Contracts and Grants - August 1997

Suzanne Anderson, assistant researcher with the Institute of Tectonics: $17,922, National Science Foundation, "Toward a Model of Inorganic and Organic Carbon Fluxes Through a Cycle of Glacier Advance and Retreat."

Peter Bodenheimer, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory, and Katherine Bell, postgraduate researcher at UCO/Lick Observatory: $50,000, NASA, "Major Unresolved Problems in FU Orionis Systems."

Jean Brodie, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics and associate astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $18,719, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Resolving the Radio Hotspots in Nearby Starburst Galaxies."

Sue Carter, assistant professor of physics: $20,000, American Chemical Society, "Electronic Properties/Nanocrystal Composites."

Pak Chan and Martine Schlag, associate professors of computer engineering: $2,906, UC MICRO, "Hardware Acceleration of Placement and Routing."

Daniel Costa, professor of biology: $2,856, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "Sightings of California Sea Lions at Ano Nuevo."

Donald Coyne, adjunct professor of physics: $23,000, UC Riverside, "Addition to Milagro Lightning Protection Project."

Donald Coyne, adjunct professor of physics, and David Williams, associate adjunct professor of physics and associate research physicist: $125,265, University of Maryland, "Milagro--An Experiment for the Study of Sources of Very High Energy Gamma Rays."

Margaret Delaney, professor of ocean sciences: $14,294, Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program, for the support of postgraduate researcher Linda Anderson, "Participation in ODP Leg 175 as a Sedimentologist."

Sandra Faber, University Professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $39,105, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Dynamics of Dense Stellar Systems."

Robert Fairlie, assistant professor of economics, and Julian Betts, assistant professor of economics at UC San Diego: $29,638, Public Policy Institute of California, "Immigrants, Natives, and the Choice Between Public and Private Schools: Evidence from California and Other States."

Daniel Friedman, professor of economics: $2,500, UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, for the support of graduate student Changhua Rich, "1997-98 IGCC/MacArthur Scholars Group in International Environmental Policy."

Gina Frost, research fellow with the Earth Sciences Department: $22,606, Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program, "ODP Leg 175."

J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, associate professor of computer engineering: $10,222, UC MICRO, "Efficient Routing Protocols for Tactical Internets"; and $9,994, UC MICRO, "Multicasting Problems in Internetworks with Asymmetric Paths."

Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, professor of anthropology: $2,000, L. S. B. Leakey Foundation, "Conservation Assessment of Jia Lanpo's Zhoukoudian (Peking Man Site) Archives."

Gary Griggs, professor of earth sciences: $19,996, U.S. Geological Survey, "USGS/UCSC Cooperative Agreement for Marine/Coastal Research."

Puragra Guhathakurta, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics and assistant astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $20,356, Cal Space, "The Structure and Dynamics of Distant Disk Galaxies"; and $17,500, Sloan Foundation, "Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship."

David Haussler, professor of computer science; Richard Hughey, assistant professor of computer engineering; and Kevin Karplus, associate professor of computer engineering: $113,919, U.S. Department of Energy, "Generalized Hidden Markov Models for Genomic Sequence Analysis."

David Helmbold and Charles McDowell, associate professors of computer science: $17,776, UC MICRO, "An Intelligent Electronic Assistant."

Lars Hernquist, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics: $12,074, California Space Institute, "Anisotropic Thermal Emission from Strongly Magnetized Neutron Stars."

Michael Hutchison and Carl Walsh, professors of economics: $22,940, UC Pacific Rim Research Program, "Institutional Design, Politics, and Economic Performance: Lessons from the Pacific Rim."

Garth Illingworth, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $30,369, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Determination of the Extragalactic Distance Scale."

Walter Jarman, postdoctoral researcher with the Institute of Marine Sciences: $600, Pinnacles National Monument, "Collection and Egg Testing for HCB's."

