Chemistry Department Funding Announcements
The following new grant funding has been received by Chemistry faculty. Congratulations!
New Funding – December 2008 – April 2009
PI: Dr. Wonyoung Choe
Funding Source: UNL Research Council Faculty Seed Grant
Title: Biomimetic Nanosheets for Heterogeneous Catalysis
Project Start Date: January 2009
PI: Dr. Patrick Dussault
Co-PI: Dr. Audrey Adkins (School of Biological Sciences
Funding Source: UNL Research Council Interdisciplinary Grant
Title: Synthesis and Microbiology of PALO
Project Start Date: January 2009
PI: Dr. Barry Cheung
Co-PIs: Drs. Xiao Zeng (Chemistry), Wai-Ning Mei and Renat Sabirianov (UNO Department of Physics)
Funding Source: Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI)
Title: Design of Metallic Oxide and Nanotubes as Efficient Catalysts
Project Start Date: February 15, 2009
PI: Dr. Patrick Dussault
Co-PI: Dr. J. Vennerstrom (UNMC Pharmaceutical Sciences
Funding Source: Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI)
Title: New Antimalarial Peroxides
Project Start Date: February 15, 2009
PI: Dr. Andrzej Rajca
Co-PI: Dr. M. Boska, UNMC Department of Radiology
Funding Source: Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI)
Title: Nitroxide Dendrimers for Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Project Start Date: February 15, 2009
Co-PIs: Drs. J. Redepenning (Chemistry), A. Sokolov (Physics & Astronomy), and R. Sabirianov (UNO Dept. of Physics)
PI: Dr. Evgeny Tsymbal, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Funding Source: Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI)
Title: Quantum Microwave Generation Driven by Spin-Polarized Current
Project Start Date: February 15, 2009
PI: Dr. Yongfeng Lu, Department of Electrical Engineering
Co-PI: Dr. Xiao Zeng
Funding Source: Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI)
Title: New Science and Engineering of Carbon-Based Low-Dimentional Nanoelectronics
Project Period: February 15, 2009
PI: Dr. Patrick Dussault
Co-PIs: Drs. Tim Carr and Ji-Young Lee (Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences)
Funding Source: Office of Research
Title: Pilot Work in Preparation for the R21 Grant Submission
Project Start Date: February 20, 2009
PI: Dr. David Berkowitz
Funding Agency: Mizutani Foundation of Glycoscience
Title: Hexose Phosphate Mimics: New mRNA/Protein Dual Targeting
Project Start Date April 1, 2009
January Announcements - 2009
PI: Dr. Patrick Dussault
Co-PI: Dr. Audrey Atkin, School of Biological Sciences
Funding Agency: UNL Research Council Interdisciplinary Grant
Title: Synthesis and Microbiology of PALO
Project Start Date: January 1, 2009
PI: Dr. Wonyoung Choe
Funding Agency: UNL Research Council Faculty Seed Grant
Title: Biomimetic Nanosheets for Heterogeneous Catalysis
Project Start Date: January 1, 2009
Host: Dr. David Berkowitz
Funding Agency: UNL Research Council Visiting Scholar Grant
Scholar's Name: Dr. Dagmar Ringe, Brandeis University
Dates of Visit: March 5-7, 2009
Host: Dr. Rebecca Lai
Funding Agency: UNL Research Council Visiting Scholar Grant
Scholar's Name: Dr. Kevin W. Paxco, University of California-Santa Barbara
Dates of Visit: March 12-14, 2009
Host: Dr. Andrez Rajca
Funding Agency: UNL Research Council Visiting Scholar Grant
Scholar's Name: Dr. Uwe H.F. Bunz, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dates of Visit: April 9-11, 2009
Host: Dr. James Takacs
Funding Agency: UNL Research Council Visiting Scholar Grant
Scholar's Name: Cathleen M. Crudden, Queen's University
Dates of Visit: April 30-May 2, 2009
