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Research Funding Report, February and March 2006

E. Bakker, Chemistry, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $29,322, "Instrumental Control of Ion Selective Electrodes."
E. Bakker, Chemistry, from National Science Foundation, $20,754, "Novel Highly Durable Sensors."
M. W. Caffee, Physics, from National Science Foundation, $40,849, "Collaborative Research: A Proposal for the Cosmic- Ray Produced Nuclide Systematics on Earth\(Cronus-Earth\) Project."
M. W. Caffee, Physics, from Rutgers State University, $26,100, "Isotopic Studies of Extraterrestrial Materials."
R. G. Cooks and W. J. Chappell, Chemistry, Electrical & Computer Engineering, from Homeland Security, U.S. Department of, $778,839, "Handheld CW and TIC Sensor Based on a Micro-Machined Cylindrical Ion Trap Array Mass Spectrometer."
M. D. Dadarlat, Mathematics, from National Science Foundation, $90,854, "Operator Algebras, K-Theory and Groups."
A. Eremenko, Mathematics, from National Science Foundation, $61,350, "Real Meromorphic Functions."
A. K. Ghosh, Chemistry, from Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, $96,951, "Beta Secretase Inhibition for Treating Alzheimer's Disease."
A. K. Ghosh, Chemistry, from National Institutes of Health, $314,828, "Design and Synthesis of Nonpeptide Protease Inhibitors."
J. S. Haase, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from Geological Survey, U.S., $49,365, "Recovering Absolute Seismic Displacements through Combined Use of 1 Hz GPS and Strong Motion Accelerometers."
S. Jagannathan, A. L. Hosking, A. Y. Grama and J. Vitek, Computer Science, from National Science Foundation, $99,979, "CRI: A Computational Infrastructure for Experimentation on Relaxed Concurrency Abstracts and Their Applications."
S. Kais, Chemistry, from Binational Science Foundation, $15,000, "Entanglement Production by Electron Transfer Processes in Mesoscopic and Molecular Systems."
H. I. Kenttamaa, Chemistry, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $176,455, "Mass Spectrometry Studies on Radical Reactions of DNA."
S. F. Konieczny, Biological Sciences, from PHS-NIH National Institute Diabetes,Kidney Dis, $339,838, "Pancreas Transcription Factors and Disease Model Systems."
R. J. Kuhn, C. B. Post, D. A. Sanders, J. L. Smith, M. G. Rossmann and M. S. Cushman, Biological Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, from University of Chicago, $56,000, "Development of Antiviral Strategies for Enveloped Viruses."
J. Lipman, Mathematics, from National Security Agency, $38,260, "Residues and Duality on Formal Schemes."
P. S. Low, Chemistry, from Endocyte, Inc., $50,099, "Folate Chemo: Novel, Non-Toxic, Delivery of Chemotherapeutics."
D. R. McMillin, Chemistry, from National Science Foundation, $132,000, "New Ligands, Late Transition Metal Photochemistry, and DNA."
C. Nita-Rotaru, Computer Science, from National Science Foundation, $80,000, "CAREER: Scalable, Robust and Secure Group-Oriented Services for Wireless Mesh Networks."
S. K. Prabhakar and S. E. Hambrusch, Computer Science, from Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $149,638, "Scalable, Reliable Management of Sensor Information."
L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, Physics, from U.S. Department of Energy, $287,952, "Self-Assembling Sup-Porosity: The Effect on Fluid Flow and Seismic Wave Propagation."
M. G. Rossmann, Biological Sciences, from PHS-NIH National Institute Allergy Infectious Dis, $403,925, "Structure and Function of Icosahedral Viruses."
D. K. Thompson, Biological Sciences, from U.S. Department of Energy, $91,000, "Elucidating the Molecular Basis and Regulation of Chromium (VI) Reduction by Shewandella Oneidensis Mr-1 and Resistance to Metal Toxicity Using Integrated Biochemical, Genomic and Proteomic."
H. U. Walther, Mathematics, from National Security Agency, $26,476, "D-Modules and Symbolic Computation in Toric Geometry and Singularity Theory."
T. S. Zwier, Chemistry, from National Science Foundation, $223,200, "Laser Probes of the Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Flexible Biomolecules and Complexes."
T. S. Zwier, Chemistry, from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $110,000, "Laboratory Studies of Photochemical and Discharge-Driven Pathways to Complex Molecule Formation in Titan's Atmosphere."
D. V. Arapura, J. Wlodarczyk and K. Matsuki, Mathematics, from National Science Foundation, $58,523, "Birational Geometry and Hodge Theory."