Robert Johnson, associate professor of physics: $65,000, NASA, "Development of Silicon-Strip Tracker Readout Electronics for GLAST."

Glen Langdon, professor of computer engineering: $4,932, UC MICRO, "Image Compression."

Tracy Larrabee and Joel Ferguson, associate professors of computer engineering: $14,796, UC MICRO, "Realistic Defect Modeling and Failure Analysis."

Douglas Lin, professor of astronomy and astrophysics: $130,000, National Science Foundation, "Habitable Planets and Satellites in the Outer Solar System."

Marc Mangel, professor of environmental studies: $44,190, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "Implementing and Testing a Model for the Effects of Environmental Factors on Smolting and Maturation in Atlantic Salmon with Application to Management of North American Stocks of Atlantic Salmon."

Casey Moore, professor of earth sciences: $12,029, Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program, "The Impact of Structural Heterogeneity on the Physical Properties of Prism Material."

Alex Pang, associate professor of computer science: $85,135, Department of the Navy, "Nomadic Collaborative Visualization with Imprecise Information."

Caroline Pomeroy, assistant researcher with the Institute of Marine Sciences, and Margaret FitzSimmons, associate professor of environmental studies: $21,603, California Sea Grant, "Socio-Economic Organization of the California Market Squid Fishery: Assessment for Optimal Resource Management."

Donald Rothman, senior lecturer in writing: $14,000, National Writing Project, "National Writing Project."

Zack Schlesinger, professor of physics: $85,000, National Science Foundation, "Low-Energy Spectroscopy of Correlated Systems."

Abraham Seiden and David Dorfan, professors of physics; Robert Johnson, associate professor of physics; Alan Litke and Hartmut Sadrozinski, adjunct professors of physics; and Bruce Schumm, assistant professor of physics: $156,361, National Science Foundation, "Acquisition of Automatic Probe Station and Automatic Wire Bonder."

Michael Soule, professor emeritus of environmental studies: $2,000, The Nature Conservancy, "The Effects of Urban Habitat Fragmentation on Bird Populations."

Roland Tharp, professor of education and psychology: $86,699, 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: $22,500, Ecosystem Management Association, "Oil Dispersant Toxicology."

Geoffrey Vallis, professor of ocean sciences: $122,099, National Science Foundation, "Geophysical Fluid Dynamics of the Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean System."

Anujan Varma, associate professor of computer engineering: $22,194, UC MICRO, "Research in Next-Generation LAN Switching."

Brian Walton, lecturer in environmental studies: $1,000, U.S. Air Force, "Titan II Launch Monitoring 1997."

Jonathan Weitsman, associate professor of mathematics: $60,000, National Science Foundation, "NSF Young Investigator."

Jane Wilhelms and Allen Van Gelder, associate professors of computer science: $100,000, NASA, "Tools for Analysis and Visualization of Large Time-Varying CFD Data Sets."

Jane Wilhelms and Allen Van Gelder, associate professors of computer science; Joel Primack, professor of physics; Patrick Mantey, Jack Baskin Professor of Computer Engineering; and Sandra Faber, University Professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $460,000, National Science Foundation, "UCSC Scientific Visualization Laboratory."

Charles Wilson, assistant professor of biology: $92,557, National Institutes of Health, "Isolation and Characterization of Novel Ribozymes."

James Zachos, associate professor of earth sciences: $25,000, National Science Foundation, "NSF Young Investigator."

Alan Zahler, assistant professor of biology: $160,915, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "SR Protein Regulation of Alternative Pre-MRNA Splicing."

Dennis Zaritsky, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics and assistant astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $36,543, Space Telescope Science Institute, "The Evolution of Star-Forming Galaxies: Bridging the High and Low-z Regimes."

Xixi Zhao, lecturer in earth sciences and assistant research geophysicist with the Institute of Tectonics: $19,586, Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program, "Paleomagnetic Study of ODP Leg 173 Cores."

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