Jacob Schaefer, Ph.D., the Charles Allen Thomas Professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $420,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Solid-State NMR Analysis of Chain Packing and Dynamics in Polycarbonates.” …
Karen L. Wooley, Ph.D., professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $212,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Synthetic Methodology Development, Utilizing the Physical and Chemical Manipulation of Discrete Nanoscale Objects.” …
Luis H. Zayas, Ph.D., the Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor of Social Work, has received a five-year, $1,733,337 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for research titled “Sociocultural Processes in Latina Suicide Attempts.” …
Kenneth Harrington, director of the Skandalaris Entrepreneurship Program, has received a three-year, $675,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in order “To Support Interdisciplinary Research in Entrepreneurship Among Faculty in the Schools of Law, Business, and Arts & Sciences at Washington University.” …
Li Mei Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor in social work, has received a one-year, $56,279 grant from the John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program for research titled “‘Aging in Place’ in Assisted Living Facilities: Exploring Its Definition, Formation, Implementation, and Accountability in State Policies.” …
Katharina Lodders, Ph.D., research associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $143,675 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Atmospheric Chemistry in Brown Dwarfs and Low Mass Stars.” …
Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Social Development in social work, has received a one-year, $3,000 grant from the Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation for research titled “IDAs for Housing Policy: Analysis of Saving Outcomes & Racial Differences.” …
Elisabeth A. Hildebrand, Ph.D., research associate and adjunct instructor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $25,000 grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research to administer research in Ethiopia. …
David Rowntree, special media collections archivist in Special Collections, has received a one-year, $108,000 grant from the National Archives and Records Administration titled “Eyes on the Prize Preservation Project.” …
Ryan Balot, Ph.D., associate professor of classics in Arts & Sciences, has received a sixteen-month, $95,275 grant from the Teagle Foundation for research titled “Re-Thinking the Pedagogy of Ethnicity.” …
Raymond Arvidson, Ph.D., chair and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has received a five-year, $4,680,500 grant from NASA for research titled “Planetary Systems Geosciences Node.” …
Sara Aton, graduate fellow of biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $56,222 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for research titled “Roles of GABA and VIP in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus.” …
Stefan R. Falke, Ph.D., research assistant professor of environmental engineering, has received a five-year, $1,524,649 grant from NASA for research titled “Application of ESE Data and Tools to Particulate Air Quality Management.” …
Jonathan B. Losos, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a four-year, $240,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Collaborative Research: Species Diversity and Abundance in Insular Systems.” …
Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has received a four-year, $1,132,200 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research titled “Fibrin-Based Scaffolds for Spinal Cord Injury.” …
Timothy E. Hullar, M.D., assistant professor of otolaryngology, has received a five-year, $886,317 grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders for research titled “Function of Vestibular-Nerve Afferent Types.” …
Mario Schootman, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a three-year, $808,175 grant from the National Cancer Institute for research titled “Geographic Variation of Breast Cancer Survival.”