2009 ACS PRF Grantees

Doctoral New Investigator

Dr. Hertanto Adidharma, University of Wyoming, The Roles of Fluid Properties, Half-Cycle Slug
Size, and Timing of Cyclic Injection on Water Alternating Gas Injection Performance in Near-Miscible
and Miscible CO2 Flooding, $100,000.
Dr. Christine M Aikens, Kansas State University, Fundamental Surface Reactions of Lactic Acid
with MgO, $100,000.
Dr. Alexander Alexeev, Georgia Institute of Technology, Using Soft Polymers to Regulate Friction
Between Sliding Surfaces, $100,000.
Dr. Ilke Arslan, University of California, Davis, 3-D Quantification of Catalysts in a Reducing
Environment, $100,000.
Dr. Baojun Bai, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Effect of Polymer and Polymer Gel
on Disproportionate Permeability Reduction to Gas and Water for Tight Gas, $100,000.
Dr. Zachary T. Ball, Rice University, Synthesis and Application of Functionalized Organocopper
Species by C-Si Bond Activation of Organosilane Precursors, $100,000.
Dr. Aditya Bhan, University of Minnesota, Selective Catalytic Synthesis of Branched C4-C7
Hydrocarbons by Low Temperature C1 Homologation Reactions over Medium and Large Pore Acidic
Zeolites: A Mechanistic Study, $100,000.
Dr. Sukalyan Bhattacharya, Texas Tech University, Fast Simulation of Suspension Dynamics in
Presence of Particle-Clusters Inside Partially Blocked Channels, $100,000.
Dr. Daniel L. Blair, Georgetown University, Investigating the Micro-Mechanical Properties of
Hydrogel Glasses Using Confocal-Rheology, $100,000.
Dr. Christoph M. Boehme, University of Utah, Mapping of Recombination Mechanisms in
Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon with Coherent Spin Control -- a 21st Century Approach to Unsolved
20th Century Solar Cell Efficiency Challenges, $100,000.
Dr. Moises A. Carreon, University of Louisville, Rational Design of Zeolite Nanocrystals and
Membranes at Different Length Scales for Carbon Dioxide Separation, $100,000.
Dr. Chong Cheng, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Templating Synthesis of
Polymeric Nanocages via Interfacial Polymerization of Monomer-Functionalized Surfactant
Monolayer Absorbed on Crystallized Microemulsion Nanodroplets, $100,000.
Dr. Viktor Chikan, Kansas State University, Investigation of Dopant Incorporation in Semiconductor
Nanoparticles by In Situ Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Terahertz Spectroscopy,
$100,000.
Dr. Jhih-Wei Chu, University of California, Berkeley, Modeling the Interplay of Protein Motion and
Solvation in Modulating Enzyme Activity, $100,000.
Dr. Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández, Case Western Reserve University, Photochemistry of
Environmentally Relevant Nitro-Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, $100,000.
Dr. Robert P. Doyle, Syracuse University, Can Vanadium Pyrophosphate Coordination Complexes
Perform Butane Oxidation?, $100,000.
Dr. Abigail Gutmann Doyle, Princeton University, Reaction Design for Nucleophilic Fluorination
with Chiral Lewis Base Catalysts, $100,000.
Dr. Christophe Dupraz, University of Connecticut, Microbial Processes During Early Diagenesis of
Carbonate Reservoirs: A Laboratory Approach, $100,000.
Dr. Sven O. Egenhoff, Colorado State University, Deposition on the Far End: Shale Facies
Architecture as an Archive for High-frequency Cyclicity, $100,000.
Dr. Christopher J. Ellison, The University of Texas at Austin, Understanding the Diffusion of
Polymers Confined between Interfaces, $100,000.

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Dr. Eric Matthew Ferreira, Colorado State University, Ligand-Linked Catalysis: Metal-Catalyzed
Functionalization via Transient Directing Group Installation, $100,000.
Dr. Kurt L. Frankel, Georgia Institute of Technology, Investigating Source to Sink Processes with
Cosmogenic Nuclide Concentrations in Multiple Alluvial Sediment Grain Size Fractions, $100,000.
Dr. Annaliese K. Franz, University of California, Davis, New Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions of
Allylsilanes and Isatins, $100,000.
Dr. Xuan Gao, Case Western Reserve University, Nanowire Thermoelectrics for Energy Conversion,
$100,000.
Dr. Christian R. Goldsmith, Auburn University, Halogenation of Petroleum-Based Hydrocarbon
Substrates by First-Row Transition Metal Ion Complexes, $100,000.
Dr. Michael J. Gordon, University of California, Santa Barbara, Near-Field Vibrational Spectroscopy
and Imaging of Chemical Species on Individual Nanoparticles During Catalytic (De)Hydrogenation,
$100,000.
Dr. John K. Grey, University of New Mexico, Uncovering and Understanding Morphology-
Dependent Charge Transport and Trapping in Polymer Photovoltaic Materials, $100,000.
Dr. Hairong Guan, University of Cincinnati, New Catalysis with Nickel Pincer Complexes, $100,000.
Dr. Kristjan Haule, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Correlated Electron Materials for
Thermoelectric Applications: A Computational DFT+DMFT Approach, $100,000.
Dr. Ryan C. Hayward, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Supramolecular Assembly of Polymers
at Interfaces, $100,000.
Dr. Sarah C. Heilshorn, Stanford University, Self-Assembling Materials for Energy Storage and
Transport, $100,000.
Dr. Seth B. Herzon, Yale University, Metal-Catalyzed Addition of Aminoborane Reagents to Olefins,
$100,000.
Dr. Haiying Huang, Georgia Institute of Technology, Numerical Analysis of Fluid Injection into
Granular Media: Transition from Viscous Fingering to Hydraulic Fracturing, $100,000.
Dr. Francisco R. Hung, Louisiana State University, Molecular Modeling of Ionic Liquids Confined in
Nanoporous Carbons, $100,000.
Dr. Katharine Huntington, University of Washington, The Use of Carbonate 'Clumped Isotope'
Thermometry to Quantify Temperatures of Burial and Diagenesis from 0-200°C, $100,000.
Dr. Geoffrey Hutchison, University of Pittsburgh, Tailorable Organic Nanoscale Piezoelectrics for
Energy Harvesting, $100,000.
Dr. Junji Iwahara, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, NMR Study of Kinetics of
Protein/Cellulose Interactions, $100,000.
Dr. Malika Jeffries-EL, Iowa State University, Benzobisazoles as Modular Building Blocks for
Novel Organic Electronic Materials, $100,000.
Dr. Michael P. Jensen, Ohio University, Structural and Functional Modeling of Nickel Superoxide
Dismutase, $100,000.
Dr. Hae-Kwon Jeong, Texas A&M University, Understanding the Interface between Nanoporous
Inorganic Materials and Polymer for Organic-Inorganic Composite Gas Separation Membranes,
$100,000.
Dr. Miriam E. Katz, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Constructing Global δ13Ccarb and δ13Corg
Reference Curves for the Triassic, $100,000.
Dr. Chenghong Ke, State University of New York at Binghamton, Investigating Interfacial Stress
Transfer in Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced PMMA Polymers, $100,000.
Dr. Peter G. Khalifah, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Design of Pt-Free Complex
Metal Oxide Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reactions in Fuel Cells, $100,000.
Dr. Michael Kruk, City University of New York, College of Staten Island, New Opportunities in the
Synthesis of Ultra-Large-Pore Ordered Mesoporous Materials, $100,000.

