November 1996

Contracts and Grants

Peter Bodenheimer, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $109,115, NASA, "Theoretical and Observational Studies of Star and Planet Formation."

Michael Bolte, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics and assistant astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $9,616, Space Telescope Science Institute, "The Formation of the Galaxy: Ages for Globular Clusters in the Remote Halo."

Michael Bolte and Puragra Guhathakurta, assistant professors of astronomy and astrophysics and assistant astronomers at UCO/Lick Observatory: $18,165, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Blue Straggler Stars, Stellar Collisions, and the Fate of Globular Clusters."

Michael Bonnell, research specialist with the Institute of Marine Sciences: $50,000, Calif. Department of Fish and Game, "Project to Develop the Required Capability to Estimate and Map Surface Densities of Marine Birds and Mammals At Risk for an Oil Spill"; and $22,261, U.S. Department of the Interior/Minerals Management Service, "Logistical, Training and Data Collection Support for MMS Marine Bird Monitoring Study in Santa Barbara Channel and the Santa Maria Basin."

John Borrego, associate professor of community studies, and Patricia Zavella, professor of community studies: $1,500, UC/Calif. Policy Seminar, "North American Integration, Transnational Production, Community Restructuring, and Daily Life."

Kenneth Bruland, professor of ocean sciences: $140,260, Office of Naval Research, "The Role of Chemical Speciation in Processes Governing the Environmental Fate and Effects of Trace Metals in Estuarine and Coastal Environments."

Daniel Costa, professor of biology: $124,626, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, "ATOC Marine Mammal Research Program, Pt. Sur"; $2,000, American Society for Engineering Education, "Autoregulation and Use of Body Stores in Developing Elephant Seal Pups"; and $2,388, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "Observation of Branded and Tagged California Sea Lions at Ano Nuevo Island, California."

Margaret Delaney, professor of ocean sciences: $18,580, Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program, "Phosphorus Concentrations and Geochemistry in California Margin Sediments, ODP Leg 167."

Andrew Fisher, assistant professor of earth sciences: $3,000, Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program, "Models of Ridge-Flank Hydrothermal Circulation: Role of Permeability Distribution and Fracture Representation"; and $3,000, Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program, "Hydrogeologic Studies of the Eastern Flank of Juan de Fuca Ridge."

Russell Flegal, professor of earth sciences, and Donald Smith, assistant professor of biology: $215,068, National Institutes of Health, "Succimer Reduction of Tissue Ph and Toxicity in Monkeys."

John Isbister, professor of economics, and Abbey Asher, student affairs officer at Crown College: $10,000, Peace Corps, "Peace Corps Office Established at Merrill College."

David Koo, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $21,732, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Spatial Structures, Kinematics, and Masses of Faint Field Galaxies."

Tracy Larrabee and Joel Ferguson, associate professors of computer engineering: $28,000, Intel Corporation, "Generating Test Patterns for Bridge Faults in CMOS ICS."

Thorne Lay, professor of earth sciences: $25,000, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics/Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Crustal and Lithospheric Structure in China."

Dominic Massaro, professor of psychology: $218,055, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, "Synthesis, Analysis, and Perception of Bimodal Speech."

Daniel Press, assistant professor of environmental studies: $80,711, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Community and Conservation in California."

Gregory Rau, senior researcher with the Institute of Marine Sciences: $47,828, Sea Grant, "Upwelling and the Ecology of Juvenile Rockfish: A Study Using 14C Natural Abundance."

Abraham Seiden, professor of physics: $1,462,000, U.S. Department of Energy, "Research in High Energy Physics"; and $17,900, KEK/National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, "Readout System for Use with Silicon Detections."

Graeme Smith, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics and associate astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $4,532, Space Telescope Science Institute, "A Search for Outflows and Mass Loss from Population II Red Giants."

Frank Talamantes, professor of biology: $453,823, National Institutes of Health, "Placental Lactogens: Regulation and Bioactivity."

Geoffrey Vallis, professor of ocean sciences: $33,169, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, "Coupling of Large- and Meso-Scale Circulation."

Anujan Varma, associate professor of computer engineering: $39,122, Integrated Device Technology, "Design, Analysis, and Implementation of Rate Allocation Algorithms in ATM Networks."

Dennis Zaritsky, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics and assistant astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $15,233 and $5,376, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Lopsided Galaxy Disks and the Galaxy Accretion Rate"; and $89,000, NASA, "A Study of Dust In and Around Galaxies."

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