Cottrell College Science Awards

Jason M. Belitsky, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Oberlin College: Aminooxy serine/threonine peptide ligation-$45,640

Paul A. Bonvallet, Department of Chemistry, College of Wooster: The synthesis, characterization, and supramolecular properties of a light-emitting polymer-$ 6,232

Rachell E. Booth, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos: An investigation into subunit-subunit interactions within the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC)-$34,738

Xianhui Bu, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach: Synthesis and characterizaton of cysteine-peptide capped CdS nanoclusters and crystalline superlattices-$35,000

James J. Butler, Department of Physics, Pacific University: Investigation of the nonlinear optical properties of capillary waveguides and waveguide arrays at infrared wavelengths-$39,984

Leng Chee Chang, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Duluth: Inhibition of aerial hyphae formation in streptomyces sp. to search for protein kinase inhibitors-$39,718

John C. Deak, Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton: Mechanisms of vibrational energy transfer through self-assembled molecular aggregates-$36,218

Travis Dudding, Department of Chemistry, Brock University: A strategic approach for the development of catalytic enantioselective aza-Stetter reactions-$26,800

John Morrison Galbraith, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Marist College: Valence bond studies of transition metal dioxygen bonding: A key intermediate in enzymatic reactions and catalysis-$35,718

Enrique J. "Kiko" Galvez, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Colgate University: Optical singularities in high-order modes of gaussian beams-$36,411

Nikolay Nikolaevich Gerasimchuk, Department of Chemistry, Missouri State University: Visible light insensitive silver(I) cyanoximates-$30,996

Scott Gronert, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University: Mass spectrometric analysis of protein carbonylation from oxidative stress-$38,000

Joshua M. Grossman, Department of Physics, Adelphi University: Microscopic magnetic surface traps for individual atoms-$35,644

Joshua D. Lawrence, Department of Chemistry, Centenary College of Louisiana: Trifluoromethylation of aromatic compounds via C-H activation using iron reagents-$40,171

Kathryn A. Layman, Department of Chemistry, James Madison University: Spectroscopic investigation of catalytic solid-liquid interfaces-$38,951

Gregory C. Levine, Department of Physics, Hofstra University: Entanglement entropy in impure condensed matter-$23,684

George B. Martins, Department of Physics, Oakland University: Strong correlation effects in transport properties of carbon nanotubes-$44,996

Katherine D. McReynolds, Department of Chemistry, California State University, Sacramento: Synthesis of novel anionic glycodendrimers and evaluation of their anti-viral properties-$41,220

Soumya Darshan Mohanty, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at Brownsville: Improved hierarchical search algorithms for gravitational wave data analysis-$22,400

Maria C. Nagan, Department of Chemistry, Truman State University: Molecular dynamics studies of human immunodeficiency virus Rev-RRE recognition-$35,400

Charles Nelson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Drake University: Circumnuclear dynamics of the host galaxies of active galactic nuclei-$30,226

Mark Olsen, Department of Math and Physical Science, West Texas A&M University: Directed evolution of chondroitinase B using flow cytometry and cell surface display technology-$35,218

Scott Paulson, Department of Physics, James Madison University: Electrical properties of CVD grown double-walled carbon nanotubes-$41,651

Christine M. Smith, Department of Chemistry, University of Puget Sound: Investigating in vivo targets of histone acetylases and deacetylases using isotopic labeling and tandem mass spectrometry-$32,306

Thomas A. Stephenson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College: Inelastic collision dynamics in the O + NO system: Rotational and spin-orbit distributions-$35,000

Jeffrey H. Toney, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montclair State University: An interdisciplinary study of the beneficial effects of peanuts in preventing onset of type 2 diabetes-$44,176

Adam R. Urbach, Department of Chemistry, Trinity University: Cofactor-modulated recognition of peptides in aqueous solution by a synthetic host-$38,880

David A. Vosburg, Department of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College: Biomimetic cyclization cascades to form endiandric acid natural products-$35,683

Josef P. Werne, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Duluth: Response of terrestrial vegetation in tropical East Africa to temperature, aridity, and pCO2: A molecular isotopic approach-$39,543

Aibing Xia, Department of Chemistry, Mount Saint Vincent University: Synthesis and catalytic applications of novel bidentate N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) in aerobic oxidation of alcohols-$37,665

Brent M. Znosko, Department of Chemistry, Saint Louis University: Thermodynamic and structural characterization of short RNA oligomers containing inosine-$45,