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Scope | Faculty & Staff Notes

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

Celia J. Bonaventura, professor of cell biology, National Science Foundation (NSF), $345,844, “Graduate Teaching Fellows Program of the Duke University Marine Laboratory Supplement.” Duration: 2004-05; NSF, $98,500, “Supplement to K-112 Program.” Duration: 2004-05; Burroughs Wellcome Fund, $1140,697, “Connecting Coastal Communities.” Duration: 2004-07.

Norman L. Christensen Jr., professor of ecology and founding dean of the Nicholas School, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, $63,000, “Fire History Among Southern Appalachian Forest Types.” Duration: 2004-06.

James S. Clark, H.L. Blomquist Professor of Biology, NSF, $1148,000, “Integration of Data and Models to Assess Forest Biodiversity.” Duration: 2004-07.

Bruce H. Corliss, professor of earth and ocean sciences, NSF, $11,372,6611, “Ship Operations – R/V Cape Hatteras, Year 3 of 5.” Duration: 2002-07; Office of Naval Research, $378,650, “Ship Support on R/V Cape Hatteras CY 2004.” Duration: nine months; Office of Naval Research, $85,700, “Ship Support on R/V Cape Hatteras CY 2004.” Duration: six months.

Larry B. Crowder, Stephen Toth Professor of Marine Biology, Oak Foundation, $280,229, “Training Conservation Professionals for Belize.” Duration: 2004-08.

Richard B. Forward Jr., professor of zoology and Bass Fellow, North Carolina State University, $68,2117, “Seasonal Pattern of Blue Crab Post-Larval Immigration into an Estuary.” Duration: 2004-06.

David E. Hinton, Nicholas Professor of Environmental Quality, University of California – Riverside, $62,500, “Use of Japanese Medaka as an On-line Screening Platform for the Evaluation of Potable Water.” Duration: 2003-04.

Jeffrey A. Karson, professor of geology, NSF, $380,730, “Structure and Composition of Fast Spread EPR Crust Exposed at Pito.” Duration: 2004-07; NSF, $3110,736, “Iceland Flexure Zones: Analogs for Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading Centers.” Duration: 2004-07.

Prasad S. Kasibhatla, associate professor of environmental chemistry, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $67,249, “Quantifying Anthropogenic Sources of Trace Gases & Aerosols: An Integrated Approach.” Duration: 2004-07.

Randall A. Kramer, professor of resource and environmental economics, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, $1142,695, “Toward an Improved Understanding of Wetland Restoration Choice Behavior of Landowners.” Duration: 2003-05.

M. Susan Lozier, Truman and Nellie Semans/Alex Brown & Sons Professor of Physical Oceanography, Office of Naval Research, $80,000, “A Focus on the Scientific Contributions by Women to the Field of Physical Oceanography.” Duration: 2004-06; NSF, $911,707, “Workshop for the Design of a Mentoring Program for Junior Women in Physical Oceanography.” Duration: 2004-06.

Peter E. Malin, professor of seismology and of civil and environmental engineering, NSF, $1166,843, “Duke Participation in SAFOD: Two Collaborative Seismic Profiling Studies Using the Geophone Array in the SAFOD Pilot Hol.” Duration: 2004-06; Stanford University, $205,496, “A Revised, Easily Removable Instrumentation System for SAFOD Pilot Hole Geophysical Monitoring and Sensor Evaluation.” Duration: 2004-05; Stanford University, $64,984, “An Easily Removable Instrumentation System for SAFOD Pilot Hole Geophysical Monitoring and Sensor Evaluation (Supplement).” Duration: 2004-05; NSF, $1129,544, “Magma Reservoir - Conduit Dynamics as Revealed by Borehole Geophysical Observatory.” Duration: 2003-05; USGS, $60,000, “Approaching Seismology in the Source: Earthquake Source Studies at LVEW and SAFOD.” Duration: 2004-05.

Marie Lynn Miranda, Gabel Associate Professor of the Practice in Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Environmental Management, NIEHS, $50,000, “National Replication of CEHI’s GIS-Based Childhood Lead Exposure Model.” Duration: 2003-05.

A. Brad Murray, assistant professor of geomorphology and coastal processes, Office of Naval Research, $11411,252, “Temporal Evolution of Ripple-Field Characteristics: A Defect-Dynamic Approach.” Duration: 2004-06.

Ram Oren, professor of ecology, U.S. Dept. of Energy, $3,5118,338, “Forest- Atmosphere Carbon Transfer and Storage.” Duration: 2004-07.

Lincoln F. Pratson, associate professor of sedimentary geology and director of graduate studies, NSF, $2114,292, “Collaborative Research: Resolution of the Stratigraphic Record for a High Input, Collision- Margin Shelf Basin: The MARGI.” Duration: 2004-07.

Andrew J. Read, Rachel Carson Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology, Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program/U.S. Dept. of Defense, $968,567, “Predictive Spatial Analysis of Marine Mammal Habitats.” Duration: 2004-07.

Kenneth H. Reckhow, professor of water resources and chair, Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, University of Texas-Austin, $811,480, “Pilot Hydro Informatics System for The Neuse River.” Duration: 2004-05.

John W. Terborgh, James B. Duke Professor of Environmental Science, Wildlife Conservation Society, $66,000, “Evaluating the Conservation Status of Amazonian Landscapes.” Duration: 2004-05.

Compiled by Donna Picard, communications assistant

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