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March 2003 Subject

Grants from the March 15, 2003 Deadline
Alphabetical by Subject

Anthropology Paleontology / Sedimentation
Behavioral Ecology/Ethology Petrology / Geochemistry
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Physics / Astronomy
Chemistry Physiology / Functional Morphology
Computer Science/Mathematics Psychology
Ecology Systematics / Evolutionary Biology
Engineering Tectonics / Geophysics
Hydrology / Geomorphology  

Subject Student College / University Title Mentor
Anthropology John Andrew Bunce University of California - Davis The Frequency of Trichromatic Color Vision in a Wild Population of Callicebus moloch, a New World Monkey Lynne Isbell
Anthropology Stacey McKenzie Curry University of Southern Mississippi Otolemur garnettii Variation: The Use of Anthropometrics and DNA for Subspecies Identification Marie Danforth
Anthropology Dennis Maurice Duval University of South Carolina A Functional Ceramic Analysis of An Abandonment Phase Southwestern Pueblo Gail Wagner
Anthropology Richard Lawrence Herndon Southern Illinois University Assessing the Role of Ramey Incised Ceramic Vessels in the Development of Chiefly Power in the American Bottom Prudence Rice
Anthropology Jessica Hemmerick Hunt Yale University A test of morphological integration: its possible application to the fossil record Laurie Godfrey
Anthropology Sarah Elizabeth Jackson Harvard University Deciphering Ancient Maya Political Hierarchy: an Integrated Study of the Non-Royal Elite David Stuart
Anthropology Maria Alejandra Korstanje Universidad Nacional de Tucumán Archaeobotany in Coctaca, a northwestern Argentina ancient agricultural site MARIA ALBECK
Anthropology Michael Paul Masters Ohio State University Evolutionary Association of Hominid Crania and Eye Orbits Jeffrey McKee
Anthropology Julia Blake McCausland Gaines SUNY-Binghamton University Early Modern Humans and the Problem of Diagnosing Homo sapiens G. Rightmire
Anthropology Alexander J. Nevgloski, Jr SUNY-Binghamton University Intrapopulation Variation among the Hominins of the Plio-Pleistocene site of Dmanisi G. Rightmire
Anthropology Jennifer J Piro New York University Pastoral Economies in Early Cities and States: Analysis of Faunal Assemblages from Transcaucasia Rita Wright
Anthropology Michelle Diane Sivilich Indiana State University Determining Familial Relationships Using Ancient DNA from Urban and Rural Historic Burials Elaina Tuttle
Anthropology Barbara Lee Wolff Catholic University of America Potters and Prestige in the Early Middle Horizon: Craft Specialization during the Emergence of the Huari Empire as Seen from Conchopata, Ayacucho, Peru Anita Cook
Behavioral Ecology Betsy Abroe University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Do More Attractive Males Produce More Sons in the Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) ? Linda Whittingham
Behavioral Ecology Jeremy Matthew Bono Colorado State University The impact of obligate (Polyergus breviceps) and facultative (Formica sanginea) slave-making ants on their Formica fusca host Michael Antolin
Behavioral Ecology James Geoffrey Burns University of Toronto The adaptive significance of between-individual variation in problem-solving ability of bumblebees James Thomson
Behavioral Ecology Gunnels William Charles University of Florida Evaluation of Reproductive Skew in a Primitively Eusocial Paper Wasp, Mischocyttarus mexicanus Colette St. Mary
Behavioral Ecology Dean Alan Croshaw University of New Orleans Examining the fitness benefits of polyandry in marbled salamanders Joseph Pechmann
Behavioral Ecology Elizabeth Perrault Derryberry Duke University Inferring patterns of cultural evolution from patterns of song dialects in mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha). Stephen Nowicki
Behavioral Ecology Renee Ann Duckworth Duke University Avian nest defense at high elevation: life history trade-offs and energetic constraints Stephen Nowicki
Behavioral Ecology Joseph J Fontaine University of Montana Nest Predation Risk and Parental Care: Do birds behave safely? Thomas Martin
Behavioral Ecology Eben Bowditch Goodale University of Massachusetts, Amherst The adaptive benefits to vocal mimicry in a tropical mixed-species flocking bird Donald Kroodsma
Behavioral Ecology Patrick-Jean Guay University of Melbourne Sexual selection in the extreme size-dimorphic Musk Duck, Biziura lobata Raoul Mulder
Behavioral Ecology Travis Marc Hinkelman Clemson University Effect of stand-level manipulations of woody debris on daytime refuge selction by cotton mice Susan Loeb
