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1996 May-August

Contracts and Grants

Judith Aissen, professor of linguistics: $15,586, National Science Foundation, "The Syntax of Obviation in Mayan."

Robert Anderson, associate professor of earth sciences: $71,933, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Geostatistical Analysis of Solute Transport in Alluvial Fan Facies"; $19,000 and $3,000, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the support of graduate student Alexander Densmore, "Range-Crossing Faults in Eastern California"; and $10,400, National Science Foundation, "Presidential Young Investigator Award."

Roger Anderson, professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $157,528, Amtech Systems, "Photo-CVD Equipment and Process: Applications of Advanded Mercury Lamps, Excimer Lamps, and Excimer Lasers."

Marti Atkinson, instructional development specialist, Division of Natural Sciences: $20,000, Tech Museum of Innovation, "Online Exhibits for the HyperTech Museum."

Ilan Benjamin, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $164,000, National Science Foundation, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Chemical Reactions at Liquid Interfaces."

Peter Bodenheimer, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $80,600, National Science Foundation, "Physics of Protostellar Disks"; and $22,000, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the support of graduate student Neal Turner, "Birth of the Sun: Magnetic Fields in Protostellar Accreation Disks."

Rita Bottoms, head of Special Collections at University Library: $5,000, Calif. Department of Parks and Recreation, "Conservation of Zena Holman Library."

Barry Bowman, professor of biology: $425,653, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "UC Santa Cruz Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Basic Research Program."

Jean Brodie, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics and associate astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $22,020, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems."

George Brown, professor of physics: $30,000, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, "PRT Research Staff Support Proposal."

Joseph Bunnett, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry: $65,553, Battelle Memorial Institute, "Peer Review of Joint Evaluation and Characterization of Russian Chemical Agent Neutralization Reactions."

Maureen Callanan, associate professor of psychology: $132,812, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, "Negotiating Meaning: Children's Concepts and Theories."

Kenneth Cameron, professor of earth sciences, and Peter Holden, associate specialist in earth sciences: $130,000, National Science Foundation, "Geochronology of the Formation and Modification of the Deep Crust Beneath Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico."

Ned Causin, physical plant business manager, and Dean Fitch, physical plant senior superintendent: $56,000, California Department of Conservation, "Recycling Collection Program."

Robert Coe, professor of earth sciences: $60,299, National Science Foundation, "A Case Study of Fidelity of Sedimentary Magnetization."

Bruce Cooperstein and Solomon Friedberg, professors of mathematics, and Laurie Edwards, assistant professor of education: $15,000, California Mathematics Project, "Monterey Bay Mathematics Project Planning Grant."

Daniel Costa, professor of biology: $186,400 and $34,787, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, "ATOC Marine Mammal Research Program, Pt. Sur."

Daniel Costa, professor of biology, and Michael Goebel, graduate student in biology: $109,847, National Science Foundation, "The Importance of Foraging Pattern on Reproductive Success in the Northern Fur Seal."

Donald Coyne, adjunct professor of physics, and David Williams, associate adjunct professor of physics and associate research physicist: $400,000, National Science Foundation, "Research in Particle and Astroparticle Physics"; and $5,000, National Science Foundation, "REU Supplement to PHY-9408716."

Phillip Crews, professor of chemistry: $253,235, National Cancer Institute, "Discovery of Novel Cytotoxic Natural Products from Marine Sponges."

Robert Curry, professor emeritus of environmental geology (environmental studies): $25,000, California Water Resources Control Board, "Mammoth Lakes Supplement to Contract 4-075-160-01."

Wayne Dai, associate professor of computer engineering: $106,798, Advanced Research Projects Agency, "100 GOPS Reconfigurable Desktop System for Embedded Applications."

Sheila David, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $86,925, National Cancer Institute, "G-A Mismatch Recognition and Repair by E. Coli MutY."

David Deamer, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry: $132,466, National Institutes of Health/National Center for Human Genome Research, "Rapid Electrochemical Characterization of RNA and DNA."

Margaret Delaney, professor of ocean sciences: $12,000, Harvey Fellows Program, "Fellowship for Kristina Faul"; and $3,000, Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program, "Phosphorus Concentrations and Geochemistry in California Margin Sediments, ODP, Leg 167."