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Dr. Tristan H. Lambert, Columbia University, Development of Intramolecular [4+1] Cycloadditions,
$100,000.
Dr. Christy F. Landes, Rice University, Transport in Supported Polyelectrolyte Membranes,
$100,000.
Dr. Yongsheng Leng, George Washington University, Structure and Dynamics of Aqueous and
Aqueous-Hydrocarbon Fluids between Charged Surfaces, $100,000.
Dr. Shih-Yuan Liu, University of Oregon, Exploring the B-N/C=C Isosterism in Carbon-Rich
Compounds, $100,000.
Dr. Jason Locklin, University of Georgia, Reconstituting Enzymes for Direct Electron Transfer
through Surface Initiated Polymerization of Conjugated Polymers, $100,000.
Dr. Rowena B. Lohman, Cornell University, Active Fold Growth Studies with InSAR, $100,000.
Dr. Rene Lopez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Control of Fundamental Length Scales
in Polymer Solar Cells, $100,000.
Dr. Haoxiang Luo, Vanderbilt University, Three-Dimensional Fragmentation of Core-Annular Flow,
$100,000.
Dr. Cora E. MacBeth, Emory University, New Transition Metal Catalysts for Selective C-H
Oxidation Chemistry, $100,000.
Dr. Spandan Maiti, Michigan Technological University, Investigation of Crack-Wake Effects on
Fracture Toughness of Geological Materials, $100,000.
Dr. David W. McCamant, University of Rochester, Two-Dimensional Raman Spectroscopy of
Metallocenes: Probing the Dynamics of Organometallic Bonds, $100,000.
Dr. Robert F. McDermott, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nuclear Spin Relaxation and
Restricted Diffusion in Microtesla Magnetic Fields, $100,000.
Dr. V. Faye McNeill, Columbia University, Sources and Chemistry of Organic Aerosol Material,
$100,000.
Dr. Ethan Davis Minot, Oregon State University, Photocarrier Generation and Multiplication in
Carbon Nanotubes, $100,000.
Dr. Liviu M. Mirica, Washington University, Renewable Energy Catalysis: The Study of Water
Oxidation by Binuclear Metal Complexes, $100,000.
Dr. Yurij Mozharivskyj, McMaster University, Layered Rare-Earth Antimony and Bismuth
Suboxides as Novel Thermoelectric Materials, $100,000.
Dr. Bradley L. Nilsson, University of Rochester, Asymmetric Decarboxylative Protonation of α-
Aminomalonic Esters for the Synthesis of α-Amino Acids, $100,000.
Dr. Justin M. Notestein, Northwestern University, Surface Organometallic Chemistry for Improved
Performance and Understanding of Hydrodenitrogenation Catalysis, $100,000.
Dr. Sang Hyun Oh, University of Minnesota, Harnessing Surface Plasmon Subwavelength Optics in
Metallic Nanostructures for Enhanced Efficiency in Thin-Film Solar Cells, $100,000.
Dr. Baron Gabriel Peters, University of California, Santa Barbara, Mechanism of CH3ReO3
Activation for Olefin Metathesis on Amorphous Silica-Alumina, $100,000.
Dr. Ekaterina Pletneva, Dartmouth College, Ligand Substitution and Conformational Control of a
Metal-Site Redox Function, $100,000.
Dr. Nick C. Polfer, University of Florida, Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy of Cationic
Diamondoids, $100,000.
Dr. Rodney Dewayne Priestley, Princeton University, Nanoengineering Polymeric Membranes for
Gas Separations and Proton Exchange, $100,000.
Dr. Qiquan Qiao, South Dakota State University, Demonstrate the Feasibility of Using Triplet
Polymers with Variable Bandgaps for Efficient Photovoltaics, $100,000.
Dr. William D. Ristenpart, University of California, Davis, Non-Coalescence of Oppositely Charged
Water Drops During Electrostatic Dehydration of Petroleum, $100,000.

