Full Awards ($1,000) name, department, university, mentor, project title, expected Ph.D. completion

Jenelle Dorner, Program in Neuroscience, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, George Rebec, “Effects of 17beta-estradiol on neuropathophysiology and behavior of mice expressing the Huntington’s disease gene,” May 2009—Diane Russell Award

Alyssa Hakes, Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, James Cronin, “Spatial distribution of plant resistance and tolerance to herbivory in natural landscapes,” Decmember 2008—Amy Lutz Award

Makenzie Lystrup, Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Steve Miller, “A detailed infrared analysis of Jupiter’s upper atmosphere:  preparation for the JUNO Jupiter polar orbiter spacecraft mission,” September 2008 

Nilam Shah, Chemistry, Northwestern University, Richard Van Duyne, “Development of a real-time, continuous, minimally invasive glucose sensor based on surface-enhanced Raman spectrosscopy for diabetics,” May 2009 

Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins, Physics, University of Chicago, Angela Olinta, “Understanding the large-scale distribution and intrinsic properties of dark matter,”—Luise Meyer-Schutzmeister Award

Citation of Merit ($300)

Susan Bartko, Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Timothy Bussey, “Role of acetylcholine in the perirhinal cortex.,” January 2009 

Viengngeun Bounkeua, Biomedical Sciences, University of California San Dego, Joseph Vinetz, “Role of plasmepsin X, a Plasmodium aspartic protease in Plasmodium invasion of its mosquito vector,” May 2009 

Anne Estes, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Elizabeth Pierson and Judith Bronstein, “Endosymbiont survival in variable environments,” August 2008 

April Randle, Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Susan Kalisz, “Evolution of reproductive barriers among species of Collinsia,” August 2008 

Rachel Roberts-Galbraith, Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Kathleen Gould, “Phosphoregulation of Cdc15, a protein essential for cytokinesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe,” December 2008 

Ying Wang, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Virginia, Edward Egelman, “Electron microscopic studies of two classes of helical polymers:  filamentous bacteriophages and Type 3 secretion system needles,” June 2009