Scope | Faculty and Staff Notes

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

Paul A. Baker, professor of geochemistry, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $225,296,"The Influence of the Amazon and Orinoco Plumes on the Tropical Atlantic Climate."

Bruce H. Corliss, professor of earth and ocean sciences, National Science Foundation, $223,500, technical support: R/V Cape Hatteras; Office of Naval Research, $448,721, Navy Ship Time on R/V Cape Hatteras, CY 2006; Office of Naval Research, $55,500, ship support on R/V Cape Hatteras CY 2004.

Michael S. Coyne, research scientist, University of New Hampshire Large Pelagic Research Program, $ 460,990,"Spatial Ecology of Marine Turtles in the Eastern Atlantic."

Larry B. Crowder, Stephen Toth Professor of Marine Biology, Oak Foundation, $100,000, mini grants in marine conservation.

Richard T. DiGiulio, professor of environmental toxicology, National Institutes of Health, $230,494,"Superfund Chemicals Impact on Reproduction and Development" (Supplement).

Jonathan L. Goodall, assistant professor of the practice of geospatial analysis, Microsoft Research, $50,000,"Incorporating Hydrologic Time Series Data into Geographic Information System Software Using a Smart-client Architecture."

Patrick N. Halpin, Gabel Associate Professor of the Practice of Geospatial Analysis, Department of the Navy, $256,000,"Continued Development of the SEAMAP Data Archive"; National Science Foundation, $201,105,"Habitat Utilization and Predator-Prey Interactions in Western Antarctic Peninsula."

Robert B. Jackson, professor of environmental sciences and biology, Department of Energy, $999,786,"A Proposed Southeastern Regional Center of the National Institute of Climate Change Research at Duke University."

Randall A. Kramer, professor of resource and environmental economics, Duke University, Provost's Common Fund, $50,000,"Frameworks for Complex Environmental Health Decision Making," with M. Miranda, R. Anderson, V. Fowler, and J. Wiener.

Seth Kullman, assistant research professor and co-PI with Karl Linden, civil and environmental engineering, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $97,402,"Presence, Fate, and Treatability of Estro- and Androgenic Contaminants in Wastewater and Biosolids."

Marie Lynn Miranda, associate research professor, Wallace Genetic Foundation, $65,000,"A Pilot Project on Lead and Genetics."

A. Brad Murray, associate professor of geomorphology and coastal processes, National Science Foundation, $120,685,"Productivity, Stability, and Geomorphologic Evolution of New England Salt Marshes: Plum Island Case Study"; National Science Foundation, $152,779, Collaborative Research:"Observation and Modeling of Inner Shelf Sediment Dynamics and Large-Scale Sorting: Cross-shelf or Along Shelf Transport?"

Timothy Profeta, Director, Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions, David & Lucile Packard Foundation, $225,000,"Creating a Pathway to Ecosystem-based Management and other Commission Recommendations in the Legislative Process"; Duke Energy Corporation, $287,846,"CEO Meeting Series— Climate Policy Dialogue."

Andrew J. Read, Rachel Carson Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology, N.C. Sea Grant, $126,892,"Documenting Interactions Between Pilot Whales and the Pelagic Long Line Fishery"; Department of Navy, $163,500,"Investigation of the Impact of Sonar Transmission on Fisheries and Habitat in the U.S. Navy's USWTR," (co-PI P. Halpin); Department of Defense, $428,293,"Predictive Spatial Analysis of Marine Mammal Habitats."

Daniel D. Richter, professor of soils and forest ecology, National Science Foundation, $50,000,"Collaborative Geoinformatics Research: Building a Cyber Infrastructure for Critical Zone Exploration Network."

Daniel Rittschof, associate professor of zoology, North Carolina State University, $84,760,"Enhancing Artificial Reef Fish Populations by Providing a Nursery Refuge for Invertebrate Prey."

Karen Kirchof, assistant dean for career services, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, $126,050, Doris Duke Conservation Fellows Program.

Avner Vengosh, associate professor, USDA, $570,000,"An Integrative Investigation of the Sources and Effects of Groundwater Contamination for Local Communities and Homeowners in North Carolina," with L. Bennear, E. Klein, E. Weinthal, M. Miranda, and M. Wiesner (Pratt School).

Compiled by Donna Sell, Nicholas School communications assistant