Science Scene Research Report —The Dean’s Corner—

Science Scene
Research Report
May 2008 to September 2008
A Publication of the College of Science, Utah State University
—The Dean’s Corner—
I would like to extend my congratulations to the faculty and students whose research successes fill the pages of
this issue of Science Scene. In particular it is great to see the high numbers of student presentations at conferences around the country and the world. The faculty who have mentored these students deserve Kudos as well.
As we work to increase research activity within the college we will surely see more and more interdisciplinary
research that crosses departmental and college boundaries. I certainly encourage faculty to explore opportunities with collaborators across campus and beyond. One of the great assets of the USU community is the Space
Dynamics Lab. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Douglas Lemon back to Cache Valley as the new SDL director. Dr. Lemon is a PhD graduate from our Physics Department.
Several successful USTAR projects involve College of Science faculty, including a new one in
biomanufacturing. The new internal grant program is now fully implemented so congratulations to those who
have already found these grants fruitful. These awards are intended to help you open new avenues of external
funding so best of luck with the research that results from this opportunity.
I hope you have all had the opportunity to view the new College of Science website. One of the great features
is the calendar section, which should provide you with current schedules of events, seminars, etc. across the
college. Have a great fall semester.
— College of Science Contract & Grant Activity —
Amounts
(# of proposals)
July 2008
August 2008
Cumulative Totals for
FY08-09
Proposals Submitted
$190,460.00 (3)
$3,268,907.34 (16)
$3,459,367.34 (19)
Awards Received
$128,206.00 (4)
$2,126,524.34 (18)
$2,254,730.34 (22)
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
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UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
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— New College of Science Webpage—
Let’s Get on the Same (Web) Page
At the start of this semester the College of Science launched a new Web site (www.usu.edu/science).
Sporting an updated design and new photos, the site is intended to serve as a gathering place for information
and ideas. The home page of the new site features a calendar and recent news about the college.
One of the goals of the new site is to provide a central location where everyone can conveniently access news
and information about what‟s happening in the college. All are encouraged to participate by submitting events
to the college calendar so that everyone has an opportunity to enjoy the many seminars, lectures and activities
offered throughout our college.
Posting a calendar event is easy. From the home page, select “Calendar” from the blue, far left column menu.
On the calendar page, click on the “Add an Event” button at the bottom of the second column. A three-step
entry form will guide you in entering information about your event.
In addition to your calendar submissions, we welcome news story ideas and your suggestions for improving
the Web site. Please contact Mary-Ann Muffoletto, CoS public relations specialist, at
[email protected] or 797-3517 with your comments.
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— SDL Welcomes Physics Alum As New Director —
The Utah State University Research Foundation announced that Dr. Douglas Lemon has been selected as
the Space Dynamics Laboratory‟s new director, replacing Mike Pavich who is retiring after 5 years of
dedicated service.
Lemon holds a bachelor‟s degree and Ph.D. in physics from USU and was awarded the university‟s
coveted Robins Award in 1974. Lemon‟s career spans nearly 30 years in various roles at the Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory in Washington state. Since 2007, he has acted as PNNL‟s Director of
Laboratory Strategy responsible for creating an institutional strategy, identifying emerging trends and
opportunities, and overseeing the laboratory‟s R&D initiatives.
— Undergraduate Research Opportunities —
Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities (URCO) grants support research or creative projects that are not routine
requirements for a course or degree program (though course credit may sometimes be awarded), and the funds can be used to pay for
equipment, supplies, technical support or travel to do research. The deadline for turning in applications is 12:00 pm on February 15,
2009. For more info, visit http://research.usu.edu/undergrad/htm/funding-opportunities/urco.
The Research on Capitol Hill event will be held January 29, 2009 at the State Capitol. The deadline for turning in abstracts and
photographs for this event is November 1, 2008. For more info, visit http://research.usu.edu/undergrad/htm/sharing-your-research/
research-on-capitol-hill/.
UCUR will be held on February 20, 2009 at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. The deadline for turning in abstracts is November 1, 2008. For more info, visit www.ucur.org.
The CUR Posters on the Hill event will be held Spring 2009 in Washington D.C. Abstracts are due by November 14, 2008. For
more info, visit http://www.cur.org/pohcall.html.
NCUR will be held April 16, 2009 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Proposals are due by December 1, 2008. For more info,
visit www.ncur.org.
More information about these and other events can be found on the Undergraduate Research site at http://research.usu.edu/undergrad/
or contact Dr. Joyce Kinkead at [email protected] or 797-1706.
— Laboratory Safety Training —
Environmental Health and Safety will be holding Laboratory Safety Initial Training sessions this fall. The session
will be held on the following dates:
November 12, 2008
December 15, 2008
All sessions will be held from 12:00 pm to 4:30 pm in
ECOB 127. Those wishing to participate can register
online at http://www.ehs.usu.edu/trainings.
— Responsible Conduct of Research Training —
Training in the responsible conduct of research is now a
requirement for students participating in NSF-funded projects.
The USU School of Graduate Studies and Office of Compliance
Assistance (OCA) sponsor the Graduate Scholars Program to enable
students to receive the Graduate Scholars Certificate, which meets the
NSF requirement. This program involves participation in a Graduate
Scholars Orientation (during fall Graduate Orientation), online training
through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), and
attendance at two additional forums held during the academic year.
To enroll in the training, or for questions concerning the NSF training
requirements, please contact Russ Price, our Federal Compliance
Manager, at [email protected].
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—Faculty Committees —
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
(AY 2008-09)
Faculty Senate
[9 elected representatives, serve for 3-yr terms]
Vince Wickwar (09) - Senate Exec (09)
Eric Rowley (09)
Chris Corcoran (10)
Jim Haefner (10)
Mark Riffe (10)
Dave Wallace (11)
Sue Morgan (11)
Nick Flann (11)
Tom Chang (11)
Honors Advisory Board
* Educational Policies Committee (EPC)
* Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee
Greg Podgorski (09; replacement)
* Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee
David Peak (11)
* Faculty Evaluation Committee
Greg Podgorski (11)
Richard Mueller (09; replacement)
Ted Evans (10; replacement)
Academic Standards Subcommittee of EPC
Graduate Council
Kathryn Turner
Richard Cutler (10)
General Education Subcommittee of EPC
Council on Teacher Education
Richard Mueller
Richard Mueller
Jim Cangelosi
Curriculum Subcommittee of EPC
Distance Education &
Electronic Delivery Committee
Richard Mueller
Currently inactive
* Professional Responsibilities and Procedures Committee
Scott Cannon (10)
* Faculty Diversity, Development and Equity Committee
Note: * = one representative elected by COS; serves for a
three-year term
Alvan Hengge (10)
NEW FACULTY FALL 2008
Renee Bryce
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
Daniel Bryce
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
Nghiem Nguyen
Assistant Professor
Mathematics & Statistics
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Shane Larson
Assistant Professor
Physics
Christopher Peterson*, Uyen Lam*, and Joseph K.-K.
Li. “Simultaneous Detection of the Expression Levels of
507 Human Cytokine/Chemokine Proteins in Cell Culture
Supernates from A549 Cells Infected with Oncolytic
Bluetongue Virus Serotype 17.”
— STUDENT ACTIVITIES —
Student Awards, Recognition & Grants
undergraduate*; graduate**
Uyen Lam*, Christopher Peterson*, and Joseph K.-K.
Li. “Analysis of Apoptotic Gene Expression in Human
A549 Lung Carcinoma after Infection with Oncolytic
Bluetongue Virus Serotype 17.”
