Cottrell College Science Awards

Katherine E. Aidala, Department of Physics, Mount Holyoke College: Investigation and Control of Magnetic Nanorings using a Scanning Probe Microscope- $45,000

Kevin Bruce Aptowicz, Department of Physics, West Chester University of Pennsylvania: Structural and Dynamic Response of a Colloidal Glass to Local Forcing- $43,934

Fadi Bou-Abdallah, Department of Chemistry, SUNY College, Potsdam: Relationships Between Iron and Hydrogen Peroxide, Free Radical Formation, and Oxidative Damage in Recombinant Human and Bacterial Ferritins- $36,925

Andres A. Caro, Department of Chemistry, Hendrix College: Reactive Oxygen Species and CYP2E1-Dependent Oxidation of Mitochondrial DNA in Liver Cells-$44,869

Emmanuel J. Chang, Department of Chemistry, CUNY, York College: Investigating the Gas Phase Chemistry of Phosphorylated Peptide Ions Using Mass Spectrometry-$44,712

Zhaohua Dai, Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, Pace University, New York: Engineering Selective and Sensitive Chiroptical Fluorescent Sensors for Hg(II)- $43,106

Danielle H. Dube, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Bowdoin College: Hijacking the Pseudaminic Acid Biosynthetic Pathway to Eliminate Helicobacter pylori Infection- $45,000

Teresa A. Garrett, Department of Chemistry, Vassar College: Biosynthesis of N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine in Escherichia coli- $43,998

Amanda S. Harper-Leatherman, Department of Chemistry, Fairfield University: Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of Proteins Organized Within Superstructures and Encapsulated Within Aerogels- $44,754

Alison E. Holliday, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Swarthmore College: The Effect of Chiral Modifier Properties and Temperature on Chiral Separations Using Ion Mobility Spectrometry- $30,000

Paula Kristine Hudson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Fullerton: An Integrated Approach to Measuring the Hygroscopic Properties of Biomass Burning Particles- $39,960

Laura Marie Hunsicker-Wang, Department of Chemistry, Trinity University: Copper Chaperones from Thermus thermophilus: Structural and Functional Studies of TtSco- $37,052

Lucas Illing, Department of Physics, Reed College: Synchronization of Delay-Coupled Optoelectronic Systems-$44,848

Jeffrey B. Johnson, Department of Chemistry, Hope College: Carbon-Carbon Single Bond Activation for the Carboacylation of Alkenes- $45,000

Maria J. Krisch, Department of Chemistry, Trinity College: Investigations of Unique Photochemistry at the Liquid-Vapor Interface- $44,541

Casey H. Londergan, Department of Chemistry, Haverford College: Vibrational Spectroscopy of Cysteine Side Chains to Probe Site-Specific Structural Distribution and Dynamics of Proteins- $43,219

Victoria L. Mariani, Chemistry and Biochemistry, James Madison University: Understanding N-Acylethanolamine-Hydrolyzing Acid Amidase- $44,722

Kimberly Irene Matulef, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of San Diego: Bacterial Chloride-Transport Proteins: Bridging the Structure-Function Gap- $44,951

Gregory W. O'Neil, Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University: Enantioselective  Intramolecular Carbonyl Hydrosilations: Applications in Total Synthesis-$44,651

Katherine E. Plass, Department of Chemistry, Franklin and Marshall College: Synthesis and Photoelectrochemical Characterization of Earth-Abundant Semiconductors for Solar Energy Conversion- $45,000

Elizabeth A. Raymond, Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University: Second Harmonic Generation Studies of Nitrogen Oxides at Water Surfaces- $44,886

Lea F. Santos, Department of Physics, Yeshiva University: Transport Properties and Control in Low-Dimensional Quantum Many-Body Systems- $30,000

Matthew H. Sazinsky, Chemistry, Pomona College: Creation of an In Vivo Reporter System to Detect Hydroxylation Chemistry and Probe Diiron Center Tuning in Re-Engineered Proteins-$43,218

Michael L. Schneider, Physics and Astronomy, University of Montana: Measurement of the Influence of Spin-Orbit Coupling on the Ultrafast Magnetic Response in Ferromagnetic Metals-$44,808

Michael P. Schramm, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach:

Preparation and Screening of a Modular alpha-Helix Peptidomimetic Library- $42,083

Shantanu Sharma, Department of Chemistry, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona: Computational/Spectroscopic Determination of Residue-Specific Binding Interactions Between the Antiviral Peptide Retrocyclin and a Viral Protein- $39,584

Alexander Raymond Small, Department of Physics, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona: Beating the Diffraction Limit in Photochemistry and Photolithography: A Feasibility Study With Computer Simulations- $28,213

Eric Joseph Sorin, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach: Equilibrium Assessment and Refinement of Molecular Models for Biomolecular Simulation of Lipid Membranes via Distributed Computing Approaches- $38,242

Kathryn Elizabeth Splan, Department of Chemistry, Macalester College: Characterization of the Interaction of Copper With Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein Zinc-Binding Domains- $44,988

Bradley E. Sturgeon, Department of Chemistry, Monmouth College: ESR Investigation of the Peroxidase Activity of Modified Cytochrome C- $43,119

Chad Tatko, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Calvin College: Identifying the Role of Aromatic Networks in Amyloid Protofibril Formation and Anti-Alzheimer's Therapeutic Action-$42,225

Martin Veillette, Department of Physics, Berea College: Strongly Correlated Fermionic Atoms in Rapidly Rotating Traps- $29,476

Christopher Phillip Weber, Department of Physics, Santa Clara University: Ferromagnetic Exchange in Ga1-xMnxAs: Microscopic, Time-Resolved Study by Transient-Grating Spectroscopy- $44,570

Liliya Antonivna Yatsunyk, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College: Synthesis and G-quadruplex DNA Binding of Novel beta-substituted Cationic Porphyrins: Applications to Cancer Treatment- $41,380