Daniel Doak, assistant professor of environmental studies: $22,000, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for the support of graduate student Elaine Harding-Smith, "Predator Management and Endangered Species Recovery in San Francisco Bay: Past Trends and Future Strategies."

Laurie Edwards, assistant professor of education: $14,988, UC Office of the President, "Learning Mathematics and Language Together: A Research Collaboration."

Miriam Ellis, lecturer in French language: $5,000, National Endowment for the Humanities, "Foreign Language in Expanded Domains."

Harland Epps, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $78,100, University of Arizona, "Observation, Data Reduction, Analysis and Interpretation with the NICMOS Instrument on Hubble Space Telescope."

Sandra Faber, University Professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $86,000, California Institute of Technology, "On-Orbit Research with the Wide-Field Planetary Camera Team."

Sandra Faber, University Professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory; and Garth Illingworth and David Koo, professors of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomers at UCO/Lick Observatory: $62,223, National Science Foundation, "Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe."

Joel Ferguson, associate professor of computer engineering: $28,822, U.S. Department of Defense. "Inductive Fault Analysis"; and $37,500 and $11,030, National Science Foundation, "Test Pattern Generation for Realistic Faults (Continuation Request for NSF PYI Award - 1996)."

Allen Fields, director of Student Affirmative Action/Educational Opportunity Programs (SAA/EOP): $98,875, U.S. Department of Education, "Summer Opportunities for Academic Research."

Anthony Fink, professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $18,000 and $7,000, National Science Foundation, "Mechanisms of Enzyme Catalysis"; and $17,262, National Science Foundation, "Early Events in Protein Folding (REU Supplement to MCB-9507280)."

Andrew Fisher, assistant professor of earth sciences: Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program, $42,389, "Scientific and Administrative Support for Co-Chief Participation on Ocean Drilling Program Leg 168"; $8,317, "Scientific Participation of Joshua Stein on ODP Leg 168"; and National Science Foundation: $6,627, "Coupled Chemical and Physical Processes on Ridge-Flank Hydrothermal Systems: A Pilot Study of Silica Diagenesis"; and $38,722, "Fine-Scale Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of Areas of Active Venting in Middle Valley, A Sedimented Rift on the Northern Juan de Fuca Ridge."

Laurel Fox, professor of biology, and Margaret FitzSimmons, associate professor of environmental studies: $94,610 and $17,890, National Science Foundation, "Multidisciplinary Regional Studies Graduate Training Program: A Critical Need."

Solomon Friedberg, professor of mathematics: $22,000, National Science Foundation, "Sums of L-functions, the Metaplectic Group, and Non-Generic Representations."

J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, associate professor of computer engineering: $329,506, Advanced Research Projects Agency, "AASERT: Supporting Multimedia Applications in Wireless Information Infrastructures"; $164,229, Advanced Research Projects Agency, "Multicasting and Routing Services in the NII and Networked Imbedded Computing Environments"; and $150,000, Advanced Research Projects Agency, "Wireless Internet Gateways (WINGS) for Internets."

Edward Garnero, postgraduate researcher in earth sciences: $39,982, National Science Foundation, "Seismological Investigations of Earth's Core-Mantle Boundary Region."

David Garrison, lecturer in ocean sciences: $9,500, U.S. Geological Survey, "Toxic Phytoplankton in San Francisco Bay."

James Gill, professor of earth sciences, and Andrew Fisher, assistant professor of earth sciences: $25,000, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, "Fort Ord Landfill Demonstration Project."

James Gill, professor of earth sciences, and Alfred Hochstaedter, postgraduate researcher in earth sciences: $4,500, National Science Foundation, "Research Experience for Undergrads: Cross-Chain Volcanism in the Izu Arc."

Per Gjerde, associate professor of psychology: $9,945, UC Berkeley, "Adult Attachment Styles in Close Relationships."

Stephen Gliessman, Alfred E. Heller Professor of Agroecology (environmental studies); Deborah Letourneau, professor of ecology (environmental studies); Matthew Werner, research associate with the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems; and Marc Buchanan, assistant professor of environmental studies: $61,194, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "An Evaluation of Restored Native Bunch Grasses in Elkhorn Slough Estuary: Removal of Nutrient and Sediment from Commercial Strawberry Runoff and Implications for Pesticide Use."