Biology
Leigh Latta**
Utah State University, Center for Integrated BioSystems, Graduate
Student Support (CIBR Students) Program
1 August 2008 – 30 June 2009 - $7,000
“The Evolution of Salinity Tolerance in Daphnia”
Chemistry & Biochemistry
The following posters were presented at the FASEB sponsored
Biological Methylations Meeting, Carefree, Arizona, 1-6 June
2008:
Brenda Suh**. “Investigating the Role of N-terminal Tail
of the Human Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1 on
Substrate Recognition.”
Joshua Der**
Utah State University, Center for Integrated BioSystems, Graduate
Student Support (CIBR Students) Program
1 August 2008 – 30 June 2009 - $6,925
“Developing Genomic Resources for BOTH Phases of the Plant
Life Cycle”
Whitney Wooderchak**. “Determinants of Protein
Arginine Methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) Product
Formation.”
Sam Hochalter** (MS-Ecology, Faculty Advisor – Michelle
Baker) has been awarded a 2-year $74,000 fellowship from the
EPA-STAR program. The fellowship will support Sam as he
conducts his thesis research on the effects of common carp on
stream nutrient dynamics and food web composition.
The following students of Dr. Joan Hevel made oral presentations
of their research at the American Heart Association Roundtable for
Undergraduate Research, Utah State University, Logan, Utah,
7 August 2008:
Christopher Peterson*
USU Center for Integrated BioSystems – Undergraduate Student
Research (uCIBR Student) Program
1 May – 31 December 2008 - $6,900
“Effects of Toll-like Receptor Inhibition in A549 Cells Infected
with Oncolytic Bluetongue Virus”
Joseph Delka*. “Understanding the Role of PRMT
N-terminus in Substrate Selection.”
Christina Hansen*. “Expression, Purification, and
Crystallization of PRMT1.”
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Yalemi Morales*. “DCoH and DCoHα Interface
Residues affect Protein Function.”
Brenda Suh **
Utah State University, Center for Integrated BioSystems, Graduate
Student Support (CIBR Students) Program
1 August 2008 – 30 June 2009 - $6,925
“Investigating the Role of the N-Terminal Tail of the Human
Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1 in Enzyme-Substrate
Interactions”
The following poster presentations were made at the NORM/
RMRM American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Park City,
Utah, 15-18 June 2008:
Physics
Sara Huefner*. "Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatases:
Comparing the Effects of Mutation on Protein
Conformation and Catalysis.” Sara‟s poster won 3rd
Place in the Best Undergraduate Poster category.
Ryan Hoffman**
Frank J. Redd Student Scholarship Competition
2008-2009 - $10,000
“Low-Fluence Electron Yields of Highly Insulating Materials”
Katarzyna Grubel**, Amy Fuller**, Atta M. Arif, and
Lisa Berreau. “Effect of the Secondary Environment on
the Chemistry of Ni(II) Complexes: Relevance to
Acireductone Dioxygenases.”
James Danford**, Piotr Dobrowolski, and Lisa
Berreau. “Thioester Hydrolysis Reactivity of a Binuclear
Fe(III)Zn(II) Complex.”
Student Presentations
Biology
Robert Brown, Philip Silva, Amanda Bingham*, and
Valerie Harris*. “Sample Preparation Methods for
Detecting and Identifying Bacteria Using Matrix-Assisted
Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass
Spectrometry.”
The following posters were presented at the National Conference on
Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at Salisbury University,
Salisbury, Maryland, 17-19 April 2008:
Student Awards
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Student Presentations
Hanh Dinh**, Jon Dalgleish**, Heidi Dudley*, and
Philip Silva. “Analysis of Agricultural Emissions at a
Cache Valley Poultry Facility.”
Physics
Narayan Chapagain**. “Properties and Propagation of Plasma
Bubbles Observed over Brazil during Spread FEx Campaign 2005,”
Space Weather Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, 29 April - 2 May
2008.
Sileola Akinsiku-Ogunlaja** and Philip Silva.
“Detecting Organic Compounds Coated on Inorganic
Particles.”
Ryan Hoffmann**. “Low-Fluence Electron Yields of Highly
Insulating Materials,” Paper presented and awarded the Frank J.
Redd Student Scholarship Competition 1st Prize at the 22nd Annual
Conference on Small Satellites, Utah State University, 11-14
August 2008.
Marina Fosso**, Tom Chang, Jon Takemoto,
Mekki Bensaci, and Yukie Kawasaki. “Synthesis of New
Kanamycin B Analogs with Surprising Antifungal
Activity.”
Christabel Tanifum** and Tom Chang. “Sonicationbased Studies of Solution Phase and Solid Phase Synthesis
of Oligosaccharides.”
The Center for Atmospheric & Space Sciences
The following posters were presented at the Coupling, Energetics
and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Meeting held in
Midway, Utah, 16-21 June 2008:
Dustin Clark* and Charley Langley. “Characterization
of Naphthenic Acids Solubilized During Hot Water
Extraction of Bitumen from Asphalt Ridge Oil Sands.”
Ariel Acebal** and Jan Sojka. “Extending F10.7's Time
Resolution to Capture Solar Flare Phenomena.”
The following oral presentations were made at the NORM/RMRM
American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Park City, Utah,
15-18 June 2008:
Matthew Bailey**, Michael Taylor, PierreDominique Pautet, S. Cummer, N. Jaugey,
J. Thomas, and R. Holzworth. “Quantifying Positive and
Negative Sprite-Halo Characteristics Over Northern
Argentina.”
Marc Erupe**, Philip Silva, Derek Price*, Quentin
Malloy, Qi Li, Bethany Warren, and David R. Cocker.
“Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Reactions of
Tertiary Amines with Nitrate Radicals.”
Jodie Barker-Tvedtnes*, Michael Taylor, Daniel
Burton*, Matthew DeLand, and Mark Zalcik.
“Noctilucent Clouds From Above and Below.”
Derek Price*, Mark Erupe**, and Philip Silva.
“Measurement of Amines and Other Particular
Composition Over a Six Year Period in Cache Valley.”
Daniel Burton*, Michael Taylor, Pierre-Dominique
Pautet, and Mark Zalcik. “Two Station Noctilucient Cloud
Measurements Over Northern Canada.”
The following poster presentations were made at the 236 th National
American Chemical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 17-21
August 2008:
Narayan Chapagain**, Michael Taylor, PierreDominique Pautet, Hisao Takahashi, and David Fritts.
“Simultaneous Observations of Equatorial Ionospheric
Plasma Bubbles From Two Sites During the Spread FEx
Campaign.”
Sara Huefner*, Tiago Brandão, Sean Johnson, and Alvan
Hengge. “Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatases: Comparing the
Effects of Mutation on Protein Conformation and
Catalysis.”
Alina Sergeeva**. “Peculiarities of 1-Hydroxy-3,6,8pyrene-trisulfonate Triply Charged Anion.”
Deepak Simkhada**, Michael Taylor, Steven Franke,
and Alan Liu. “Observations of Mesopause Region Bores
in OH and O2 Airglow Emissions Over Maui, Hawaii.”
Boris Averkiev**. “Multiple Aromaticity, Conflicting
Aromaticity, and Multiple Antiaromaticity in Transitionmetal Systems.”
Camille Smith* and Michael Taylor. “Identifying
Unusual Temperature and Intensity Perturbations in the
Maui-MALT Airglow Data Set.”
Darek Sliwa**, Arathi.M. Krishnakumar, John.W.
