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RGI Awards Announced for 2006-2007

Arts & Humanities

Leonard Sorkin International Institute for Chamber Music (ICM)

Jon Welstead, Music

Co-PIs: Elfin Boico, Christopher Burns; Ralph Evans; Yuri Gandelsman; Kevin Hartman; Judit Jaimes; Wolfgang Laufer; Caen Thomason-Redus; Bernard Zinck, Music

docUWM: Providing Documentary Services

Brad Lichtenstein, Film

Co-PI: Alison I. Rostankowski, Journalism/Mass Communication

Nineteenth Century Images of Science: A Philosophical Analysis of Their Import for Current Debates

Michael Liston, Philosophy

Center for 21st Century Studies Advancement & Planning

Daniel Sherman, Center for 21st Century Studies

Life and Health Science

Impact of Filter-Feeding Bivalves in Lake Michigan: Seasonal Variation of Phytoplankton Community Structure and Gene Expression

Carmen Aguilar, WATER Institute

Co-PIs: Russell L. Cuhel; Matthew L. Rise, WATER Institute

Hormone-Brain Interactions Involved in Parental Behavior Expression

John Buntin, Biological Sciences

Natural Product Discovery from Genome-Sequenced Microorganisms

Yi-Qiang Eric Cheng, Biological Sciences

Co-PI: Patrick Anderson, WATER Institute

Novel GABA-A Ligands for Treating Alzheimer's-Related Cognitive Deficits

James Cook, Chemistry

Co-PI: Fred J. Helmstetter, Psychology

Genomic Analysis of Antibiotic Genes in the Bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila

Steven Forst, Biological Sciences

Speech Production of English-Korean Bilingual Children

Soyoung Sue Ann Lee, Health Sciences

Co-PI: Gregory K. Iverson, Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Mechanism of Flavobacterium Gliding Motility

Mark McBride, Biological Sciences

4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase and Tyrosinemia

Graham Moran, Chemistry

Plasticity and Dendritic Signaling in Hippocampal Neurons as a Function of Learning and Aging

James Moyer Jr., Psychology

Co-PI: Fred J. Helmstetter, Psychology

Testosterone, Energetics and Immunity: The Costs of Being Male

Michael Muehlenbein, Anthropology

Co-PI: Julia Z. Bonner, Norris Health Center

Co-PI: Douglas A. Steeber, Biological Sci

Co-PI: Ann M. Swartz, Human Movement Sci

An Innovative Diagnostic Tool for Reducing Traumatic Knee Injuries

Kristian O'Connor, Health Sciences

Co-PI: Brian S R. Armstrong, Electrical Eng. & Computer Sci

The Ecology and Distribution of Liana (vines) and Tree Species in Tropical Forests

Stefan Schnitzer, Biological Sciences

National Phenological Research Center

Mark Schwartz, Geography

Discovering Hidden User Search Patterns through Visualization of Transaction Logs

Dietmar Wolfram, Information Studies

Co-PI: Jin O. Zhang, Information Studies

Impact of Nanomaterials on Microbial Community in Phyllosphere: A Genome Study

Ching-Hong Yang, Biological Sciences

Co-PI: Jin Li, Civil & Mechanical Engineering

Long-Term Ecological Change in a Vulnerable Wisconsin Wetland

Erica Young, Biological Sciences

Co-PI: Mark D. Schwartz, Geography

Co-PIs: Gretchen Meyer, James Reinartz, UWM Field Station

Signaling of Cell Fate Determination During Sexual Reproduction

Dazhong Dave Zhao, Biological Sciences

Natural, Mathematical, Engineering and Physical Science

Theory of Electron Spins in Magnetic, Superconducting, and Spintronic Materials

Daniel Agterberg, Physics

Gravitational Wave Astronomy and Astrophysics

Bruce Allen, Physics

Co-PIs: Jolien D. Creighton; Marie Alesendra J. Papa; Patrick R. Brady; John L. Friedman; Leonard Parker; Alan Wiseman, Physics

Nanoengineering Stable Carbon Nanotube Aerogels

Jian Chen, Chemistry

Linking Quantitative Values of Strain and Fabrics in Naturally Deformed Rocks

Dyanna Czeck, Geosciences

Shedding Light on the Cambrian Explosion

Steven Dornbos, Geosciences

Sustainable and Eco-friendly Bio-based Polymer Composites

Shaoqin Sarah Gong, Mechanical Engineering

Growth of Single Crystals of Materials with Highly Correlated Ground Electron States

Prasenjit Guptasarma, Physics

Co-PI: Bimal K. Sarma, Physics

Effects of Eddies onto Decadal Variability of Large-Scale Ocean Currents and Climate

Sergey Kravtsov, Atmospheric Sciences

Global Climate and the Carbon Cycle

Vince Larson, Atmospheric Sciences

Atomic Layer Deposition for Production of Nanostructured Materials

Paul Lyman, Physics

An Engineering Approach to Improve the Assessment and Prevention of Hip Fractures in the Elderly: Initial Development of Concept and Methodology

Adeeb Rahman, Civil Engineering

Co-PI: Chris Papadopoulos, Civil & Mechanical Engineering

Co-PI: David Klemer, Electrical Eng & Computer Sci

Instrument Development and Application to Quantitative Protein-Protein Interaction Studies in Vivo

Valerica Raicu, Physics

Co-PI: Dilano K. Saldin, Physics

A New Paradigm for Understanding the Seasonal Predictability of Climate

Paul Roebber, Atmospheric Science

Co-PI: Chaoyang Zeng, Physics

Social and Behavioral Science

Supreme Court Monitoring of Lower Courts in Cases Not Formally Decided

Sara Benesh, Political Science

Individual and Community Environment Effects on HIV Stigma in HIV-Infected African American Men

Aaron Buseh, Nursing

Co-PI: Patricia W. Stevens, Nursing

Validation of Student Academic Achievement Using Technology Enhanced Performance Intervention Menus

Dave Edyburn, Exceptional Education

Co-PI: Roger O. Smith, Occupational Therapy

How Humans Learn Contextual Associations: Functional MRI Analysis

Anthony Greene, Psychology

Co-PI: Fred J. Helmstetter, Psychology

Influence of Social Attributions on Type 1 and Type II Diabetes Adherence

Anthony Hains, Educational Psychology

Co-PI: William H. Davies, Psychology

Imaging Memory Formation Using High-Field MRI

Fred Helmstetter, Psychology

Co-PI: James R J. Moyer Jr, Psychology

Grief Intervention for Spouses and Adult Children of Persons with End-Stage Alzheimer's Disease

Carol Ott, Nursing

Families Coping with HIV: The Impact of a Mother's Infection

Jennifer Peterson, Communication

Co-PI: Lindsay M. Timmerman, Communication

Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression in Latino Adults

Azara Santiago-Rivera, Educational Psychology

Co-PI: Jonathan W. Kanter, Psychology

Adaptation in Spina Bifida: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescents and Young Adults

Kathleen Sawin, Nursing