photo at left of young colony of "mustard-hill" coral by Alina Szmant

April/ May 2008:

 

Steven Miller, CMS, Andrew Shepard, NURC, and Ellen Prager, CMS, received $175,000 from Emerson Associates International for their project "Coral Reef Science to Meet National Needs: Assessment and Monitoring, Ocean Acidification Impacts and Sustaining an Ocean Observing Platform."

Wade Watanabe & Md. Shah Alam, CMS, were funded $219,350 by NC Sea Grant for "Controlled Breeding, Larviculture and Intensive Growout of High Value Marine Fish Species for US Agriculture." Watanabe also recieved funding from NC State/Sea Grant for "The red porgy(Pagnus pagnus): optimizing prey enrichment and articifical microdiet applications for expanding hatchery production of fingerlings."

 

Patricia Kelley, Geography and Geology, and co-PI Gregory Dietl, Cornell University, received $119,999 from NSF for "REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Biodiversity Conservation." This REU brings together a number of diverse and talented undergraduates to study coastal ecosystems past and present.

 

Amanda Southwood, Biology and Marine Biology, received $36,964 from NC State/Sea Grant for "Diamondback terrapin distribution and habitat utilization in the lower Cape Fear River."

 

Michael Durako, Biology and Marine Biology, received $21,000 from NOAA for "Tissue Localization of Flavanoid Compounds in Halophila johnsnii: Depth and Salinity Effects."

 

Lawrence Cahoon, Lynn Leonard, Martin Posey, Thomas Lankford & Troy Alphin, were funded $21,762 by NC Sea Grant for their project, "Microbial Anti-oxidants from Swine Waste Lagoons."

 

Thomas Lankford, biology and marine biology, was funded $46,985 by Rutgers University for the project "Recruitment Dynamics of Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix): Coastwide Patterns of Juvenile Recruitment."

 

Leslie Hossfield & Stephen Demski, received $70,000 from the Golden LEAF, Inc. for "Southeastern North Carolina Food Systems Project." Hossfeld is an assistant professor in sociology & criminal justice and Demski serves as Vice Chancellor for Public Service and Continuing Studies.

 

Heather Koopman & Andrew Westgate, biology & marine biology, were funded $166,522 by the Office of Naval Research for the project "Nitrogen Gas Dynamics in Adipose Tissues of Diving Mammals: Do Lipid Composition and Low and Mid-Frequency Sound Affect N2 Solubility?" Westgate was also funded $21,000 from the National Geographic Society for "Navigating to the Most Remote Place on Earth: Marine Habitat Use, Migration Patterns and Seasonally Variable Niche Partitioning of Atlantic Shearwaters."

 

Antje Almeida & Paulo Almeida, chemistry & biochemistry, received $50,000 from the LA Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center for "Staphylococcal Adaptions to Platelet Microbicidal Proteins."

 

Dale Cohen, Psychology, received $121,719 from NIH for "Quantifying Stimulus, Response and Numerical Biases."

 

Lynn Leonard, CMS, received $1,140,000 from NOAA for the "Integration of Coastal Observations and Assets in the Carolinas in Support of RCOOS Development in SECOORA."

 

Jennifer Dorton, CMS, received $294,504 from NOAA for the "Southeast Marine Weather Portal."

 

March 2008:

Biologist Sean Lema in Science Magazine: Fish "Eavesdropping" for Food Odors Connected to Global Climate Regulation. click here for more information.

 

The Office of Research Services and Sponsored Programs (ORSSP) is offering a number of training workshops this spring designed to help faculty obtain and manage outside funding. Click here for calendar.

 

James Merritt, CMS, was funded $515,073 by NC DENR for the project "NC Estuarine Research Reserve: Southern Sites and Research," and $173,691 for "NC Estuarine Research Reserve: GIS Program."

 

Christopher Finelli, biology & marine biology, was funded $55,000 by the National Science Foundation for the project "Pumping Rates of the Giant Barrel Sponge, Xestospongia Muta, on Caribbean Reefs: Size Scaling, Environmental Controls and Bleaching Effects."

 

Terry Kinney, Leah Randolph & Michelle D'abundo, HAHS, was funded $72,170 by BlueCross BlueShield of NC for "Weight Wise Program: Improving Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Low Income Midlife Women."

 

January/ February 2008:

Virginia Adams, Dean of the School of Nursing, received $400,000 from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation for "Camp BONES: A University-Community Partnership to Prepare Underserved and Unrepresented Youth for Future Careers in Nursing and the Health Sciences"

 

Cathy Barlow, Dean of the Watson School of Education, was funded $76,000 by UNC-GA for the project "UNCW Affiliation with the NC Teacher Recruitment Network."

 

Larry Cahoon, Biology and Marine Biology, recieved $117,000 from the UNC General Administration for "Microbial anti-oxidents from swine waste lagoons."

 

Lynn Leonard, Center for Marine Science, received $200,000 from the UNC General Administration for "Initiation of an Inter-Institutional Environmental Observation Network System for North Carolina."

Michael Mallin, CMS, received $70,000 from the City of Wilmington for "Stormwater Runoff and Water Quality of Wilmington Watersheds, 2007-08."

 

Karl Ricanek, Computer Science, received $160,000 from Unisys Corporation for "Age-Related Morphological Changes: Models of the Head and Face."

 

December 2007:

John Morrison, physics and physical oceanography, received $243,000 from North Carolina State University for the project "Benthic Dinoflagellate Migration Occurance and Progress."

 

Stephen Kinsey and Richard Dillaman, biology and marine biology, received $466,186 from the National Science Foundation for "Collaborative Research: Are Muscle Fibers Just the Right Size?"

 

Craig Tobias, of geography and geology, received a total of $81,100 from RTI International for the project "Camp Lejeune Marsh and Stable Isotope Monitoring."

 

Stephen Demski, Craig Galbraith & Leslie Hossfield, received $40,000 from the NC Rural Economic Development Center for their project "Intra-County Economic Flow Analysis for a Five County Region in Southeastern NC."

 

Teresa Thorpe, CMS, was funded $24,997 by NOAA/NMFS for the project "Catch Potential and Condition of Shrimp and Bycatch Associated With a New RCGL Shrimp Trap Design and Evaluation of Commercial Traps in Different Regions of NC."

 

Dr. Amy Kirschke was awarded the Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) 2007 Book of the Year Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication, for Art in Crisis: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Struggle for African American Identity and Memory. read more...