HMEI-STEP Fellows: Awarded 2010

  • Konar, Megan

    Ford Fellow
    DEPARTMENT

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    Projections of International crop trade under a changing climate.

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Denise Mauzerall

    Thesis Topic

    Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Virtual Water Trade

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Losh, Jenna

    Ford Fellow
    DEPARTMENT

    Geosciences

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    Investigating the challenges and prospective for U.S. ocean policy, with recommendations for a successful regime.

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Michael Oppenheimer

    Thesis Topic

    The response of marine phytoplankton to increase CO2 under nitrogen limitation.

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Francois Morel

  • Sekar, Nitin

    Perkins Fellow
    DEPARTMENT

    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    The effects of direct payments for conservation on local development in India.

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Atul Kohli

    Thesis Topic

    Predicting how the loss of Asian elephants may affect the dispersal of fruiting trees in India.

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Andrew Dobson

  • Turnbull, David

    Ford Fellow
    DEPARTMENT

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    Nuclear-weapon proliferation risks associated with fusion-fission hybrids

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Alexander Glaser

    Thesis Topic

    Ultra-intense laser amplification via raman backscattering - a potential fast ignitor for inertial fusion energy.

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Szymon Suckewer