FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 27, 1998 CONTACT: Lee Herring, National Science Foundation (703) 306-1070 kherring@nsf.gov National Science Foundation Awards Career Development Grants to 206 Outstanding Women Scientists WASHINGTON-- The National Science Foundation has awarded $13.7 million in grants to 206 outstanding women nationwide as part of its Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE) program. These awards, one of NSF's investments in women scientists and engineers, promote the development of scholarly and institutional leaders in research and education in fields ranging from atomic physics to zoology. Typically, POWRE grants last between 12 and 18 months and range from $13,000 to $150,000 each. The recipients and their research project are listed below: Pnina G. Abir-Am, University of California at Berkeley, for VPW: Leadership, Gender, and Collaboration in Science: Dorothy C. Hodgkin (1910-94) and the Oxford School of Molecular Crystallography Shireen Adenwalla, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, for Single and Multi-Layered Magnetic Arrays: A Study of Their Magnetic Properties Cecilia M. Aguila, University of Miami School of Medicine, for Transcriptional Regulation of the Somatostatin Gene in Neurons M. Joan Alexander, University of Washington, for Small-Scale Atmospheric Waves Observed with the GPS Josephine Aller, State University of New York at Stony Brook, for Development of Fiber Optic Sensors for Geochemical Studies Amy Arai, University of California at Irvine, for Kinetic Analysis of the AMPA Receptor After C-Terminal Modification Patricia Ashby, Eastern New Mexico University, for Quantitative Genetics of Thermoregulation in the Grasshopper Xanthippus Corallipes Jo-Anne Bachorowski, Vanderbilt University, for Acoustics Cues to Gender and Individual Identity in Speech and Laughter Ruth Bahar, Brown University, for Integration of Non-Conventional CMOS Structures into Fully Automated Synthesis Tools Karen Bame, University of Missouri at Kansas City, for Characterization of Heparanase in CHO Cells Mahzarin R. Banaji, Yale University, for Implicit Attitudes Toward Mathematics and Science Rama Bansil, Boston University, for Investigate Crystallization and Mineralization Phenomena in Gels Linda Barrett, University of Akron, for Using Soil Profile Spectral Reflectance Patterns in a Field-Based Index of Soil Development Annelise Barron, Northwestern University, for Exploring the Potential of Non-Natural, Sequence-Specific Polymers to Adopt Mimetic Folded Structures Amy Bell, Virginia Tech, for Fractal Modulation Using Wavelets for Digital Communications Nancy Berner, University of the South, for Learning and Application of New Methods to the Study of Mitochondrial Heat-Generating Mechanisms in Endothermic and Ectothermic Vertebrates Sarah Binder, Brookings Institution, for Confirmation Politics: New Perspectives on Legislative-Executive Gridlock Sally Blount, University of Chicago, for An Examination of Patience and Impatience in Social Context Sarah Bolton, Williams College, for Nonlinear Dynamics in Ultrafast Lasers Florence Bonner, Howard University, for Black Women in the Academy II: Service and Leadership Bonnie Bowen, Iowa State University, for Molecular Markers as Reflections of Evolutionary Processes in a Social Bird Elizabeth Boyle, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, for The Adoption and Enforcement of Anti-Female-Genital Excision Laws Amy Briggs, Middlebury College, for Genetics Algorithms for Landmark-Based Mobile Robot Navigation Gail Brion, University of Kentucky Research Foundation, for Investigating Viral Disinfection Kinetics Karen Briski, Washington State University, for Neural Substrates for Glucoprivic Regulation of Reproductive Hormone Secretion Lori Bruce, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, for Wavelet-Based Shape Features for Mammographic Analysis Emily A. Buchholtz, Wellesley College, for the study of Locomotor Transition in Fossile Sirenia Maria Bykhovskaia, University of Virginia, for Refractory Period for Quantal Neurosecretion Maja Bystrom, Drexel University, for Wireless Transport of Low-Bitrate Multiresolution Video Nancy Collins, University of California at Santa Barbara, for Visiting Professorship at University of California at Santa Barbara Judy Callis, University of California at Davis, for Characterization of Ubiquitin Pathway in Plants Rose Ann Cattolico, University of Washington, for The Calvin Cycle: Evolution and Catalytic Function of Phosphoribulose Kinase in a Marine Chromophyte Vicki Chandler, University of Arizona, for Allele Interactions That Heritably Alter Transcription Susan Chang, Washington State University, for Pilot Study to Estimate Lateral Earth Pressures on Retaining Walls Due to Highway Live Loads Andrea Chapdelaine, Trinity College, for Predicting the Accuracy of Interpersonal Compatibility Judgments Barbara Chapman, California State University at San Marcos, for Structure and Function of an Apoptosis Domain in the 75 kDa Neurotropin Receptor Ann Cheek, Tulane University, for Endocrine Disruption in Male and Female Fish: The Relationship Between Vitellogenin, Sex Differentiation, and Individual Fitness Yan Chen, University of Michigan, for Supermodularity of Nash-Efficient Public Goods Mechanism: Theory and Experiments Jean Chmielewski, Purdue University, for Supplement: Self-Replicating Peptides Mary Christman, American University, for Spatial Modeling of Count Data on a Lattice Susan Jane Colley, Oberlin College, for Research and Teaching in Algebraic Geometry and Algebra Cecilia Colome, The University of Texas at Austin, for Inner Structure of Outflow Sources: Near-Infrared Spectro- and Imaging-Polarimetry Susan B. Cook, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, for REU: SSU/HBOI Minority Undergraduate Marine Science Summer Program: A Bridge to Research Shelley D. Copley, University of Colorado, for Studies of Tetrachlorohydroquinone Dehalogenases Olga Cordero-Brana, American University, for Problems in Classification and Clustering Andrea Danyluk, Williams College, for Effects of Systematic Data Error on Inductive Machine Learning Algorithms Corinne Darvennes, Tennessee Technological University, for Enhancement of TTU's Noise-Control Facility to Improve the Research and Education Program in Acoustics Carol Dieckmann, University of Arizona, for Eyespot Assembly in Chlamydomonas Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon at Eugene, for Quaternary to Recent Basin Development and Neotectonics of the Central San Jacinto Fault Zone, Southern California Laura Downing, University of California at Berkeley, for The Interaction of Morphology and Phonology in Constraining Bantu Reduplication Diane Dutkevitch, Northwestern University, for The Web as a Laboratory: Hands-On Astronomy in Large Lecture Courses M. Darby Dyar, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, for Synchrotron Micro-XANES Study of Fe Redox in Mantle Phases Elaine Eschen, Fisk University, for POWRE Contribution to CGI for Minority Institutions Infrastructure Grant JoAnne Feeney, New York University, for VPW: Risk Sharing, Market Imperfections and Endogenous Policy Formation Cynthia Fisher, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, for Topographic Mapping of The Greenhorn Seaway Based on Planktonic Foraminiferal Porosity Ellen Fisher, Colorado State University, for Resonantly Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization of Measurement of Radical-Surface Reactivities Rhonda Foley, University of California at Los Angeles, for Analysis of a Phloem-Specific, Nickel Binding Protein Michelle Francl, Bryn Mawr College, for Polar Versus Single Electron Transfer Mechanisms in Reactions With Alkylaluminum (III) Reagents: A Theoretical Exploration Mary Frecker, Pennsylvania State University at University Park, for Methodology for Design of Compliant Mechanisms with Integrated Smart Materials Susannah Fritton, City University of New York City College Research Foundation, for Exploring Novel Methods to Quantify Fluid Flow in Mechanically Loaded Bone Robin Garrell, University of California at Los Angeles, for Novel Inorganic Self-Assembled Monolayers: Boranes and Gold Barbara L. Gartner, Oregon State University, for Integration of Ecophysiology and Wood Science Through Research and Site Visits Carey Gazis, Central Washington University, for Stable Isotope Systematics of Soil Water and Soil CO2 For Selected Sites in Washington State Morton Gernsbacher, University of Wisconsin at Madison, for Testing the Structure Building Framework Using Functional Imaging Christina Gibson, University Wisconsin at Madison, for Implementation of Work Teams Across Cultures - Factors Influencing Team Effectiveness Jadwiga M. Giebultowicz, Oregon State University, for Characterization of a Novel Circadian Clock in Drosophila Excretory Organ Janice Gobert, Western Michigan University, for Investigating Students' Models and Model-Based Reasoning in Plate Tectonics Rachel Gordon, National Opinion Research Center, for Simultaneity in The Timing of Young Women's Non-Marital Homeleaving, Non-Marital Fertility, and Marriage Irina Gorodinsky, University of California at San Diego, for A New Algorithm for Minimizing Common Entropy Measures for Signal Enhancement, Estimation, and Source Localization Joanne Gowa, Princeton University, for Domestic Constraints on Democratic Leaders Sheryl Grace, Boston University, for Use of Conventional Computational Fluid Dynamics to Predict Sound Generated by Complex Flows Christine Grant, North Carolina State University, for Interfacial Analysis of the Deposition and Removal of Organic Films from Solid Surfaces Molly Gribb, University South Carolina, for Field Variation of Cone Permeameters for Hydraulic Property Estimation Brenda Hall, University of Maine, for High-Resolution Chronology of Millennial-Scale Lake-Level Fluctuations in the Dry Valleys (Antarctica) From Uranium-Thorium and Radiocarbon Dating Ann Hedrick, University of California at Davis, for Links Between Anti-Predator Behavior and Mating Behavior Valerie Heitshusen, University of Missouri at Columbia, for The Effects of Electoral Systems on Legislator-Constituency Relations: A Five-Country Study Lisa Hellerstein, Polytechnic University of New York, for Support for Research in a New Area: Automated Text Categorization Carol Hirschmugl, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, for Far Infrared Frontiers: Low-Energy Dynamics of Wide-Band Gap Interfaces Jennifer Hoeting, Colorado State University, for Methology for Spatial Models for Binary Data Anne Hofmeister, Washington University, for Construction of an Infrared Spectroscopic Database for Direct Comparison With Astronomical Observations of Stardust Kathleen Hogan, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, for Applying New Data Analysis Technology and Creating Research Liaisons to Build Capacity for the Study and Assessment of Science Learners' Cognitive Processes Patricia Holden, University of California at Santa Barbara, for Microscale Mechanisms in Unsaturated Film Substrate Availability: A Molecular Reporter System Approach Linda Z. Holland, University of California at San Diego, for Developmental Genetics of Amphioxus: Insights Into the Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Body Plan: An Analysis of the Amphioxus Engrailed Gene Margaret J. Hollingsworth, State University of New York at Buffalo, for Optimization and Characterization of Chloroplast Translation In Vitro Mei Hong, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, for New Approaches for Efficient Determination of Protein Structures by Solid-State NMR and Isotopic Labeling Laura L. May Hoopes, Pomona College, for Genetics and Chemistry of Yeast DNA Transactions and Updated Molecular Biology Knowledge Sally Hoskins, City University of New York City College, for Molecular Mechanisms of Thyroid Hormone Action on Stem Cells Leonie Huddy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, for Political Identification as Social Identity: The Portrayal of Feminists and the Development of Feminist Identity Lola Hudson, North Carolina State University, for Modulation of the Blood-Brain Barrier by Astrocytes and Microglia Deborah Hudspeth, Northern Illinois University, for Nuclear-Based Molecular Phylogeny of the Peronomycetes (Oomycota) Janice L. Huff, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, for Regulation of Fat-Cell Development in Drosophila Kaye Husbands, Williams College, for Exogenous Shocks and Strategic Responses: Canadian and Mexican Auto-Parts Suppliers Adjust to Free Trade and to Lean Production Celina Imielinska, Columbia University, for Technical Challenges in 3-D Visualization of Large Color Data Sets Mary Ann Ingram, Georgia Institute of Technology, for Smart Antennas for Wireless Communication Jean Jacoby, Seattle University, for Tracking Cyanobacterial Toxicity in Lake Sammamish, Washington Aimee Johnson, Oregon State University, for Dynamical Systems With Zd Action Joni Johnson, New Mexico State University, for Spectropolarimetry and Spectroscopy of Classical Novae: A 3-Dimensional Picture of Novae Ejecta Elizabeth Jonas, Yale University, for Tyrosin Kinases Modulate Translocation of Ion Channels Kristina Jones, Wellesley College, for Development of Tools for the Experimental Evolution of a Floral Trait in Antirrhinum Kelly Kadera, University of Iowa, for Testing The Power-Conflict Model Julie Kafkiadis, University of Michigan, for Comparing O2 Nightglow Satellite Imagery Ground-Based Observations of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Rinat Kedem, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, for Representations of Quantum Affine Algebras and Integrable Models Cynthia E. Keppel, Hampton University, for Large X Physics Mary P. Kertzman, De Pauw University, for Design Studies of an Array of Imaging Gamma Ray Telescopes Katherine Klein, North Carolina State University, for The Role of Working Memory in the Generation of Stressful Life Events Evamaria Koch, University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Sciences, for Seagrass Induced Pore Water Advection in Permeable Sediments Andrea Koziol, University of Dayton, for Experimental Studies of Fe-Mg Carbonates and Their Role in Petrogenesis Rachel Kranton, University of Maryland, for Developing a Theory of Buyer-Seller Networks Alenka Luzar, University of California at San Francisco, for Interfacial Water From Molecular to Mesoscopic Scale Ellen Lackey, University of Mississippi, for Research/Educational Enhancement Plan Regarding the UV Cure of Polymeric Composites Marjorie A. Langell, University Nebraska, for HREELS, TDS and Photoelectron Spectroscopy Carol Lasko, Humboldt State University, for Chitosan Remediation of Industrial Chromium Waste Sandra Laursen, Kalamazoo College, for Primary Photodissociation Paths of Carbonyl Intemermediate in Ozone Formation: A Visiting Professorship in Laboratory Atmospheric Chemistry Binhua Lin, University of Chicago, for Constrained Diffusion of an Isolated Colloidal Sphere in Confined Geometry Ming Lin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for Efficient Geometric Algorithms for Computer Simulated Environments Daphne Liu, California State University, Los Angeles, for Distance Graphs and Channel Assignment Problems Joanne Lobato, San Diego State University Foundation, for School-Work Connections: Generalizing Mathematics Learning Cheryl Logan, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, for The History of Animal Models: Diversity in the Use of Animals in Experimental Physiology and Experimental Psychology, 1880-1900 Barbara Luke, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, for Establishing Lateral Variability of Geotechnical Sites Using Seismic Surface Water Anita Mahadevan-Janse, Vanderbilt University, for Development of Raman Probes for Cancer Detection Using Near-Infrared Raman Spectroscopy Cheleen Mahar, Pacific University, for The Strategy of Urban Life: The Transition from Rural Migrant to Urban Citizen M. Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University, for Visiting Professorship at Harvard: Theoretical Studies in Statistical Physics Therese Ann Markow, Arizona State University, for LTREB Population Biology and Ecology of Sonoran Drosophila Junko Munakata Marr, Colorado School of Mines, for Analysis of Microbial Communities by Coupled Polymerase Chain Reaction and Dematuring Gradient Gel Electrophoresis as an Indicator of in Situ Remediation Sandra Martin, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, for In Vitro Analysis of Retrotransposition Georgiana May, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, for Evolution of Plant Resistance Genes Pamela McCauley-Bell, University of Central Florida, for An Investigation of Interaction Between Human and Automation Elements in Alerting Systems Catherine A. McCormick, Oberlin College, for RUI: Central Projections of the Octavolateralis System Karen McDonald, University of California at Davis, for A Plant Cell Suspension/Plant Viral System for Expression of Heterologous Proteins Karen McGlathery, University of Virginia, for Nitrogen Cycling in a Lagoonal Land Margin Ecosystem: Importance of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Sally McInerny, University of Alabama, for Early Detection of Insulation Degradation in Low-Voltage Motors Sally McKee, University of Utah, for Understanding and Improving Memory System Performance Irena Melnikova, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, for Regulation of Acetylcholine Receptor Gene Expression in the Nervous System Laura Michaelis, University of Colorado, for Semantic, Discourse-Pragmatic and Syntactic Predictors of Lexical Subjects in Conversational English Jennifer Miller, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, for Combined Corrosion Assessment Techniques for Evaluating the Effect of Free Chlorine on Aged Cast-Iron Water-Distribution-System Pipes Deborah Minehart, Boston University, for A Theory of Buyer-Seller Networks Suzanne Moenter, University of Virginia, for Leptin Action on Gonadotropin-Releasing-Hormone Neurons Isabel Montanez, University of California at Davis, for