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March 2003 Name

Grants from the March 15, 2003 Deadline
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Linah N. Ababneh University of Arizona Ecology Effects of Abiotic Factors in Bristlecone Pine Radial Growth in the Great Basin, Western United States Jeffrey Dean
Betsy Abroe University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Behavioral Ecology Do More Attractive Males Produce More Sons in the Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) ? Linda Whittingham
Tracy Tate Adkins University of San Diego Ecology An Ecological approach to foraging strategies of Manta birostris in the Pacific Ocean Heidi Dewar
Leah Jean Akins University of California - Davis Ecology Decoupling between larval supply and onshore settlement: The importance of larval behavior to settlement patterns across large spatial scales Steven Morgan
George Martin Aldridge University of California - Irvine Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Comparing prezygotic isolating mechanisms in unimodal and bimodal plant hybrid zones. Diane Campbell
Georgia Meyer Alexander Wake Forest University School of Medicine Physiology / Functional Morphology Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Modulate Cortical Influence on Lateral Geniculate Nucleus Cells Dwayne Godwin
Jason Phillip Andras Cornell University Ecology The effect of host population genetic structure on patterns of disease in the Gorgonia ventalina-Aspergillus sydowii pathosystem C. Harvell
Marcelo Ardon Sayao University of Georgia Ecology Effects of litter chemistry on microbial processing of leaf litter in a neotropical stream Catherine Pringle
Amanda Wynne Ash University of Michigan Ecology Tree ring biogeochemistry: Calcium cycling and nutrient depletion in base-poor forest ecosystems Joel Blum
Muhammad Asim Kent State University Hydrology / Geomorphology numerical simulation of groundwater movement in a basin under compressional tectonics in NW Himalayas yoram eckstein
Matthew Joel Badiali University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Paleontology / Sedimentation Strontium Isotope Chronostratigraphy of the Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain Joe Carter
Lindsay Rachel Barclay Albertson College of Idaho Cell Biology / Biochemistry The Effects of Cadmium on Apoptosis in Cultured Rainbow Trout Gill Cells Sara Heggland
Felipe Sousa Barreto University of North Carolina at Wilmington Systematics / Evolutionary Biology The role of assortative mating as a gene flow barrier between incipient marine fish species. Michael McCartney
Michelle Marie Barthet Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Expression and Function of the Putative Plastid-encoded Maturase, matK. Khidir Hilu
Joseph Edward Barton University of California - Berkeley Engineering A Human-Driver Model of Car Following Theodore Cohn
David James Bauer University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee Physiology / Functional Morphology Behavioral Deficits following Bilateral Dentate Nuclei Lesions Rodney Swain
Tiffany A Baxter University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Tectonics / Geophysics Eclogite-facies metamorphism and deep-crustal seismicity: evidence from paleo-earthquake fault rocks from the Lofoten Islands of northern Norway Teri Boundy
Kellis Matthew Bayless University of Kansas Physiology / Functional Morphology Stress & Organic Acid Accumulations During CAM Photosynthesis Craig Martin
Andrea Christina Bazos Fairfield University Cell Biology / Biochemistry Prevention of Apoptosis in Articular Chondrocytes by Metallothionein Glenn Sauer
Carla Danielle Beals University of Florida Ecology Clearance Rates and Feeding Selectivity of Crassostrea virginica and Mercenaria mercenaria; Implications of Increased Eutrophication in the Suwannee River Estuary Shirley Baker
Tracy Ann Becker Idaho State University Cell Biology / Biochemistry Effects of Lipoic Acid on Insulin Stimulated Glucose Transport in Primary Adult Human Skeletal Muscle Cells Cindy Wilson
Abir Biswas University of Michigan Petrology / Geochemistry The contribution of high production coal deposits to environmental mercury Joel Blum
Derrick Carl Blackmon University of South Alabama Ecology 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
April Monica Houghton Blakeslee University of New Hampshire Ecology Investigations into Littorina littorea's introduction to the northwest Altantic coast James (Jeb) Byers