Christopher Gole, visiting assitant professor of mathematics: $40,000, National Science Foundation, "Hamiltonian Dynamics."

Lydia Gregoret, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $30,000, Cancer Research Coordinating Committee, "Escherichia Coli CspA: A Prototypical RNA Chaperone?"

Gary Griggs, professor of earth sciences: $77,657, Federal Emergency Management Agency, for the support of graduate student Laura Moore, "Mapping Erosion Hazards in Santa Cruz and San Diego Counties"; and $25,078, U.S. Geological Survey, "Cooperative Coastal and Continental Margin Research and the Development of a Multi-User Coastal and Seafloor Imaging/Analysis Facility."

Gary Griggs, professor of earth sciences, and Ellen Moir, director of teacher education: $17,786, California Postsecondary Education Commission, "Science Connections 2."

Puragra Guhathakurta, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics and assistant astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $76,200, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "The Properties of Interstellar Dust Grains in 'Cirrus' Clouds."

Judith Habicht-Mauche, associate professor of anthropology, and Russell Flegal, professor of earth sciences: $41,877, National Science Foundation, "Assessing Resource Utilization and Trade Among Prehistoric Rio Grande Glaze Paints Using Lead Isotope Analysis."

Mark Harmon, assistant professor of politics: $165, UC Berkeley Center for German and European Studies, "Referee of Special Issue of German Politics and Society."

David Haussler, professor of computer science: $20,000, UC Berkeley/Program in Mathematics and Molecular Biology, for the support of graduate student Kimmen Sjolander, "Identifying the Domains and Determining the Overall Fold of a Protein Using Hidden Markov Models and Dirichlet Mixture."

David Haussler, professor of computer science; Richard Hughey, assistant professor of computer engineering; and Kevin Karplus, associate professor of computer engineering: $108,704, U.S. Department of Energy, "Generalized Hidden Markov Models for Genomic Sequence Analysis."

Francisco Hernandez, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, and Dan Wood, director of Physical Education, Recreation, and Sports: $14,975, California Department of Boating and Waterways, "Promoting Boating Safety on Monterey Bay."

Garth Illingworth, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $4,000, Space Telescope Science Institute, "The Nuclei of Nearby SO and Spiral Galaxies: A PC Snapshot Imaging Survey"; $21,000, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Determination of the Extragalactic Distance Scale"; $35,106, Space Telescope Science Institute, for the support of visiting postgraduate researcher Ann Zabludoff, "The Role of Environment in Galaxy Evolution: A Study of Galaxies in the Field, in Poor Groups, and in Clusters"; and $27,350, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Kinematics and Structure of HDF Galaxies."

Junko Ito, professor of linguistics, and Armin Mester, associate professor of linguistics: $42,550, National Science Foundation, "The Structure of the Phonological Lexicon."

Yishi Jin, assistant professor of biology: $188,905, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders, "GABAergic Neuron Differentiation in C. elegans."

Robert Johnson, associate professor of physics: $24,500, Stanford University, "GIAST Prototype Amplifier-Discriminator Chip."

John Jordan, associate professor of English literature, and Baruch Hochman, professor of English at Hebrew University of Jerusalem: $72,909, National Endowment for the Humanities, "Reading 'Bleak House': Charles Dickens and Serial Production."

Douglas Kellogg, assistant professor of biology: $90,500, American Cancer Society, "Control of Cell Cycle Events by Cyclin-Dependent Kinases"; and $29,300, Cancer Research Coordinating Committee, "Identification and Characterization of Novel Cell Cycle Control Proteins."

Kenneth Kletzer, professor of economics: $3,300, UC Center for German and European Studies, for the support of graduate student Jules Leichter, "Italian Fiscal Policy: Consequences of a Two-Tier Monetary System"; $4,000, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, for the support of graduate student Changhua Sun Rich, "Northeast Asia Regional Collaboration: China-Japan Joint Implementation of Carbon Emissions Reduction"; $17,500, UC Pacific Rim Program, for the support of graduate student Changhua Sun Rich, "Northeast Asia Regional Collaboration: China-Japan Joint Implementation of Carbon Emissions Reduction"; and $20,448, UC Pacific Rim Program, for the support of graduate student Jeannine Bailliu, "The Challenges of Financial Integration in the Pacific Rim: Alternative Paths to Acheiving Stability and Growth."