Behavioral Ecology Jerald Christopher Hinn University of Cincinnati Tradeoffs between parasite resistance and female fecundity in Drosophila nigrospiracula Michal Polak
Behavioral Ecology Jorge Luis Hurtado University of Missouri-St. Louis Why do some females engage in multiple mating in Andean cock-of-the-rock lek system? Zuleyma Tang-Martinez
Behavioral Ecology Karl L Kosciuch Kansas State University FACTORS AFFECTING NEST DESERTION BY BELL’S VIREOS IN RESPONSE TO BROOD PARASITISM Brett Sandercock
Behavioral Ecology Lesley Therese Lancaster University of California - Santa Cruz MATERNAL-EFFECT SOLUTIONS TO INTENSE CORRELATIONAL, DENSITY-DEPENDENT, AND FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION ON DIVERSE TRAITS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARD (UTA STANSBURIANA) Barry Sinervo
Behavioral Ecology Paulo Emilio Llambias Cornell University Causes and consequences of divorce in Swallows David Winkler
Behavioral Ecology Joel William McGlothlin Indiana University - Bloomington Sexual Selection and the Good Parent Process Ellen Ketterson
Behavioral Ecology Nathan Isaiah Morehouse Arizona State University Visual Evaluation of Male Age and Female Choice in the Sulphur Butterfly, Colias eurytheme Ronald Rutowski
Behavioral Ecology Michael Stewart Reichert University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The effects of social interactions and body condition on calling behavior in male gray treefrogs Allison Welch
Behavioral Ecology Melissa Ann Reisland College of Wooster Behaviors associated with contact calls in white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) and mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) Vikram Iyengar
Behavioral Ecology Trevor J Rivers Cornell University Sexual selection of marine bioluminescence ostracods James Morin
Behavioral Ecology Travis Ronald Robbins University of South Florida Environmental influences on life history tactics and fitness in two lizard species Earl McCoy
Behavioral Ecology Charlotte L Roy Nielsen University of Missouri-St. Louis Intraspecific nest parasitism in wood ducks: host-parasite relatedness and kin selection Patricia Parker
Behavioral Ecology Gregory Russell Ruthig University of Virginia The Influence of Infectious Disease on Amphibian Mating Behavior Henry Wilbur
Behavioral Ecology Mason J Ryan Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Reproductive Ecology of a Stream Dwelling Eleutherodactylus Frog in Central Panama Karen Lips
Behavioral Ecology Sunny Kay Scobell University of Oklahoma Hormonal Mediation of Female Aggression in the Sex-Role Reversed Gulf Pipefish, Syngnathus scovelli Rosemary Knapp
Behavioral Ecology Jason Michael South University of Maryland Behavioral Responses of Bornean Treeshrews to Selective Logging and Variation in Resource Abundance Gerald Wilkinson
Behavioral Ecology Nicole Angeleen Taylor Boise State University Sex ratio variation: a confirmatory test of the Trivers and Willard hypothesis James Belthoff
Behavioral Ecology Amy Christina Utt Loma Linda University ADULT MENTORING OF CAPTIVE-REARED CALIFORNIA CONDOR FLEDGLINGS, Gymnogyps californianus, SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE INTO THE WILD Nancy Harvey
Behavioral Ecology Jennifer R Weist California State University, Northridge Is Diurnal Aggregation Socially Mediated in Nocturnal Lizards? Robert Espinoza
Behavioral Ecology Steven McKinley Whitfield Florida International University Costs and Benefits of Male and Female Parental Investment in Eleutherodactyus johnstonei, a Frog with Amphisexual Parental Behavior Maureen Donnelly
Behavioral Ecology Shawn Michael Wilder Miami University - Ohio Condition-Dependent and Delayed Reproductive Benefits of Sexual Cannibalism Douglas Meikle
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Lindsay Rachel Barclay Albertson College of Idaho The Effects of Cadmium on Apoptosis in Cultured Rainbow Trout Gill Cells Sara Heggland
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Andrea Christina Bazos Fairfield University Prevention of Apoptosis in Articular Chondrocytes by Metallothionein Glenn Sauer
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Tracy Ann Becker Idaho State University Effects of Lipoic Acid on Insulin Stimulated Glucose Transport in Primary Adult Human Skeletal Muscle Cells Cindy Wilson
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Patricia Bitterman Brown California State University, Chico Characterization of Microbial Eukaryotes in Hydrothermal Environments from Lassen Volcanic National Park Gordon Wolfe