Jeremy Matthew Bono Colorado State University Behavioral Ecology The impact of obligate (Polyergus breviceps) and facultative (Formica sanginea) slave-making ants on their Formica fusca host Michael Antolin
Matthew Ryan Bourke University of California - Los Angeles Tectonics / Geophysics Constraining the tectonic history of the Lunpola basin in central Tibet through magnetostratigraphy and basin analysis Brian Horton
Ben Frederick Brammell University of Kentucky Physiology / Functional Morphology Effects of Pollution Resistance on Polychlorinated Biphenyl Mediated Endocrine Disruption Adria Elskus
Mary Elizabeth Farrar Brice University of Georgia Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Isolation of Novel Fe(III) Reducing and Saccharolytic/ Peptidolytic Bacteria from Deep Sea Sediments Juergen Wiegel
Patricia Bitterman Brown California State University, Chico Cell Biology / Biochemistry Characterization of Microbial Eukaryotes in Hydrothermal Environments from Lassen Volcanic National Park Gordon Wolfe
Katherine Anne Brutlag Middlebury College Physics / Astronomy Probing Shocks in the SN 1006 Supernova Remnant P Winkler
Katherine Victoria Bulinski University of Cincinnati Paleontology / Sedimentation Biodiversity, Sample Volume and Population Structure: The Cincinnatian as a Microcosm for Assessments of Global Marine Diversity Arnold Miller
John Andrew Bunce University of California - Davis Anthropology The Frequency of Trichromatic Color Vision in a Wild Population of Callicebus moloch, a New World Monkey Lynne Isbell
Anna Marie Burke University of Illinois at Chicago Ecology Prey foraging responses to varying levels of coyote predation in a desert system Joel Brown
James Geoffrey Burns University of Toronto Behavioral Ecology The adaptive significance of between-individual variation in problem-solving ability of bumblebees James Thomson
Patrick Michael Burton Boston University Cell Biology / Biochemistry Functional Analysis of Hox Genes in Cnidaria: Diced vs Large dsRNA John Finnerty
Tara N. Businski Memorial University of Newfoundland Ecology Terrestrial- and marine-based food sources for zooplankton on the Beaufort Sea Shelf Donald Deibel
Evans Ogwagwa Changamu Kenyatta University Chemistry Synthesis and characterization of vanadium-iron-sulphur complexes as possible models for nitrogenase Naftali Muriithi
Gunnels William Charles University of Florida Behavioral Ecology Evaluation of Reproductive Skew in a Primitively Eusocial Paper Wasp, Mischocyttarus mexicanus Colette St. Mary
Mei-Er Chen Texas A&M University Physiology / Functional Morphology Regulation of the vitellogenin receptor during fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren oogenesis Larry Keeley
Alexander G. Cheroske University of Maryland, Baltimore County Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Evolution of adaptive color vision in three species of Caribbean mantis shrimp within the genus Neogonodactylus (Stomatopoda, Gonodactyloidea) Thomas Cronin
Jonathan David Coop University of Wisconsin - Madison Ecology Environmental determinants of subalpine forest-grassland ecotones in the southern Rocky Mountains Thomas Givnish
Christopher Langston Cooper Illinois State University Cell Biology / Biochemistry Kinetic Evaluation of Coproporphyrinogen Oxidase Using an Isomer of the Natural Substrate Marjorie Jones
Ammon Corl University of California - Santa Cruz Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Investigating a Novel Mechanism of Speciation in the Side-Blotched Lizard Barry Sinervo
Jaime Alfredo Costales Ohio University Cell Biology / Biochemistry Immunolocalization of the binding site of the release-inhibiting antibodies in Trypanosoma cruzi infected cells. Edwin Rowland
Kathryn Anne Coulombe North Carolina State University Cell Biology / Biochemistry Bridging the Gap: Could Connexins Be the Key to Rapid Sex Change in a Coral Reef Fish? John Godwin
Brian Alan Counterman Louisiana State University Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Testing the Faster X Theory in Lepidoptera Mohamed Noor
Elizabeth Jean Cozzie Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Cell Biology / Biochemistry Annexin 4 Distribution: A Comparison of Healthy and Alzheimer’s Diseased Human Brain Tissue Margaret Moga
Dean Alan Croshaw University of New Orleans Behavioral Ecology Examining the fitness benefits of polyandry in marbled salamanders Joseph Pechmann