Lori Kletzer, professor of economics: 38,173, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, "Trade, Job Loss, and Employment."

David Kliger, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Robert Goldbeck, assistant research chemist: $28,228, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "Time-Resolved Magnetic Circular Dichroism."

David Kliger, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and James Lewis, associate research chemist: $243,775, National Eye Institute, "Studies of the Activation Mechanisms of Visual Pigments"; and $154,961, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "Transient Circular Dichromism Spectroscopy."

Elise Knittle, associate professor of earth sciences: $45,000, National Science Foundation, "The Young Investigator Award."

Paul Koch, assistant professor of earth sciences: $75,266, National Science Foundation, "Continental Paleoclimate Reconstruction Through Analysis of Oxygen Isotopes in Ion Oxides"; and $63,200, National Science Foundation, "Climatic and Ecologic Changes in the Late Pleistocene and Their Role in Megafaunal Extinction."

David Koo, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $21,900, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Objective Analysis of Multicolor Photometric and Structural Parameters of Faint Field Galaxies."

Edward Landesman, professor emeritus of mathematics: $1,252, California Academic Partnership Program, "Thematic Mathematics in the Middle School."

Thorne Lay, professor of earth sciences: $75,621, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, "Crustal Waveguide Effects on Regional Phases in China and South East Asia."

Gary Lease, professor of history of consciousness: $1,000, UC Berkeley Center for German and European Studies, "National Socialism as a Religious Movement."

Burney Le Boeuf, professor emeritus of biology: $1,000, $13,250, $1,000, $13,250, $1,000, $13,250, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, for graduate student Michelle Denise Wainstein, "Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship."

Michael Lewis, postdoctoral researcher in biology: $70,000, Breast Cancer Research Program, "Homeobox Genes in the Normal and Malignant Breast."

Ronnie Lipschutz, associate professor of politics: $24,140, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, "Adlai Stevenson Program on Global Security - Block Grant and Activity Grants."

Darrell Long, associate professor of computer science: $79,864, IBM, "Efficient Backup and Restore Using Differential Files."

Jackelyn Lundy, interim director of the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, and Patricia Allen, senior analyst with the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems: $5,710, UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, "Food Security in Santa Cruz, Calif.: Building a Foundation for Community Action."

Patrick Mantey, Jack Baskin Professor of Computer Engineering, and Daniel Fernandez, assistant research computer engineer: $91,320, Office of Naval Research, "DURIP: Shore-Based HF Radar for Augmentation of Network of Current Measuring Radars."

Andrei Markovits, professor of politics: $3,300, UC Center for German and European Studies, for the support of graduate student Frank Westermann, "International Effect of German Policy Decisions in the European Union.

Pradip Mascharak, professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $24,800, UC Energy Institute, "Alkane Oxidation Catalyzed by Mononuclear Nonheme Iron Complexes."

Geoffrey Mason, professor of mathematics: $20,000, National Science Foundation, "Finite Groups and the Theory of Orbifolds."

William Mathews, professor of astronomy and astrophysics: $59,000, NASA, "Interstellar Gas and Dust in Elliptical Galaxies."

Leta Miller, professor of music, and Nicole Paiement, associate professor of music (conducting): $8,000, Copland Fund, "Lou Harrison Recording."

Glenn Millhauser, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $142,623, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "Electron Spin Resonance of Designed Peptides"; and $90,000, National Science Foundation, "Time-Domain Electron Spin Resonance Studies of Spin Labeled Synthetic Peptides."

Ellen Moir, director of teacher education: $20,000, Santa Cruz County Office of Education, "Virtual College of Teacher Education"; and $67,000, S. H. Cowell Foundation, "Development and Dissemination Grant--Santa Cruz New Teacher Project."

Richard Montgomery, associate professor of mathematics: $24,760, National Science Foundation, "Nonholonomic Control and Gauge Theory."

