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Scope | Faculty & Staff Notes

Grants | Grants of $50,000 or more awarded to faculty in the past six months

Paul A. Baker, professor of geochemistry, National Science Foundation (NSF), $140,592, “Collaborative Research in Holocene Geology and Anthropology: Paleoclimate, Landscape Evolution, and Human Occupation of the Western Lake Titicaca Basin, Peru.” Duration: 2003-06.

Celia J. Bonaventura, professor of cell biology, NSF, $117,750, “Supplement - NSF K-12 Teaching Program.” Duration: 2002-05.

Bruce H. Corliss, professor of earth and ocean sciences, NSF, $338,000, “Development of Environmental Proxies for Coastal Environments.” Duration: 2003-06; NSF, $76,055, “Marine Technician Support - RV Cape Hatteras.” Duration: 2003-04.

J. Kevin Craig, assistant research scientist, “Hypoxia, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,” $546,847, “Fish & Fisheries in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico.” Duration: 2003-06.

Larry B. Crowder, Stephen Toth Professor of Marine Biology, Oak Foundation, $91,306, “Global Fellows in Marine Conservation.” Duration: 2003-05.

Thomas J. Crowley, Nicholas Professor of Earth Systems Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, $122,156, “Technical Support for Ad Hoc Working Group on Climate Change and Detection.” Duration: 2003-06; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $330,000, “Seasonal Model and Detection Studies of Climate Change over the Last 1000 Years.” Duration: 2003-04.

Gary S. Dwyer, research scientist, NSF, $51,811, “Collaborative Research: High Northern Latitude Amplifiers of Centennial to Millennial Climate Forcing During the Holocene.” Duration: 2003-05; NSF, $480,831, “Collaborative Research: Mid-Pliocene Global Warming: Analysis Using 3-D Digital Data Sets and Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Modeling Studies.” Duration: 2003-07.

Judson D. Edeburn, Duke Forest resource manager, Brookhaven National Labs, $53,408, “Forest-Atmosphere Carbon Transfer and Storage (FACTS) Duke Forest Blackwood Division Site: Site Maintenance and Support.” Duration: 2002-04.

Jeffrey A. Karson, professor of geology, NSF, $313,926, “Collaborative Research: Investigation of a New Class of Hydrothermal Systems—The Lost City Hydrothermal Field: A peridotite-hosted, off-axis system at 30°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.” Duration: 2003-06.

 

Randall Kramer, professor of resource and environmental economics, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) $115,000, “Toward an Improved Understanding of Wetland Restoration Choice Behavior of Landowners: A Hierarchical Bayes Approach.” Duration: 2003-05.

Peter E. Malin, professor of seismology and of civil and environmental engineering, Mammoth Pacific, LP, $160,800, “Demonstrating a Microearthquake-based Production & Injection Well Targeting Technology Developed under CEC Support.” Duration: 2003-06; Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd., $286,346, “Transferring a Joint Geophysical Methodology for Geothermal Reservoir Assessment to Kenya & East Africa.” Duration: 2002-05.

Marie Lynn Miranda, Gabel Associate Professor of the Practice in Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Environmental Management, State of North Carolina, $120,493, “Part C: Alternative Surveillance Assessment.” Duration: six months.

Ram OrenRam Oren, professor of ecology, Forest Service, $182,541, “Reducing Uncertainty in Current and Projected Carbon Sequestration in Southeastern US.” Duration: 2003-04.

Kenneth H. Reckhow, professor of water resources, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), $694,662, “Adaptive Implementation Modeling and Monitoring for TMDL Refinement.” Duration: 2003-06.

Dan RittschofDaniel Rittschof, associate professor of zoology, Oak Foundation, $74,864, “Graduate Program Enhancement.” Duration: 2003-05.

Dharni VasudevanDharni Vasudevan, assistant professor of environmental chemistry, University of Connecticut, $130,335, “Factors Controlling Veterinary Antibiotic Sorption to Soil.” Duration: 2002-05.

Compiled by Donna Picard,
Nicholas School Communications

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