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Patrick Michael Burton Boston University Functional Analysis of Hox Genes in Cnidaria: Diced vs Large dsRNA John Finnerty
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Christopher Langston Cooper Illinois State University Kinetic Evaluation of Coproporphyrinogen Oxidase Using an Isomer of the Natural Substrate Marjorie Jones
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Jaime Alfredo Costales Ohio University Immunolocalization of the binding site of the release-inhibiting antibodies in Trypanosoma cruzi infected cells. Edwin Rowland
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Kathryn Anne Coulombe North Carolina State University Bridging the Gap: Could Connexins Be the Key to Rapid Sex Change in a Coral Reef Fish? John Godwin
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Elizabeth Jean Cozzie Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Annexin 4 Distribution: A Comparison of Healthy and Alzheimer’s Diseased Human Brain Tissue Margaret Moga
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Carrie Lynn DeBlecourt Northern Illinois University Characterization of Antizyme-1 in Mammalian Cells John Mitchell
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Kevin Michael Esvelt Harvey Mudd College Identification of Proteases Responsible for Processing of the Sperm Surface Protein Fertilin Beta Hal Van Ryswyk
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Stella R Evans Thomas Jefferson University Calcium-activated Chloride Channels in the Retina Carol Beck
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Michael Lawrence Gatza Baylor College of Medicine Effects of HTLV-I Tax on cellular mutation frequency and tumorigenesis in vivo Susan Marriott
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Alejandra Beatriz Gorostizaga School of Medicine - Buenos Aires Effect of luteinizing hormone (LH) and of stress conditions on MAP kinase phosphatase (MKP)-1 expression in MA-10 Leydig cells Cristina Paz
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Alexander Everett Ide Boise State University OSM-Induced Endothelial Cell Tube Formation Cheryl Jorcyk
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Lisa Kristine Johnson University of North Carolina at Wilmington The effects of cell size on metabolism during recovery from fatigue in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Steve Kinsey
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Remmy Wekesa Kasili Louisiana State University Isolation and Characterization of Phenotypic Modifiers of Siamese John Larkin
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Michelle Kinder Pennsylvania State University MCP-1 in Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis Andrea Mastro
Cell Biology / Biochemistry David Michael Krayesky University of Louisiana at Lafayette Proteins of Red Algal Pit Plugs Suzanne Fredericq
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Junghwa Lim Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Microarray analysis of human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum gene expression during sexual development Shirley Luckhart
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Min Liu University of Louisiana at Lafayette The Effect of Lanthanum on Corn Root Growth Karl Hasenstein
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Kimberly Anne Luke University of Wisconsin Influenza Virus Upregulates p53 in Human Lung Cells Stacey Schultz-Cherry
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Kiley S McGlauchlen Illinois State University The effects of aging on memory B cells. Laura Vogel
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Glen Chapman McGugan Clemson University The Role of EhRab11 in the Protozoan Parasite, Entamoeba histolytica Temesvari Lesly
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Robyn R Mercer Pennsylvania State University Adding a Twist to Breast Cancer Skeletal Metastasis Andrea Mastro
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Lindsey A Moser University of Wisconsin-Madison Identification of an Astrovirus-Encoded Toxin Stacey Schultz-Cherry
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Jennifer Lynn Oas University of North Carolina at Greensboro The Effect of Prolactin Hormone on Osteogenesis and Adipogenesis in Primary Rat Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Culture Deborah Kipp