Cambrian Extinction Events and Carbon Cycling: An Integrated Isotropic Approach to Unravelling Geochemical Processes Linking Cambrian Phenomena Cynthia F. Moss, University of Maryland at College Park, for NYI: International Biological Sonar Conference Reshmi Mukherjee, Barnard College, for Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Between 25 and 250 GeV With STACEE Margaret Murfett, University of Missouri at Columbia, for Identification of Auxin Signal Mutants in Arabidopsis Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College, for Enhancement of Forest Canopy/Database Research Ream-Based Approaches and Student-Based Research Projects Meenakshi Narain, Boston University, for Top Quark Physics at the Tevatron Rosamond Naylor, Stanford University, for Effects of El Niño-Southern Oscillation Events on Food Production Instability in Indonesia: Developing Models for Rice and Shrimp Karla Neugebauer, F. Hutchinson North Carolina Research Center, for Visualization of Genes and Their Regulators With High-Resolution Light Microscopy| Denise Nicoletti, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, for Wavelet Decomposition of Inrush and Arc Currents Helen Nissenbaum, Princeton University, for Societal Values in An Age of Information Technology Paula J. Noble, University of Nevada at Reno, for Stratigraphy, Paleoceanography, and Community Dynamics of Siliceous Fossils from the Silurian of the Canadian Arctic Susan Oatis, Long Island University Southampton, for Characterization of Phase Transformations in Stratospheric Aerosols Kimberly Ogden, University of Arizona, for NSF/SER ERC Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacuting - Simultaneous Removal of Cu and Organics from CMP Wastes Catherine J. Page, University of Oregon, for Crusty Micelles and Vesicles: Self-Organized Alkyl Phosphonate Structures Capped with Metals and Metal Bis(phosphonate) Multilayers Kathleen Creed Page, Bucknell University, for Glucocorticoid Modulation of Protooncogene Expression in Rat Leydig Cells Martha Pardavi-Horvath, George Washington University, for Sabbatical Research in Nanostructured Magnetic Materials Dunja Peric, University of Colorado at Denver, for Investigation of Progressive Failure in Overconsolidated Clays Susan Perry, University of California at Los Angeles, for Vocal Communication in Cebus Capucinus Linda Peteanu, Carnegie Mellon University, for The Use of Stark Spectroscopy to Probe Molecular Excited States in the Condensed Phase Lori Pollock, University of Delaware, for Program-Based Testing of Parallel Programs Maureen Price, William Marsh Rice University, for Characterization of skm-BOP, A Novel Muscle Protein Lynn Quarmby, Emory University, for Cloning the Chlamydomonas Katanin Gene Anuradha Ramaswami, University of Colorado at Denver, for Investigating the Impact of Vegetation on Transport and Fate of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) in the Environment Mary Rezac, Georgia Institute of Technology, for Microporous Polymer Blends: Influence of Polymer/Solvent/Non-Solvent Interactions on Structure Anne Robertson, University of Pittsburgh, for Use of Chimera Grids for Numerical Studies of Flow in an Arterial Bifurcation Catherine Reed, University of Denver, for "What" vs. "Where" Pathways in Somatosensory Cortex Using fMRI and MEG Nancy Reed, University of California at Davis, for Diagnosing Interacting Defects Using Cue Combination Types Marin Robinson, Northern Arizona University, for Tropospheric Ice Cloud Scavenging and Particulate Matter Monitoring Sue Rosser, University of Florida, for Workshop on POWRE Karen Rutledge, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, for Adaptation and Application of Classical Light Scattering for the Nondestructive Evaluation of Art and Historical Objects M. Celestine Sagui, North Carolina State University, for Issues in Condensed-Matter Physics: Phase Separation and Solvated Protein Structure Cathy Savage-Dunn, City University of New York Queens College, for TGFB Signaling in the Egg-Laying System of C. elegans Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland at College Park, for Exploration of Applying Statistical Process Control Strategies to Simulated Annealing Optimization Techniques Jacqueline Schoendorf, Boston University, for A System for Monitoring Thermospheric Density Using Incoherent Scatter Radar Data Janie Seat, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, for Full Circle: Filling in the Gaps Jennifer Seitzer, University of Dayton, for Computational Induction and Deduction Rimli