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Dr. Tobias Ritter, Harvard University, Low-Valent Iron-Catalyzed Transformations of Unsaturated
Hydrocarbons, $100,000.
Dr. Connie B. Roth, Emory University, Structural Relaxation of Polymers in Nanoconfined
Geometries: Reconciling the Accelerated and Suppressed Physical Aging Observed in Different
Systems, $100,000.
Dr. James M. Russell, Brown University, The Methylation Index of Branched Tetraethers (MBT) as a
Temperature Proxy in Lakes: Investigation, Calibration, and Validation, $100,000.
Dr. Johan Schijf, University of Maryland, A New Hypothesis for Interpreting the Sedimentary
Cerium Anomaly Paleo-Redox Proxy in Oil Shale Depositional Environments: The Influence of
Particulate Carrier Fluxes (Mn, Fe, Algal Tissue), $100,000.
Dr. Jana Khandogin Shen, University of Oklahoma, Probing Regular Solution Theory for Mixed
Amphoteric/Ionic Surfactant Systems by Molecular Dynamics Simulations, $100,000.
Dr. Sara E. Skrabalak, Indiana University, Electrospray Synthesis of Composite Photocatalysts with
Controlled Architectures, $100,000.
Dr. Lyudmila V. Slipchenko, Purdue University, Phase Separation in Hydrocarbon-Alcohol-Water
Systems at the Molecular Level: A First-Principles-Based Theoretical Study, $100,000.
Dr. Kian Lee Tan, Boston College, Catalytic Scaffolding Ligands: An Efficient Directing Group
Strategy, $100,000.
Dr. Barry C. Thompson, University of Southern California, Development of Stereoregular
Electroactive Block Copolymers for the Supramolecular Assembly of Organic Photovoltaics,
$100,000.
Dr. Michael Tice, Texas A&M University, Heavy Mineral Sorting Processes and their Geochemical
Detection: Development of a New Interpretive and Stratigraphic Tool in the Upper Permian Brushy
Canyon Formation, West Texas, $100,000.
Dr. Ashutosh Tiwari, University of Utah, Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Fabrication and
Fundamental Investigations, $100,000.
Dr. Maxim G. Vavilov, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Theoretical Study of Charge Carrier
Transport in Nanocomposite Photovoltaic Devices, $100,000.
Dr. Bryan D. Vogt, Arizona State University, Assembly of Organometallics in Polymeric Templates
for Metal Coated Mesoporous Materials, $100,000.
Dr. Chunlei Wang, Florida International University, Fabrication and Investigation of Porous Tin
Oxide Anodes for Li-Ion Micro Batteries, $100,000.
Dr. Adam Wasserman, Purdue University, Density Functional Resonance Theory of Metastable
Negative Ions, $100,000.
Dr. Daniel John Weix, University of Rochester, Transition-Metal Catalyzed Direct Addition of
Organohalides to Carbonyls and Imines, $100,000.
Dr. Benjamin A. Wilhite, University of Connecticut, Electroceramic Materials for High-Purity
Hydrogen Extraction from Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels: Fundamental Investigations of Coupled
Electrochemical and Catalytic Phenomena,, $100,000.
Dr. Elsa Yan, Yale University, Transport Kinetics of Surfactant Molecules between Emulsion
Particles Probed by Surface Specific Second-Harmonic Generation, $100,000.
Dr. Gleb Yushin, Georgia Institute of Technology, Metal Oxide Nanoparticles for High Energy
Electrochemical Capacitors, $100,000.
Dr. Ye Zhang, University of Wyoming, Evaluation of CO2 Modeling Uncertainties in Deep Saline
Aquifers: a Flow Relevance Study using Experimental Stratigraphy and Field Verification (Mt. Simon
Sandstone, lllinois Basin), $100,000.
Dr. Peihong Zhang, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, New Mechanisms of
Hydrogen Storage from Chemical Frustration, $100,000.
Dr. Weilie Zhou, University of New Orleans, Direct Growth of Type II Core/Shell Nanowire Array on
Transparent Conducting Oxide (TCO) Substrate for Potential Solar Cell Application, $100,000.

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New Directions
Awards for Fundamental Research

Dr. Chelsey D. Baertsch, Purdue University, Understanding the Function of Supported Redox
Catalysts Using New Capabilities for Measuring Domain Size and Turnover Rate, $100,000.
Dr. Allen J. Bard, The University of Texas at Austin, Renewable Energy from a Neglected
Photovoltaic Material: Boron Arsenide, $100,000.
Dr. Eric Borguet, Temple University, Acid-Base Chemistry at Aqueous-Mineral Interfaces,
$100,000.
Dr. Steven L. Bryant, The University of Texas at Austin, Evaluation of Nanoparticle-Stabilized
Emulsions for Improved Oil Recovery, $100,000.
Dr. Bulbul Chakraborty, Brandeis University, Pattern Formation in Spatially Structured Active
Media: Theory and Simulations, $100,000.
Dr. Shaowei Chen, University of California, Santa Cruz, Nanoplasmonics-Based Photovoltaics,
$100,000.
Dr. Sung Kwon Cho, University of Pittsburgh, Bubble Detachment on Micro/Nano Structured Solid
Surfaces in Energy Applications, $100,000.
Dr. Michael R. Detty, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Engineering the
Photosensitizer-Semiconductor Interface in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, $100,000.
Dr. Anthony D. Dinsmore, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Phase Transitions in Mixtures of
Micelles and Polyelectrolytes: Electrostatic Assembly of Soft Colloids, $100,000.
Dr. William A. Ducker, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Direct Measurement of
the Force between Neutral Dipolar Materials Induced by External Electrostatic Fields, $100,000.
Dr. Gregor P. Eberli, University of Miami, RSMAS, Controls on Cold-Water Coral Mound
Morphology in the Straits of Florida, $100,000.
Dr. James D. Farquhar, University of Maryland, Temperature Dependence of 13C-18O 'Clumping' in
Synthetic Aragonite: Calibration of a New Paleothermometer, $100,000.
Dr. Martha A. Grover, Georgia Institute of Technology, Coarse-Graining of Molecular Dynamics
Simulation via Model Reduction with Application to Polyolefin Tacticity for Morphology Control,
$100,000.
Dr. Hua Guo, University of New Mexico, Catalytic Mechanisms for Hydrogen Production by
Methanol Steam Reforming, $100,000.
Dr. Ronald C. Hedden, Texas Tech University, Non-Affine Swelling and Swelling Kinetics of
Microporous Polyelectrolyte Gels, $100,000.
Dr. Robin G. Hicks, University of Victoria, 'Nindigo': Indigo Diimines as a New Functional Bridging
Ligand Family, $100,000.
Dr. Andrew P. Hong, University of Utah, Interaction of Expanding Microbubbles with Heavy
Hydrocarbon in Multiphase Environment, $100,000.
Dr. Kai Carsten Hultzsch, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Alkali and Alkaline Earth
Metal Complexes for Catalytic Hydroaminations, $100,000.
Dr. Li Jia, The University of Akron, Design and Synthesis of n-Type Conjugated Polymers with
Exceptionally High Electron Affinities for Photovoltaic Application, $100,000.
Dr. Cherie R. Kagan, University of Pennsylvania, Organic and Inorganic Architectures for Solution-
Processable, Solar Photovoltaics, $100,000.
Dr. Paul Kapp, University of Arizona, Wind Erosion in the Qaidam Basin: Records, Rates, and
Broader Implications, $100,000.
Dr. Steven R. Kass, University of Minnesota, Novel Hydrogen-Bonded Acids and Bases, $100,000.
Dr. Anne Myers Kelley, University of California, Merced, Metal Nanoparticle Enhancement of
Organic Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency: Raman and Optical Studies, $100,000.