Peters, and Scott Ensign. “Stereoselectivity and Kinetics
of R-and S-hydroxypropyl-CoM Dehydrogenases from
Xanthobacter autotrophicus Py2.”
Jonathan Snively, Deepak Simkahada, Michael
Taylor, Victor Pasko. “Airglow Layer Perturbations by
Ducted Gravity Waves: Effects of Duct Altitude and
Vertical Wave Structure.”
Mark Erupe** and Philip Silva. “An Ion Chromatographic
Method for Determination of Particulate Phase Amines in
Aerosols,” 9th International Conference on Carbonaceous Particles
in the Atmosphere. Berkeley, CA, 12 August 2008.
Student Presentations
Jonathan Snively, Deepak Simkahada, Michael
Taylor, Victor Pasko. “NFS CEDAR Postdoc Report:
Observation and Modeling of Airglow Signatures for
Small-Scale and Ducted Gravity Waves.”
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Student Presentations
Nancy Kay Harrison, Administrative Assistant, attended the
Council for Advancement and Support of Education‟s 2008 Summit
for Advancement Leaders in New York on 13-16 July and attended
a workshop offered by Aquent Graphics Institute on LiveCycle
Designer, 17-19 July 2008.
Yucheng Zhao, Michael Taylor, Pierre-Dominique
Pautet, Dave Rusch, Chris Jeppesen, James Russell III,
and Scott Bailey. “Investigating Gravity Waves Measured
by CIPS/AIM in the Summer Polar Mesosphere.”
Inga Maslova**, Piotr Kokoszka, Jan Sojka, and Lie Zhu
presented a talk titled “Improved Functional Wavelet-Based Index
of Magnetic Storm Activity,” at the Spring Meeting of the
American Geophysical Union held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 26-30
May 2008.
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Awards & Recognition
Biology
Student Publications
Erin Hodgson was featured in the news – on KSL.com on 21 July
in an article providing information on the introduction of red
firebugs to North America. See http://www.ksl.com/index.php?
nid=148&sid=3821292 for the article.
Biology
Ryan O'Donnell**. 2008. Terrestrial Foot-paddling by a Glaucous
-winged Gull. Western Birds 39:33-35.
USU‟s new Synthetic Biomanufacturing Center (SBC) was among
five research teams that recently received funding from USTAR
(Utah Science, Technology and Research Initiative). Jon
Takemoto and Daryll DeWald, along with College of Engineering
colleagues Scott Hinton and Ron Sims, are faculty leaders for the
SBC. Department of Biology Graduate (PhD, 1975) and former
Thermo-Fisher, Inc. executive, Dr. Leland Foster is serving as
Executive Director of the SBC.
A. Kulmatiski, K. Beard, John Stevens, Stephanie Cobbold**.
2008. Plant-soil Feedbacks: A Meta-analytical Review. Ecology
Letters 11(9): 980-992.
J. A. Royle and Kevin Young**. 2008. A Hierarchical Model for
Spatial Capture-Recapture Data. Ecology 89(8):2281-2289.
Ryan O'Donnell** and Doug McCutchen. 2008. A Sharp-tailed
Snake (Contia tenuis) in the San Juan Islands: Western
Washington's First Record in 58 Years. Northwestern Naturalist
89:107-109.
Timothy Gilbertson was appointed to the editorial board of
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience.
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Timothy Gilbertson was appointed to the Faculty of 1000/Biology
in the Sensory Systems/Neuroscience section (http://
www.f1000biology.com/)
Arathi Krishnakumar, Darek Sliwa**, James Endrizzi, Eric
Boyd, Scott Ensign, and John Peters. 2008. Getting a Handle on
the Role of Coenzyme M in Alkene Metabolism.
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 72: 445-456.
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Joan Hevel moderated the 2008 American Heart Association
Roundtable for Undergraduate Research held at Utah State
University, 7 August 2008. Dr. Hevel also hosted an American
Heart Association undergraduate fellow in her lab during the
summer.
The Center for Atmospheric & Space Sciences
Ja Soon Shim**, Ludger Scherliess, Robert Schunk, and Don
Thompson. 2008. Spatial Correlations of Day-to-Day Ionospheric
Total Electron Content Variability Obtained From Ground-Based
GPS. Journal of Geophysical Research 113: A09309.
doi:10.1029/2007JA012635.
Lisa Berreau organized and chaired the general inorganic
chemistry session of the NORM/RMRM American Chemical
Society Regional Meeting, Park City, Utah, 15-18 June 2008.
Zhonghua Xu**, Lie Zhu, Jan Sojka, Piotr Kokoszka, and
Agnieszka Jach**. 2008. An Assessment Study of the WaveletBased Index of Magnetic Storm Activity (WISA) and its
Comparison to the Dst Index. Journal of Atmospheric and SolarTerrestrial Physics 70 (11-12): 1579-1588.
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FACULTY ACTIVITIES —
Lisa Berreau chaired the NIH F04A Graduate Fellowship Panel
(Chemical and Bioanalytical Sciences) in Washington, D.C., 26
June 2008.
STAFF ACTIVITIES —
Biology
Alexander Boldyrev served as a member of the International
Advisory Board at the VIII Girona Seminar on Aromaticity: Basics
and Applications, Girona, Spain, 7-10 July 2008.
Yvonne Kobe, Advisor, attended the 18th National NAAHP
(National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions)
meeting in Chicago, Illinois from 25-29 June. Over 950 pre-health
advisors gathered at this conference to get up-to-date information
on trends in professional schools and network to enhance advising
for pre-health undergraduates.
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry held its 2nd annual
High School Summer Research Internship 21-23 July 2008 with
nine students participating. Faculty members involved in hosting
high school student researchers or running a group research activity
were Lance Seefeldt, Sean Johnson, Joanie Hevel, Alex
Boldyrev, Steve Scheiner, Tapas Kar, and Lisa Berreau. The
Student Publications
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Faculty Awards
internship was organized by Alvan Hengge. Student research
mentors were Brad Wahlen, James Danford, Boris Averkiev,
Alina Sergeeva, Whiney Wooderchak, Yalemi Morales, Jeremy
Bakelar, and Chris Bitner. Student chaperones were Rob
Severinsen and Rochelle Kellett.
Erin Hodgson
USDA, ARS, NPA, and NRRC
1 May 2008 - 30 April 2013 - $8000
“Evaluating the Effect of Rimon on Adult and Immature Alfalfa
Leafcutting Bees”
Scott Ensign was named as a chartered member of the National
Institutes of Health Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology Study
Section, 2008-2012.
Erin Hodgson
EPA
21 July 2008 - 1 July 2010 - $50,500
“Organic Gold Course Management in Utah”
Scott Ensign was named to the Editorial Board of the Journal of
Bacteriology.
Erin Hodgson and Kent Evans
State of Utah, Dept. of Agriculture, Plant Industry
1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009 - $100,000
“2008-09 Diagnostic Services Provided by the UPPDL”
Mathematics and Statistics
Juergen Symanzik currently serves as a member of the Program
Committee of the International Conference on Advanced
Geographic Information Systems & Web Services (GEOWS 2009),
to be held in Cancun, Mexico, 1-6 February 2009.
Ethan White
National Science Foundation
1 September 2008 - 31 August 2009 - $50,000
“Research Starter Grant for Postdoctoral Fellow in Biological
Informatics: Understanding Multimodality in Animal Size
Distributions”
Juergen Symanzik served as a leader of the Roundtable Luncheon
“Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): Graphical Methods, Software,
Applications, and Recent Developments,” at the 2008 Joint
Statistical Meetings in Denver, Colorado, 5 August 2008.
