Jeffrey H. Miner, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine in the renal division and assistant professor of cell biology and physiology, recently received the American Society of Nephrology’s 2004 Young Investigator Award. This prestigious award is presented annually to an individual with an outstanding record of achievement and creativity in basic or patient-oriented research relating to the functions and diseases of the kidney. …
James Cameron Monroe, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in African and Afro-American Studies and in anthropology, both in Arts & Sciences, has won the 2005 Society for Historical Archaeology Dissertation Prize. This is awarded to a recent graduate whose dissertation is considered to be an outstanding contribution to historical archaeology. A pre-publication contract to have the dissertation co-published by the SHA and the University Press of Florida and a $1,000 cash prize is presented to the winner. …
Lars Angenent, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemical engineering and a faculty member of the Environmental Engineering Science Program, has received a four-year, $312,205 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research titled “Improving Stability in Anaerobic Digestion for Animal Waste Treatment by Understanding Microbial Ecology.” Amy Q. Shen, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Christine Floss, senior research scientist in earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, are co-principal investigators.