Nathan A. Baker, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, has received a two-year, $89,667 subcontract from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research titled “Analytical Electrostatics: Methods and Biological Applications.” …
Michael R. Brent, Ph.D., professor of computer science and engineering, has received a three-year, $30,503 subcontract from the University of Florida for research titled “Development of an Accurate AB Initio Tomato Gene Finder to Support the International Tomato Genome Sequence.” …
Philip Burkhardt and Brendan Wittstruck, juniors in the College of Architecture, won second place in the 2009 Chase Community Development Competition as part of a joint proposal with students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The national competition challenged students to work with nonprofit organizations to develop sustainable real estate projects in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. Burkhardt and Wittstruck worked with adviser Derek Hoeferlin, senior lecturer in the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design. Their submission, which received a $15,000 seed grant, focused on Robert*s Fresh Market, a grocery store on historic Broad Street that has been closed since the hurricane struck. …
Robert Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, received the inaugural Barry Commoner Science in Environmental Service Award from the Missouri Coalition for the Environment Nov. 21. Criss received the award for exposing the hazards of floodplain development, large river manipulation, radioactive waste leaching and other forms of contamination through his study of isotopes and water migration. The award is named for Barry Commoner, Ph.D., a former professor of plant physiology and chair of botany at WUSTL and one of the founders of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment. …
Enrico Di Cera, Ph.D., the Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and professor of medicine, has received a Small Business Innovation Research Program award for a subcontract with Aronora LLC from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for research titled “Therapeutic Thrombin Analogs.” …
Joan Hall, the Kenneth E. Hudson Professor of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and Peter Marcus, professor emeritus of art, exhibited their work in a two-person show titled “Large Scale Prints” at George Mason University’s School of Art in Fairfax, Va. Curated by Helen Frederick, associate professor of art at George Mason University, the exhibition opened Nov. 4 and remained on view through Dec. 4. …
Henric Krawczynski, Ph.D., associate professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $921,717 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research titled “Optimization of CZT Detectors with Sub-mm Pixel Pitches.” The purpose of the grant is to develop room-temperature semiconductor detectors for EXIST (Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope), a hard X-ray imaging all-sky deep survey mission that will be the Black Hole Finder, one of three Einstein Probes in the Beyond Einstein Program. …
Jr-Shin Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and systems engineering, has received the 2010 Young Investigator Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Li will receive a minimum of $360,000 for three years. He will conduct research on robust manipulation and computation for inhomogeneous quantum ensembles. He is also a recipient of the NSF Career Award in 2007. …
Andrew D. Martin, Ph.D., professor of political science in Arts & Sciences and of law, has received a one-year, $75,688 subaward from Northwestern University for research titled “Backdating the U.S. Supreme Court Judicial Database, 1793-1946.” This subaward is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. …
Liviu M. Mirica, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $100,000 grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund for research titled “Renewable Energy Catalysis: The Study of Water Oxidation by Binuclear Metal Complexes.” …
Michael J. Page, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in biochemistry and molecular biophysics, has received a four-year, $280,000 Scientist Development Grant from the American Heart Association for research titled “Bioengineering Catalytic Properties of Blood Coagulation Proteases.” …
Yoram Rudy, Ph.D., the Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering, was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from Case Western Reserve University Oct. 22 for his contributions to basic science research in biomedical engineering. …
Robert Thach, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $25,000 subaward from Time for Lyme Inc. for research titled “Vertebrate Reservoirs for Tick-Borne Diseases in the Central United States.” …
Washington University received a 2009 Developer/Development of the Year award from the St. Louis Development Corporation Oct. 9 at America’s Center. The award was presented by St. Louis City Mayor Francis G. Slay in recognition for WUSTL’s contribution in furthering the economic development of the City of St. Louis — specifically for the development of its North Campus, the construction of Brauer Hall and the ongoing development of the Medical Campus. …
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and his wife, Risa Zwerling Wrighton, received the 2009 Morris and Ann Lazaroff Lamplighter Award from Chabad’s greater St. Louis region at a ceremony in November. The Wrightons were recognized for their efforts at making Washington University more inclusive. …
Younan Xia, Ph.D., the James M. McKelvey Professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has received a three-year, $200,000 subaward from the University of Delaware for research titled “From First Principles Design to Realization of Bimetallic Catalysts for Enhanced Selectivity.”