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Contracts and Grants--May 1997
Peter Bodenheimer, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory, and Olenka Hubickyj, visiting assistant researcher: $37,576, NASA Ames, "Formation and Early Evolution of Solar and Extra-Solar Giant Planets."
Peter Bodenheimer, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $22,000, NASA Ames, for the support of graduate student Neal Turner, "Birth of the Sun: Magnetic Fields in Protostellar Accretion Disks."
Barry Bowman, professor of biology, and Henry Rutland, assistant to the dean for admissions and outreach: $168,910, U.S. Department of Education, "Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN)."
Jean Brodie, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics and associate astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $4,160, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Resolving the Radio Hotspots in Nearby Starburst Galaxies"; and $9,389, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems."
Andrew Chisholm, assistant professor of biology: $35,000, Sloan Foundation, "Pattern Formation, Morphogenesis, and Neutrodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans."
Daniel Costa, professor of biology, and graduate student Michael Goebel: $37,119, National Science Foundation, "The Importance of Foraging Pattern on Reproductive Success in the Northern Fur Seal."
Robert Curry, professor emeritus of environmental geology (environmental studies): $35,000, California Water Resources Control Board, "Ranking Priorities for Wetland Restoration and Mitigation Banking; Updating Regional Mono County Database; Coordinating Regulatory Environment."
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: $235,650, National Science Foundation, "Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe."
Russell Flegal, professor of earth sciences: $8,862, Applied Marine Sciences, "Trace Element and Cognate Measurements on Samples from Coyote Creek Watershed and Standish Dam."
Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, professor of anthropology: $5,000, Wenner-Gren Foundation, "Professor Jia Lanpo Oral History."
David Haussler, professor of computer science; Richard Hughey, assistant professor of computer engineering; and Kevin Karplus, associate professor of computer engineering: $27,000, Los Alamos National Laboratory-LACOR, "Covariation of Mutations: A Computational Approach for Determination of Function and Structure from Sequence."
Theodore Holman, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $92,885, National Institutes of Health, "Functional Studies and Soybean Lipoxygenase."
Garth Illingworth and David Koo, professors of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomers at UCO/Lick Observatory: $20,000, UC Berkeley, "DEEP Extragalactic Evolutionary Probe."
Walter Jarman, postdoctoral researcher with the Institute of Marine Sciences: $4,638, Applied Marine Sciences, "Coyote Creek Sample Collection and Analysis."
Yishi Jin, assistant professor of biology: $35,000, Sloan Foundation, "Molecular Genetic Analysis of Synaptic Remodeling in C. elegans."
Phokion Kolaitis, professor of computer science: $248,999, National Science Foundation, "Aspects of Computation Theory and Logic."
Joseph Konopelski, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $50,000, American Chemical Society, "Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Diatonamide A."
David Koo, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $7,670, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Spatial Structures, Kinematics, and Masses of Faint Field Galaxies."
Thorne Lay, professor of earth sciences: $9,435, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics-Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Source and Propagation Effects on Regional Seismic Discriminants in the Western U.S."
Darrell Long, associate professor of computer science: $136,647, National Science Foundation, "Improving Cache Performance by Predicting I/O System Actions."
Glenn Millhauser, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Kimberly Bolin, postdoctoral researcher: $50,000, American Chemical Society, "NMR Differentiation of Helical Conformers."
Harry Noller, Robert L. Sinsheimer Professor of Molecular Biology: $556,481, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "Ribosome Structure and Function."
Alex Pang, associate professor of computer science: $37,457, NASA/Ames University Consortium, "Visual Methods for Model and Grid Validation."
John Pearse, professor emeritus of biology: $2,693, Sea Grant, "Biodiversity of the Rocky Intertidal in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: A 24-Year Comparison."
Lucinda Pease-Alvarez, associate professor of education: $60,000, Monterey County Office of Education, "Project A.I.M.: Assessment, Instruction, Management."
Joseph Puglisi, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $166,644, National Institutes of Health, "Structural Basis of Ribosome Function"; and $35,000, Sloan Foundation, "RNA Conformation in the Context of its Biological Function."
Peter Raimondi, assistant professor of biology: $11,691, UC Santa Barbara, "Inventory of Rocky Intertidal Resources in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Orange Counties."
Craig Reinarman, professor of sociology: $1,050, Universitywide AIDS Research Program, "Supplemental Funds for HIV Testing."
Abraham Seiden, professor of physics: $13,000, UC Santa Barbara, "Proposal to Continue Test Program on Drift Chamber Chip and to Provide Labor for Installation of Data Transmission System for Commissioning of Silicon Vertex Tracker."
Dale Stansbury, assistant dean of economic development at University Extension: $48,000, California Integrated Waste Management Board, "R-Team Services, Northern California."
Trish Stoddart, associate professor of education: $44,990, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, "From Abyss to Andromeda: The Ultimate Electronic Field Trip."
Tyler Stovall, professor of history: $3,300, UC Berkeley Center for German and European Studies, for the support of graduate student M. Hanley Cocks, "Predissertation Fellowship: The Evolution of the New Left in France and Germany."
Andrew Szasz, associate professor of sociology: $25,000, UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching, "The Making of Environmental Inequalities in Santa Clara, California."
Lincoln Taiz, professor of biology: $100,000, U.S. Department of Energy, "Regulation of Vascular pH in Citrus Lemon."
Ronald Tjeerdema, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $84,800, San Francisco Estuary Institute, "Fish Contamination Monitoring"; $5,000, San Jose State University Foundation, "Fate of Priority Pollutants in Sediments"; $6,240, BC Laboratories, "Regional Water Quality Program"; $3,000, Calif. Department of Fish and Game, "Sea Urchin Development in Pore Water"; and $5,000, Calif. Department of Fish and Game, "Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Program."
Steven Vogt, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $108,984, NASA, "Photon-Weighted Midpoint Exposure Meter for Keck/HIRES Extrasolar Planet Research."
Brian Walton, lecturer in environmental studies and coordinator of the Predatory Bird Research Group: $24,757, Calif. Department of Fish and Game, "American Peregrine Falcon-Assess Breeding Population Status in Relation to Recovery Program Goals, 1997"; and $3,000, U.S. Air Force, "Titan II Launch Monitoring, 1997."
Steven Ward, lecturer in earth sciences and research geophysicist with the Institute of Tectonics: $30,000, University of Southern California, "Multidisciplinary Approaches Toward the Master Model."
Paul Whitworth, professor of theater arts: $5,667, California Arts Council, "Shakespeare Santa Cruz CAC Program."
Terrie Williams, associate professor of biology: $40,967, National Science Foundation, "Weddell Sea/Foraging: Behavior and Energetic Strategies for Hunting."
Todd Wipke, professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $215,232, Agouron Pharmaceuticals, "Structural Biology as Applied to the Problem of Targeted Drug Design with Potential Application to the Treatment of AIDS."
Xixi Zhao, lecturer in earth sciences and assistant research geophysicist with the Institute of Tectonics, and Robert Coe, professor of earth sciences: $66,338, National Science Foundation, "Determination of Intensity of Earth's Magnetic Field During the Cretaceous and Tertiary Using Dated Chinese Basalts."