Cottrell College Science Awards

Peter J. Alaimo, Department of Chemistry, Seattle University: Synthesis of novel N-heterocycles via tandem indium(0)-indium(III)-mediated reactions-$41,218

Samir Bali, Department of Physics, Miami University: Investigation of radiative interactions and quantum tunneling in optical lattices by correlation measurement of the scattered light-$38,838

Sean J. Bentley, Department of Physics, Adelphi University: Nonlinear and quantum optical properties of quantum dots for generation of new sources of quantum states of light-$31,146

Steven M. Berry, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Duluth: New mixed-valence dinuclear lanthanide complexes-$35,144

Anthony C. Bishop, Department of Chemistry, Amherst College: Chemical biology of cancer-associated protein tyrosine phosphatases-$42,184

David L. Cedeno, Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University: Effects of molecular structure and environment on photophysical and photochemical properties of novel photosensitizers-$34,176

Michelle D. Chabot, Department of Physics, University of San Diego: Investigation of individual submicron magnetic structures at room temperature using micromechanical cantilever magnetometry-$37,950

Robert Martin Chin, Department of Chemistry, University of Northern Iowa: Di and trinuclear polyhydride transition metal complexes containing a rigid cyclopentadienyl framework-$33,118

Debi Prasad Choudhary, Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University , Northridge: Chromospheric magnetic field of solar active regions-$32,418

Anil R. Chourasia, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University at Commerce: Chemical reactivity at Hf/SiO2 interface-$43,650

John S. Colton, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse: T2 measurements in GaAs, AIGaAs, and InGaAs layers and quantum wells via optically detected electron spin echo-$21,853

Adrian Daw, Department of Physics, Appalachian State University: Measurement of atomic and molecular parameters of nitrogen for geophysical, astrophysical and plasma-processing applications-$44,818

Alexander Dzyubenko, Department of Physics, California State University, Bakersfield: Many-body effects in optics of a two-dimensional electron gas in magnetic fields-$30,776

James T. Fletcher, Department of Chemistry, Creighton University: Shape-persistent oligoarenes possessing peptidomimetic properties-$36,827

Mark A. Freitag, Department of Chemistry, Creighton University: The effect of solvation on the Mannich reaction: An ab initio, density functional theory and QM/MM study.-$33,468

Linda M. French, Department of Physics, Illinois Wesleyan University: Physical studies of primitive solar system bodies-$34,018

Amy Gehring, Deparment of Chemistry, Williams College: Biochemical characterization of the WhiJ sporulation proteins from Streptomyces coelicolor-$41,219

Alan Gengenbach, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire: Metalloporphyrin catalyzed oxidation of azo dyes-$34,876

Mark S. Goldman, Department of Physics, Wellesley College: Computational modeling of the neural basis of a visual masking illusion-$36,461

John Alan Goodwin, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Coastal Carolina University: Immobilized iron porphyrins in catalytic peroxynitrite decomposition-$45,800

Noah Graham, Department of Physics, Middlebury College: Quantum Z-strings and oscillons in the electroweak standard model-$33,720

Daniel C. Homan, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Denison University: Investigating the circular polarization of extragalactic radio jets-$23,700

Timothy J. Hubin, Department of Chemistry, Southwestern Oklahoma State University: Antiviral bridged macrocycle derivatives and metal complexes: CXCR4 co-receptor antagonists-$44,218

C. Renee James, Department of Physics, Sam Houston State University: The Carina Dwarf Spheroidal: The rosetta stone for dwarf galaxy evolution-$38,778

Armin Kargol, Department of Physics, Loyola University: Novel voltage protocols and analysis methods for the non-equilibrium response spectroscopy of voltage-gated ion channels-$39,218

John Kenneth Krebs, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Franklin and Marshall College: Optical spectroscopy of lanthanide impurities in sol-gel yttrium oxide nanoparticles-$41,822

Jeremy Kua, Department of Chemistry, University of San Diego: Preliminary steps toward simulating self-assembly of metal-organic frameworks-$37,348

Michael A. Lewis, Department of Chemistry, Saint Louis University: Effects of substitution on arene-arene interactions-$43,086

Jennifer Whiles Lillig, Department of Chemistry, Sonoma State University: Characterization of key amino acids in the membrane activity of anti-Listerial bacteriocins-$34,895

Nikolaus M. Loening, Department of Chemistry, Lewis and Clark College: The development and characterization of chemical shift thermometers for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy-$39,968

Andrea N. Lommen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Franklin and Marshall College: The pulsar timing array: A nanoHertz gravitational wave detector-$36,982

