Recent Research Funding Awards
Biological Sciences
Scott Barbee, "P-body and miRNA-regulation of neuroplasticity", National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 2008 - August 2012, $1,167,770
Scott Barbee, P-body and miRNS-mediated regulation of neuroplasticity”, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2009 – May 2010, $98,368
Todd Blankenship,"Dynamics of epithelial polarity proteins in Drosophila", National Institutes of Health, September 2009-August 2011, $150,000
Phillip Danielson, “Independent Forensic Services for Forensic Research and Development”, Independent Forensic Services, January 2009 – December 2010, $87,832
Robert Dores, "Co-evolution of the Opioid/Orphanin Gene Family and Cognate Receptor Gene Families", National Science Foundation, July 2009-June 2011, $539,999
Jack Kinnamon, "Functional morphology of taste buds", National Institutes of Health, October 2008 - September 2013, $1,609,960
Daniel Linseman,"Regulation of mitochondrial oxidative stress by Bcl-2 family proteins", National Institutes of Health, September 2008 - July 2012, $1,214,939
Thomas Quinn, “Pilot Study: Potential of CR1 Insertion Markers for Resolution of a Deep Polytomy in Anseriformes”, National Science Foundation, $99,279
Anna Sher,"Establishment of a Conservation Genetics and Tissue Culture Program at Denver Botanic Gardens", Gladys Cheesman Evans Endowment Fund, November 2008 - October 2010, $250,000
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Gareth Eaton, “Rapid Scan Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging”, National Institutes of Health, July 2008 – June 2009, $840,477
Gareth Eaton, "High-Spin Nitroxide Radical for Biomedical Imaging Applications”, University of Nebraska, September 2008 – September 2009, $57,006
Andrei Kutateladze, “OEDIT Bioscience Discovery Evaluation Grant Program-High Throughput Combinatorial Chemistry for Modern Drug Discovery”, Colorado Office of Economic Development, July 2007 – October 2009, $80,505
Martin Margittai, "Toward a Molecular Understanding of Tau Mediated Neurodegeneration", Society for Progressive Supranuclear PalsyTotal, January 2008-December 2009, $100,000
Martin Margittai, "Structural Polymorphism of Tau Filaments in Corticobasal Degeneration", Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, June 2009-May 2010, $52,200
Martin Margittai, “Filaments in CBD”, Society for Progressive Supranuclea, July 2009 – May 2010, $52,500
Keith Miller, “Intergration of a Portable X-Ray Flurescence Instrument into Archaeology, Biology, and Chemistry”, National Science Foundation, February 2008 – January 2010, $106,363
Keith Miller, “NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program”, National Institute of Standards and Technology, May 2009 – September 2009, $7,500
Geography
Michael Keables, “GIS and Environmental Technical Assistance”, City and County of Denver, January 2009 – December 2009, $28,993
Matthew Taylor, "Collaborative Research: Multicentury Drought
Reconstructions from Guatemala and the Context for Past and Future
Hydroclimatic Change," National Science Foundation, May 2009-April 2012, $70,478
Mathematics
Mario Lopez, "Enhancing Early Mathematics Learning and Assessment Via Interactive Computer Games", Head Start Program, Department of Education, October 2008-September 2011, $894,075
Petr Vojtechovsky, “2nd Mile High Conference on Nonassociative Mathematics”, National Science Foundation, March 2009 – February 2010, $24,000
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
Troy Krenning, “National Law Enforcement and Corrections Techology Center – RM”, National Institute of Justice, October 2007 – September 2009, $1,391,250
Joseph Russo, “The Weapons and Protective Systems Technologies Center Support”, Pennsylvania State University, February 2008 – September 2009, $1,400,000
Physics and Astronomy
Robert Amme, “Promoting Rubberized Asphalt and Other Scrap Tire Products in Colorado”, CO Dept of Public Health and Enviro, April 2008 – June 2009, $96,601
Toufic Hawat “RHUBC-II Campaign Using the ASTI Instrument”, University of Wisconsin, January 2009 – April 2010, $25,362
Jennifer Hoffman, “Collaborative Research: Tracing the Spectropolarimetric History of Circumstellar Structures from High-mass Stars through Supernovae”, National Science Foundation, August 2008 – July 2009, $75,434
Jay Norris, “GLAST: Coordinated Gamma-Ray/NIR Observations of Flaring AGN”, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, August 2008 – September 2009, $99,038
Jonathan Ormes, “The BESS Program to Measure Cosmic-Ray Antiprotons and Light Nuclei and to Search for Exotic Matter”, Goddard, December 2007 – December 2009, $23,150
Robert Stencel, “The Circumstellar-Insterstellar Interface Revealed”, Jet Propulsion Lab, July 2007 – June 2010, $17,440
Toshiya Ueta, “Excavating the Mass Loss History in the Circumstellar Dust Shells of Evolved Start (Spitzer HLHES)”, Jet Propulsion Lab, July 2007 – June 2010, $100,250
Toshiya Ueta, “Establishing the Nature of a Mysterious Evolved Star, HD179821”, NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute, July 2007 – June 2009, $32,518
Barry Zink, “Thermal Pathways in Ultra-High Resolution Gamma-Ray Detector Materials for Nuclear Materials Detection”, National Science Foundation, July 2008 – June 2009, $118,985
Barry Zink, "Electrons, Phonons, and Magnons in Nanostructures and Novel Materials", National Science Foundation CAREER Award, January 2010-December 2014, $550,000
Research by NSM Faculty
Department of Biological Sciences
Joseph Angleson, Ph.D. - Cellular and molecular mechanisms of secretion of neuropeptides from neurons and neuroendocrine cells. More...
J. Todd Blankenship, Ph.D. - How tissues and cells assume stereotypical forms and shapes is a central question in modern cell biology. More...
Scott Barbee, Ph.D. - Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the temporal-spatial regulation of mRNA translation using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system. More...
Dennis Barrett, Ph.D. - The programming of early events in the development of the sea urchin embryo. More...
Christina Coughlan, Ph.D. - Protein folding and defects which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of many diseases including Alzheimers, Cystic Fibrosis and Creutzfeldt Jacob/"Mad Cow" disease. More...
Phillip B. Danielson, Ph.D. - Development of high speed technologies for the identification of human remains and analysis of evidentiary material using mtDNA and complex protein mixtures. More...
Robert M. Dores, Ph.D. - Molecular evolution of the opioid/orphanin gene family. More...
Jim Fogleman, Ph.D. - ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease), a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive paralysis. More ...
John Kinnamon, Ph.D. - Neurobiology of sensory systems, particulary the gustatory system. More...
Daniel Linseman, Ph.D. - Unraveling the role of cell death in neurodegeneration. More...
Nancy Lorenzon, Ph.D. - Calcium channel function and protein interactions involved in calcium signaling in muscle and neurons. More...
Hugh McIsaac, Ph.D. - Animal behavior and behavioral ecology, with emphasis on navigation and migration in birds. More...
Michael Monahan, Ph.D. - Role of habitat in shaping population, behavioral, and life history paramaters of breeding birds, especially blackbirds in wetland habitats. More...
David Patterson, Ph.D. - Biochemical genetics of Downs syndrome, Alzheimer disease, and autism. More...
James Platt, Ph.D. - K-12 and undergraduate biology eduction. More...
Thomas Quinn, Ph.D. - Conservation genetics, systematics, patterns and rates of change of DNA sequence as they relate to the "molecular clock", and the study of transposable elements. More...
Susan Sadler, Ph.D. - Early molecular events that trigger meiotic cell division. More...
Robert Sanford, Jr., Ph.D. - Plant and fire effects on soil nutrients, especially soil phosphorus fractions, in dry and moist tropical ecosystems, and in temperate, treeline and Colorado plateau ecosystems. More...
Nancy L. Sasaki, Ph.D. - Relationships between microorganisms and their environments. More...
Anna Sher, Ph.D. - Identifying the interface between habitat disturbance and species invasions, and ecosystem restoration/re-vegetation after exotic control. More...
Judith Snyder, Ph.D. - Formation and function of the mitotic spindle during cell division. More...
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amy Bauer, Ph.D. - Emission spectroscopy (especially laser- and spark-induced breakdown spectroscopies), chemical laser development, and aerosol generation and diagnostics. More...
Lawrence J. Berliner, Ph.D. - Understanding of structure/function relationships and dynamic aspects in protein structure in solution. More...
Gareth E. Eaton, Ph.D. - Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) (also known as electron spin resonance (ESR)) studies of molecules with unpaired electrons - primarily organic radicals and transition metal ions. More...
Sandra S. Eaton, Ph.D. - Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) (also known as electron spin resonance (ESR)) studies of molecules with unpaired electrons - primarily organic radicals and transition metal ions. More...
Julanna V. Gilbert, Ph.D. - Kinetic and spectroscopic studies of energetic inorganic compounds using low temperature matrix isolation and gas phase methods. More...
Joseph M. Hornback, Ph.D. - Organic photochemistry, organic synthesis, chemical education More...
Andrei G. Kutateladze, Ph.D. - Photolabile reporters of molecular recognition: caging, tagging and photoamplification. More...
Michelle Knowles, Ph.D. - Understanding the molecular mechanism of membrane proteins, particularly proteins that facilitate the fusion of intracellular vesicles with the plasma membrane and proteins that regulate the flow of chemicals across the plasma membrane.More...
Martin Margittai, Ph.D. - Fibrils and intermediates in protein aggregation. Structural and functional dissection of the misfolding pathway of tau. More...
Keith Miller, Ph.D. - Fate and transport of pharmaceutical compounds in surface waters and sediments. More...
Byron Purse, Ph.D. - Supramolecular chemistry and catalysis; designing and synthesizing cavity-containing molecules that can partially or fully surround smaller molecules and be used to control chemical reactions.More...
Dwight M. Smith, Ph.D. - Interaction of gas phase molecules with solid surfaces, with emphasis on the nature and reactivity of black carbon (soot), produced through the combustion of fossil fuels. More...
Donald H. Stedman, Ph.D. - Remote sensing of automobile emissions and air quality. More...
Department of Geography
Sharolyn Anderson, Ph.D. - Theoretical basis of geographic information science. More...
E. Eric Boschmann, Ph.D. - Urban Geography, Accessibility, Mixed Methods, Economic Geography. More...
J. Michael Daniels, Ph.D. - Development and behavior of geomorphic systems over timescales ranging from decades to several millennia. More...
Andrew R. Goetz, Ph.D. - Transportation, urban, and economic geography. More...
Hillary B. Hamann, Ph.D. - Watershed processes, combining themes of water quality, runoff flowpaths and the effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance (pollution, climate change, deforestation and wildfire) on hydrologic systems. More...
Steven R. Hick, M.A. - Geographic Information Science, Project Management, Cartography, Criminology. ...
Michael J. Keables, Ph.D. - Spatial and temporal variability of water resources as related to climatic fluctuations. More...
Michael W. Kerwin, Ph.D. - Develop high-resolution climate records using tree rings as a means of identifying past episodes of drought. More...
Rebecca L. Powell, Ph.D. - Assessing urban contributions to global and regional environmental change. More...
Donald G. Sullivan, Ph.D. - Late Quaternary environmental change. More...
Paul C. Sutton, Ph.D. - Urbanization, spatial demography, and carrying capacity. More...
Matthew J. Taylor, Ph.D. - Human-environment relationships in Latin America. More...
Marilyn M. Williams, Ph.D. - Geography of health; environmental justice; global environmental policy. More...
Department of Mathematics
Alvaro Arias, Ph.D. - Banach space theory, probability theory, and operator theory. More...
Richard N. Ball, Ph.D. - Algebra and topology, combinatorics, topological dynamics, stability and complexity. More...
Natasha Dobrinen, Ph.D. - Set theory, Boolean algebras, mathematical logic, and foundations of mathematics. More...
Nikolaos Galatos, Ph.D. - Lattice theory, ordered algebras, mathematical logic. More...
Stanley Gudder, Ph.D. - Functional analysis, mathematical physics, foundations of quantum mechanics, probability theory. More...
James N. Hagler, Ph.D. - Functional analysis, topological dynamics, hereditarily indecomposable continua. More...
Michael K. Kinyon, Ph.D. - Nonassociative structures, loops, quasigroups, history of mathematics. More...
Frédéric Latrémolière, Ph.D. - C*-algebras, C*-dynamics. More...
Mario A. Lopez, Ph.D. - Computational geometry, algorithms, geographic information systems. More...
Nicholas Ormes, Ph.D. - Dynamical systems, ergodic theory, topology. More...
Alayne Parson, Ph.D. - Automorphic functions, complex analysis, number theory.
Petr Vojtêchovský, Ph.D. - Nonassociative algebra, combinatorics. More...
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Robert Amme, Ph.D. - Granular particle physics and the compaction of granular materials. More...
Davor Balzar, Ph.D. - Studies of materials' properties by diffraction methods. More...
Kingshuk Ghosh, Ph.D. - Theoretical statistical mechanics of biopolymers. More...
Aharon Goldman, Ph.D. - Quantitative analysis of infrared and ultraviolet absorption of solar radiation by the earth's atmospheric gases, atomic and molecular solar lines, and infrared emission by the earth's atmosphere, from high resolution spectra obtained with ground-based and air-borne spectrometers. More...
Jennifer L. Hoffman, Ph.D. - Circumstellar material surrounding stars, particularly massive stars, throughout the course of their lifetimes. More...
Steven Iona, Ph.D. - Teacher preparation and student conceptual development specifically of physics topics.
Jonathan F. Ormes, Ph.D. - Locating the sites of the origin and the mechanism for the acceleration of galactic cosmic rays, highly energetic (relativistic) nuclei of atoms from throughout the periodic table that bombard the Earth continuously. More...
Sean Shaheen, Ph.D. - Development of organic photovoltaic devices or "plastic solar cells" for low-cost solar energy harvesting.
Robert Stencel, Ph.D. - Stellar evolution and infrared instrumentation. More...
Toshiya Ueta, Ph.D. - Stellar evolution, astropaleontology, radiative transfer in dusty media, infrared observations of dusty media, and astromineralogy. More...
Barry L. Zink, Ph.D. - Use of micro- and nanofabrication techniques to control and measure the thermal, magnetic and electronic properties of systems to study the fundamental physics of new materials. More...