In an effort led by Associate Professor of Chemistry John Hofferberth, Kenyon was awarded a $1 million Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence initiative grant.
Associate Professor of Biology Karen Hicks, Diane Anci, vice president for enrollment management and dean of admissions, and Erika Farfan, director of institutional research, have been awarded a $999,195 National Science Foundation S-STEM grant for their project “The Role of High Impact Practices for STEM Persistence and Career Success.”
In an effort led by Associate Professor of Chemistry Kerry Rouhier, Kenyon was awarded a $176,000 Clare Boothe Luce grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to encourage women to enter, study, graduate and teach in the fields of science, mathematics and engineering.
Associate Professor of Biology Karen Hicks was awarded a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for her project “RUI: Seasonal regulation of reproduction in Physcomitrella patens.” Hicks’ award funds research that will explore the evolutionary origin of seasonal regulation in land plants.
Assistant Professor of Biology Chris Bickford and Associate Professor of Biology Karen Hicks received a $389,805 grant from the National Science Foundation for their project “Collaborative Research: Genome structure and adaptive evolution in peat mosses (Sphagnum): ecosystem engineers.”
Professor of Physics Frank Peiris was awarded a $307,117 equipment grant from the National Science Foundation for his project titled “MRI: Acquisition of a temperature-dependent-wide-spectral-range FTIR spectrometer for enhancing research and teaching in a liberal arts college setting.”
Joan Slonczewski, the Robert A. Oden Jr. Professor of Biology, and Professor of Biology Wade Powell received a $224,000 equipment grant from the National Science Foundation for their project titled “MRI: Acquisition of FACS Cell Sorter for Research on Antibiotic Resistance and Environmental Toxicant Receptors.”
Associate Professor of Physics Aaron Reinhard was awarded a $234,965 grant from the National Science Foundation.
Associate Professor of Physics Tom Giblin received a $120,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his project “RUI: The Non-Linear Universe: Precision Numerical Cosmology and Fundamental Physics.”
Associate Professor of Chemistry John Hofferberth received a $75,000 grant from the American Chemical Society for his project “Exploring the Potential of an Acid-Initiated Vinylogous Aldol Reaction to form All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters.”
Professor of Physics Frank Peiris received a $75,000 grant from the American Chemical Society for his project “Fundamental Properties of Porous Structures and the Dynamics of Adsorbent-Pore Interactions.”
Joan Slonczewski, the Robert A. Oden Jr. Professor of Biology, was awarded a $524,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for her project “RUI: Benzoate and pH Stress in Experimental Evolution of Escherichia coli.”
Associate Professor of Biology Drew Kerkhoff received a $279,330 grant from the National Science Foundation for his project “RUI Collaborative Research: Niche evolution, ecological limits, and the macroecology of land plant biodiversity.”
Professor of Biology Chris Gillen received a $64,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his project “Collaborative Research (RUI): Na,K,Cl Cotransporters in Mosquito Epithelial Transport — Connecting Molecules to Physiology.”
Professor of Physics Frank Peiris has been awarded a $175,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his project “RUI: Exploring the Transport Properties of Topological Insulators using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry.”
Assistant Professors of Physics Madeline Wade and Leslie Wade have been awarded a $150,000 grant for their project “RUI: LIGO Calibration, Gravitational-Wave Searches, and Parameter Estimation in the Advanced Detector Era.”
Professor of Neuroscience Hewlett McFarlane received a $108,203 grant from the National Science Foundation for his project “Collaborative Research: REU Site: A Distributed Network of Neuroscience Scholars.”