James Pitts
University of Utah
1 August 2006 - 31 July 2009 - $5,000
“Joint Fire Science Program”
Juergen Symanzik organized and chaired the Invited Papers
Session “Statistics-Geography Mashups on the Web,” at the 2008
Joint Statistical Meetings in Denver, Colorado, 5 August 2008.
Kimberly Sullivan, Anne Austin, Beth Montelone, Dana Britton,
and Tracy M. Sterling
National Science Foundation
1 September 2008 - 31 August 2011 - $441,994
“PROMOTE - Improving the Promotion to Full Processes at
Western Public Universities”
Faculty Grants
Biology
Kent Evans
State of Utah, Dept. of Agriculture, Plant Industry
1 January 2008 - 31 December 2008 - $20,176
“Area-Wide Nematode Survey”
Michelle Baker and Sam Hochalter**
EPA
29 July 2008 - 28 July 2010 - $74,000
“EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship-Effects on Invasive
Benthivorous Fish on Nutriet Dynamics and Food Web
Composition”
Edward Evans
State of Utah, Dept. of Agriculture, Plant Industry
1 January 2008 - 31 December 2008 - $29,559
“Cereal Leaf Beetle Biological Control”
Computer Science
Donald Roberts
USDA/APHIS
1 January 2008 - 31 December 2008 - $76,886
“Analyzing USA Soil Samples for Pathogens of Insects (especially
Mormon Crickets and Grasshoppers) and Plants”
Stephen Clyde
Bureau of Land Management
16 May 2008 - 30 September 2008 - $19,995
“Enhancing Back Country Byways on the www.byways.org
Website”
Timothy Gilbertson
NIH
1 September 2008 - 30 June 2009 - $277,357
“Mechanisms of Peripheral Fat Detection “
Robert Erbacher
Intellivis, Inc.
1 May 2008 - 30 November 2008 - $50,000
“Network Visualization Seeding”
Erin Hodgson
State of Utah, Dept. of Agriculture, Plant Industry
1 January 2008 - 31 December 2008 - $14,805
“CAPS Silver Y Moth and Egyptian Cotton Worms Survey and
Detection”
Chad Mano
Direct Financial Solutions
10 July 2008 - 9 July 2009 - $5,000
“Direct Financial Solutions: Security Audit”
Faculty Awards
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Faculty Grants
Supratik Mukhopadhyay
Smartronix, Inx.
14 July 2008 - 4 April 2009 - $28,512.34
“Autonomic Development and Deployment of Extended Kahn
Processes”
James Cangelosi
Utah State Office of Education
1 August 2008 - 31 December 2008 - $15,000
“Writing Constructed Response Questions for Mathematics
Assessments”
Vicki Allan, Donald Cooley, and Chad Mano
National Science Foundation,
1 September 2008 - 31 August 2011 - $439,997
“CPATH CB: Computational Thinking Showcase: Computing
Concepts Across the Curriculum”
The Center for Atmospheric & Space Sciences
Ludger Scherliess
NASA
16 May 2008 - 15 May 2011 - $76,448
“Determination of the Causes of Day-to-Day Variability in the
Middle and Low Latitude Ionosphere”
Vicki Allan
National Science Foundation
1 September 2008 - 31 August 2011 - $258,786
“COAL: Coalition Organization with Agent Leadership”
Robert Schunk
ONR
1 July 2008 - 30 September 2008 - $120,001
“Studies to Improve GAIM Ionosphere Specifications and
Forecasts”
Daniel Bryce
SRI International
18 August 2008 - 31 October 2008 - $52,570.48
“Control of a Modular Architecture for Bootstrapped Learning
Experiments (MABLE)”
Michael Taylor
SETI Insitute
1 August 2008 - 30 September 2009 - $19,089
“SETI Subcontract: ATV-1 “Jules Vern” MAC Project”
Renee Bryce
Department of Interior
21 August 2008 - 31 December 2010 - $21,368
“Interagency Restoration Database”
Faculty Presentations & Related Professional Activities
Geology
Biology
Anthony Lowry
National Science Foundation
1 July 2008 - 30 June 2011 - $60,000
“Collaborative Research: Deformation Processes in the AndamanNicobar Islands.”
Michael Piep presented “Wild and Wonderful: The Wildflowers of
Bridgerland” at the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau on 9 July 2008.
Tammy Rittenour
USDOI/USGS
1 June 2008 - 31 May 2009 - $17,074
“Surficial Mapping Along the Kanab Creek Alluvial Corridor,
Southern Utah”
Michael Piep presented “Introduction to Mushroom
Identification” taking participants on a fieldtrip in Cache Valley on
16-17 May 2008.
Michael Piep presented “Carnivorous Plants: Killers in the
Landscape” to the Ogden Gardening Club on 13 May 2008.
Teresa Pitts-Singer, and R. James presented “Effects of Prewintering and Wintering Duration on Adult Emergence of Alfalfa
Leafcutting Bees” at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch of
the Entomological Society of America, Napa, California,
30 March – 2 April 2008.
Carol Dehler
National Science Foundation
1 August 2008 - 31 July 2009 - $88,931
“Collaborative Research: Neoproterozoic Rifting in Utah:
Geochronology, Tectonics, Sequence Stragraphy”
Donal Sinex and Albert Zhou** presented “Responses of
Cochlear Nucleus Neurons to Harmonic and Mistuned Complex
Tones,” at the Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research
in Otolaryngology, Phoenix, Arizona, February 2008.
Mathematics and Statistics
Mevin Hooten
United States Geological Survey
1 September 2008 - 31 August 2010 - $60,000
“Quantitative Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology of Chronic Wasting
Disease”
The following were presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the
Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
3-8 August 2008:
Ethan White, Brian Enquist, James Stegen, Scott Stark,
and Charles Price. “Macroecology of the Tree Size
Distribution.”
Piotr Kokoszka
National Science Foundation
1 June 2008 - 31 May 2009 - $47,379
“Omnibus and Change Point Tests for Functional Time Series”
Faculty Grants
Charles Price, Ethan White, Joshua Weitz, and Kiona
Ogle. “Evaluating Scaling Models in Biology Using a
Hierarchical Bayesian Framework.”
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Faculty Presentations
Morgan Ernest, Ethan White, and James Brown.
“Metabolic Zero-sum Dynamics Predict Long-term
Changes in a Tropical Forest.”
Bradley Kropp and P. Matheny. “A Preliminary
Phylogeny of the Inocybe geophylla Complex from
Europe and North America.”
Katherine Thibault and Morgan Ernest. “Effects of
Species Identity and Functional Group Richness on
Community Structure and Function: Are Species
Functionally Redundant?”
Elizabeth Thomas** and Bradley Kropp. “Expression
Analysis of ItCYP79B2 During the Rust Infection of
Dyer‟s Woad by Puccinia thlaspeos.”
The following were presented at the International Symposium for
Olfaction & Taste and Association for Chemoreception Sciences
15th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 21-26 July 2008:
Lori Spears** and James MacMahon. “Effects of Prey
Availability and Shrub Architecture: an Experimental
Study of Spiders in a Shrub-steppe Ecosystem.”
Arian Baquero**, Stephanie Croasdell**, Kristina
Watson, and Timothy Gilbertson. “Insulin Activates
ENaC and Regulates Salt Intake in Mice.”