Casey Moore, professor of earth sciences: $5,000, American Chemical Society, "Faulting Fluid Migration and Compartmentalization in Neogene Oil Fields of California."

Harry Noller, Robert L. Sinsheimer Professor of Molecular Biology: $100,000, National Science Foundation, "Molecular Genetics of Ribosomal RNA"; $536,389, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "Ribosome Structure and Function"; and $55,000, for the support of graduate student Rachael Green, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, "Defining the Peptidyl Transferase Center of the Ribosome."

Daniel Orange, visiting assistant research marine scientist with the Institute of Marine Sciences and research associate in earth sciences: $45,522, Office of Naval Research, "Seafloor Geomorphology, Slope Failure, and Fluid Expulsion on the Southern Cascadia Continental Shelf and Slope"; and $7,786, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, "Tectonic and Hydrologic Studies in Monterey Bay: ROV Surveys, Fluid and Sample Analyses, and Completion of Geo-Tools."

Alex Pang, assistant professor of computer science: $109,987, Office of Naval Research, "AASERT: Visualization Tools for Data Assimilation and Ensemble Forecasting."

Alex Pang and Suresh Lodha, assistant professors of computer science, and Craig Wittenbrink, assistant research computer engineer: $120,000, National Science Foundation, "Visualizing Uncertainty in Scientific Data Displays."

Manuel Pastor, professor of Latin American and Latino studies: $35,000, U.S. Institute of Peace, "Trade, Security, and Conflict in the Americas: Economic Adjustment and Political Survival in Argentina and Mexico."

Lucinda Pease-Alvarez, associate professor of education, and Kenji Hakuta, professor of education at Stanford University: $62,500, Spencer Foundation, "Language Maintenance and Shift in Early Adolescence."

Daniel Press, assistant professor of environmental studies: $12,000 and $4,000, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, for the support of graduate student Paul Steinberg, "The Impact of International Environmental Agreements on Biodiversity Policy in Costa Rica and Bolivia"; and with Paul Steinberg, $26,480, National Science Foundation, "The Impact of Global Environmental Agreements on Biodiversity Policy in Bolivia and Costa Rica."

Joel Primack, professor of physics, and George Blumenthal, professor of astronomy and astrophysics: $50,400, National Science Foundation, "Particle Physics and Cosmology."

Peter Raimondi, assistant professor of biology: $11,696, UC Santa Barbara, "Baseline Inventory of Coastal Ecological Resources for the Northern Channel Islands"; $9,500, UC MEXUS, "Ecological and Economic Importance of Rhodolith Beds in the Gulf of California: Biodiversity to Aquaculture"; and $35,000, UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching, "Effects of Effluents on Complex Behavioral Traits of Invertebrate Larvae and Algal Zoospores."

David Rank, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $65,965, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, "A Study of a Mid-Infraded Spectral Imager for SOFIA."

Tudor Ratiu, professor of mathematics: $50,000, U.S. Department of Energy, "Bifurcations, Geometric Phrases, and Control in Hamiltonian Systems and Fluid Dynamics."

Tudor Ratiu, professor of mathematics, and Debra Lewis, associate professor of mathematics: $60,000, National Science Foundation, "Symplectic Methods in Bifurcation Theory, Hamiltonian Dynamics, and Lie Theory."

Christina Ravelo, assistant professor of ocean sciences: $72,894, National Science Foundation, "Sub-Milankovitch Climate Variability in the Tropical Atlantic: Sensitivity and Linkages to Orbital Forcing, High Latitudes, and Plio-Pleistocene Boundary Conditions"; and $3,000, Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program, "Isotopic Evidence for Plio-Pleistocene Climate Change on the California Margin (Leg 167)."

Christina Ravelo, assistant professor of ocean sciences, and James Zachos, associate professor of earth sciences: $20,000, Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program, for the support of graduate student Katharina Billups, "Reconstructing Pliocene Equatorial Atlantic Surface Water Hydrography."

Craig Reinarman, associate professor of sociology: $88,368, Universitywide AIDS Research Program, "Preventing HIV in Injection Drug Users: A Small City Model"; and $1,000, Soroptimist International, "Soroptimist International - Fellowship for Jane O'Dell."

