STEP Fellows: Awarded 2010
Megan Konar, Ford Fellow
| Department: | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| STEP Topic: | Projections of International crop trade under a changing climate. |
| STEP Adviser: | Denise Mauzerall, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs |
| Thesis Topic: | Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Virtual Water Trade |
| Thesis Adviser: | Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Jenna Losh, Ford Fellow
| Department: | Geosciences |
| STEP Topic: | Investigating the challenges and prospective for U.S. ocean policy, with recommendations for a successful regime. |
| STEP Adviser: | Michael Oppenheimer, Woodrow Wilson School |
| Thesis Topic: | The response of marine phytoplankton to increase CO2 under nitrogen limitation. |
| Thesis Adviser: | Francois Morel, Geosciences Engineering |
Nitin Sekar, Perkins Fellow
| Department: | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| STEP Topic: | The effects of direct payments for conservation on local development in India. |
| STEP Adviser: | Atul Kohli, Politics and David Wilcove, Woodrow Wilson |
| Thesis Topic: | Predicting how the loss of Asian elephants may affect the dispersal of fruiting trees in India. |
| Thesis Adviser: | Andrew Dobson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
David Turnbull, Ford Fellow
| Department: | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
| STEP Topic: | Nuclear-weapon proliferation risks associated with fusion-fission hybrids |
| STEP Adviser: | Alexander Glaser, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering/Woodrow Wilson School |
| Thesis Topic: | Ultra-intense laser amplification via raman backscattering - a potential fast ignitor for inertial fusion energy. |
| Thesis Adviser: | Szymon Suckewer, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |