Research Corporation for Science Advancement

Cottrell College Science Awards

Multi-investigator Awards
Fall 2009

Christopher T. Calderone, Department of Biology & Rebecca Cowan Hoye, Department of Chemistry, Macalester College: Combining Organic Synthesis and Biochemistry to Study Siderophore Biosynthesis in Fungi - $75,000

Kevin L. Caran & Kevin Minbiole, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kyle Seifert, Department of Biology, James Madison University: Polycephalic (Multi-Headed) Cationic Amphiphiles as Novel Surfactants and Antimicrobial Agents - $100,000

Maria A. Gomez, Department of Chemistry & Dylan Shepardson, Department of Mathematics, Mount Holyoke College: Graph Theoric Methods to Find Conduction Pathways Through Grain Boundaries - $75,000

Eric S. Eberhardt, Department of Chemistry & Jodi Schwarz, Department of Biology, Vassar College: Understanding Coral Bleaching: Effects of Thermal Stress on the Proteome and Lipidome of Symbiotic Cnidarians -$75,000

Jennifer A. Irvin, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Byounghak Lee & Wilhelmus J. Geerts, Department of Physics, Texas State University, San Marcos: Chemistry and Physics of n-Doping Electroactive Polymers: Computationally Directed Synthesis for Improved Performance - $100,000

Katherine N. Maloney, Department of Chemistry & Catherine McFadden, Department of Biology, Harvey Mudd College: Variation in Secondary Metabolite Chemistry Among Cryptic Species of the Soft Coral Sarcophyton, a Source of Bioactive Cembranoids - $75,000

Min Xu, Department of Physics & Shelley Phelan, Department of Biology, Fairfield University: Multimodal Monitoring of Oxidative Stress, Proliferation and Cell Death with Light: the Role of Peroxiredoxins in Breast Cancer - $75,000