2001 Assembly of Delegates:
Nominees for Directors – Research & Doctoral Universities Constituency Group

November 9-11, 2001, Raleigh, North Carolina
In conjunction with the Sigma Xi Forum, November 8-9, 2001

Name: Harjit Singh Ahluwalia

Telephone: 505-277-2941
FAX: 505-277-1520
E-mail: hsa@unm.edu

Chapter Affiliation: University of New Mexico

Candidate's Statement: I have been involved in Sigma Xi actiities for several years which indicates my commitment to Sigma Xi. I have the organizational, leadership, and management skills to lead the group. I will promote issues for: continued future success, visibility and effectiveness; reversing the monotonic decline in membership; developing programs to retain student members after graduation; developing position statements on our needs and interests to help our elected officials represent our constituency better; and the continued financial stability of Sigma Xi.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Chapter delegate to annual meetings (1983-88, 1995, 1998-01); Chapter President (1988-89, 1991-96, 1998-02); Host, November 2000 Annual Meeting; SW Regional Director & Member, Board of Directors (1995-98); Committee on Nominations (1998-01, Chair, 2000-01); Secretary, IEEE/ABQ Section Region 6 (1999-02); Chair, Local Organizing Committee, American Astronomical Society meetings in Albuquerque (1990 & 2002).

Biographical Information: B.Sc. (hons), Ph.D. (1960) in Physics; Visiting Prof, UNESCO (1962-63), IAEA (1965-67); Pan Am Un (1967-68); Prof Physics, UNM (1968-); Visiting Sr Scient, NASA Hqrs (1987-88); Fellow, Am Phys Soc; Life Sr Mem, IEEE; Mem, Int Astr Un, Am Astr Soc, Am Met Soc, Am Geophys Un, Cert of Appr, AGU (1987), NASA (1988), UNM (1982, 1987, 1994, 2000); IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000); Res Grants, US/AFOSR (1962-69), NSF (1964-81), NASA (1972-77, 1988-95), NSF ("Galactic Cosmic Ray Modulation at High Rigidities," 1999-02); Refereed Papers (73); Conference Papers (92); Contributed Papers (90); Public Talks (51); Review Panels (76).

Name: Anthony Michael Iacopino

Present Position: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Organization: Marquette University School of Dentistry

Address: PO Box 1881
Marquette University School of Dentistry
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
USA

Telephone: 414-288-6089
FAX: 414-288-5386
E-mail: Anthony.Iacopino@Marquette.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Marquette University

Candidate's Statement: My research/scholarly activities in biomedical sciences have emphasized faculty and student mentoring. Working with faculty and students at all levels (elementary/high school, college, medical/dental students, MS/PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists) has provided an appreciation of key issues in science education/training and what kinds of things must be done to promote science. I have participated in development of numerous educational/training programs for these constituencies promoting contributions to the field, service to the public, and recruitment of the scientists/faculty of tomorrow. The leadership I provided in these areas as an officer in my previous Sigma Xi Chapter was instrumental in national recognition as a "Chapter of Excellence". I would like to continue these initiatives on a national scale as Director of the Research and Doctoral Universities Constituency Group.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Marquette University Sigma Xi Chapter 1999-Present; Vice President Marquette University Sigma Xi Chapter 1999-Present; Sigma Xi Baylor University Chapter 1991-1997; Secretary/Treasurer Sigma Xi Baylor College of Dentistry Chapter 1997-1999; Invited Reviewer, NIH-NIMH Internal Programs and NIH-NIDR Ad Hoc Study Section 1995-Present; Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center - PI (NIH-HRSA D31 AH70009) 1999-Present; 01/99-10/99 Dental Student Training Program - PI (NIH-NIDR T35 DE07188); 08/98-07/99 Effects of Hemin-Modulated LPS on PMN Function - CoI (NIH-NIDR R03 DE12035); 09/97-08/02 Mechanisms of Monocyte/Macrophage Response to Phenytoin - Mentor (NIH-NIDR K08 000407); 07/95-06/00 Impaired Wound Signaling in Diabetic Periodontitis - PI (NIH-NIDR R29 DE11553); 01/95 - 01/96 Calbindin-D28k and Neurofibrillary Tangle Formation - PI (NIH- NINDS P30 AG12300); 07/93-06/96 Calbindin-D28K: Role in Neurodegeneration - CoPI (NIH-NINDS RO1 NS30406); 09/88-02/91 MTS 858.30 Mechanical Testing Systems Shared Instrumentation Grant -CoI (NIH-NIDR 1S10 RR04216); 06/87-02/91 Geriatric Dentistry for the Alzheimer's Patient - PI (NIH-NIDR K15 DE00207).

