdivisions of the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus in the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California Santa Barbara

  janusonis@psych.ucsb.edu
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  Stefan Tiefenbacher

  Dissertation Title: "The Pathophysiology of Self-Injurious Behavior in Rhesus Macaques"
  Position:

  Associate Vice Presiden, Labcorp, Esoterix, Inc., Englewood, Colorado

  Stefan.Tiefenbacher@esoterix.com

2000

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  Young-Ho Koh

  Dissertation Title: "Synapse Assembly: Role of DLG in Synaptic Plasticity and its Regulation by Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase II"
  Position:

  Associate Professor, Ilsong Institute of Life Science, Hallym University, Republic of Korea

  kohyh@hallym.ac.kr
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  Yue Ma

  Dissertation Title: "Characterization and Functional Analyses of Sox Genefish-hook in Drosophila Embryonic Development"
  Position:

  Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing China

  yuema@ibp.ac.cn
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  Jerry Russell Keath

  Dissertation Title: "An Analysis of the Desensitization of PC12 Cells to ATP"
  Position:

  Study Director, ChanTest Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio

  jrkeath@yahoo.com
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  Constanza A. Villalba

  Chair/Advisor: Geert De Vries
  Dissertation Title: "Neurochemical Control of Social Behavior in Male and Female Prairie Voles"
  Position:

  Medical Writer, Up To Date, Inc. Waltham, Mass

1999

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  Catherine J. Auger

  Chair/Advisor: Geert De Vries
  Dissertation Title: "The Role of Progestin Receptors in Arginine Vasopressin Cells in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminals and the Centromedial Amygdala of Rats and Mice"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

  cauger@wisc.edu
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  Darlene H. Brunzell

  Chair/Advisor: Jerrold Meyer
  Dissertation Title: "The Long-Term Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure on Learning in Rats"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

  dbrunzell@vcu.edu
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  Lucille M. Collins

  Dissertation Title: "Neurotensin Gene Expression in a Rat Model of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure"
  Position:

  Educational Information Consultant, Medical University of the Americas, Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies

  clinicalcoordinator@mua.edu
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  June Seek Choi

  Dissertation Title: "Classical Eyeblink Conditioning with Mixed Interstimulus Intervals: Temporal Integration of Response Topography and Neuronal Correlates"
  Position:

  Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

  j-schoi@korea.ac.kr
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  Anitha K. Panicker

  Dissertation Title: "Neural Mechanisms Regulating Metabolic Fuel Deprivation-induced Infertility in Syrian Hamsters"
  Position:

  Postdoc, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

  antithapanicker@hotmail.com
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  Anthony S. Rauhut

  Dissertation Title: "A Reanalysis of Cue-Competition Effects in Pavlovian Fear Conditioning in Rats: Implications for Neuronal Theories of Learning and Memory"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

  rauhuta@dickinson.edu

1998

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  Anthony P. Auger

  Chair/Advisor: Jeffrey D. Blaustein
  Dissertation Title: "A Novel Pathway for Progestin Receptor Activation that influences Both Neuronal Response and Behavior in Female Rats"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

  apauger@wisc.edu
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  Horacio O. de la Iglesia

  Chair/Advisor: Eric Bittman
  Dissertation Title: "Interactions Between the Circadian and Reproductive Systems of the Female Syrian Hamster"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Department of Biology, Seattle

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  Ping Jin

  Dissertation Title: "Neural Plasticity and its Molecular Mechanisms in Drosophila"
  Position:

  Clinical Pain Fellow, MGM Pain Center, Massachusetts General Hospital (teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School), Boston, Massachusetts

  pjin@partners.org
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  Robert Mangels

  Dissertation Title: "Effect of Photoperiod on Steroid Receptors and Responsiveness to Sociosexual Stimuli in Female Syrian Hamsters"
  Position:

  Assistant Dean, Science & Engineering, Yale University Graduate School, New Haven, Connecticut

  robert.harper-mangels@yale.edu
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  Janice E. McPhee

  Dissertation Title: "Latently Inhibited Stimuli are Weakened in their Ability to Serve as Blockers and Second Order Reinforcers in Pavlovian Fear Conditioning"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor of Psychology, Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft Myers, Florida

  jemcphee@juno.com
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  Suman Reddy