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Dr. Richard A. Kemp, University of New Mexico, pi-Bonded Cationic Ligands as Catalysts and
Precursors, $100,000.
Dr. Donald M. Kurtz, The University of Texas at San Antonio, A Protein Scaffold Approach to
Photochemical H2 Production, $100,000.
Dr. Thein Kyu, The University of Akron, Photoisomerization Induced Mesophase Transitions in
Mixtures of Crystalline Liquid Crystalline Azobenzene with Photocurable Mesogenic Monomers,
$100,000.
Dr. Tianquan (Tim) Lian, Emory University, Vibrational Sum-Frequency Probe of Interfacial
Electron Transfer Dynamics, $100,000.
Dr. Yun-Ming Lin, University of Toledo, Probing the Mechanism of the Asymmetric Wynberg
Reaction Promoted by a New Lewis Acid-Lewis Base Bifunctional Catalyst, $100,000.
Dr. Charles L. Liotta, Georgia Institute of Technology, Sustainable Synthesis of Nanoparticles,
$100,000.
Dr. Timothy W. Lyons, University of California, Riverside, Distinguishing Between Marine and
Nonmarine Deposition on Early Earth: New Perspectives on Precambrian Source Rocks Gained from
Modern Lakes, $100,000.
Dr. E. Neil G. Marsh, University of Michigan, Mechanism of Aldehyde Decarbonylase, a Novel
Enzyme Involved in Hydrocarbon Biosynthesis, $100,000.
Dr. Maria M. Martinez-Inesta, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Development Of A
Scattering Characterization Technique To Study The Nucleation And Growth Mechanism Of
Supported Metals, $100,000.
Dr. Garrett Matthews, University of South Florida, Tampa, An Investigation of Rolling and Sliding
Friction on the Nanoscale, $100,000.
Dr. J. Scott McIndoe, University of Victoria, Prising Open the Black Box: Probing the Nature of
Methylaluminoxane Using Mass Spectrometry, $100,000.
Dr. Jeffrey F. Morris, City University of New York, City College, Boundary Wear Induced by Flow
of Concentrated Suspensions, $100,000.
Dr. Alexander V. Neimark, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Adsorption and
Chromatographic Separation of Chain Molecules on Nanoporous Substrates, $100,000.
Dr. Frank E. Osterloh, University of California, Davis, Photocatalytic Conversion of Cellulosic
Biomass into Gaseous Fuels, $100,000.
Dr. Matthew F. Paige, University of Saskatchewan, Photoluminescence Upconversion in Solution
and Solid-State via Triplet-Triplet Annihilation, $100,000.
Dr. Adina Paytan, University of California, Santa Cruz, A Paleotemperature Proxy Record Across
the End-Permian Extinction Horizon and Through the Triassic Recovery Interval from Oxygen
Isotopes in Conodont Apatite, $100,000.
Dr. Jamie D. Phillips, University of Michigan, Intermediate-band Optoelectronic Transitions in
ZnTeO for High-efficiency Solar Energy Conversion, $100,000.
Dr. Flynn W. Picardal, Indiana University, Biogenic Coalbed Methane Production: Determination of
Chemical Compound Classes Supporting Microbial Methanogenesis, $100,000.
Dr. Lionel W. Poirier, Texas Tech University, Accurate Quantum Dynamical Exploration of
Fundamental Interactions between Hydrogen and Carbon Nanotubes,, $100,000.
Dr. Elsa Reichmanis, Georgia Institute of Technology, A Graft Semiconductor Approach to Novel
Materials for Photovoltaic Applications, $100,000.
Dr. Scott A. Reid, Marquette University, Experimental Probes of Key Organometallic Reactive
Intermediates: Metal Carbenes, $100,000.
Dr. Jeffrey M. Rickman, Lehigh University, Modeling the Coupling of Elastic Anisotropy and
Network Topology in Poroelastic Transport, $100,000.

