2005-06 PhD and Post-doctoral Fellows
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Charlotte Wahl, Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Wahl obtained her PhD at the Mathematical Institute in Goettingen, specializing in noncommutative geometry. She spent the academic year 1995/96 at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and then continued her studies in Goettingen. Her first postdoc position was in Paris at the Institut Henri Poincaré where she studied K-theory and noncommutative geometry. |
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Cortney V. Martin, Ph.D. Fellow Ms. Martin researches the development of design guidelines and usability testing methods for procedural assembly instructions for children. She is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Engineering Education and previously worked with Virginia Tech's broadband wireless research testbed and as Assistant Director of the Blacksburg Electronic Village. |
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Elena F. Burguera, Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Burguera obtained her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Univ. of Santiago de Compostela . She worked in the Paffenbarger Research Center at the NIST campus, in Gaithersburg, MD. She is studying sedimentation profiles of aggregating proteins involved in the progression of several neurodegenerative diseases using a z-axis translating laser light scattering device (ZATLLS), with a goal of developing an in vitro screening test for chemicals with potential for inhibiting protein aggregation. |
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Sara Chiara Haden, Ph.D. Fellow Ms. Haden is primarily interested in risk and protective factors involved in the development of aggressive behavior in children. She works on several research projects involving the effects of community violence exposure, physiological and neurochemical correlates of aggressive behavior, and treatment outcomes for children with specific phobias. She would like to continue research on the etiology and treatment of antisocial behavior and work with forensically-minded clinical psychologists in evaluating and treating offenders' risk for recidivism. |
