Cottrell College Science Awards

Charles Adler, Department of Physics, Saint Mary's College of Maryland: Moving contact line measurements using twin-rainbow metrology-$38,138

Paulo F. Almeida, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Wilmington: Dynamics of membrane domains-$39,682

Eric L. Bullock, Department of Chemistry, Central Washington University: Mixed thiolate self-assembly on gold and silver surfaces-$ 37,899

Daniel L. Burden, Department of Chemistry, Wheaton College: One-color, single-molecule optical and electrical recording of protein channel dynamics-$42,804

Kevin Cantrell, Department of Chemistry, University of Portland: An investigation of the redox driven biogeochemical cycling of iron in the subsurface environment-$31,218

Song H. Chung, Department of Physics, William Paterson University: Ionic transport in phosphoric acid in aqueous media-$39,984

R. David Crouch, Department of Chemistry, Dickinson College: Design, synthesis and assay of cyclopropane-containing agonists of a-adrenergic agents-$36,101

Zachary J. Donhauser, Department of Chemistry, Vassar College: Characterization of molecular-level inhomogeneities in the structure of microtubules-$35,666

Edward E. Fenlon, Department of Chemistry, Franklin and Marshall College: Polymethylene knots via a metal-templated synthesis-$38,088

Debra Fischer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University: Detection of "hot Jupiter" planets orbiting nearby stars-$38,803

Marco Fornari, Department of Physics, Central Michigan University: Interacting pseudo Jahn-Teller effects: Application to perovskite alloys-$24,218

Amitabh Jha, Department of Chemistry, Acadia University: Design, synthesis and bioevaluation of potential antibacterial agents-$30,606

Luke D. Keller, Department of Physics, Ithaca College: Spectroscopic characterization of proto-planetary disks orbiting intermediate-mass stars-$33,484

Shirley Lin, Department of Chemistry, United States Naval Academy: Synthesis and assembly of block copolymers containing noncovalent interactions-$37,000

Harriet A. Lindsay, Department of Chemistry, Eastern Michigan University: A versatile approach to polyhydroxylated pyrrolizidine alkaloids via an aza-Cope rearrangement - Mannich cyclization-$32,684

Kingshuk Majumdar, Department of Physics, Berea College: Study of vortex deconfinement in condensed matter physics-$22,184

Jamie L. Manson, Department of Chemistry, Eastern Washington University: Hydrogen bonds and other weak intermolecular interactions as magnetic exchange mediators in complex materials-$34,770

Justin S. Miller, Department of Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Solid-phase synthesis of cyclic, cysteine-containing natural products and analogues-$40,218

Nathan A. Miller, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire: Probing the temperature structure and geometry of hot star x-ray emission-$23,218

Jennifer L. Morford, Department of Chemistry, Franklin and Marshall College: Investigating the utility of silver and rhenium as complementary tracers for changing reducing conditions-$24,463

Zo ltan Papp, Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Long Beach: Integral equation approach to the three-body coulomb scattering problem-$37,682

M. Rajeswari, Department of Physics, Towson University: Photoresponse and electrical noise in thin films of 2-phase manganites-$36,468

Shang-Fen Ren, Department of Physics, Illinois State University: Investigations of phonon modes in semiconductor nanocrystals by 3-D simulations-$35,000

Mark F. Reynolds, Department of Chemistry, Saint Joseph 's University: Determining the mechanism of heme binding and inhibition in mammalian BK channels-$41,530

Andrew Richter, Department of Physics, University of Memphis: High-resolution, time-resolved, in situ studies of protein adsorption onto functionalized surfaces using x-ray reflectivity-$39,912

Ralph Nicholas Salvatore, Department of Chemistry, Western Kentucky University: Investigations in organobarium chemistry: Novel mechanistic concepts and synthetic applications-$34,958

Jeffrey J. Schwinefus, Department of Chemistry, Saint Olaf College: Stability of the DNA double helix in mixed cosolvent systems-$35,218

Kenneth J. Segall, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Colgate University: Nonlinear dynamics in superconducting networks-$36,109

Radhey S. Srivastava, Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette: Copper-catalyzed allylic amination of olefins-$41,783

Jean M. Standard, Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University: Computer simulations of atmospheric sulfur oxide reactions-$37,643

Eric S. Tillman, Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University: Anthracene photodimers in atom transfer radical polymerizations-$41,566

Sridhar Varadarajan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Wilmington: Design of molecules forming cytotoxic DNA-adducts in pancreatic b-cells-$41,968

William F. Welsh, Department of Astronomy, San Diego State University