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Dr. Kenneth D. Ridgway, Purdue University, Geodynamics of Flat-Slab Subduction, Sedimentary
Basin Development, and Hydrocarbon Systems Along the Southern Alaska Convergent Plate Margin,
$100,000.
Dr. Laurel L. Schafer, University of British Columbia, Catalytic C-H Functionalization of sp3
Hybridized Bonds Adjacent to Nitrogen. New Metal Complexes for the Atom Economic Synthesis of
α-Chiral Amines, $100,000.
Dr. Susannah L. Scott, University of California, Santa Barbara, PGM-Substituted Complex Oxide
Catalysts for Selective Hydrocarbon Transformations, $100,000.
Dr. Trevor J. Sears, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Frequency-Based Optical
Spectroscopy, $100,000.
Dr. Jason M. Shearer, University of Nevada, Reno, Designed Porphyrin-Peptide-Peptide Nucleic
Acid Hybrids as Oxidation Catalysts, $100,000.
Dr. Michael J. Solomon, University of Michigan, Small-Angle Dynamic Light Scattering of Dilute
Poly(ethylene oxide) Aggregates, $100,000.
Dr. David A. Spivak, Louisiana State University, Synthesis and Development of Novel Bis-Siloxy
Arenes for Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles, $100,000.
Dr. Dean J. Tantillo, University of California, Davis, Transition State Complexation in the Design of
Hydrocarbon Rearrangements, $100,000.
Dr. Jeffrey D. Winkler, University of Pennsylvania, Design and Synthesis of Novel Chiral Clefts and
Helical Structures, $100,000.
Dr. David Tai-Wei Wu, Colorado School of Mines, Hybrid Theory and Simulation of Polymer
Electrolytes for Batteries, $100,000.
Dr. Choong-Shik Yoo, Washington State University, High-Pressure Kinetic Studies of Formation,
Phase Transition and Crystal Growth of Methane Hydrates in Dynamic-DAC, $100,000.
Dr. Lei Zhu, Case Western Reserve University, Unimolecular Polymeric Janus Nanoparticles:
Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Applications, $100,000.
Dr. Steven C. Zimmerman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Monovalent, Ultra Long-
Lived Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles, $100,000.

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Type SE
ACS PRF Grants for Scientific Education

Dr. Alex Adronov, Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division, Polymers in Nanoscale
Composites and Assemblies, at the 92nd Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition,
May 30-June 3, 2009, Hamilton, ON, $3,000.
Dr. Ross J. Angel, American Crystallographic Association, Transactions Symposium on Phase
Transitions, at the American Crystallographic Association meeting, July 24-30, 2009, Toronto, ON,
Canada, $4,200.
Dr. Thomas Autrey, ACS Division of Fuel Chemistry, Advances in Experimental and Computational
Studies of Chemical Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage, at the ACS National Meeting, August 16-20,
2009, Washington, DC, $4,500.
Dr. Ignacio Vargas Baca, CSC Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Novel Bonding and Structural
Modalities in Main-Group Chemistry, at the 92nd Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and
Exhibition, May 30-June 3, 2009, Hamilton, ON, $4,500.
Dr. Zlatko Bacic, ACS Division of Physical Chemistry, Molecular Hydrogen in Nanoporous
Materials: Meeting Ground for Theory and Experiment, at the ACS National Meeting, March 22-26,
2009, Salt Lake City, UT, $4,500.
Dr. Andre D. Bandrauk, ACS Division of Physical Chemistry, Attosecond Science - The Next
Frontier, at the ACS National Meeting, March 22-26, 2009, Salt Lake City, Utah, $4,500.
Dr. Kenneth G. Caulton, ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Advances in Metal-Mediated Bond
Activation: From Unusual Bonding Motifs to Applications in Catalysis, at Pacifichem, December 15-
20, 2010, Honolulu, HI, $4,500.
Dr. Donna A. Chen, ACS Catalysis & Surface Science Secretariat, George Olah Award Symposium
in Honor of Cynthia Friend, at the ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, $4,500.
Dr. Sarah L. Codd, Groupement Ampere, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research in Petroleum
Related Topics, at the 10th International Conference on Magnetic Resonance Microscopy (ICMRM),
Aug. 30-Sept. 4, 2009, West Yellowstone, MT, $4,500.
Dr. Paul S. Cremer, ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, The Influence of Ions and
Osmolytes on Aqueous Macromolecules, at the ACS National Meeting, March 22-26, 2009, Salt Lake
City, UT, $1,500.
Dr. Warren T. Ford, ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry, Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes, at the
ACS National Meeting, March 22-26, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT, $4,500.
Dr. Elena Galoppini, Inter-American Photochemical Society, 19th Inter-American Photochemical
Society Winter Conference, January 2-5, 2009, St. Pete Beach, FL, $4,500.
Dr. Gillian R. Goward, Physical Theoretical and Computational Division of CSC, Materials and
Magnetic Resonance, at the 92nd Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, May 30-
June 3, 2009, Hamilton, ON, $1,500.
Dr. Gillian R. Goward, Physical Theoretical and Computational Division of CSC, Energy Storage
and Conversion, at the 92nd Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, May 30-June
3, 2009, Hamilton, ON, $3,000.
Dr. C. Allan Guymon, ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry, Polymerizations in Nanostructured and
Nanocomposite Systems, at the ACS National Meeting, March 22-26, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT,
$2,500.
Dr. Ryan C. Hayward, ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry, Active and Responsive Surfaces, at the
ACS National Meeting, March 22-26, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT, $4,500.
Dr. Hendrik Heinz, ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Simulation of
(Bio)Organic-Inorganic Interfaces and Nanostructures Using MD, MC, and Multiscale Approaches, at
the ACS National Meeting, August 16-20, 2009, Washington DC, $4,500.