Justin Revenaugh, assistant professor of earth sciences: $53,470, National Science Foundation, "Kirchoff Coda Migration of Regional Network Data."

William Rice, professor of biology, and Brett Holland, graduate student in biology: $8,688, National Science Foundation, "Does Sexual Selection Facilitate Progressive Evolution in a Laboratory Population of Drosophila Melanogaster?"

Gerhard Ringel, professor emeritus of mathematics: $28,596, UC Office of the President, President's Fellowship Program, "Fellowship for Perla Myers."

Lisa Rofel, assistant professor of anthropology: $33,401, U.S. Department of Education, for the support of Fulbright-Hayes fellow Lyn Jeffrey, "The Cultural Construction of Nouveaux Riches Identities in China."

Donald Rothman, senior lecturer in writing: $15,500, California Writing Project, "Reading Initiative--Literacy Cooperative."

Susan Schwartz, assistant professor of earth sciences: $29,700, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, "Variations in Crust and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath Diverse Geologic Provinces in Asia and Africa and its Effects on Regional Wave Propagation."

Abraham Seiden, professor of physics: $539,375, U.S. Department of Energy, "Supplementary Proposal for BaBar Fabrication"; $4,950, ICTP Microprocessor Laboratory, "Proposal to Fabricate Amplifier-Discriminator Ics"; $4,953, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, "Proposal to Fabricate Amplifier-Discriminator Ics"; $4,953, Stanford University, "Proposal to Fabricate Prototype Amplifier-Discriminator Ics"; $20,000, U.S. Department of Energy, "Presidential Young Investigator Award, Supplemental Funding Request"; $5,000, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, "LPS Module Construction"; and $4,500, University of Freiburg/CERN, "Binary Readout System for LHC."

Buchanan Sharp, professor of history: $5,500, UC Center for German and European Studies, for the support of graduate student Helmut Paul Langerbein, "Graduate Fellowship."

Eli Silver, professor of earth sciences: $54,999, National Science Foundation, "GPS Study of the Transition Between Subduction and Collision in Papua New Guinea."

Lisa Sloan, assistant professor of earth sciences: $4,000, Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program, "Designing Scientific Objectives and an Implementation Plan to Investigate Climate Intervals of Extreme Warmth"; $24,083, Office of Naval Research, "Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellowship for Eric Small"; and $16,000, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, for the support of graduate student Eric Small, "Simulating Regional Climate and Hydrologic Changes in the Aral Sea Region: Guiding Policy Decisions with a Regional Earth System Model."

Dale Stansbury, assistant dean of economic development at University Extension: $75,000, Calif. Integrated Waste Management Board, "California Recycling and Reuse Business Assistance Center."

Trish Stoddart, associate professor of education; Ellen Moir, director of teacher education; and Stephanie Dalton, research associate with the National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning: $432,546, U.S. Department of Education, "California Consortium for Teacher Development."

Trish Stoddart and Lucinda Pease-Alvarez, associate professors of education, and Roberta Jaffe, executive director of Life Lab Science Program: $886,820, National Science Foundation, "Language Acquisition in Science Education for Rural Schools (LASERS)."

Walther Stoeckenius, professor emeritus of chemistry: $5,422, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, "Photoelectric Pump Currents in Oriented Cell Membrane Preparations."

William Sullivan, associate professor of biology: $16,000, $9,000, and $5,000, Cancer Research Coordinating Committee, "Mechanisms That Maintain Fidelity During Early Embryonic Divisions."

Sean Swezey, specialist with the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems: $30,000, California EPA, Department of Pesticide Regulation, "BASIC (Biological Agriculture Systems in Cotton): A Cotton Pest Management Innovators Group in the Northern San Joaquin Valley."

Andrew Szasz, associate professor of sociology: $24,057, UC Toxic Substances Research and Training, "The Production of Environmental Inequalities in Santa Clara County, California."

James Tait, research associate with the Institute of Marine Sciences: $30,300, U.S. Geological Survey, "Determining Course-Grained Sediment Sources and Dispersal Patterns in Monterey Bay: An Inverse Theoretical Approach."

Frank Talamantes, professor of biology: $302,018, National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, "Pregnancy-Associated Protection Against Breast Cancer."

