Research Corporation for Science Advancement

Cottrell College Science Awards

Single Investigator Awards
2006 Fall

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
James A. Rego, Department of Chemistry: Design and synthesis of environmentally responsive liquid crystal thin films: Toward liquid crystal sensors--$37,036

California State University, Chico
Daniel J. Edwards, Department of Chemistry: Lyngbyatoxin a biosynthesis: Kenetic and mechanistic characterization of the reverse prenyltransferase LtxC--$42,218

California State University, Dominguez Hills
John Price, Department of Physics: Novel baryon spectroscopy with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Laboratory--$37,218

California State University, Fullerton
Christopher Hyland, Department of Chemistry: Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric reactions of benzylic carbonates--$42,142

Calvin College
Carolyn E. Anderson, Department of Chemistry: Chromium carbine-accelerated type II intramoleculuar Diels-Alder reactions as a gateway to strained ring libraries--$36,418

Chapman University
Christopher S. Kim, Department of Chemistry: Aggregation-based growth of iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticles and associated metal sorption/incorporation processes--$34,798

Cleveland State University
Kiril A. Streletzky, Department of Physics: Synthesis, structure, transport and swelling properties of a potential drug deliver system: HPC microgel nanoparticles--$40,684

CUNY, Herbert H. Lehman College
Dmitri A. Garanin, Department of Physics: Microscopic investigation of energy barriers, thermal stability, and relaxation of magnetic nanoparticles with surface anisotropy--$33,218

Drew University
Laurie L. Morgus, Department of Physics: Experimental studies of hyperfine state-changing collisions in atomic cesium using noble gas perturbers--$42,656

Framingham State College
Catherine Dignam, Department of Chemistry: Development of amino acid-functionalized chiral b-diketimine metal complexes for asymmetrical catalysis--$39,218

Franklin & Marshall College
Fronefield Crawford, Department of Physics: Cluster computing for new, large-scale pulsar surveys with the Arecibo radio telescope--$43,460

Humboldt State University
Charles D. Hoyle, Department of Physics: Novel torsion pendulum for precision tests of gravitational physics--$43,720

Indiana University-Perdue University, Fort Wayne
Gang Wang, Department of Physics: Scattering effect of designed defects in optical lattices--$41,651

Kennesaw State University
Carol Chrestensen, Department of Chemistry: Regulation of MAPKAP kinase 2 (MK2) by glutathionylation--$44,218

Kennesaw State University
Jonathan L. McMurry, Department of Chemistry: Isolation, purification and characterization of the flagellar export complex, a Type III secretion apparatus--$43,000

Lawrence University
David E. Thompson, Department of Chemistry: Developing and investigating noble metal infused porous silicas as multilayered substrates for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy--$43,717

Northern Kentucky University
Stefan Paula, Department of Chemistry: Development of novel hydroquinone-based inhibitors of the sarcoendoplasmic reticulum calcium-ATPase--$34,809

Rhodes College
Loretta Jackson-Hayes, Department of Chemistry: A genetic approach to identifying and characterizing proteins responsible for fungal cell wall stability--$44,606

Sam Houston State University
Gan Liang, Department of Physics: A novel approach to resolve the controversy about the origins of the electronic conductivity in cation-doped LiFePO4 cathode materials--$43,984

Seattle University
Jennifer A. Loertscher, Department of Chemistry: Analysis of protein stability in diabetes using a yeast model system--$36,939

Seattle University
Joseph M. Langenham, Department of Chemistry: Optimization of oxyamine-mediated glycosylation: Improving stereoselectivity, enhancing diversity, and novel applications--$38,318

Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Xiaoliu Chi, Department of Chemistry: Enhancing charge transport in organic semiconductors by p-stacking of rubrene derivatives--$35,958

United States Naval Academy
Clare E. Gutteridge, Department of Chemistry: Design, synthesis and testing of potent, metabolically stable inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum--$38,000

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Anatoliy Glushchenko, Department of Physics: Colloidal particles driven by a nematic isotropic interface: Creation and exploration of structured colloids--$44,684

University of Mary Washington
Charles M. Sharpless, Department of Chemistry: Probing the origins of natural organic matter photochemistry using spectroscopic and electrochemical approaches--$25,461

University of Minnesota, Duluth
Venktram R. Mereddy, Department of Chemistry: Synthesis of folate aminoboronates as anticancer antifolates--$26,144

University of North Alabama
David Brian Thompson, Department of Physics: Separation-sensitive measurements of morphology-dependent resonances in coupled cavities composed of microspheres--$33,612

University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Krisztina Paal, Department of Chemistry: Preparation of site-specific vitamin-albumin conjugates: Potential vehicles for tumor targeting of paclitaxel--$35,000

University of San Diego
Debbie Tahmassebi, Department of Chemistry: Fluorescence studies of polymerase-DNA complexes--$40,684

University of South Alabama
Richard E. Sykora, Department of Chemistry: Synthesis and characterization of f-block thiogallates and selenogallates--$41,148

University of South Dakota
James D. Hoefelmeyer, Department of Chemistry: Nonhydrolytic synthesis of structurally well defined RuO2 nanocrystals; application in water oxidation catalysis—$36,072

University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Sanchita Hati, Department of Chemistry: To explore the molecular basis of domain-domain communication in prolyl-tRNA synthetases--$39,000

University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Aric M. Opdahl, Department of Chemistry: Characterizing the assembly of complex DNA structures attached to gold surfaces via adenine nucleotides--$38,482

Villanova University
Timothy James Dudley, Department of Chemistry: Theoretical investigation of chromium oxides and hydroxides and their reactions with hydrocarbons--$33,500

Willamette University
Andrew P. Duncan, Department of Chemistry: A method for the asymmetric organocatalytic conjugate addition of carbinols to unsaturated aldehydes--$38,658

William Jewell College
Patrick H. Bunton, Department of Physics: ESR and optical spectroscopy of the metal-insulator transition in nanoscale VO2--$39,893