The following were presented at the Gordon Research Conference
on the Metabolic Basis of Ecology, Biddeford, Maine, 6-11 July
2008:
Bhavik Shah**, Pin Liu**, Tian Yu**, Dane Hansen,
and Timothy Gilbertson. “RNA Interference of GPR120
Inhibits Responses to Fatty Acids in the Enteroendocrine
Cell Line, STC-1: Implications for Fatty Acid
Transduction.”
Morgan Ernest, Ethan White, and James Brown.
“Metabolic Zero-sum Dynamics Predict Long-term
Changes in a Tropical Forest.”
Ethan White, Brian Enquist, James Stegen, Scott Stark,
and Charles Price. “Macroecology of Tree Size
Distributions.”
Tian Yu**, Bhavik Shah**, Pin Liu**, Dane Hansen,
and Timothy Gilbertson. “Fatty Acid-induced Changes in
Intracellular Calcium in Somatosensory Cells:
Mechanisms Underlying the Textural Perception of Fat.”
The following were presented at the XXIII International Congress
of Entomology in Durban, South Africa, 6-12 July 2008:
Pin Liu**, Tian Yu**, Bhavik Shah**, Dane Hansen,
and Timothy Gilbertson. “Fatty Acids Elicit Membrane
and a Rise in Intracellular Calcium in Rodent Taste Cells.”
Erik Pilgrim**, Carol von Dohlen, and James Pitts.
“Molecular Phylogenetics of the Vespoidea
(Hymenoptera).”
Sitaram Harihar**, Glen DeGuzman**, Justin La**, Yi Xie,
Danny Welch, and Daryll DeWald. “Breast Cancer Metastasis
Suppressor 1 Reduces Phosphoinoisitide Signaling and Invasive
Potential of MDA-MB-435 Cells.” Poster and talk presented by
Daryll B. DeWald at the Joint Metastasis Research Society-AACR
Conference on Metastasis, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,
3-7 August 2008.
Erik Pilgrim**, James Pitts, and Carol von Dohlen.
“Rapid radiation Vespoid Aculeata (Hymenoptera).”
The following were presented at the annual meeting of the
Botanical Society of America and American Society of Plant
Taxonomists, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 27-31 July
2008:
Katarina Stroffekova. “Ca2+/CaM-Dependent Modulation of the
Skeletal Muscle L-type Ca2+ Channel (Cav1.1) and Role of a
Consensus IQ Motif in this Modulation.” Invited seminar at the
Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of
Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 16 June 2008.
Mary Barkworth and Surrey Jacobs. “The Stipeae in
Australia and North America: Observations from the
Field.”
Mary Barkworth, Aaron Liston, Jack Murrell, Jennifer
Pollock, and Mark Mayfield. “Developing a Single Portal
to Information in the Nation‟s Herbaria through
Collaboration.”
Katarina Stroffekova. “Ca2+/CaM-Dependent Modulation of the
Skeletal Muscle L-type Ca2+ Channel (Cav1.1) and Role of a
Consensus IQ Motif in this Modulation.” Invited seminar at the
Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, University of P.J.
Safárik, Kosice, Slovak Republic, 11 June 2008.
Aaron Duffy**, Scot Kelchner, and Paul Wolf.
“Conservation of Selection on matK in Ferns following an
Ancient Loss of its Flanking Intron.”
Kim Sullivan and Amanda Bakian**. “Transitioning from
Graduate School to Professional Scientist or Mate Choice and
Reproductive Success in Early Career Scientist.” Poster presented at
the Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Snowbird, Utah, 18 August
2008.
Paul Wolf, Aaron Duffy**, and Jessie Roper**.
“Inversions in Fern Chloroplast Genomes: the Good, the
Bad, and the Tricky.”
Kim Sullivan and Amanda Bakian**. “Who Gets the Jobs in
Ornithology? And Why?” Poster presented at the American
Ornithologist‟ Union and Cooper Ornithological Society Meeting
Portland, Oregon, 6 August 2008.
The following were presented at the Mycological Society of
America Meeting, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania,
9-13 August 2008:
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The following posters were presented at the Annual Meeting of The
Society for Invertebrate Pathology in Warwick, United Kingdom,
3-7 August 2008:
Tom Chang presented an invited talk titled “Carbohydrates:
Versatile Building Blocks for Diversity-oriented Synthesis of
Bioactive Compounds,” in the Frontiers in Medical Chemistry
Session of the NORM/RMRM American Chemical Society
Regional Meeting, Park City, Utah, 15-18 June 2008.
Everton Fernandes, Brett Kirkland, Nemat Keyhani,
Chad Keyser*, and Donald Roberts. “Differential UV
Tolerance amongst Spore-cell Types of the
Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria (Cordyceps)
bassiana.”
Robert Brown presented an invited talk titled “Comparing IRMALDI to UV-MALDI: Insights into the Ionization Process in
MALDI” at the Symposium to Honor Charles L. Wilkins and his
lifetime contributions to fields in Analytical Chemistry at the
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 13 Sept. 2008.
Everton Fernandes, Isabele Angelo, Thiago Bahiense,
Donald Roberts, and Vania Bittencourt. “Scanning the
Virulence of Sixty Isolates of Beauveria spp. and
Engyodontium albus to the Cattle Tick Boophilus
microplus.”
Robert Brown presented and invited talk titled “Comparison of
Metastable Ion Fragmentation in IR-MALDI and UV-MALDI,” at
the Desorption 2008 Conference at Lake of the Woods, Kenora,
Ontario, Canada, 9-13 June 2008.
Everton Fernandes, Chad Keyser*, Drauzio Rangel**,
Mark Miller, and Donald Roberts. “Variability and
Identification of Metarhizium Varieties and Species Based
on Heat Tolerance, Cold Activity and Molecular
Analysis.”
Robert Brown attended the 56th Annual American Society for
Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry & Allied
Topics, Denver, Colorado, 1-5 June 2008.
Chad Keyser*, Everton Fernandes, Drauzio Rangel**,
and Donald Roberts. “Comparison of New and
Commercial Metarhizium Isolates Based on Multiple
Traits.”
Philip Silva, Mark Erupe**, Derek Price**, David Cocker III,
Quentin Malloy, Li Qi, and Bethany Warren. “Secondary Organic
Particle Formation from Reactions of Amines with Nitrate
Radical,” 9th International Conference on Carbonaceous Particles in
the Atmosphere, Berkeley, California, 14 August 2008.
Jeong Jun Kim, Drauzio Rangel**, Donald Roberts, and
Dong-ro Choi. “Ultraviolet Light Protection of
Lecanicllium attenuatum with Titanium Dioxide.”
Alexander Boldyrev presented an invited talk titled “Multiple
Aromaticity, Conflicting Aromaticity, and Multiple Antiaromaticity
in Clusters,” at the VIII Girona Seminar on Aromaticity: Basics and
Applications, Girona, Spain, 7-10 July 2008.
Everaldo Marques, Sergio Silva, Donald Roberts, and
Gilberto Braga**. “Identification of Transcripts with
Increased Expression during Conidiogenesis of the
Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae.”
Alexander Boldyrev presented an invited talk titled “Developing
Paradigms of Chemical Bonding: Adaptive Natural Density
Partitioning,” at the Eight Triennial Congress of the World
Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists, Sydney,
Australia, 14-19 September 2008.
Everton Fernandes, Chad Keyser*, Drauzio Rangel**,
Nelson Foster, and Donald Roberts. “Isolation of
Entomopathogenic Fungi from Soil Collected from
Western United States.”