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Tina Marie Loane Peterson Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Establishing the Link between Mosquito Nitric Oxide Synthase, Reactive Nitrogen Intermediates, and Malaria Parasite Inhibition Shirley Luckhart
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Dimitra Pirperis Simmons College Can Alzheimer's peptide inhibit transmitter release from purified cultures of ciliary ganglion neuron?Effects of Alzheimer’s Disease? Bruce Gray
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Sarah Jane Price Marshall University School of Medicine INVOLVEMENT OF THE MOUSE BICC1 GENE IN BODY PLAN ASYMMETRY Elizabeth Bryda
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Janaki Rangarajan Miami University - Ohio Role of antisense RNA in control of Drosophila 4f-rnp expression Jack Vaughn
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Analía Gabriela Ricci School of Natural and Exact Sciences, University of Buenos Aires Expression of functional leptin and leptin receptors during ovulatory process. Alicia Faletti
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Melissa Dawn Ross Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Kinetics of Macrophage Cell Death after Encounter with Neisseria meningitidis Lillian Waldbeser
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Tapasree Roy Sarkar East Tennessee State University Cloning, Expression and Characterization of a putative Glucosyltransferase from Grapefruit leaves(Petunia hybrida) Cecilia McIntosh
Cell Biology / Biochemistry William Ernest Schmidt University of Louisiana at Lafayette The Cytoskeleton of Rhodophyta Suzanne Fredericq
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Jason Robert Spence Miami University - Ohio Retina Regeneration at the Molecular Level Katia Del Rio-Tsonis
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Smilja Teodorovic Georgetown University Investigation of sterile transcripts in Giardia lamblia Heidi Elmendorf
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Laurie Shawn Twardzik University of Maryland Using Real-Time PCR in the Identification of Foodborne Pathogens Keith Lampel
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Lihong Yin SUNY Stony Brook Dynamics of cell-matrix adhesions in cultured cardiac myocyte on 3D elastic scaffold emilia Entcheva
Chemistry Evans Ogwagwa Changamu Kenyatta University Synthesis and characterization of vanadium-iron-sulphur complexes as possible models for nitrogenase Naftali Muriithi
Chemistry Sara Elizabeth Edison University of Cincinnati Mechanistic Investigation of an Unusual Ni(II)/O2 Reaction Michael Baldwin
Chemistry Tyler Wayne Green University of Cincinnati Platinum(II) Diimine Complexes with Potentially Facially-Coordinating Ligands for Two-Electron Transfer William Connick
Chemistry Robin Tran Macaluso Louisiana State University Understanding Structure-Property Relationships of Heavy-Fermions Julia Chan
Chemistry Mildred Pauline Oyugi Kenyatta University Bioavailability of beta-carotene from solar-dehydrated dark green leafy vegetables among preschool children Hudson Nyambaka
Chemistry Regina Jane Strug Purdue University Calumet Synthesis of Organic Compounds for Nanocircuitry Libbie Pelter
Chemistry Irene Pui Lai Wong University of California - Berkeley A Novel Approach to Synthetic Vaccine for HIV-1 Involving a β-Hairpin Peptide Having Fluoroaromatic Amino Acids Ahamindra Jain
Ecology Linah N. Ababneh University of Arizona Effects of Abiotic Factors in Bristlecone Pine Radial Growth in the Great Basin, Western United States Jeffrey Dean
Ecology Tracy Tate Adkins University of San Diego An Ecological approach to foraging strategies of Manta birostris in the Pacific Ocean Heidi Dewar
Ecology Leah Jean Akins University of California - Davis Decoupling between larval supply and onshore settlement: The importance of larval behavior to settlement patterns across large spatial scales Steven Morgan
Ecology Jason Phillip Andras Cornell University The effect of host population genetic structure on patterns of disease in the Gorgonia ventalina-Aspergillus sydowii pathosystem C. Harvell
Ecology Marcelo Ardon Sayao University of Georgia Effects of litter chemistry on microbial processing of leaf litter in a neotropical stream Catherine Pringle
Ecology Amanda Wynne Ash University of Michigan Tree ring biogeochemistry: Calcium cycling and nutrient depletion in base-poor forest ecosystems Joel Blum
Ecology Carla Danielle Beals University of Florida Clearance Rates and Feeding Selectivity of Crassostrea virginica and Mercenaria mercenaria; Implications of Increased Eutrophication in the Suwannee River Estuary Shirley Baker