Stacey McKenzie Curry University of Southern Mississippi Anthropology Otolemur garnettii Variation: The Use of Anthropometrics and DNA for Subspecies Identification Marie Danforth
Antonia Josepha D'Amore University of California - Santa Cruz Ecology Conservation and Community Structure - Invasive Cats on Gulf of California Islands Donald Croll
Brian James Darby University of Toledo Ecology 1. Stable isotopes in nematodes: A novel technique for discerning feeding habits. Deborah Neher
Andy Dattel Texas Tech University Psychology Increasing Situation Awareness for Aircraft Pilots Frank Durso
Carrie Lynn DeBlecourt Northern Illinois University Cell Biology / Biochemistry Characterization of Antizyme-1 in Mammalian Cells John Mitchell
Casey Patrick Deen Texas A&M University Physics / Astronomy Light Pollution: A detailed study William Henchel
Elizabeth Perrault Derryberry Duke University Behavioral Ecology Inferring patterns of cultural evolution from patterns of song dialects in mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha). Stephen Nowicki
Jeff Michael Diez University of Georgia Ecology Genetic structure of a symbiosis and the distribution of a terrestrial orchid H. Ronald Pulliam
Brion Andrew Dolan Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Tectonics / Geophysics Soil Radon Exhalation within the Context of a Decommissioned Uranium Mine Philippe Tissot
Edward Robert Donovan University of Colorado - Boulder Physiology / Functional Morphology Metabolic patterns of recovery from activity in reptiles Todd Gleeson
Renee Ann Duckworth Duke University Behavioral Ecology Avian nest defense at high elevation: life history trade-offs and energetic constraints Stephen Nowicki
Dennis Maurice Duval University of South Carolina Anthropology A Functional Ceramic Analysis of An Abandonment Phase Southwestern Pueblo Gail Wagner
Kimberly Linhart Eaton North Carolina State University Psychology Emotion and Self Concept Influence Children's Reports of A Salient Experience Lynne Baker-Ward
Sara Elizabeth Edison University of Cincinnati Chemistry Mechanistic Investigation of an Unusual Ni(II)/O2 Reaction Michael Baldwin
Gwynn Alexis Erica University of Florida Ecology Within-lake variation of cyanobacteria toxin and its effects on respiratory biology of the African cichlid Astatoreochromis alluaudi Lauren Chapman
Elizabeth Kirstin Erickson SUNY - Albany Paleontology / Sedimentation The Lower-Middle Ordovician transition on the east Laurentian margin: the first stratigraphic synthesis of the Providence Island Formation (New York, Vermont, Quebec) Landing Ed
Kevin Michael Esvelt Harvey Mudd College Cell Biology / Biochemistry Identification of Proteases Responsible for Processing of the Sperm Surface Protein Fertilin Beta Hal Van Ryswyk
Stella R Evans Thomas Jefferson University Cell Biology / Biochemistry Calcium-activated Chloride Channels in the Retina Carol Beck
Elaine Chantal Fernandez Oklahoma State University Psychology Bilingualism and the Tip-of-the-Tongue Experience Shelia Kennison
Stephenie Rebecca Fleegle Immaculata University Physiology / Functional Morphology Lung protective ventilatory strategies and antioxidative therapy to reduce lung matrix and surfactant dysfunction in the neonatal lung. Marla Wolfson
Alyson Kerry Fletcher University of California - Berkeley Engineering Iterative Signal Estimation with Complex Wavelets Kannan Ramchandran
Joseph J Fontaine University of Montana Behavioral Ecology Nest Predation Risk and Parental Care: Do birds behave safely? Thomas Martin
Kristy Lynne Forsgren California State University, Long Beach, California Physiology / Functional Morphology Growth rates of the weedy sea dragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus Christopher Lowe
Eric Fossett Univerity of Nevada, Las Vegas Tectonics / Geophysics Evidence and implications of Holocene faulting along the Black Hills fault, southern Nevada Wanda Taylor
Megan Elizabeth Frederickson Stanford University Ecology Ecology and demography of Amazonian ant-plants Deborah Gordon
Anthony Raymond Friscia University of California - Los Angeles Paleontology / Sedimentation An Ecomorphological Analysis of Small Bodied Modern Mammalian Carnivorans and Implications for the Paleoecology of Early Tertiary Carnivores Blaire Van Valkenburgh
Andrea Burrowes Gager Princeton University Ecology Temporal community dynamics of blood parasites (Plasmodium spp.) in a tropical passerine population: Clay-colored robin (Turdus grayi). Barbara Grant