Sean Johnson presented an invited talk titled “Structural Studies of
the 122 kDa RNA Helicase, Mtr4,” at the FASEB Summer
Research Conference: Mechanisms of mRNA, Decay, Lucca, Italy,
September 2008.
Sergio Silva, Bruno Barros, Everaldo Marques, Ana
Patricia Yatsuda, Donald Roberts and Gilberto
Braga. “A Proteomic Approach to the Identification of
Proteins Differentially Expressed in the Conidia and
Mycelium of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium
anisopliae”
Sean Johnson, Ryan Jackson**, and Bradley Hintze* presented a
poster titled “Structural Studies of the 122 kDa RNA Helicase,
Mtr4,” at FASEB Summer Research Conference: Mechanisms of
mRNA, Decay, Lucca, Italy, September 2008.
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Sean Johnson, Ryan Jackson**, and Bradley Hintze* presented a
poster titled “Structural Studies of the 122 kDa RNA Helicase,
Mtr4,” at Gordon Research Conference on Nucleic Acids, Newport,
Rhode Island, June 2008.
Joan Hevel presented an invited talk titled “Toward Understanding
the Molecular Determinants of PRMT1 Substrate Selection and
Processing” at the FASEB sponsored Biological Methylations
Meeting, Carefree, Arizona, 1-6 June 2008.
Computer Science
Nicholas Flann presented “Evaluating Cancer Interventions by
Simulating Tumor-Induced Angiogenesis, Blood Flow and Oxygen
Delivery,” at the 2008 European Conference on Mathematical and
Theoretical Biology in Edinburgh, Scotland, 2 July 2008.
Lisa Berreau presented an invited talk titled “Ligand Effects on the
Chemistry of Ni(II) Complexes of Relevance to Acireductone
Dioxygenases,” in the Macromolecular/Supramolecular Session of
the NORM/RMRM American Chemical Society Regional Meeting,
Park City, Utah, 15-18 June 2008.
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Faculty Presentations
B. Smith and Stephen Clyde presented “Grid 2008, An Orthogonal
Approach to Distribution: An Introduction to the Vitruvian
Framework,” in Tsukuba, Japan, 29 September – 1 October 2008.
David Brown presented “A Survey of Topics in Intersection Graph
Theory via a Self-Indulgent Story of my Graduate School
Experience,” at the regional Mathematics Association of America
Meeting held in Provo, Utah, March 2008.
Geology
David Brown presented “Assessing and Improving Teaching
Performance,” at the special session on Undergraduate Teaching at
the Regional Mathematics Association of America Meeting held in
Provo, Utah, March 2008.
Anthony Lowry presented an invited talk titled “Improved
Receiver Function Estimates of Moho using Spatial Statistics and
Gravity,” at the 2008 Joint Assembly Meeting of the American
Geophysical Union (AGU), Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 27-30 May
2008.
David Brown presented “Lexicographic Breadth First Search and
Recognition Algorithms for Unit Interval Graphs,” at the Discrete
Math Seminar held at the University of Colorado, Denver,
26 June 2008.
Mathematics & Statistics
Piotr Kokoszka presented an invited talk at the International
conference Statistics for Dependent Data, held in Paris, France,
June 2008.
Juergen Symanzik presented an invited talk titled “Statistical
Graphics Visit Biostatistics: Graphical Experiences from a OneYear Visit to the Washington University of St. Louis, MO, Medical
School,” at the Workshop Statistical Graphics: Data and
Information Visualization in Today's Multimedia Society held in
Bremen, Germany, 26 June 2008.
Piotr Kokoszka presented ten invited lectures on functional data
analysis at ENSAI (Institut National de la Statistique et del'Analyse
del'Information) held in Rennes, France, June 2008.
Brynja Kohler organized a session of the Mathematics Association
of America Intermountain Section Meeting on mathematics
research which took place in Provo, Utah, 14-15 March 2008.
Juergen Symanzik presented a talk titled “Exploratory Graphics
for Functional Actigraphy Data,” at the 2008 Joint Statistical
Meetings held in Denver, Colorado, 5 August 2008.
Dave Brown organized a session on mathematics education.
Speakers from USU included Bryna Kohler, David Brown, Brian
Bornholdt, James Cangelosi, Kady Schneiter, and John Stevens.
Brynja Kohler, Amanda Cangelosi** and five USU affiliated
Secondary Mathematics Teachers attended the Park City
Mathematics Institute for a program on Algebraic Geometry and as
part of a newly organized Professional Development and Outreach
Group of the Utah State University Mathematics and Statistics
Department held in Park City, Utah, 6-26 July 2008.
Tammy Wilson, James Odei, Mevin Hooten, and Tom Edwards
presented a poster titled “Improving Habitat Models for Rare and
Inconspicuous Species,” at the Ecological Society of America
Annual Meeting held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 3-8 August 2008.
Mevin Hooten, Ryan Wilson, and John Shivik presented a poster
titled “Hard Core or Soft Core: On the Characterization of Animal
Space Use,” at the Joint Statistics Meeting held in Denver,
Colorado, 3-8 August 2008.
Adele Cutler attended a workshop titled “Integrating Computing
into the Statistics Curricula,” held at UC Berkeley, 13-17 July 2008.
Amanda Cangelosi and Mevin Hooten presented a paper titled
“Models for Bounded Systems with Continuous Dynamics,” at the
Joint Statistics Meeting held in Denver, Colorado, 3-8 August 2008.
David Brown, Brynja Kohler, and James Cangelosi presented
“The Development and Evaluation of a Program for Improving and
Assessing the Teaching of Mathematics and Statistics,” at the 11 th
annual Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education
Conference held in San Diego, California, 26 February – 1 March
2008.
Darl Flake, Mevin Hooten, and Luis Bastidas presented a poster
titled “Bayesian Data Assimilation for Parameter Estimation in
Hydrological Systems,” at the Joint Statistics Meeting held in
Denver, Colorado, 3-8 August 2008.
David Brown presented “Assessing and Improving Teaching
Performance,” at a special Math Education seminar held at the
University of Colorado, Denver, 15 February 2008.
Physics
TC Shen. “An Epitaxial Approach to 3D Nanoscale Electronics in
Silicon,” Oral presentation at Engineering Leading Edge Program at
Micron Technology,” Boise, Idaho, 4 April 2008.
David Brown presented “A Journey through Probe Interval Graph
Country,” at the Discrete Math Seminar held at the University of
Colorado, Denver, 15 February 2008.
Michael Taylor. “Multi-Instrument Measurements of Noctilucent
Clouds in Coordination with AIM Satellite,” at the AGU Fall
Conference in San Francisco, California, 10-14 December 2007.
David Brown presented “Linear Time Recognition Algorithms and
Structure Theorems for Bipartite Tolerance and Probe Interval
Graphs” at the 39th Southeastern Conference on Combinatorics,
Graph Theory, and Computing held in Boca Raton, Florida,
March 2008.
Faculty Presentations
Tom Wilkerson. “A Symposium on Atomic Physics: A Tribute to
Walter Johnson,” Invited talk at the Physics Department, Notre
Dame University, 4-5 April 2008.
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The following were presented at the 37th COSPAR Scientific
Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 13-20 July 2008:
Jonathan Snively, Deepak Simkahada**, Michael
Taylor, and Victor Pasko. “Airglow Layer Perturbations
by Ducted Gravity Waves: Effects of Duct Altitude and
Vertical Wave Structure."
Michael Taylor, Michael Bittner, Patrick Espy, John
French, Kathrin Höppner, Jürgen Scheer. “Network for
the Detection of Mesopaus Change (NDMC).”
