2009 Research Opportunity (ROP) Grant Awardees for grant period 9/1/2009 through 7/31/2010

Dr. Michael Allen, Department of Biological Sciences, $7,500, Investigation of Conserved Unknown Protein Implicated in the Oxidative Stress Response of the Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas.

Dr. Ashobhana Chelliah, Department of Liguistics and Technical Communication, $7,500, Optional or rule governed subject marking in Lamkang.

Dr. Tae Choi, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, $7,500, Development of multifuntional micropipette biological sensors.

Dr. Pinliang Dong, Department of Geography, $7,500, Automated building extraction from high resolutionsatellite images and LiDAR data.

Dr. Simon Driver, Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation, $7,500, Project WISH-Well-being Initiatives for Secondary Health-impairments post traumatic brain injury.

Dr. Guenter Gross, Department of Biological Sciences, $7,316, Enhanced Sensitivity of Cancer Cells to Zinc Toxicity.

Dr. Sharon Jenkins, Department of Psychology, $7,500, Supporting McNair Scholars' Stresses and Adaptations: Faculty Mentors.

Dr. Paul Marshall, Department of Chemistry, $7,500, Energy Transfer and Thermochemistry in hydrocarbon Chemistry.

Dr. Pamela Padilla, Department of Biological Sciences, $7,500, Cellular and Molecular Analysis of Killifish Embryos in Diapause.

Dr. Sandra Quintanilla (Ward), Department of Physics, $7,500, Low-Energy Positronium (Ps) Scattering from Simple Atoms.

Dr. Douglas Root , Department of Biological Sciences, $6,900, Super-resolution microscopy of myosin & myosin binding protein C.

Dr. Jyoti Shah, Department of Biological Sciences, $7,500, Microarray characterization of PAD4 and TPS11s role in plant defense against phloem-feeding insect.

Dr. Nancy Stockdale, Department of History, $7,500, Staging the Middle East; Amusements and Expositions in Great britain and the United States, 1851-2001.

Dr. Elizabeth Turner, Department of History, $7,484, Juneteenth- The Evolution of an Emancipation Celebration.

Dr. Guido Verbeck, Department of Chemistry, $7,500, MEMS Ion Optics and Mass Analysis.

Dr. Mark Vosvick, Department of Psychology, $7,500, Project HRV: Heart Rate Variability as a Biological Marker Health Associated with HIV-related Stigma & Forgiveness.

Dr. Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles, Department of Communication Studies, $7,500, Social Support for Hospice Caregivers.

Dr. Steve Wolverton, Department of Geography, $7,500, Mesa Verde Subsistence During Collapse at Goodman Point Pueblo.