Ecology Derrick Carl Blackmon University of South Alabama Role of invertebrate dispersal in the trophic dynamics of coral reef and nearby seagrass communities: Implications for marine reserve management in the Florida Keys. John Valentine
Ecology April Monica Houghton Blakeslee University of New Hampshire Investigations into Littorina littorea's introduction to the northwest Altantic coast James (Jeb) Byers
Ecology Anna Marie Burke University of Illinois at Chicago Prey foraging responses to varying levels of coyote predation in a desert system Joel Brown
Ecology Tara N. Businski Memorial University of Newfoundland Terrestrial- and marine-based food sources for zooplankton on the Beaufort Sea Shelf Donald Deibel
Ecology Jonathan David Coop University of Wisconsin - Madison Environmental determinants of subalpine forest-grassland ecotones in the southern Rocky Mountains Thomas Givnish
Ecology Antonia Josepha D'Amore University of California - Santa Cruz Conservation and Community Structure - Invasive Cats on Gulf of California Islands Donald Croll
Ecology Brian James Darby University of Toledo 1. Stable isotopes in nematodes: A novel technique for discerning feeding habits. Deborah Neher
Ecology Jeff Michael Diez University of Georgia Genetic structure of a symbiosis and the distribution of a terrestrial orchid H. Ronald Pulliam
Ecology Gwynn Alexis Erica University of Florida Within-lake variation of cyanobacteria toxin and its effects on respiratory biology of the African cichlid Astatoreochromis alluaudi Lauren Chapman
Ecology Megan Elizabeth Frederickson Stanford University Ecology and demography of Amazonian ant-plants Deborah Gordon
Ecology Andrea Burrowes Gager Princeton University Temporal community dynamics of blood parasites (Plasmodium spp.) in a tropical passerine population: Clay-colored robin (Turdus grayi). Barbara Grant
Ecology Kamal J. K. Gandhi University of Minnesota Immediate Responses of Pyrophilous Ground Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Assemblages to Wildfires and Prescribed Fires in Minnesota. Steven Seybold
Ecology Scott L Hamilton University of California Santa Barbara The effects of nearshore vs. offshore dispersal on growth and condition in a coral reef fish, Thalassoma bifasciatum Robert Warner
Ecology Hyakubun Harada University of South Alabama Effects of UV radiation and oxidative stress on the production of methylated sulfur compounds by marine phytoplankton Ronald Kiene
Ecology Jessica Lanzl Hardesty Duke University Stable isotope analysis of avian diet John Terborgh
Ecology Jill Emily Jankowski Purdue University Beta Diversity and Endemism: Implications for Tropical Reserve Design Kerry Rabenold
Ecology Jason Earl Jannot Purdue University Testing a model of developmental thresholds in a caddisfly Richard Howard
Ecology Christopher Nathan Janousek University of California - San Diego The effects of functional group richness on productivity in constructed microphytobenthic assemblages Lisa Levin
Ecology Virginia Lee Jin University of Georgia Determining the Effects of Soil Inorganic Nitrogen Availability on Plant Organic Nitrogen Uptake Rebecca Sharitz
Ecology Carrie Vanessa Kappel Stanford University Causes of rarity in Bahamian corals and implications for conservation Fiorenza Micheli
Ecology Ryan Michael Kroutil University of South Alabama Investigating the role of habitat quality in determining reef fish community structure using coral replicas John Valentine
Ecology Shannon Lea LaDeau Duke University Forest Tree Fecundity: Community diversity and response to global change. James Clark
Ecology Daniel Jason Lebbin Cornell University Bamboo Specialization Among Amazonian Birds John Fitzpatrick
Ecology Kathryn Crawford Lester Purdue University POPULATION DYNAMICS OF BIRDS AND AMPHIBIANS OVER TIME IN LARGE-SCALE PRESCRIBED BURNS John Dunning
Ecology Michelle Nicole Lewis Drake University The effects of habitat quantity and quality on the abundance of savanna remnant-dependent lepidoptera Keith Summerville
Ecology Mary Maille Lyons University of Connecticut Linking pathogens to suspension-feeding bivalves: the ecological role of marine aggregates Jonathan Ward
Ecology Cynthia K Maddox Central Michigan University Genetic Analysis of Black-Footed Ferret for Reintroduction Purposes Bradley Swanson
Ecology Luis Alberto Madrid Russian Peoples' Friendship University Avifauna of Northwest Manabi Alexander Nikol'skii
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