Michael Taylor, Yuchen Zhao, Pierre-Dominique
Pautet, M. Nicolls, R. Collins, Jodie Baker-Tvedtnes*,
Daniel Burton*, B. Thurairajah, J. Reimuller, R. Varney,
C. Heinselman, and K. Mizutani. “Coordinated Optical
and Radar Image Measurements of Noctilucent Clouds and
Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes.”
Michael Taylor, Tracy Moffat-Griffin, Martin Jarvis,
Robert Hibbins, Kim Nielsen. “Mesospheric Gravity
Waves over Halley, (76°S, 27°W): Comparisons using an
Airglow Imager and an Imaging Riometer.”
Michael Taylor, Jonathan Snively, Victor Pasko.
“Observable Effects of Dynamic Mesospheric Winds on
Ducted Gravity Wave Propagation.”
Yuchen Zhao, Michael Taylor, Pierre-Dominique
Pautet, Dave Rusch, Chris Jeppesen, James Russell III,
and Scott Bailey. “Investigating Gravity Waves Measured
by CIPS/AIM in the Summer Polar Mesosphere.”
Michael Taylor, Yucheng Zhao, James Russell.
“Seasonal Variability in OH Mesospheric Temperatures at
Low-latitudes and Comparison with Timed-saber
Temperatures.”
Larry Gardner and Robert Schunk presented a talk titled “Ion
and Neutral Streams in the Ionosphere and Plasmasphere,” at the
12th International Ionospheric Effects Symposium held in
Alexandra, Virginia, 13-15 May 2008.
The Center for Atmospheric & Space Sciences
The following were presented at the 12th International Symposium
on Equatorial Aeronomy held in Crete, Greece, 18-24 May 2008:
Robert Schunk presented a talk titled “Data Assimilation Models
for Space Weather,” at the Solar Variability, Earth's Climate and
the Space Environment International Workshop held in Bozeman,
Montana, 1-6 June 2008.
Bela Fejer, presented an invited talk “Longitude
Dependent Electrodynamic Effects on Equatorial F-Region
Plasma Irregularities.”
Yucheng, Zhao, Michael Taylor, Pierre-Dominique Pautet,
Dave Rusch, Chris Jeppesen, James Russell III, and Scott Bailey
presented a talk titled “Investigating Gravity Waves Measured by
CIPS/AIM in the Northern Summer Polar Mesosphere,” at the
American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly held in Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida, 27-30 May 2008.
Ludger Scherliess, Donald Thompson, and Robert
Schunk. “Specification of Ionospheric Dynamics at Low
- and Mid- Latitudes Using a Physics-Based Data
Assimilation Model.”
Michael Taylor, Deepak Simkhada**, Jonathon
Snively, and Steven Franke. “Propagation and Ducting of
Small-Scale Gravity Waves in the Mesospheric OH and
O2 Airglow Emissions at Low-Latitudes.”
The following papers were presented at the 37th COSPAR Scientific
Assembly held in Montreal, Canada, 13-20 July 2008:
Michael Bittner, Patrick Espy, John French, Kathrin
Hoppner, Jurgen Scheer, and Michael Taylor.
“Network for the Detection of Mesopause Change.”
The following talks were presented at the Coupling, Energetics and
Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Meeting held in
Midway, Utah, 16-21 June 2008:
Vincent Eccles, Christian Wohlwend**, and Robert
Schunk. “Space Studies of the Upper Atmospheres of
the Earth and Planets Including Reference Atmospheres.”
Jan Sojka. “IPY Ionospheric Challenge: The
Ionospheric Energy Equations.”
Tracy Moffat-Griffin, Martin Jarvis, Robert Hibbins, Kim
Nielsen, and Michael Taylor. “Mesospheric Gravity
Waves over Halley (76° S, 27° W): Comparisons
using an Airglow Imager and an Imaging Riometer.”
Jan Sojka. “USU TDIM Comparisons with IPY ISR
Observations.”
The following posters were presented at the Coupling, Energetics
and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Meeting held in
Midway, Utah, 16-21 June 2008:
Robert Schunk, Larry Gardner, Ludger Scherliess,
Donald Thompson, and Jan Sojka. “IonosphereThermosphere Perturbations due to Lower Atmospheric
Waves.”
Pierre-Dominique Pautet, Cristiano-Max Wrasse, Hisao
Takahashi, Joachim Fechine, Jacek Stegman, and Michael
Taylor. “New Analysis Technique to Study Gravity
Waves Structures in Noctilucent Clouds Images.”
Faculty Presentations
Jonathan Snively, Michael Taylor, and Victor Pasko.
“Observable Effects of Dynamic Mesospheric Winds on
Ducted Gravity Wave Propagation.”
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Faculty Presentations
Kent Tobiska, Robert Schunk, Vince Eccles, and
Dave Bouwer. “Advanced Solar Irradiances Applied to
Satellite and Ionospheric Operational Systems.”
Rosalind James, and Theresa Pitts-Singer, Editors. 2008. Bee
Pollination in Agricultural Ecosystems. Oxford University Press,
Oxford, 232 pages. Chapter authors from the USDA Bee Lab
include Rosalind James and James Cane.
Michael Taylor, Yucheng Zhao, and James Russell III.
“Seasonal Variability in OH Mesospheric Temperatures at
Low-Latitudes and Comparison with TIMED-SABER
Temperatures.”
Bradley Kropp. 2008. Dermoloma Inconspicuum from Belize with
Molecular Evidence that it is Allied with the Agaricaceae.
Mycotaxon 104:235-240.
Christian Wohlwend**, Vincent Eccles, and Robert
Schunk. “Effect of Lower Atmospheric Gravity Waves
on Equatorial Electric Fields.”
M. Marcarelli, Michelle Baker, and W. Wurtsbaugh. 2008. Is
In-stream Nitrogen Fixation an Important Nitrogen Source for
Benthic Communities and Stream Ecosystems? Journal of the
North American Benthological Society 27:186-211.
Faculty Publications
J. Rothlisberger**, Michelle Baker, and P. Frost. 2008. Effects of
Periphyton Stoichiometry on Mayfly Excretion Rates and Nutrient
Ratios. Journal of the North American Benthological Society
27:497-508.
undergraduate*; graduate**
Biology
Ethan White, Brian Enquist, and Jessica Green. 2008. On
Estimating the Exponent of Power-law Frequency Distributions.
Ecology 89:905-912.
M. Vinson and Michelle Baker. 2008. Poor Growth of Rainbow
Trout (Oncorhynus mykiss) Fed New Zealand Mud Snails
(Potamopyrgus antipodarum). North American Journal of Fisheries
Management 28:701-709.
Mark Miller and Richard Vincent. 2008. Rapid Natural Selection
for Resistance to an Introduced Parasite of Rainbow
Trout. Evolutionary Applications 2:336–341.
David Pittman, Kimberly Smith, Maeghan Crawley, Cameron
Corbin, Dane Hansen, Kristina Watson, and Timothy
Gilbertson. 2008. Orosensory Detection of Fatty Acids by Obesityprone and Obesity–resistant Rats: Strain and Sex Differences.
Chemical Senses 33:449-460.
Erik Pilgrim**, Kevin Williams**, and James Pitts. 2008. Sex
Association and Synonymy in Southwestern U.S. species of
Dasymutilla (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist
84:57-68. UAES 7866.