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Dr. Cecilia D. Hernandez, American Chemical Society - Project SEED, ACS Project SEED Summer
Experiences for the Economically Disadvantaged High School Students, $180,000.
Dr. Mei Hong, Rocky Mountain Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Solid-State NMR Symposium
of the 51st Rocky Mountain Conference on Analytical Chemistry, July 19-23, 2009, Snowmass, CO,
$3,600.
Dr. Robert J. Hughes, American Chemical Society - ACS Scholars, American Chemical Society
Scholars Program, $150,000.
Dr. Frieder Jaekle, ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Organoboron, Organosilicon and
Organophosphorus as Optoelectronic and Energy-related Materials, at Pacifichem, December 15-20,
2010, Honolulu, HI, $4,500.
Dr. Ben W.-L. Jang, ACS Division of Fuel Chemistry, Fuels of the Future, at the ACS National
Meeting, March 21-25, 2010, San Francisco, CA, $4,500.
Dr. Regis J. Kline, ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Chemical and
Morphological Influences on the Efficiency and Lifetime of Organic Photovoltaics, at the ACS
National Meeting, August 16-20, 2009, Washington, DC, $4,500.
Dr. Christopher Y. Li, Materials Research Society, Synthesis of Bio-inspired Hierarchical Soft and
Hybrid Materials, at the MRS Spring Meeting, April 13-17, 2009, San Francisco, CA, $4,000.
Dr. Leonard R. MacGillivray, ACS Iowa Local Section, Supramolecular Chemistry, at the Midwest
Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Oct. 21-24, 2009, Iowa City, IA, $1,500.
Dr. Mark J. MacLachlan, CSC Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Multimetallic Complexes: New
Molecules and Materials, at the 92nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, May-June 2009,
Hamilton, ON, $4,500.
Dr. Mark J. MacLachlan, CSC Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Schiff Base Macrocycles and
Materials, at Pacifichem, December 15-20, 2010, Honolulu, HI, $3,000.
Dr. Guangzhao Mao, ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Hybrid Colloids, Interfaces,
and Nanomaterials, at the ACS National Meeting, August 16-20, 2009, Washington, DC, $1,500.
Dr. Yurij Mozharivskyj, Canadian Society for Chemistry CIC, Solid-State Materials: Structure,
Bonding and Properties, at the Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, May 30-
June 3, 2009, Hamilton, ON, Canada, $4,500.
Dr. Georgii I. Nikonov, CSC Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry of the d-
and f-block Metals, at the 92nd Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition May 30-
June 3, 2009 Hamilton, ON, Canada, $3,000.
Dr. Frank E. Osterloh, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Solar Hydrogen and
Nanotechnology IV Symposium, August 2-6, 2009, San Diego, CA, $4,500.
Dr. Kirt A. Page, ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry, Polymers in Membrane Technology, at the
ACS National Meeting, August 16-20, 2009, Washington, DC, $3,000.
Dr. Maria M. Santore, ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Patchy Particles and
Surfaces of Engineered Heterogeneity: Synthesis to Dynamic Function, at the ACS National Meeting,
August 16-20, 2009, Washington DC, $3,000.
Dr. Michael S. Silverstein, ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Porous
Polymers, at the ACS National Meeting, August 16-20, 2009, Washington, DC, $4,500.
Dr. Stuart L Soled, ACS Catalysis & Surface Science Secretariat, Chemistry for Catalyst Synthesis, at
the ACS National Meeting, March 22-26, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT, $4,500.
Dr. Ponisseril Somasundaran, ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, At the Fluid
Interface: Monolayers of Surfactants, Microparticles and Nanoparticles, at the 83rd ACS Colloid and
Surface Science Symposium, June 14-19, 2009, New York, NY, $4,500.
Dr. Yuhua Tong, ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry, Polymers in Electrophotography, at the ACS
National Meeting, March 22-26, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT, $3,000.
Dr. Rik R. Tykwinski, CSC Division of Organic Chemistry, Modern Acetylene Chemistry, at the
92nd Canadian Society for Chemistry National Meeting, May 30-June 3, 2009, Hamilton, ON, $3,000.

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Dr. Art van der Est, Brock University, The 11th International Symposium on Spin and Magnetic
Field Effects in Chemistry and Related Phenomena, August 9-14, 2009, ON, Canada, $4,500.
Dr. Mario Villalobos, ACS Division of Geochemistry, Geochemical Processes, Reactivity, and
Applications of Mn Oxides, at the ACS National Meeting, March 22-26, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT,
$1,500.
Dr. Andriy Voronov, ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Hybrid Smart
Micro- and Nanoparticles, at the ACS National Meeting, August 16-20, 2009, Washington, DC,
$4,200.
Dr. Boris Zemva, ACS Division of Fluorine Chemistry, Neil Bartlett Memorial Symposium: the
Realization of a Legacy to Inorganic Fluorine Chemistry, at the 19th International Symposium on
Fluorine Chemistry and the 19th International Symposium on Fluorous Technologies, August 23-28,
2009, Jackson Hole, WY, $1,500.
Dr. Julian X. X. Zhu, IUPAC POC 09, Electroactive and Photoactive Organic Polymers: Synthesis,
Characterization, and Their Uses, in the 13th International IUPAC Conference on Polymers and
Organic Chemistry (POC 09) July 5-9, 2009, Montreal, Canada, $3,000.

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Type UFS
Undergraduate Faculty Sabbaticals

Dr. Janice E. Chadwick, Fullerton College, Doping, Charge Transport and Junction Formation in
Colloidal Nanocrystal Films.
Dr. Jennifer T. Heath, Linfield College, Effect of Grain Boundary Type on Sub-bandgap Defects in
Polycrystalline Silicon Films.
Dr. Donald A. Krogstad, Concordia College, Development and Study of Water-soluble Bifunctional
P,N Ligands for Green Catalysis.
Dr. Randolph K. Larsen, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Abundance and Stable Carbon Analysis of
Phospholipid Fatty Acids in Association with Methane Hydrates in the Arctic Ocean.
Dr. Eileen M. Spain, Occidental College, Chemistry in Numbers: Natural Products for Sustainability
from Bacteria at Interfaces.
Dr. Gabriel C. Spalding, Illinois Wesleyan University, Optical Landscapes for Studies of Droplets
and Emulsions Filled or Decorated with Tailored Particles.