Radek Lopusnik, Department of Physics and Energy Science, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs: Time-and frequency-domain investigations of thermally excited spin waves in ferrite and magnetic metallic films-$43,683

Gang Lu, Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University , Northridge: From electrons to finite-elements: A concurrent multiscale approach for metals-$29,184

Seth A. Major, Department of Physics, Hamilton College: Discrete geometry phenomenology and an inner product for cosmology-$26,032

Bruce A. Manning, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University: Surface chemistry and remediation reactions of nanometer scale metallic iron paticles-$37,800

Ryan A. Mehl, Department of Chemistry, Franklin and Marshall College: Generation and evaluation of improved site-specifically incorporated photocrosslinking amino acids for in vivo membrane studies-$39,704

Gary A. Meints, Department of Chemistry, Southwest Missouri State University: Investigating local dynamics in damaged DNA via solid-state deuterium NMR-$35,684

Costa Metallinos, Department of Chemistry, Brock University: Approaches to chiral benzimidazolylidenes derived from phenanthrolines-$20,995

Stephen P. Mezyk, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach: Removing carcinogenic nitrosamines from treated drinking water: The chemistry behind advanced oxidation technologies-$35,000

Thomas Minehan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University , Northridge: Indium-mediated electron-transfer to carbonyl and thiocarbonyl compounds: Exploring the synthetic potential of radical reactions in aqueous media-$35,218

Sanjay R. Mishra, Department of Physics, University of Memphis: On the magnetic properties of rare-earth oxide coated ferromagnetic nanoparticles-$40,218

Richard J. Mullins, Department of Chemistry, Xavier University, Cincinnati: Synthesis and medicinal chemistry of kalkitoxin, a secondary metabolite of Lyngbya majuscula-$35,754

Sanjeeva Murthy, Department of Physics, University of Vermont: Modification of the structure of polymer surfaces to control and direct cell growth-$37,052

Aram M. Nersissian, Department of Chemistry, Occidental College: Structural and mechanistic characterization of Factor VIII, the causative agent of Hemophilia A-$36,676

Alexander J. Norquist, Department of Chemistry, Haverford College: Directed synthesis of noncentrosymmetric materials-$36,704

James S. Poole, Department of Chemistry, Ball State University: A study of the reactivity and kinetics of 3-phenylpropyl radicals-$42,616

Epaminondas Rosa, Jr., Department of Physics, Illinois State University: Synchronous transitions in plasmas with noncoherent and competing signals-$33,122

David Rovnyak, Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University: Towards new relationships between metal coordination geometry and protein function in unusual zinc-binding cytoplasmic domains-$44,836

Vatche Sahakian, Department of Physics, Harvey Mudd College: Aspects of non-commutative geometry-$32,058

M. Alper Sahiner, Department of Physics, Seton Hall University: Pulsed laser deposition and structural and electrical characterization of high-k dielectric films for the replacement of SiO2 in CMOS gate region-$32,574

Shauna Sallmen, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse: Study of interstellar shells in our galaxy-$27,418

Heidrun Schmitzer, Department of Physics, Xavier University, Cincinnati: Investigation of the feasibility of selfadjusting optical elements on the basis of angular momentum transfer at the end of an optical fiber-$40,720

Takele Seda, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Washington University: Low-temperature 57Fe Mossbauer studies of the magnetic and electronic properties of nanomagnetic iron (oxy)hydroxides-$34,064

Katarzyna Slowinska, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach: Diffusion of molecular probes in a collagen matrix: Understanding hydrophobic interactions in local drug delivery systems-$44,609

Christopher J. Stockdale, Department of Physics, Marquette University: Direct proof for the delayed formation of stellar mass black holes: A radio study of supernova 2001em-$29,024

Desiderio A. Vasquez, Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne: Chemical pattern formation induced by shear flow-$43,099

Fridolin Weber, Department of Physics, San Diego State University: Cooling behavior of rotating neutron stars-$30,379

David J. Weiss, Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs: The chemistry of enzyme sensor microchips-$40,500

Eric Wells, Department of Physics, Augustana College: Exploiting the ground state dissociation of hydrogen molecules as a tool for studying ion-molecule collision processes-$42,289

Mark L. Wicholas, Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University: Bonding modes of isoindoline pincer ligands in transition metal complexes: Studies in zwitterion formation and C-H activation-$45,000

Kevin M. Williams, Department of Chemistry, Western Kentucky University: Cleavage of proteins by bulky platinum complexes-$29,576

Mark E. Yuly, Department of Physics, Houghton College: An experimental search for pre-existing nuclear D++ components using the 3He(n,2p) reaction-$35,888