Morgan Ernest. 2008. Homeostasis. The Encyclopaedia of
Ecology, Elsevier Press. 1879-1884
Joseph Wilson** and James Pitts. 2008. Revision of Velvet Ant
Genus Dilophotopsis Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) by Using
Molecular and Morphological Data, With Implications for Desert
Biogeography. Annals of the Entomological Society of America
101:514-524. UAES 7914.
Mauricio Lima, Morgan Ernest, James Brown, Andrea Belgrano,
Nils Stenseth. 2008. Chihuahuan Desert Kangaroo Rats: Nonlinear
Effects of Population Dynamics, Competition, and Rainfall.
Ecology 89:2594-2603.
Erik Pilgrim, Carol von Dohlen, and James Pitts. 2008.
Phylogenetics of the Stinging Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidae).
Zoologica Scripta 37:539-560. UAES 7938.
Felisa Smith, Kathleen Lyons, Morgan Ernest, James Brown.
2008. Macroecology: More than the Division of Food and Space
among Species on Continents. Progress in Physical Geography
32:115-138.
Paul Wolf and Jessie Roper**. 2008. Chapter 6: Structure and
Evolution of Fern Plastid Genomes. In Biology and Evolution of
Ferns and Lycophytes edited by Tom A. Ranker and Christopher H.
Haufler (Cambridge University Press).
A. Fiore, L. Mannina, A. Sobolev, A. Salzano, A. Scaloni, I.
Grgurina, M. Fullone, M. Gallo, C. Swasey, V. Fogliano, and Jon
Takemoto. 2008. Bioactive Lipopeptides of Ice-nucleating Snow
Bacterium Pseudomonas syringae Strain 31R1. FEMS Microbiol
Lett 286:158-165.
Alan Smith, Kathleen Pryer, Eric Schuettpelz, Petra Korall, Harald
Schneider, and Paul Wolf. 2008. Chapter 16: Fern Classification.
In Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes edited by Tom
A. Ranker and Christopher H. Haufler (Cambridge University
Press).
Jun Hu, Chang-Yuan Dong, Joseph K. -K. Li, Jie Chen, Dong-E
Chen, and Ke Liang. 2008. Selective in vitro Cytotoxic Effect of
Human Cancer Cells by Bluetongue Virus 10. Acta Oncologica
48:124-134.
Joseph Wilson**, Terry Griswold, and Olivia Messinger**.
2008. Sampling Bee Communities (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) in a
Desert Landscape: Are Pan Traps Sufficient? Journal of the Kansas
Entomological Society 81:288-300.
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Subashree Iyer** and Alvan Hengge. 2008. The Effects of Sulfur
Substitution for the Nucleophile and Bridging Oxygen Atoms in
Reactions of Hydroxyalkyl Phosphate Esters. Journal of Organic
Chemistry 73:4819-4829.
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Faculty Publications
Whitney Wooderchak**, T. Zhang, Z. Zhou, M. Acuna,
S. Tahara, and Joan Hevel. 2008. Substrate Profiling of PRMT1
Reveals Sequences that Go Beyond the „RGG‟ Paradigm.
Biochemistry 47:9456–9466. doi:10.1021/bi800984s.
Index. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics doi:
10.1016/j.jastp.2008.05.007.
Piotr Kokoszka, Inga Maslova**, Jan Sojka, Lie Zhu. 2008.
Testing for Lack of Dependence in the Functional Linear Model.
Canadian Journal of Statistics 36:207-222.
Joan Hevel, Priyadarshini Pande, Sandra Oveson, Trina
Sudweeks, Christina Hansen*, and J. Ayling. 2008. Determinants
of Oligomerization of the Bifunctional Protein DCoHα and the
Effect on its Coactivator and Enzymatic Activities. Archives of
Biochemistry and Biophysics 477:356-362. doi:10.1016/
j.abb.2008.06.023.
Piotr Kokoszka and Lajos Horvath. 2008. Sample
Autocovariances of Long Memory Time Series. Bernoulli 14:405418.
Ann Dale, Jamie Strickland, Jürgen Symanzik, Alfred Franzblau,
Bradley Evanoff. 2008. Reliability of Hand Diagrams for
Epidemiologic Case Definition of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 18:233-248.
Joan Hevel, Laura Olson-Buelow, Bala Ganesa, John Stevens,
Jared Hardman, and Ann Aust. 2008. Novel Functional View of
the Crocidolite-Treated A549 Human Lung Epithelial
Transcriptome Reveals an Intricate Network of Pathways with
Opposing Functions. BMC Genomics 9:376. doi:10.1186/14712164-9-376.
Jürgen Symanzik. 2008. Interview with Andreas Buja.
Computational Statistics 23:177-184.
Edward Durant and Robert Brown. 2008. Wavelength
Dependence on the Level of Post-source Metastable Ion Decay
Observed in Infrared Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization.
Int. J. Mass Spectrometry doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2008.08.021.
Alexander Aue, Lajos Horvath, Marie Huskova and Piotr
Kokoszka. 2008. Testing for Changes in Polynomial Regression.
Bernoulli 14:637-660.
Lajos Horvath, Piotr Kokoszka and Ricardas Zitikis. 2008.
Distributional Analysis of Empirical Volatility in GARCH
Processes. Journal of Statistical Inference and Planning 138:35783589.
Randal Martin, Philip Silva, Kori Moore, Mark Erupe**, and
Vishal S. Doshi. 2008. Particle Composition and Size Distributions
in and around a Deep-Pit Swine Operation, Ames, IA.
Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry 59:135-150. doi:10.1007/s10874
-008-9097-y.
Physics
Philip Silva, Mark Erupe, Quentin Malloy, Qi Li, Bethany
Warren, Derek Price, John Elias, and David Cocker III. 2008.
Trimethylamine as Precursor to Secondary Organic Aerosol
Formation via Nitrate Radical Reaction in the Atmosphere.
Environmental Science and Technology 42:4689–4696. doi:
10.1021/es703016v.
Mark Riffe, R. Franckowiak, N.D. Shinn, B. Kim, K.J. Kim and
T.-H. Kang. Core-level Spectroscopy of the Ni/W(1 1 0) Interface:
Correlation of W Interfacial Core-level Shifts with First-layer Ni
Phases. Surface Science 602:2039-2046.
Dmitry Zubarev** and Alexander Boldyrev. 2008. Developing
Paradigm of Chemical Bonding: Adaptive Natural Density
Partitioning. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10:5207-5217.
Bela Fejer and John Jensen**. 2008. Quiet Time Equatorial F
Region Vertical Plasma Drift Model Derived From ROCSAT-1
Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research 113:A05304.
doi:1029/2007JA012801.
The Center for Atmospheric & Space Sciences
Dmitry Zubarev** and Alexander Boldyrev. 2008. Comment on
“Instability of Al42- „All-Metal Aromatic‟ Ion and Its Implications.”
J. Phys. Chem. A 112:7984-7985.
Larry Gardner and Robert Schunk. 2008. Pulsating of the
Generalized Ion and Neutral Polar Winds. Journal of Atmospheric
and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 70:1408-1418.
Boris Averkiev **, Dmitry Zubarev**, Lei-Ming Wang, Wei
Huang, Lai-Sheng Wang, and Alexander Boldyrev. 2008. Carbon
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Gary Schwemmer, Tom Wilkerson, Joel Hancock, Jason Swasey,
Adam Shelley, Bruce Gentry, and Cathy Mars. 2008. Holographic
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Alina Sergeeva**, Dmitry Zubarev**, Hua-Jin Zhai, Alexander
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Michael Taylor, Matthew Bailey**, Pierre-Dominique Pautet,
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