John Tamkun, associate professor of biology: $131,314, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "Genetic and Molecular Studies of the BRM Gene."

Bernie Tershy, postgraduate researcher in biology: $61,194, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "Whale Habitat and Prey Study: Radio Tagging and Tracking of Blue and Fin Whales."

Roland Tharp, professor of education and psychology: $2,719,314, U.S. Department of Education, "The National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning."

Ronald Tjeerdema, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $22,889, $28,350, $22,850, and $5,315, California Department of Fish and Game, "Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Program"; $60,000, California Department of Fish and Game, "CERCLA Water Quality Assessment"; $35,239, Haglar-Bailly Consulting, "Toxic Actions of Crude Oil Diluent"; and $96,117, California Department of Fish and Game, "Marine Bioassay Project."

Andrey Todorov, professor of mathematics: $20,000, National Science Foundation, "Moduli of Manifolds with Canonical Class Zero."

Anujan Varma, associate professor of computer engineering: $75,180, Altera Corporation, "An FPGA-Based Simulation Test Bed for ATM Networks"; and $33,836, LSI Logic Corporation, "Traffic Scheduling and Congestion Control in ATM Networks."

Carl Walsh, professor of economics: $68,987, National Science Foundation, "Contracting and Delegation in Monetary Policy."

Brian Walton, lecturer in environmental studies and coordinator of the Predatory Bird Research Group: $4,000, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, "Peregrine Falcon Egg Analysis (Oregon Eggs)"; and $10,000, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, "Least Tern Study: Program Development, Protocols, and Report."

Steven Ward, lecturer in earth sciences and research geophysicist with the Institute of Tectonics: $25,000, University of Southern California, "A Multidisciplinary Approach Toward the Master Hazard Model."

Gerald Weber, lecturer in earth sciences: $52,379, U.S. Geological Survey, "Paleoseismic Study of the San Gregorio Fault Zone, San Mateo County, California."

Linda Werner, lecturer in computer science: $35,331, Santa Cruz Operation, "Building a Simple, Extensible Network Management System."

Jane Wilhelms and Allen Van Gelder, associate professors of computer science: $146,112 and $5,000, National Science Foundation, "Hierarchical Exploration and Visualization of Large and Complex Multi-Dimentional Data Sets"; and $100,000, NASA, "Tools for Analysis and Visualization of Large Time-Varying CFD Data Sets."

Terrie Williams, assistant professor of biology: $94,591, Office of Naval Research, "The Effects of Body Size and Environmental Temperature on Swimming Efficiency in Marine Mammals: Guidelines for Novel Underwater Propulsive Systems."

Charles Wilson, assistant professor of biology: $117,407, National Institutes of Health, "Isolation and Characterization of Novel Ribozymes."

Todd Wipke, professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $174,563, Agouron Pharmaceuticals, "Structural Biology as Applied to the Problem of Targeted Drug Design, with Potential Application to the Treatment of AIDS."

Stanford Woosley, professor of astronomy and astrophysics: $75,000, National Science Foundation, "Massive Stellar Evolution, Supernovae, and Nucleosynthesis."

Ru-Shan Wu, research geophysicist with the Institute of Tectonics, and Thorne Lay, professor of earth sciences: $63,518, Philips Laboratory (DAF/Hanscom Field), "Surface Topography Effects on Three-Dimensional Heterogeneous Wave Propagation."

James Zachos, associate professor of earth sciences: $43,050, National Science Foundation, "NSF Young Investigator."

Alan Zahler, assistant professor of biology: $154,812, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "Regulation of Pre-mRNA Splicing."

Dennis Zaritsky, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics and assistant astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory, and Ann Zabludoff, visiting postdoctoral researcher in astronomy: $23,799, Space Telescope Science Institute, "The Detailed Morphology of Post-Merger Galaxies."

Patricia Zavella, professor of community studies, and John Borrego, associate professor of community studies: $10,000, UC MEXUS, "Coping with Plant Closures: A Case Study of Latinos in Watsonville."

Martha Zuniga, associate professor of biology: $205,513, National Institutes of Health /National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, "Thymic Class I MHC Cell Biology and T Cell Development"; and $30,000, National Science Foundation, "Presidential Young Investigator Award."

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