Cottrell College Science Awards

Peter J. Alaimo, Department of Chemistry, Seattle University: Enhancing diversity and improving stereoselectivity in the three-component synthesis of dihydropyridin-4-ones.-$43,218

Scott Harmon Brewer, Department of Chemistry, Franklin and Marshall College: Infrared Investigation of Short Helical Peptides with Residue Specificity-$44,766

Heather A. Bullen, Department of Chemistry, Northern Kentucky University: Probing the Impact of Siderophores in Biofilm Formation-$28,468

Christopher M. Burba, Department of Natural Sciences, Northeastern State University: Confined Electrolytes for Low-Temperature Lithium Rechargeable Batteries-$44,674

Rudolf Burcl, Department of Chemistry, Marshall University: Theoretical study of atmospheric reactions involving the hydroxyl radical.-$30,177

Timothy Bryan Clark, Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University: Asymmetric Dearomatization Reactions Utilizing eta-2-Rhenium pi-Bases: Use of Benzylic Leaving Groups for Mild Dearomatization-$44,651

Jeffrey S. Dyck, Department of Physics, John Carroll University: Spin-Carrier Interactions in V2-VI3-based Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors under High Pressure-$30,234

Richard Anthony Farrer, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Pueblo: Direct Fabrication of Free-Standing, Three-Dimensional Metal Microstructures via Laser-Induced Deposition-$43,452

Gina Marie Florio, Department of Chemistry, Saint John's University: Exploring Nanoscale Charge Transport via Single Molecule Conductance Measurements-$28,292

Petru Stefan Fodor, Physics, Cleveland State University: Development and characterization of semiconductor – metal nanostructures fabricated through directed self – assembly-$43,584

Nathanael A. Fortune, Physics, Smith College: Magnetic Field-Induced Phase Transitions In The 2D Triangular Antiferromagnet Cs2CuBr4-$40,683

Albert A Gapud, Department of Physics, University of South Alabama: Effects of size and electronic structure of vortex cores on the dynamics of superconducting vortices-$43,800

Christopher C. Gerry, Department of Physics and Astronomy, CUNY, Herbert H. Lehman College: Temporal and Spatial Resolution of Fundamental Processes in Quantum Field Theory-$31,201

Monte L. Helm, Chemistry, Fort Lewis College: Phosphinomethylamines: A Simple Model of the Hydrogenase Active Site for use in Catalytic Hydrogen Production and Oxidation-$33,648

Deborah L. Heyl-Clegg, Chemistry, Eastern Michigan University: Development of Insulin-Based Inhibitors for Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide, a Protein Implicated in B-Cell Membrane Destruction in Type II Diabetes-$44,456

Philip R. Johnson, Computer Science, Audio Technology, & Physics, American University: Entangling Ultracold Atoms in an Optical Lattice: An Array of Coupled Double-Well Beam Splitters-$26,531

Peter John Love, Department of Physics, Haverford College: Lattice Gas Models with Dynamical Geometry in Two Dimensions-$ 31,218

Stephen L. MacNeil, Department of Chemistry, Wilfrid Laurier University: Efficient Helicene Synthesis by Tandem Bergman Cyclization – Intramolecular Radical Coupling/Trapping-$31,806

Oana Malis, Physics Department, SUNY at Binghamton: Intersubband transitions in lattice-matched nitride semiconductors for infrared light emission and detection-$44,244

Karena A. McKinney, Department of Chemistry, Amherst College: Characterization of the Emissions and Oxidation Products of Terpenes at a New England Forest-$40,110

Stephen P. Mezyk, Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach: Elucidating the Chemistry Behind Nitrosamine Carcinogenesis: New Redox- Induced Activation Pathways for Nitrosamines at Physiological Conditions-$35,197

Jeremy Bruce Morgan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina- Wilmington: Catalytic Enantioselective Cohalogenation of Unactivated Alkenes-$45,000

Frank C. Peiris, Department of Physics, Kenyon College: Ellipsometric Study of the Evolution of Band-structure of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors-$40,150

Heidrun Schmitzer, Department of Physics, Xavier University: Micromanipulation and Microtools: Investigating Self Regulating Optically Active Elements and Naturally Grown, Optically Driven Rotors-$44,995

Krzysztof Slowinski, Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach: Lateral Charge Transport in 2-D Monolayers of Polyaniline-$35,684

Chin-Chuan Wei, Chemistry, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville: Mechanism of Calcium-Induced Electron Transfer in NADPH Oxidase 5 (NOX5) and Dual Oxidase (DUOX)-$44,948