Biographical Information: Education - BA (Biological Sciences), Rutgers College 1982; DMD UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School (NJDS) 1986; PhD (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology), University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 1990. Current Positions - Marquette University School of Dentistry - Associate Dean for Research/Graduate Studies and Associate Professor Division of Prosthodontics; Marquette University Archeological Center - Associate Director.

Name: Virginia L. Trimble

Present Positions: Prof. of Physics, Univ.of Calfornia Irvine and Visiting Prof. Astronomy, Univ Maryland, College Park
Organizations: Univ of California, Irvine and Univ Maryland, College Park

Address: (Jan-June) Physics Dept., FRH 4129
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697-4575
Telephone: 949-824-6948
FAX: 949-824-2174 E-mail: vtrimble@uci.edu

(June-Jan) Astronomy Dept., CSS 1204
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2421
Telephone: 301-405-5822
FAX: 301-314-9067
E-mail: vtrimble@astro.umd.edu\

Chapter Affiliation: University of California, Irvine

Candidate's Statement: We all know what Sigma Xi's problems are, including (a) the gentle decline in membership, as stalwarts move into emeritus status and beyond, while newly-elected associate members frequently drop out; (b) more rapid decline of the population of industrial research scientists, as companies focus on short-term productivity, (c) lack of recognition of our name and mission on the part of both students and colleagues, and (d) some uncertainly about what we can/should be doing within the R&D (and other!) chapters. I do not have a solution, though I have some tentative ideas, like, (1) consider electing graduating seniors who do not plan going on to graduate school (at least immediately) but into industrial/technological firms that have historically had research arms, (2) make sure we get permanent addresses for graduating seniors and PhDs who are new assoc. and full members, and whose college addresses will self-destruct in a few months, so that we lose them, (3) give prizes (803 invented a couple of new ones this year), co-sponsor talks and research exhibits, and generally remember that there is some truth in the Hollywood dictum that "there is no such thing as bad publicity." Anyhow, I still have the membership pin that my father received more than half a century ago and am willing to try to make it continue to mean something in the scientific community.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Director-at-large 1996-99; Committee on Awards 1996-99; Committee on Meetings 1997-2002; Committee on Qualifications and Membership, 1996-97. President, Secretary-Treasurer UCI Chapter (various terms). Other: President, Division of Galaxies and the Universe of the International Astronomical Union 2000-2003; Vice-President, American Astronomical Society 1997-2000; Member, Executive Board, American Physical Society 1998-2001.

Biographical Information: VIRGINIA L. TRIMBLE. BA UCLA 1964 (physics and astronomy); MS Caltech 1965 (physics and astronomy); PhD Caltech 1968 (astronomy); MA Cambridge University 1969 (honorary). Recent publications: "A Year of Discovery: Astronomical Highlights of 2000" Sky & Telescope, February 2001 (pp 50-58); chapters on binary stars, astronomical societies, and publications for Inst. of Physics Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics (2001); "The Quest for the Edge of the Universe" in Historical Development of Modern Cosmology (PASP Conf. Series, 2001, in press); "Astrophysics Faces the Millenium" in Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Technical Digest 22, No. 1 (pp. 59-66); "Pineapples and Crabs: When Young Supernova Remnants were Even Younger" in S.S. Holt et al. eds, Young Supernova Remnants (American Inst.of Physics Conf. Proc., in press, 2001). Research interests: The structure and evolution of stars, galaxies, and the universe, and of the communities of scientists who study them.