Cottrell College Science Awards

Colin D. Abernethy, Department of Chemistry, Western Kentucky University: N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of early transition metals in high oxidation states-$39,672

Samir M. Aouadi, Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale: Real time spectroscopic ellipsometry study of the growth of nitride/metal nanocomposite and nanolaminate coatings-$42,000

S. Burcin Bayram, Department of Physics, Miami University: Polarization spectroscopy of highly excited state diatomic molecules-$33,939

Gary W. Beall, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University , San Marcos: Development of a theoretical model for gas transport in polymer nanocomposites-$ 33,130

John Birmingham, Department of Physics, Santa Clara University: Neuromodulation of sensory feedback in a motor control system-$25,682

Glen G. Briand, Department of Chemistry, Mount Allison University: Synthesis and characterization of models for novel indium radio-pharmaceuticals-$ 28,000

Scott K. Bur, Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College: The development of vinyl glycine derivatives for use in 1,5-electrocyclizations and their application to natural product synthesis-$36,218

Michael J. Carney, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin , Eau Claire: Octahedral coordination geometry and its impact on polymerization catalysis-$30,000

Yuh-Cherng Chai, Department of Chemistry, John Carroll University: The regulatory role of cellular thiols on activation of caspase(s) in apoptotic cells-$ 35,007

Ang Chen, Department of Physics, University of Akron: Study of the physical mechanism of induced dielectric anomalies in SrTiO3-based quantum paraelectrics-$41,000

Myriam Cotten, Department of Chemistry, Pacific Lutheran University: Solid-state NMR investigations of molecular recognition and biological function at interfaces using antimicrobial peptides-$45,466

Jim Crumley, Department of Physics, Saint John's University/College of Saint Benedict: The variation of ion cyclotron waves during the solar cycle due to composition effects-$37,218

Christopher J.A. Daley, Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University: Nitrile hydratase active site models: Study of structure, function, and role of post-translational modification using the synthetic analog approach-$40,803

David O. De Haan, Department of Chemistry, University of San Diego: Secondary organic aerosol formation by acid-catalyzed surface reactions-$42,754

Steven D. Doty, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Denison University: Thermal balance in three-dimensional sources: The next step in modeling and understanding the structure of star-forming regions-$42,000

Keenan E. Dungey, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Springfield: Porous heterobimetallic oxides for energy storage-$33,494

Ann Esin, Department of Physics, Harvey Mudd College: A study of photometric variability of stars in nearby star-forming clusters-$31,218

Gregory M. Ferrence, Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University: s-Bond metathesis reactions mediated by N-confused porphyrin lanthanide complexes and the divalent lanthanide hydride, [(TptBu,Me)Yb(m-H)]2-$36,878

Paul W. Fontana, Department of Physics, Seattle University: Sheared-flow suppression of turbulence in two-dimensional flows-$45,124

Krishna L. Foster, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University , Los Angeles: Laboratory studies on the affect of substrate on the kinetics of PAH oxidation-$42,605

Lev Gasparov, Department of Natural Sciences, University of North Florida: Raman and infrared studies of the layered transition metal chalcogenides-$40,384

Kartik Ghosh, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science, Southwest Missouri State University: Ferromagnetism in oxide-based dilute magnetic semiconductors-$34,604

Peter M. Iovine, Department of Chemistry, University of San Diego: Synthesis and spectroscopy of conjugated light-harvesting compounds containing boroxine cores-$35,706

David M. Johnson, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio: Fundamentals of radical copolymerization: Do penultimate units exert an electronic effect on propagation kinetics?-$24,884

Jeffrey Katz, Department of Chemistry, Colby College: Synthesis of azacalixarenes, oxocalixarenes, and dicalixarene cages-$39,684

Scott M. Lacey, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Franklin and Marshall College: Wave-chaotic dynamics in three-dimensional asymmetric optical resonators-$40,963

Kwang Hun Lim, Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University: NMR studies of ligand recognition properties of SH3 and WW proline-rich binding domains: Structure and dynamics-$35,000

Michael J. Lim, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University: Fast recombination in strongly coupled, ultracold plasmas-$41,176

James P. Luba, Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas , Little Rock: Biochemical activity of glutathione peroxidase homologs from Staphylococcus aureus-$41,884

Ram S. Mohan, Department of Chemistry, Illinois Wesleyan University: Use of ionic liquids as environment-friendly and novel solvents for organic synthesis-$29,019

Michael P. Myers, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University , Long Beach: NOCKS - Nitric Oxide Chemistry and K+channels role in umbilical cord Stem cell differentiation-$37,840

Allan M. Nishimura, Department of Chemistry, Westmont College: A study of water-halobenzene clusters on Al2O3(0001) surface by emission and cavity ringdown spectroscopy-$36,218

Prabasaj Paul, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Denison University: Investigation of the scattering of light at photonic crystal interfaces using Padé approximation techniques-$23,682

Jeffrey McNamara Peloquin, Department of Chemistry, Boise State University: The applicability of photoexcited manganese salts in the treatment of water contamination-$34,608

Kevin J. Quinn, Department of Chemistry, College of the Holy Cross: Synthesis of dihydropyrans by ring expansion of vinyl epoxides-$35,040

Gregory M. Raner, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Stopped-flow and freeze quench techniques for the study of transient cytochrome P450 intermediates-$36,074

Jason J. Reddick, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Polyketide biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis: New chemistry from a familiar bacterium-$41,984

Alberto G. Rojo, Department of Physics, Oakland University: Sequential fragmentation and the origin of quasihexagonal patterns-$30,684

Stuart M. Rothstein, Department of Chemistry, Brock University: Towards generating the complete structure distribution of a protein: Exploiting novel and established pattern recognition techniques-$18,420

Krzysztof Slowinski, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University , Long Beach: Conductivity of two-component monolayers at the air-water interface-$38,944

Gabriel C. Spalding, Department of Physics, Illinois Wesleyan University: Brownian particle streams in tuned optical lattices-$40,000

Oleg A. Starykh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hofstra University: Effect of geometric frustration and disorder on weakly coupled spin chains-$28,583

Q. Charles Su, Department of Physics, Illinois State University: Relativistic quantum dynamics of one- and two- electron systems-$34,018

Shawn M. Swavey, Department of Chemistry, University of Dayton: Mechanistic studies of the reduction of O2 in acidic solution at electrodes modified with redox-active multi-metallic porphyrins-$30,548

Uwe Trittmann, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Otterbein College: Non-perturbative calculations in supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories-$34,078

David Tucker-Smith, Department of Physics, Williams College: Phenomenology of warped unification-$31,218

Paul Urayama, Department of Physics, Miami University: Development of a novel imaging chamber for high-pressure biological fluorescence microscopy-$36,815

Douglas A. Vander Griend, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Calvin College: Exerting mathematical and chemical control to rationally synthesize discrete and infinite coordination networks-$38,606

Don L. Warner, Department of Chemistry, Boise State University: Investigation of alkyl migration from silicon to carbon for the stereocontrolled synthesis of carbon-carbon bonds-$37,036

Todd Michael Weaver, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin , La Crosse: Structural studies of fumarase C mutants and transition state analogue complexes-$30,874

Stacey D. Wetmore, Department of Chemistry, Mount Allison University: A computational study of how nature repairs damaged DNA purines-$21,089