M. W. Caffee, Physics, from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $322,618, "Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: Enhanced Capability for Future Sample Return Analysis."
K. Choi, Chemistry, from American Chemical Society, $35,000, "Synthesis of Inorganic Films with Controlled Interfacial Structures by Crystal Engineering in Electrodeposition."
R. G. Cooks, Chemistry, from Army Corps of Engineers, U.S., $126,000, "Portable Mass Spectrometer for Detection and Quantification of Explosives Compounds in Groundwater."
R. G. Cooks, Chemistry, from Army Corps of Engineers, U.S., $5,000, "Portable Mass Spectrometer for Detection and Quantification of Explosives Compounds in Groundwater."
S. A. Fahmy and E. Bertino, Computer Science, from National Science Foundation, $66,072, "Collaborative Research: CRI: A Testbed for Research and Development of Secure IP Multimedia Communication Services."
D. M. Fekete, Biological Sciences, from National Organization Hearing Research Foundation, $20,000, "Discovery of New Genes Involved in Hearing a Novel Gene-Trap Screening Approach."
Harshvardhan, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $101,917, "Assessing the Potential of Aerosol Indirect Radiative Forcing Using Model Simulations and Satellite Retrievals."
P. J. Hollenbeck, Biological Sciences, from PHS-NIH National Institute Neuro Disorders,Strokes, $299,220, "Control of Neural Organelle Transport."
J. M. Honig, Chemistry, from Dreyfus, Camille & Henry Foundation Inc., $20,000, "2006 Faculty Senior Scientist Mentor Program."
S. D. King, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, from Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., $9,595, "Elsevier Editorship (for 2006)."
D. S. Koltick, Physics, from Raytheon, $58,080, "Testing Services Provided in Support of Defender Nuclear Detection Web Program."
A. E. Konopka, C. H. Nakatsu and D. G. Schulze, Biological Sciences, Agronomy, from U.S. Department of Energy, $150,000, "Ecological Interactions Between Metals and Microbes."
G. P. McCabe, Statistics, from Harvestplus, $36,000, "Nutritional Benefits of Quality Protein Maize (QPM) in Maize Biofortification."
S. A. McLuckey, Chemistry, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $248,064, "Instrumentation for Analysis of High Mass Biomolecules."
S. A. McLuckey, Chemistry, from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science, $248,064, "Instrumentation for Analysis of High Mass Biomolecules."
W. L. Pak and R. W. Doerge, Biological Sciences, Agronomy, from PHS-NIH National Institute of Mental Health, $332,780, "Molecular Analysis of Synaptic Transmission Mutants."
F. E. Regnier, Chemistry, from Civilian Res. & Development Foundation, $16,000, "Development of New Stable-Isotope Labeled Derivatizing Reagents and Their Use for Proteomics Research."
F. E. Regnier, Chemistry, from University of Texas at San Antonio, $112,500, "Ellison Foundation Senior Scholar Award in Aging."
M. G. Rossmann, Biological Sciences, from National Science Foundation, $259,340, "X-Ray Determination of Proteins and Viruses."
M. G. Rossmann, Biological Sciences, from University of Minnesota, $124,901, "Structural Genomics of Bacteriophage Phi29."
A. C. Sa Barreto and C. Guillarmou, Mathematics, from National Science Foundation, $33,998, "Research on Geometric Scattering."
R. P. Scharenberg, F. Wang, A. S. Hirsch and N. T. Porile, Physics, Chemistry, from U.S. Department of Energy, $600,000, "The Experimental Study of the Phase Structure of Hadronic Matter."
C. J. Staiger, Biological Sciences, from University of Michigan, $42,092, "Glutamine Amidotransferases and Partner Enzymes."
D. M. Suter, Biological Sciences, from PHS-NIH National Institute Neuro Disorders,Strokes, $298,640, "Regulation of Neuronal Growth Cone Guidance."
D. H. Thompson, C. A. Hrycyna and I. Szleifer, Chemistry, from PHS-NIH National Cancer Institute, $379,265, "Development of an ICMT Supported Membrane Sensor."
J. Vitek, Computer Science, from IBM, $97,218, "PERCS."
P. G. Wenthold, Chemistry, from National Science Foundation, $122,000, "Mass Spectrometric Studies of Organic Reactivity and Structure: Ion Reactions and Triadicals."
D. Zhou, Biological Sciences, from PHS-NIH National Institute Allergy Infectious Dis, $256,332, "Actin-Cytoskeleton Rearrangements by Salmonella."

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