Rudolf Husar, Ph.D., professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering and the director of the Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis (CAPITA), has received a three-year, $500,175 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research titled “NASA and NAAPS Products for AQ Decision-Making.” …
Jeffrey D. Milbrandt, M.D., Ph.D., the James S. McDonnell Professor and head of Genetics and professor of medicine, of neurology and of pathology, has received a two-year, $250,000 grant from the Craig T. Neilsen Foundation for research titled “Nmnat-Mediated Axonal Protection in Spinal Cord Injury.” …
D.C. Rao, Ph.D., professor of biostatistics, has been awarded a five-year, $1,984,307 grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute to establish a data analysis and coordinating center to collect and analyze data about the career path of individuals who have participated in training activities that focus on increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in genome or ethical, legal and social issues research. …
Joshua Reece, graduate student in biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $2,000 grant from the Saint Louis Zoo’s Ron Goellner Center for Hellbender Conservation for research titled “Genetic Sex Diagnosis of Cryptobranchid Salamanders.” Also receiving the grant was Paul Hime of the Saint Louis Zoo. …
Michael Wysession, Ph.D., associate professor, and Douglas A. Wiens, Ph.D., professor, both in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences, have received a four-year, $725,417 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Investigation of Sources of Intraplate Volcanism Using PASSCAL Broadband Instruments in Madagascar, The Comores, and Mozambique (MACOMO).” Also receiving the grant was Andrew A. Nyblade, Ph.D., of Penn State University and Robert D. Tucker, Ph.D., of the U.S. Geological Survey. …
David Zar, research associate in computer science and engineering, has received a two-year, $150,325 subcontract from Blended Integrated Circuit Systems LLC for research titled “Blended Clocked and Clockless Integrated Circuit Systems.” This subcontract is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.