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Undergraduate New Investigator
Starter Grants Awarded to Faculty in Non-Ph.D.-Granting Departments

Dr. Veronica Barone, Central Michigan University, Light Metal Mediated Hydrogen Storage
Capacity of Graphene Nanoribbons, $50,000.
Dr. Nathan P. Bowling, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Elaboration of Petroleum-Derived
Aromatics for the Generation of Conjugated Discotic and Cruciform Structures: Controlling Electronic
Properties via Transition Metal Coordination, $50,000.
Dr. Christopher M. Burba, Northeastern State University, Polymer Chain Alignment and
Conductivity for Polymer Electrolytes Relevant to Lithium Rechargeable Batteries, $50,000.
Dr. Marisa C. Buzzeo, Barnard College, Probing the Dynamics of Ion Transport by Scanning
Electrochemical Microscopy: Towards the Development of Enhanced Fuel Cell Membranes, $50,000.
Dr. Zhaohua Dai, Pace University, Enantiospecific Hydroxylation of Alkanes Catalyzed by
Transitional Metal Complexes of Chiral Tripodal Ligands Based on Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine,
$50,000.
Dr. Andrew P. Duncan, Willamette University, Stereocontrolled Organocatalytic Synthesis of
Oxacycles, $50,000.
Dr. Johan P. Erikson, Saint Joseph's College of Maine, Effect of Sorting of Detrital Minerals within
Depositional Environments on their Use as Provenance Indicators, $50,000.
Dr. J. Frantz Folmer-Andersen, State University of New York, College at New Paltz, Chirality
Recognition by Macrocyclic and Multi-Functional Metal Complexes, $50,000.
Dr. John D. Gilbertson, Western Washington University, Methanol Synthesis from CO2 and H2
Utilizing Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts, $50,000.
Dr. Daniel Ian Hembree, Ohio University, Using Actualistic Studies to Interpret the
Paleoenvironmental, Paleoclimatic, Paleoecological, and Sequence Stratigraphic Significance of
Continental Ichnofossils, $50,000.
Dr. Brad Hubeny, Salem State College, Organic Carbon Sources and Accumulation Rates Along a
Regional Transect of Meromictic Lakes, Maine, $50,000.
Dr. Antun Husinec, Saint Lawrence University, High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy of
Ordovician Red River Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota, $50,000.
Dr. Jennifer A. Irvin, Texas State University-San Marcos, Ionic Liquid Mobility in Electroactive
Polymers, $50,000.
Dr. Jianfeng Jiang, Yeshiva University, Rational Design and Synthesis of Structural Analog
Complexes of the Active Site of Ni-Fe Hydrogenases, $50,000.
Dr. Jade Star Lackey, Pomona College, Sandstone Silicification in a Caldera Lake: Implications for
Cementation at High Geothermal Gradients, $50,000.
Dr. Justin Conrad Lytle, Pacific Lutheran University, Order vs. Disorder: Does Pore Geometry
Affect the Electrochemical Performance of Carbon Electrode Nanoarchitectures?, $50,000.
Dr. Michael C. Machczynski, Yeshiva University, Towards Solar Fuels: Using Laccases as Catalysts
to Evolve Oxygen from Water, $50,000.
Dr. Vanessa P. McCaffrey, Albion College, Electronic Tuning of Magnetic Exchange in Phenoxy-
bridged Dinuclear Transition Metal Complexes, $50,000.
Dr. Emily C. McLaughlin, Bard College, Aziridination and Retro-Aldol Fragmentation of
Dioxenones: Application in the Synthesis of α-Amino Acids and 2-Benzazepine Derivatives, $50,000.
Dr. Kevin M. Metz, Albion College, Synthesis and Characterization of Molecular Monolayer Directed
Nanoscale Catalysts, $50,000.
Dr. Gregory W. O'Neil, Western Washington University, Metathesis Reactions of Acyloxysulfones
for Polyene Synthesis, $50,000.
Dr. Katherine E. Plass, Franklin and Marshall College, Adsorption of Thiophenes at Liquid/Solid
Interfaces, $50,000.

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Dr. Manal A. Rawashdeh-Omary, Texas Woman's University, Development of Light-Harvesting
Metallopolymers with Tunable Optical and Electronic Properties, $50,000.
Dr. Elizabeth A. Raymond, Western Washington University, Second Harmonic Generation (SHG)
Spectroscopic Studies of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH's) at Liquid Water Surfaces,
$50,000.
Dr. Gregory Thomas Roman, Mount Holyoke College, Synthesis of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)
Microspheres with Homogeneous, Stable, and Tunable Surface Chemistries Using Microfluidic
Segmented Flows, $50,000.
Dr. Joshua Schrier, Haverford College, Comprehensive Atomistic Modeling of Thermoelectric
Semiconductor Nanowire Heterostructures, $50,000.
Dr. Alexander D. Schwab, Appalachian State University, A Systematic Approach Towards the
Synthesis of Metal Coordination Cross-Linked Polymer Networks, $50,000.
Dr. Steven T. Shipman, New College of Florida, Room Temperature Chirped-Pulse Fourier
Transform Microwave Spectroscopy for the Study of Radical Reaction Dynamics, $50,000.
Dr. Daniela Tapu, Kennesaw State University, Redox-Switchable N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and their
Corresponding Homo- and Heterometallic Complexes, $50,000.
Dr. Kwok-Siong Teh, San Francisco State University, Nanostructured ZnO Energy Generator:
Influence of Dimensional and Mechanical Properties, $50,000.
Dr. Andrew K. Udit, Occidental College, Bioelectrochemical Hydrocarbon Oxidation using
Engineered P450 Cytochromes, $50,000.
Dr. Justyna Widera, Adelphi University, Development and Investigation of Multijunction Hybrids of
Nanocrystalline: TiO2/quantum dots/conducting Polymer Nanowires for Solar Cells Applications,
$50,000.
Dr. Wei-Dong Zhu, Saint Peter's College, Fundamental Studies of Atmospheric Pressure Microhollow
Cathode Discharge Plasma Jet Interaction with Liquid Media, $50,000.
Dr. Jake R. Zimmerman, Ohio Northern University, Stereoselective Tin-Free Radical Reactions,
$50,000.
Dr. Tykhon Zubkov, Ball State University, Identification of Photocatalytically Active Surface Sites
on Layered Transition Metal Sulfides, $50,000.