Sengupta, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, for Applying Probablistic Techniques to Modeling and Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Renu Sharma, Arizona State University, for In Situ Study of Stabilization of Zirconia by Anion Exchange (N for O) Using High-Temperature, Controlled-Atmosphere X-ray Diffraction at University of Tubingen (Germany) Tracey J. Shors, Princeton University, for Investigate the Contribution of Early Handling and Maternal Separation to Sexually-Opposed Effects of Stress on Associative Learning in Adulthood Alice Silverberg, University of California at Berkeley, for Abelian Varieties and Shimura Varieties Meera Sitharam, Kent State University, for Analysis of Specified Constraint Models for Engineering Design Regina Smyth, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, for A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Election in Democratic Transitions Roxanne Springer, Duke University, for Visiting Professorship: The Physics of Strangeness Carol Steiner, City University of New York City College Research Foundation, for Self-Assembly of Mixtures of Surfactants at the Hydrophobic Solid/Air Interface Rosemary Steinmetz, Indiana University at Bloomington, for Estrogen Receptor-Beta Activation of Prolactin Gene Expression Jennifer Stewart, Virginia Commonwealth University, for Phenylethanolamine N-methyl Transferase in Brain and Lymphoid Tissues Mary Stewart, North Dakota State University at Fargo, for Analysis of p70 S6 Kinase in Drosophila Lisa Stillings, University of Wyoming, for The Kinetics of Microbially-Mediated Reduction of Fe(III), As(V), and S(VI): A Laboratory Study of Non-Steady-State Conditions in Anoxic Reservoir Sediments Laura Stoker, University of California at Berkeley, for Spouse and Third-Generation Components of the Political Socialization Project Osnat Stramer, University of Iowa, for Dynamical MCMC Methods With Applications to Continuous Time Differential Equation Models Jiayang Sun, Case Western Reserve University, for Statistics Research, Education Application Raji Sundararjan, Arizona State University, for Investigation of Long-Term Electrical Performance of Polymeric Insulating Devices Under Multi-Stress Environment Kathy A. Suprenant, University of Kansas, for Cell Cycle Regulation of Microtubule Assembly Barbara Taylor, Oregon State University, for Physiology of Sex-Specific Neurons in Flies Janine Trempy, Oregon State University, for Facilitating Substrate Specificity of a Highly Conserved Protease Lisa Troyer, University of Iowa, for Systematic Investigation of Effects of Media and Change in Social Attitudes on Status-Organizing Processes in Task Groups Carol Vleck, Iowa State University, for Reproductive Endocrinology of Free-Living Adelie Penguins at Torgerson Island, Antarctica Liping Wang, City University of New York Research Foundation, for Deformed Swept Volume Study and its Application to CAD/CAM Melva Ware, University of Missouri at St. Louis, for The Human Origin Link Nancy Wayne, University of California at Los Angeles, for Effects of Cytokines on Neuroendocrine Physiology Zhiping Weng, Boston University, for Protein Docking With Binding Free Energy Target Functions Linda Whittingham, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, for Parentage and Male Parental Effort in a Species With Alternative Reproductive Opportunities Carol Wicks, University of Missouri at Columbia, for Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of Streambeds in Karst Aquifers Rhonda Williams, University of Maryland at College Park, for How Race Matters: Global Perspectives on Ethnicity and Economic Inequality Laura Wojcik, Virginia Tech, for Bond Graph Modeling and Analysis of Musculoskeletal Systems Mary Kate Worden, University of Virginia, for Assessing the Physiological Roles of Synaptic Proteins in Drosophila Chihae Yang, Otterbein College, for Research and Educational Enhancement at Otterbein: Effects of Surfactants Mesophase and Divalent Cations on Structures in Model Lipid Bilayers and Cell Membranes Aspasia Zerva, Drexel University, for A Bayesian Approach in Developing Models for the Spatial Variability of Seismic Ground Motions J. Lynn Zimmerman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, for Antisense to a Small Heat Shock Protein Reduces Plant Thermotolerance: Understanding Molecular Mechanism(s) Elizabeth Zita, Evergreen State College, for Preparations for Testing Magnetic Model of roAp Star Dynamics Using Remote Observatories

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