Grants - Fall 2009

Richard M. Anderson, assistant professor, National Science Foundation, $114,741, “Method vs. Preference Learning in Decision Analytic Preference Assessment.”

William L. Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, $238,607, Doris Duke Conservation Fellowship Program.

James S. Clark, H.L. Blomquist Professor of Environment, professor of biology, professor of statistics, University of Georgia, $304,838, “Southern Appalachia on the Edge: Exurbanization & Climate Interaction in the Southeast.”

Bruce H. Corliss, professor of earth and ocean sciences, National Marine Fisheries Service, $120,890, “A Proposal to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission for the 2009 Cooperative Winter Tagging Cruise.”

Richard T. DiGiulio, professor of environmental toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, $377,442, Superfund Basic Research Center.

Gary S. Dwyer, research scientist in earth and ocean sciences, U.S. Geological Survey, $188,108, “Late Quaternary Paleoceanography of the Arctic Ocean.”

Scott A. Eckert, research scientist, Drexel University, $104,550, “Interactions of Leatherback Turtles and Fisheries in the Pacific Ocean.”

Richard B. Forward, professor of zoology and Bass Fellow, National Science Foundation, $331,724, “Research Experience for Undergraduate Program in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science,” (w/ D. Rittschof).

David E. Hinton, Nicholas Professor of Environmental Quality, National Institutes of Health, $174, 835, “Additive Effects of Mixtures of Endocrine-active Compounds to Medaka.”

Robert B. Jackson, Nicholas Professor of Global Environmental Change and professor of biology, National Science Foundation, $317,000, “Quantifying the Importance of Deep and Shallow Roots for Plant Water Use and Redistribution Using a Novel Cave System to 20 m Depth”; Department of Energy, Nationa Institute for Climate Change Research, $225,000, “Linking Carbon Uptake in Terrestrial Ecosystems with Other Climate Forcing Factors .”

Susan M. Lozier, professor of physical oceanography, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $100,000, “Support for MPOWIR activities and its direct connection to NASA labs.”

Joel N. Meyer, assistant professor of environmental toxicology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke & National Institutes of Health, $417,719, “Molecular and Physiological Responses to Persistent Mitochondrial DNA Damage.”

Sari Palmroth, assistant research professor, U.S. Forest Service, $138,996, “Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on Carbon Cycling and Sequestration Under Current and Elevated Atmospheric CO2.”

Timothy H. Profeta, director, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, $301,727, “The Carbon Market  Initiative at Duke University;” Environmental Defense, $263,499, “Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum – 2009”; Energy Foundation, $125,073, “An Assessment of Potential Energy Efficiency Gains in the Southeast.”

Andrew J. Read, Rachel Carson Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology, Parsons Corporation, $797,983, “Technical Proposal for Monitoring of Protected Species in the Proposed Jacksonville USWTR”; Parsons Corporation, $634,899, “Technical Proposal for Monitoring of Protected Species in the Proposed Jacksonville USWTR.”

Heather Stapleton, assistant professor of environmental science, National Science Foundation, $299,775 “Fate of Biosolid Derived Organic Contaminants in Soils and Effects on Soil Microbial Communities.”

Cindy Van Dover, professor of marine biology and director, Duke Marine Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, $118,181, “Oases for Life in Distant Oceans: Hydrothermal Exploration Using Advanced Robotic Techniques.”

Avner Vengosh, associate professor, National Science Foundation, $105,393, “Environmental Effects of the Coal Ash Spill and Remediation at Kingston, Tenn.”