Recent Faculty Grants

Matina Donaldson-Matasci (Biology)

National Science Foundation, $364,920 for “Dynamic ant networks: How environmental constraints and ecological context shape resource transport systems” (June 2018)

Zach Dodds (Computer Science)

Tides Foundation, $20,000 for a Google Computer Science Educator Award (June 2018)

Lisette de Pillis (Mathematics) and Tanja Srebotnjak (Hixon Center)

National Science Foundation, $349,101 for “REU Site: Data Science in the Life Sciences, Environmental Science and Engineering” (March 2018)

Yi-Chieh Wu (Computer Science)

National Science Foundation, $505,522 for “CAREER: Algorithms for Gene Family Evolution with Gene Duplication, Loss and Coalescence” (February 2018)

Gerald Van Hecke (Chemistry), James Eckert (Physics) and Lelia Hawkins (Chemistry)

National Science Foundation, $84,362 for “MRI: Acquisition of a differential scanning calorimeter for undergraduate research and training” (September 2017)

Andrea Quattrini (Biology)

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, $394,000 for “Deepwater Atlantic Habitats: Continued Atlantic Research and Exploration in Deepwater Ecosystems with Focus on Coral, Canyon and Seep Communities” (September 2017)

Vatche Sahakian (Physics)

National Science Foundation, $120,000 for “Emergent Spacetime in Matrix Theory” (August 2017)

Patrick Little (Engineering)

National Science Foundation, $291,678 for “Using Human-Centered Design to Conceptualize and Prototype Ways to Increase Graduate Students’ Engagement with Transformative Research (August 2017)

Mike Erlinger and Zach Dodds (Computer Science)

National Science Foundation, $103,726 for “NSF CCSC Computer Science Education Showcase” (August 2017)

David Vosburg, Adam Johnson and Kathy Van Heuvelen (Chemistry)

National Science Foundation, $331,285 for “MRI: Acquisition of a 400 MHz NMR for Undergraduate Research and Training” (August 2017)

Dan Stoebel (Biology)

National Science Foundation, $327,962 for “The transcriptional response to quantitative variation in RpoS concentration in E. coli” (July 2017)