Kerry Karukstis and Gerald Van Hecke

NSF grant "RUI:  Innovative Determination of Phase Diagrams of Green Surfactants in Water and Ionic Liquids"
2008- 2011

Kerry Karukstis

Collaborative Project:  A Workshop Initiative by the Council on Undergraduate Research to Establish, Enhance, and Institutionalize Undergraduate Research    NSF-CCLI-Phase 2 Expansion Award, Division of Undergraduate Education
2007-2008   

ADVANCE Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination Award: Collaborative Research for Horizontal Mentoring Alliances    NSF-ADVANCE-PAID Award, Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
2006 -2010   

Mellon Career Enhancement New Venture Grant
2006-2008

David Vosburg

Merck-AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program  
“The molecular logic of biological systems” (co-PI with Robert Drewell)
2009-2011

This HMC chemistry/biology proposal includes three new collaborative projects:
(a)    Catherine McFadden and Katherine Maloney: “Influence of octocoral morphology & phylogenetic relationships on secondary metabolism”
(b)    Stephen Adolph, Nancy Lape, and Adam Johnson: “Water uptake by reptile eggs: Chemical analysis and biophysical modeling”
(c)    David Vosburg and Katherine Maloney: “Synthesis and antifungal activity of davanone and related compounds”

Emerging Scholars Network-Christian Scholars Foundation Grant
“Biomimetic synthesis of (+)-davanone”
2008-2009