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Scope | Faculty & Staff Notes

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

Celia Bonaventura, professor of cell biology, director, Duke University Marine/Freshwater Biomedical Center, Subcontract from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, $142,984, “Functional Analysis of Engineered Hemoglobins.” Duration: 8/1/04-7/31/05; Burroughs Wellcome Fund, $140,697, “Connecting Coastal Communities.” Duration: 7/1/04- 6/30/07.

Alan E. Boudreau, professor of geology and director of graduate studies, National Science Foundation (NSF), $168,875, “Quantitative Modeling of Gas Migration in Layered Intrusions.” Duration: 7/01/04-6/30/06.

Bruce H. Corliss, professor of earth and ocean sciences, Office of Naval Research, $162,750, “A Proposal for Additional Navy Ship Time on R/V Cape Hatteras CY2004.” Duration: 9/1/04- 12/31/04.

Jonathan H. Freedman, associate professor of environmental toxicology, and director, Toxicology Core Center for Environmental Genomics, National Alliance for Autism Research, $120,000, “Double Hit Hypothesis of Autism: Genetic Susceptability and Environmental Exposure to Metals.” Duration: 7/1/04- 6/30/06.

Jeffrey A. Karson, professor of geology, NSF, $310,736, Collaborative Research: “Iceland Flexure Zones: Analogs for Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading Centers.” Duration: 7/1/04-6/30/07.

Gabriel Katul, professor of hydrology and environmental fluid mechanics, Subcontract from Indiana University, $308,880, “Scaling up of Carbon Exchange Dynamics from AmeriFlux Sites to a Super-Region in the Eastern United States.” Duration: 10/1/04-9/30/07.

Seth Kullman, assistant research professor, National Institutes of Health, $308,000, “In Vivo Transgenic Reporter for Hepatobiliary Toxicity.” Duration: 9/1/04-8/31/06.

Peter E. Malin, professor of seismology and of civil and environmental engineering, NSF, $249,636, Collaborative Research: “SEA-CALIPSO: An Offshore/Onshore Tomography and Magma-Chamber Seismic Imaging Experiment on Montserrat.” Duration: 1/1/05-12/31/05.

Marie Lynn Miranda, Gabel Associate Professor of the Practice in Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Environmental Management, National Institutes of Health Roadmap Initiative, $1,845,730, Duke Center for Geospatial Medicine. Duration: 9/1/04-8/31/07.

A. Brad Murray, assistant professor of geomorphology and coastal processes, Office of Naval Research, $141,252, “Temporal Evolution of Ripple-Field Characteristics: A Defect-Dynamic Approach.” Duration: 10/1/04-9/30/06.

Stuart L. Pimm, Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology, U.S. Geological Survey, $59,920, “Biodiversity Characterization and Dynamics of North America Using MODIS 500m Data.” Duration: 9/1/04- 8/31/07.

Lincoln PratsonLincoln F. Pratson, associate professor of sedimentary geology, NSF, $214,292, Collaborative Research: “Resolution of the Stratigraphic Record for a High Input, Collision-Margin Shelf Basin: The MARGI.” Duration: 7/1/04- 6/30/07; Office of Naval Research, $124,483, “Sedimentary Process Modeling of Shelf Acoustic Properties in the Gulf of Lions.” Duration: 10/1/05- 9/30/07.

Andrew ReadAndrew J. Read, Rachel Carson Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $255,500, “Predictive Modeling of Right Whale Distribution off New England.” Duration: 9/1/04-8/31/07; MCAS Cherry Point Environmental Affairs, $221,282, “Acoustic Monitoring of Bottlenose Dolphin Use of the Brant Island Shoal Bombing Target.” Duration: 8/1/04- 2/28/06.

James F. Reynolds, professor and director of the National Phytotron, University of Georgia, $155,590, “Using Microbial Indicator Species to Distinguish Shifting Contributions from Soil Organic.” Duration: 8/15/04-8/14/07.

Dean L. Urban, associate professor of landscape ecology, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, $275,000, “Doris Duke Conservation Fellows Program.” Duration: 7/1/04-6/30/06.

—Compiled by Donna Picard, Nicholas School communications assistant

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