Profs get $124 K for research
May 8, 2008
The Ohio University Research Committee and the University Post-Doctoral Fellow Program awarded 12 faculty members more than $124,000 in grants this spring. The programs provide funds for new research, scholarship and creative works in a broad range of disciplines.
The committee awarded 10 grants that ranged from $4,300 to $8,000 each. The program, which provides seed money from the vice president for research for new projects, has awarded $1.15 million total since 1995. This fall, the program will expand to include a second cycle of funding for faculty, according to a press release.
Stephen Scanlan, an assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, will use the funding to study the sociopolitical significance of hunger strikes by women in the last century.
Robert Colvin, professor of biological sciences, will use the grant to study mechanisms that prevent neuronal death in stroke victims.
Erin Murphy, assistant professor of biomedical sciences in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, will use the OURC award to advance her research on the mechanisms of bacterial gene regulation.
Two post-doctoral fellowship positions also were awarded at $25,000 each.
2008 recipients of OURC awards:
Stefan Gleissberg, assistant professor of environmental and plant biology, received $7,898 to study plant gene function in the California poppy.
Patrick Hassett, associate professor of biological sciences, received $7,755 to study the dormancy of Calanus, a type of plankton, using molecular biology.
Brian Clark, assistant professor of biomedical sciences in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, received $8,000 to determine the safety of low-intensity exercise that could promote muscle growth in patients after surgery.
Wojciech Jadwisienczak, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, received $8,000 to build an instrument to measure magnetic and optical properties of semiconductors to be used by researchers within the Russ College of Engineering and Technology and College of Arts and Sciences. This will aid in the design of new semi-magnetic conductors, according to the release.
Robert Colvin, professor of biological sciences, received $7,200 to study mechanisms that prevent neuronal death in stroke victims.
Gerard Sasges, assistant professor of history, received $7,681 to travel to France to study and translate key works of Pham Quynh, a Vietnamese intellectual.
Daniel Hembree, assistant professor of geological sciences, received $7,927 to study the burrowing behavior and biogenic structures of burrowing animals.
Stephen Scanlan, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, received $4,300 to study the comparative-historical use and sociopolitical significance of hunger strikes by women during the last century.
Erin Murphy, assistant professor of biomedical sciences in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, received $8,000 to develop a new chemical that can block Shigella, a disease that causes severe diarrhea.
Nicholas Creary, assistant professor of history, received $7,962 to travel to Belmopan, Belize, to research the interaction between Belizean literary cultural nationalists and early 20th century Belizean movements for social change.
2008 Post-Doctoral Fellowship awards:
Paul King, research assistant professor, and Julie Roche, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, received $25,000 to hire a postdoctoral student to conduct physics experiments with an international research team at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Laboratory.
Madappa Prakash, professor of physics and astronomy, received $25,000 to hire a postdoctoral student for theoretical studies of matter and to compare predictions to actual experimental data.
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