  Dissertation Title: "Characterization of stalled, A Grooming Mutant that Interacts with Laminin"
  Position:

  Associate Scientist, Cambria Biosciences, Bedford, Massachusetts

  reddglove@mediaone.net

1997

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  Anna Dunaevsky

  Dissertation Title: "The Role of Target Muscle Fibers in the Maintenance of the Frog Motor Nerve Terminals"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

  anna_dunaevsky@brown.edu
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  Lei Zhou

  Dissertation Title: "Programmed Cell Death and Central Nervous System (CNS) Midline Function in Drosophila Embryonic Development"
  Position:

  Associate Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville

  leizhou@ufl.edu
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  Yuzhi Chen

  Dissertation Title: "Simian Virus 40 Signaling Promotes Viral Entry to Caveolae and MAB Against MHC Class I Induces Adhesion of Fibroblasts to T Cells"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Dept of Geriatrics and Dept of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas

  ChenYuzhi@uams.edu

1996

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  José E. Burgos

  Dissertation Title: "Computational Explorations of the Evolution of Artificial Neural Networks in Pavlovian Environments"
  Position:

  Full Professor and Researcher, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones en Comportamiento, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

  jburgos@cucba.udg.mx
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  Joanne C. Turcotte

  Chair/Advisor: Jeffrey D. Blaustein
  Dissertation Title: "Projections From the Estrogen Receptor-Rich Region of the Hypothalamus to Other Estrogen-Containing Sites in Female Guinea Pigs"
  Position:

  Assistant Research Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass

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  Andrew A. Hill

  Dissertation Title: "Synaptic Dynamics and Neuronal Integration in the Cricket Cercal Sensory System"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Dept Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

  aavhill@yahoo.com
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  Zheng Li

  Dissertation Title: "GABAergic Organization in the Visual System of the Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens"
  Position:

  General Manager & Head of Research, Lundbeck Research, China

  zhengli3@gmail.com
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  Lauren P. Shearman

  Dissertation Title: "Cocaine-Sensitive Monoamine Transporters in Rat Placenta Labeled with [125I]RTI-55 and [3H]Nisoxetine
  Position:

  Associate Director, Scientific Liaison, External Scientific Affairs, Merck & Co., Inc West Point, Pennsylvania

  lauren_shearman@merck.com
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  Christopher J. Tyler

  Dissertation Title: "The Retinofugal Projection in Rana Pipiens: I. The optic projection within the perichiasm and evidence for the realignment of the dual retinotopic organization. II. Morphological Organization of the optic nerve and tract.
  Position:

  Biology Teacher, Harrison High School, Harrison, New York

  tylerc@email.harrisoncsd.org

1995

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  Rocio Vegas

  Dissertation Title: "Appetitive Vlassical Conditioning of the Swallowing Response in the Pigeon (Columba Livia): Effects of the CS-US and CS-UR Relations"
  Position:

  Director of the Institute of Psychology, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Faculty of Humanities and Education, Caracas, Venezuela

  rvegas@reacciun.ve

1994

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  Graeme W. Davis

  Dissertation Title: "Synaptic Matching in the Cricket Cercal Sensory System"
  Position:

  Albert Bowers Professor and Chair
  Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics

  University of California San Francisco

  graeme.davis@ucsf.edu
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  Thomas P. Goodness

  Chair/Advisor: Geert De Vries
  Dissertation Title: "The Neural Response of Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster) to Conspecific Odors"
  Position:

  Assistant Director, Intellectual Property Development & Technology Transfer Office, University of Kentucky, Lexington

  goodness@uky.edu
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  Frank W. Grasso

  Dissertation Title: "PAN: A Model of Knowledge Representation in the Visual Cortex"
  Position:

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Biomimetic and Cognitive Robotics Lab, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

  fgrasso@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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  Hui-Yun Yi

  Dissertation Title: "Neural Mechanisms and Pathways Involved in Fuel Restriction-Induced Changes in Estrous Behavior in Syrian Hamsters"
  Position:

  Associate Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon

  hui-yun.li@oit.edu

1993

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  Hussien A. Al-Shamma

  Chair/Advisor: Geert De Vries
  Dissertation Title: "The Development of Morphology of the Sexually Dimorphic Vasopressin System of the Rat Brain"
  Position:

  Senior Director of Pharmacology, Arena Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, California

  HAIShamma@arenapharm.com
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  Rick A. Bevins

  Dissertation Title: "A Simple Model System for Studying Pavlovian Conditioning: One-trial Context Fear Conditioning"
  Position:

  Professor & Vice Chair Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska

  rbevins1@unl.edu
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  Kathleen A. Parks

  Chair/Advisor: Melinda Novak
  Dissertation Title: "Longitudinal Study of the Social Aspects of Aging in Captive Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
  Position:

  Senior Research Scientist, SUNY Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, New York

  parks@ria.buffalo.edu

• Sandra J. Berriman

  Dissertation Title: "Expression of fos-like Proteins in Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GNRH) Neurons in Syrian Hamsters: Effects of Estrous Cycles and Metabolic Fuels"
  Position:

  Senior Regional Medical & Research Specialist, Urology/Sexual Medicine, Pfizer US Medical, Highland Park, Illinois

  sandra.berriman@pfizer.com

• Kirsten Ricciardi

  Chair/Advisor: Jeffrey D. Blaustein
  Dissertation Title: "Progestin Receptor and Substance P Containing Neurons in the Ventrolateral Hypothalamus and their Efferents in Guinea Pigs"
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Physiology and Biophysics Dept, University of Washington, Seattle

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  Thomas N. Ricciardi

  Dissertation Title: "Neural Elements and Motor Patterns Underlying Egg Progression in the Cricket, Acheta Domesticus"
  Position:

  Professor & Vice Chair Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska

  tomr@teleport.com
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  Marc J. Tetel

  Chair/Advisor: Jeffrey D. Blaustein
  Dissertation Title: "Intraneuronal Convergence of Environmental and Hormonal Stimuli Associated with Female Reproduction in Rats"
  Position:

  Associate Professor, Neuroscience Program, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts

  mtetel@wellesley.edu

1992

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  Yvon Delville

  Chair/Advisor: Jeffrey D. Blaustein
  Dissertation Title: "Localization of Sites for Estradiol Priming of Progesterone-Facilitated Sexual Receptivity in Female Guinea Pigs"
  Position:

  Associate Professor, Psychology Department, University of Texas Austin

  delville@psy.utexas.edu

• Kevin C. Clements

  Chair/Advisor: Alan Kamil
  Dissertation Title: "Patch Departure Decisions of Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata) Foraging in a Multiple Patch, Closed Economy System"
  Position:

  1995-present Computer Consultant, Pen-Link, Ltd., Lincoln, Nebraska

• Anita J. Bhatia

  Dissertation Title: "Effects of Pregnancy and Ovarian Steroids on Energy Balance in Syrian Hamsters"
  Position:

  Health Insurance Specialist, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Quality Improvement Group, Division of Quality Improvement Policy for Acute Care, Baltimore, Maryland

  Anita.Bhatia@cms.hhs.gov

  ajbhatia@jhu.edu

1991

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  Walter J. Atwood

  Dissertation Title: "Major Histocompatibility Complex Encoded HLA Class I Proteins Are Cell Surface Receptors for the Simian Virus 40"
  Position:

  Professor of Medical Science Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

  Walter_Atwood@Brown.edu

• Diane Hayden-Hixon

  Dissertation Title: "Glucocorticoids and Agonistic Responding in Male Hamsters: A Behavioral Neuroanatomical and Neurochemical Analysis
  Position:

  Team Leader, Research, Osteoporosis Progressive Resistance Training (PRT) Exercise Program

  dhhixson@gamil.com

1990

• Melody L. Albert

  Chair/Advisor: Joe Ayres
  Dissertation Title: "Conditioning to a Compound CS and the Observation of CS-Elicited Defensive Behavior in 1-Trial Simultaneous and Backward Conditioning Procedures Using Tone and Light CSs"
  Position:

  Department of Psychology, Condordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota

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  Diana E. Jennings

  Dissertation Title: "Computational and Behavioral Investigations of Real-Time Models of Classical Conditioning"
  Position:

  Director, Regional Outreach and Institute for Regional Development, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts

  diana.jennings@bridgew.edu

  diana.jennings@gmail.com