Simon Uribe Convers§, Bogota, Colombia
Donald Ray Eberlin*, St. Maries
Biology. Dissertation: “Phylogenomic Insights into the Radiation of an Andean Group of Plants.” Major Professor: David C. Tank
Jenny Lee Ferreira, Cataldo
Diego Mauricio Viteri Dillon, Quito, Ecuador
Dennis D. Hahs, Garden Valley
Plant Science. Dissertation: “Genetics and Breeding for Resistance to Common Bacteria Blight and White Mold in Common Bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L.” Major Professor: Shree Singh
Kristin D. Hughes*, Nampa
Graham Vixie, Wenatchee, Washington
Monty J. Hyde, Meridian
Physics. Dissertation: “Temperate Lakes on Titan.” Major Professor: Jason W. Barnes
Jacquelyn Ismail, Boise
Thao Thanh Vo, Portland, Oregon
Adam Scott Johnson*, Rupert
Chemistry. Dissertation: “The Chemical Reactivity of 1,1-Diamino-2,2dinitroethene (FOX-7).” Major Professor: Jean’ne M. Shreeve
Tania Angela Johnson*, Coeur d’Alene
Denis Todd Vollmer, Idaho Falls Computer Science. Dissertation: “Autonomic Intelligent Network Sensor Model for Protection of Critical Infrastructure Systems.” Major Professor: Milos Manic
Christine M. Ledbetter, Soda Springs
Robert Elden Waite*, Pendleton, Oregon
Kevin D. Leishman*, Meridian
Education. Dissertation: “Superintendent Selection Processes: Perspectives of Professional Search Consultants.” Major Professor: Kathryn Marie Canfield-Davis
Lisa Ann Lewis*, Coeur d’Alene
Andrew Todd Weakley§, West Richland, Washington
Jolene Andria Lincoln*, Boise
Chemical Engineering. Dissertation: “Methods in Multivariate Calibration using Vibrational Spectroscopy.” Major Professor: David Eric Aston
Margaret Campbell Loughead*, Boise
Liang Wei*, Deyang, People’s Republic of China
Dorothy Berndt Madsen*, Hailey
Natural Resources. Dissertation: “Testing a Physiological Model of Forest Growth with Stable Isotopes, Physiology Measurements, and Forest Mensuration Data.” Major Professor: John D. Marshall
Cara McCartney, Idaho Falls
Cassie Marie Welch, Adamsville, Tennessee
Alexander Scott Merritt, Meridian
Animal Physiology. Dissertation: “Characterization of Performance and Physiological Drivers Contributing to Variation in Feed Efficiency of Red Angus-Sired Cattle.” Major Professor: Rod Hill
Molly Therese Michalec**, Bellevue
Tadd Allen Wheeler, Raymond, Washington
Jeremy Scot Montoya, Challis
Natural Resources. Dissertation: “Salmon Carcasses Do More Than Stink: The Biochemical Responses to their Deposition in Central Idaho Forests.” Major Professor: Kathleen Kavanagh
Shannon Lee Morris**, Lewiston Kristin Nicole Pederson*, Walla Walla, Washington
Larz Gibson White, Wenatchee, Washington Physics. Dissertation: “Solution of the Bethe-Goldstone Equation without Partial Wave Decomposition.” Major Professor: Francesca Sammarruca
Juston B. Pollestad, Moscow
Lei Yang, State College, Pennsylvania
Andrew James Preiss*, Post Falls
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Dissertation: “Exploring the Extinction of Retrotransposons in Mammalian Genomes.” Major Professor: Holly A. Wichman
Timothy James Rigsby, Boise
Morgan Anne Zedalis, McCall
Monica J. White, Caldwell
Natural Resources. Dissertation: “ Coming to Know: An Indigenist Informed Ethnography on Nimíipuu Knowledge and it’s Integration into Environmental Management.” Major Professor: Nick Sanyal
Rebecca Dawn Wills**, Twin Falls
Ying Qian Zhan**, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China Physics. Dissertation: “Computational Studies of Molecular Interactions.” Major Professor: Frederick Martin Ytreberg
Master of Accountancy
Junli Zhang**, Hebi, People’s Republic of China
Mohammed M. Reda Al Khashi*, Damascus, Syria
Plant Science. Dissertation: “Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of Agronomic, Physiological, and End-use Quality Traits of Common Wheat (T. aestivum).” Major Professor: Jianli Chen
Matthew David Blaser**, Rexburg
Abbey Dyanne Zuehlke*, Pentwater, Michigan
Katherine R. Carpenter**, Lewiston
Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Dissertation: “A Tale of Two Co-chaperones: Identifying the Function of the Hsp90 Cochaperones Cpr6 and Cpr7.” Major Professor: Jill L. Johnson
Cesar Leon Castro*, Nampa Teresa R. Cole, Lewiston
Education Specialist in Adult/ Organizational Learning and Leadership
Philip Arlin Dennis, Boise Jared John Empey*, Idaho Falls
Tahari Julander*, Rexburg
William George Fairbanks§, Pullman, Washington
Nicole Elizabeth Kelchner-Williamson**, Boise
Lanfei Gao*, Changchun, Jilin, People’s Republic of China Carolyn S. Hicklin, Viola
Education Specialist in Educational Leadership
Marcus William Hilbert*, Coeur d’Alene Ryan Albert Jacobsen, Brigham City, Utah
Lance Robert Abendroth**, Moscow
Chelsie Kaye Jorgensen, Idaho Falls
Justin Wayne Adams**, Lewiston
Nai-Wen Ko*, Taipei City, Taiwan
Kristin Marie Beck**, Twin Falls
Madison Jean Kolb, Rathdrum
Doni Davis**, Emmett
Eric Bradford Nielson, Moscow
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