Ursula W. Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a four-year, $430,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Development of Sexual Cycles in Marine Picoprasinophytes Based on Molecular Homologies with Chlamydomonas Sexual Cycles.” Receiving $300,000 of the $730,000 total grant was Alexandra Z. Worden, Ph.D., of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. …
Alexander Meshik, Ph.D., research professor in physics in Arts & Sciences, has received a four-year, $751,834 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research titled “Analysis and Interpretation of Genesis Mission Noble Gases.” These samples came from NASA’s Genesis mission, which launched in 2001 and orbited the sun for more than two years collecting samples of solar wind. …
James G. Miller, Ph.D., the Albert Gordon Hill Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences and professor of medicine and of biomedical engineering, has received a four-year, $1,306,757 grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases for research titled “Enhancing Bone Quality Assessment Using Quantitative Ultrasound.” …
Kenneth Olsen, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a five-year, $915,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Clover Cyanogenesis: Integrating Ecological and Molecular Genetics in the Study of Adaptation.” This grant is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. …
Yoram Rudy, Ph.D., the Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering, has received a three-year, $294,621 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Modeling Spatial Organization of Cardiac Cell Function: Application to Calcium Waves and Arrhythmia.” …
Jonathan S. Turner, Ph.D., the Barbara J. and Jerome R. Cox Jr. Professor of Computer Science, and Patrick Crowley, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and engineering, have received a two-year, $692,556 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “A Testbed for Advanced Network Systems Research and Education.”