Kenman D Gan University fo Alberta Physiology / Functional Morphology Quantifying Predictors of Outcomes in Retinal Artery Occlusion Patients Ian MacDonald
Kamal J. K. Gandhi University of Minnesota Ecology Immediate Responses of Pyrophilous Ground Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Assemblages to Wildfires and Prescribed Fires in Minnesota. Steven Seybold
Michael Lawrence Gatza Baylor College of Medicine Cell Biology / Biochemistry Effects of HTLV-I Tax on cellular mutation frequency and tumorigenesis in vivo Susan Marriott
Evan B Goldstein Colgate University Petrology / Geochemistry Mafic Intrusions of the Dinkey Creek Granodiorite, Sierra Nevada, California William Peck
Meagen Davis Gonzalez University of South Florida Paleontology / Sedimentation Interpreting Stable Isotopes from Inoceramids to determine if their shells secreted in equilibrium with ambient seawaters. Peter Harries
Eben Bowditch Goodale University of Massachusetts, Amherst Behavioral Ecology The adaptive benefits to vocal mimicry in a tropical mixed-species flocking bird Donald Kroodsma
Alejandra Beatriz Gorostizaga School of Medicine - Buenos Aires Cell Biology / Biochemistry Effect of luteinizing hormone (LH) and of stress conditions on MAP kinase phosphatase (MKP)-1 expression in MA-10 Leydig cells Cristina Paz
Tyler Wayne Green University of Cincinnati Chemistry Platinum(II) Diimine Complexes with Potentially Facially-Coordinating Ligands for Two-Electron Transfer William Connick
Patrick-Jean Guay University of Melbourne Behavioral Ecology Sexual selection in the extreme size-dimorphic Musk Duck, Biziura lobata Raoul Mulder
Loraine Frances Hale California State University, Long Beach Physiology / Functional Morphology Age and growth of the round stingray, Urolophus halleri at Seal Beach, California. Chris Lowe
Megan Christine Hall Duke University Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Genetics of adaptation in Mimulus guttatus John Willis
Scott L Hamilton University of California Santa Barbara Ecology The effects of nearshore vs. offshore dispersal on growth and condition in a coral reef fish, Thalassoma bifasciatum Robert Warner
Hyakubun Harada University of South Alabama Ecology Effects of UV radiation and oxidative stress on the production of methylated sulfur compounds by marine phytoplankton Ronald Kiene
Jessica Lanzl Hardesty Duke University Ecology Stable isotope analysis of avian diet John Terborgh
Brian Alexander Hare Harvard University Psychology Is dog social cognition a product of selection for cognition or an accidental byproduct of domestication? Wrangham Richard
Richard Lawrence Herndon Southern Illinois University Anthropology Assessing the Role of Ramey Incised Ceramic Vessels in the Development of Chiefly Power in the American Bottom Prudence Rice
Travis Marc Hinkelman Clemson University Behavioral Ecology Effect of stand-level manipulations of woody debris on daytime refuge selction by cotton mice Susan Loeb
Jerald Christopher Hinn University of Cincinnati Behavioral Ecology Tradeoffs between parasite resistance and female fecundity in Drosophila nigrospiracula Michal Polak
John Milan Hora University of Wisconsin - Madison Petrology / Geochemistry Variability of magma provenance and crustal residence timescales over the history of a continental arc volcano: Parinacota Volcano, Chile Brad Singer
Jessica Hemmerick Hunt Yale University Anthropology A test of morphological integration: its possible application to the fossil record Laurie Godfrey
Jorge Luis Hurtado University of Missouri-St. Louis Behavioral Ecology Why do some females engage in multiple mating in Andean cock-of-the-rock lek system? Zuleyma Tang-Martinez
Kelly Anne Hyndman University of Florida Physiology / Functional Morphology Gill endothelin receptor localization in the killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) Evans David
Alexander Everett Ide Boise State University Cell Biology / Biochemistry OSM-Induced Endothelial Cell Tube Formation Cheryl Jorcyk
Sarah Elizabeth Jackson Harvard University Anthropology Deciphering Ancient Maya Political Hierarchy: an Integrated Study of the Non-Royal Elite David Stuart
Jill Emily Jankowski Purdue University Ecology Beta Diversity and Endemism: Implications for Tropical Reserve Design Kerry Rabenold
Jason Earl Jannot Purdue University Ecology Testing a model of developmental thresholds in a caddisfly Richard Howard