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Undergraduate Research
Awarded to Faculty in Non-Ph.D.-Granting Departments

Dr. Hind A. Al-Abadleh, Wilfrid Laurier University, Fundamental Studies on the Surface Chemistry
of Methylated Organoarsenicals Using Infrared Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanical Calculations,
$65,000.
Dr. Ananda S. Amarasekara, Prairie View A&M University, Cellulose Dissolution and Hydrolysis in
Acidic Ionic Liquids, $65,000.
Dr. Mark R. Anklam, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, The Effects of Surfactants on Adhesion
between Hydrate Particles and the Flow of Hydrate Slurries, $65,000.
Dr. Nan C. Arens, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Testing Hypotheses of Black Shale
Deposition in the Late Devonian Catskill Basin, Watkins Glen State Park, New York, $28,026.
Dr. Samir Bali, Miami University, Measurement of the Refractive Index of Highly Turbid Media,
$65,000.
Dr. Holly D. Bendorf, Lycoming College, Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Hydroacylation Promoted by
Chelating Amines, $65,000.
Dr. Diane Clemens-Knott, California State University, Fullerton, Age and Provenance of Clastic
Sediments from the Nonmarine Goldstein Peak Unit: Stratigraphic Relations to Marine Sediments of
the Jurassic(?)-Cretaceous Great Valley Forearc Basin and the Jura-Triassic Kings Sequence, Central
California, $65,000.
Dr. David C. Easter, Texas State University-San Marcos, Spectroscopy, Monte Carlo, and Electronic
Structure Studies of Benzene-Derivative Solvation Clusters, $65,000.
Dr. Brian W. Gregory, Samford University, Determination of Surface Mole Fractions in Mixed
Binary AlkaneThiol Self-Assembled Monolayer Films on Gold by Thin-Layer Electrochemical Mass
Spectrometry, $65,000.
Dr. Patrick E. Hoggard, Santa Clara University, Photocatalytic Dechlorination of Chloroalkanes in
Hydrocarbon Mixtures, $65,000.
Dr. Andrew W. Holland, Idaho State University, Demystifying Microwave Assistance in
Homogeneous Catalysis: Chemical Kinetics of Microwave-Heated Palladium Reactions, $65,000.
Dr. Peter L. Kelly-Zion, Trinity University, Experimental Study of Transport Phenomena of
Evaporating Fuel Films, $65,000.
Dr. Farooq A. Khan, University of West Georgia, Understanding the Role of Metal Ions in Mass
Spectrometric Ionization Processes: Experimental and Computational Studies, $65,000.
Dr. Daniel J. Lehrmann, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Patterns of Tectonics, Provenance, and
Sediment Fill in Large Complex Foreland Basins: Field, Petrographic and Detrital Zircon Analysis of
Siliciclastic Turbidites in the Nanpanjiang Basin of South China, $65,000.
Dr. Mingheng Li, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Adsorption of CO2 by MgO
Aerogels for Enhanced Steam Reforming, $65,000.
Dr. Harmon D. Maher, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Shallow Fracture Formation and Fluid
Mobilization During Diagenetically Driven Deformation: the Tertiary Badlands Chalcedony Vein
Systems of South Dakota and Nebraska, $65,000.
Dr. Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Elucidation of Sulfur Chemical
Forms in Petroleum and Coal Derived Asphaltenes, $65,000.
Dr. Lee Y. Park, Williams College, Controlling Morphology in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells via
Chemical Design and Surface Patterning Methods, $65,000.
Dr. Ian J. Rhile, Albright College, Investigating Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer with Radical
Cations Appended with Bases, $65,000.
Dr. John D. Roberts, California Institute of Technology, New Directions in Understanding
Conformational Preferences of 1,2-Disubstituted Ethanes, $65,000.

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Dr. Kevin M. Shea, Smith College, Expanding the Scope of the Diels-Alder Reaction: Development
of Cationic Dienophiles Stabilized by Cobalt-Complexed Alkynes, $65,000.
Dr. Young-Seok Shon, California State University, Long Beach, Synthesis of Nanoparticle-Cored
Dendrimers with Single Molecular Weight Using Dendritic Functionalization of Monodisperse Gold
Nanoparticles, $65,000.
Dr. Douglas A. Vander Griend, Calvin College, In Situ Thermodynamic Characterization of
Supramolecular Assembly Processes that Lead to Discrete Nanosize Structures, $65,000.
Dr. Russell Derrek Viirre, Ryerson University, Development of Enantioselective Nitrogen Arylation
Reactions, $65,000.
Dr. Thottumkara K. Vinod, Western Illinois University, Oxidation of Alkenes in Aqueous Solvent
Mixtures Using Environmentally Benign Reagents, $65,000.
Dr. James R. Vyvyan, Western Washington University, Gold(I)-Catalyzed Aromatic Claisen
Rearrangements, $65,000.
Dr. Steve A. Westcott, Mount Allison University, Copper Zwitterions for the Generation of
Hydrogen, $65,000.
Dr. Wan Yang, Wichita State University, Anatomy of a Half-Graben - Stratigraphic Architecture,
Basin-Fill History, Controlling Processes, and Strategies of Nonmarine Stratigraphic Correlation,
Bogda Mountains, NW China, $65,000.
Dr. Feimeng Zhou, California State University, Los Angeles, Enhancing Conversion Efficiency of
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Synthesis of Highly Ordered Titania Structures and Judicious Selection
of Redox Couples, $65,000.

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