Christopher Nathan Janousek University of California - San Diego Ecology The effects of functional group richness on productivity in constructed microphytobenthic assemblages Lisa Levin
Juan Jacobo Jimenez Universidad Nacional de Colombia Systematics / Evolutionary Biology CONTRIBUTION FOR THE TAXONOMICAL RECOGNITION AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF TARANTULAS FROM THE FAMILY THERAPHOSIDAE (ARANAE: MYGALOMORPHAE) IN COLOMBIA. Eduardo Florez
Virginia Lee Jin University of Georgia Ecology Determining the Effects of Soil Inorganic Nitrogen Availability on Plant Organic Nitrogen Uptake Rebecca Sharitz
Kimberly Kaye Johnson Long Beach State Physiology / Functional Morphology Standard and Routine Metabolism of the kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus) Christopher Lowe
Lisa Kristine Johnson University of North Carolina at Wilmington Cell Biology / Biochemistry The effects of cell size on metabolism during recovery from fatigue in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Steve Kinsey
Carrie Vanessa Kappel Stanford University Ecology Causes of rarity in Bahamian corals and implications for conservation Fiorenza Micheli
Remmy Wekesa Kasili Louisiana State University Cell Biology / Biochemistry Isolation and Characterization of Phenotypic Modifiers of Siamese John Larkin
Kate Keller University of Michigan Petrology / Geochemistry Effects of climate change on mineral weathering patterns in permafrost regions Joel Blum
Kerry Jane Kelley university of Massachusetts, Amherst Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Genetic Variability and Sexual Reproductive System of an Lyle Craker
Andrew Boruff Kenst University of Tennessee at Knoxville Hydrology / Geomorphology Virus Transport in the Memphis Sand Aquifer Under Unsaturated, Transient Flow Conditions Edmund Perfect
Michelle Kinder Pennsylvania State University Cell Biology / Biochemistry MCP-1 in Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis Andrea Mastro
Espen Klausen University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Psychology Children's imaginary playmates: What roles do they serve? Richard Passman
Jessica Lynne Koederitz University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Systematics / Evolutionary Biology The evolution of avian sexual dichromatism: an unbiased assessment in the ultraviolet and visible wavelengths Linda Whittingham
Maria Alejandra Korstanje Universidad Nacional de Tucumán Anthropology Archaeobotany in Coctaca, a northwestern Argentina ancient agricultural site MARIA ALBECK
Karl L Kosciuch Kansas State University Behavioral Ecology FACTORS AFFECTING NEST DESERTION BY BELL’S VIREOS IN RESPONSE TO BROOD PARASITISM Brett Sandercock
David Michael Krayesky University of Louisiana at Lafayette Cell Biology / Biochemistry Proteins of Red Algal Pit Plugs Suzanne Fredericq
Ryan Michael Kroutil University of South Alabama Ecology Investigating the role of habitat quality in determining reef fish community structure using coral replicas John Valentine
Shannon Lea LaDeau Duke University Ecology Forest Tree Fecundity: Community diversity and response to global change. James Clark
Lesley Therese Lancaster University of California - Santa Cruz Behavioral Ecology 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
Daniel Russel Lasco University of Missouri- Rolla Petrology / Geochemistry Mineral Chemical Stratigraphy: A Record of Changing Conditions within a Crystallizing Magma Chamber. John Hogan
Karen M. Layou University of Georgia Paleontology / Sedimentation Biotic recovery from a regional extinction event: An example from the Late Ordovician of the Appalachian Basin of the eastern United States Steven Holland
Kimberly Nguyen Le Central Washington University Tectonics / Geophysics Geologic Evidence for Distributed Slip across the Owens Valley, California Jeff Lee
Daniel Jason Lebbin Cornell University Ecology Bamboo Specialization Among Amazonian Birds John Fitzpatrick
Kathryn Crawford Lester Purdue University Ecology POPULATION DYNAMICS OF BIRDS AND AMPHIBIANS OVER TIME IN LARGE-SCALE PRESCRIBED BURNS John Dunning
Jamie Sloan Levine University of Texas at Austin Tectonics / Geophysics Structural analysis and zircon provenance in the western Llano Uplift: Implications for a southern collider Sharon Mosher
Michelle Nicole Lewis Drake University Ecology The effects of habitat quantity and quality on the abundance of savanna remnant-dependent lepidoptera