Occidental College

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND-IHE/INSTITUTION- OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND – OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE

OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE UPWARD BOUND PROJECT

UPWARD BOUND

OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE UPWARD BOUND GRANT PROPOSAL 2022

UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

CENTER FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS

TRIO - UPWARD BOUND - UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH-ACHIEVING STUDENTS IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS, RESEARCH EXPERIENCES, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY

CENTER FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS -THE CENTER FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS (CURM) PROVIDES FUNDING AND TRAINING FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH COURSES DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR THAT ARE CARRIED OUT IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN A TWO-YEAR OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND A BACHELOR'S-GRANTING INSTITUTION. FACULTY MEMBERS FUNDED BY CURM RECEIVE TRAINING IN INCLUSIVE AND SCAFFOLDED RESEARCH MENTORING FOR EARLY-CAREER STUDENTS, FUNDING TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND COLLABORATION DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR, AND MODELS FOR INSTITUTIONALIZING ACADEMIC YEAR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH. CURM ALSO PROVIDES MENTORSHIP FOR DEVELOPING A STRONG PROPOSAL TO CURM FOR FACULTY WITH LESS EXPERIENCE IN GRANT WRITING. INTELLECTUAL MERITS INCLUDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH, PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS, AND PUBLISHING RESEARCH PAPERS IN MULTIPLE SUBFIELDS OF MATHEMATICS. BROADER IMPACTS INCLUDE EARLY EXPOSURE FOR STUDENTS TO THE HIGH IMPACT PRACTICE OF RESEARCH, INCREASING TRANSFER RATES FOR TWO YEAR AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG RESEARCH AND RESEARCH MENTORING SKILLS IN MATHEMATICS FACULTY ACROSS THE US. CURM ADDRESSES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED BARRIERS TO UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AT 2-YEAR AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES. PROVIDING FUNDING FOR FACULTY HELPS ADDRESS HIGH TEACHING LOADS AND LACK OF TRAVEL FUNDING. CREDIT-BEARING COURSE-BASED RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES HELP ADDRESS LACK OF STUDENT AWARENESS OF RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES, AND ALSO STUDENT WORKLOAD ISSUES. INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE HELP ADDRESS LACK OF STUDENT AWARENESS, LACK OF SENSE OF BELONGING AT 4-YEAR INSTITUTIONS FOR 2-YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND THE SHORT TIME STUDENTS MAY BE ENROLLED AT 2-YEAR COLLEGES. FINALLY, TRAINING FOR FACULTY IN RESEARCH AREAS WITH RICH SELECTIONS OF RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR EARLY CAREER STUDENTS HELPS ADDRESS FACULTY UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW TO FIND AND EFFECTIVELY MENTOR AN APPROPRIATE RESEARCH PROJECT. WE WILL OFFER A RESEARCH IMMERSION EXPERIENCE FOR FACULTY IN THOSE RESEARCH AREAS, INCLUDING DATA SCIENCE, GRAPH THEORY, MATHEMATICAL MODELING, AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION. DOING SO WILL ALSO INCREASE THE RESEARCH EXPERTISE IN PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DRIFT-III: ENGINEERING FOR A LARGE DIRECTIONAL DARK MATTER DETECTOR

CAREER: INTEGRATING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, CITIZEN SCIENCE, AND MUSEUM GENOMICS TO EXPLORE A CENTURY OF CHANGE IN NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

OXYMS TEACHING SCHOLARS

COSMOS: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS FOR OCCIDENTAL STUDENTS

PHOTOCATALYZED AND ENANTIOSELECTIVE UMPOLUNG C-C BOND FORMING REACTIONS OF CARBONYLS

EQUIPMENT: MRI: TRACK 1 AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO HIGH-RESOLUTION SEA AND LAKE-FLOOR MAPPING THROUGH ACQUISITION OF AN R2SONIC 2024 MULTIBEAM SONAR -THIS AWARD IS MADE TO OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE TO PURCHASE AN ULTRA-HIGH-RESOLUTION MULTIBEAM SONAR TO COLLECT BATHYMETRIC DATA, INCLUDING MULTISPECTRAL ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER, IN OCEANS AND LAKES UP TO 500M IN DEPTH. THIS SYSTEM WILL SUPPORT ONGOING FACULTY AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS AND DEVELOP UPPER-DIVISION COURSE CURRICULUM AT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE, A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE-SERVING INSTITUTION. FACULTY AND STUDENT RESEARCH THAT WILL BE ENABLED BY THIS AWARD WILL ADDRESS A WIDE RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE RESEARCH QUESTIONS AROUND THE GLOBE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MULTIBEAM SONAR WILL BE USED TO MAP EARTHQUAKE-GENERATED SLOPE-FAILURE DEPOSITS IN LAKES IN THE TETON RANGE IN WYOMING, DETERMINE THE BIOTIC BENTHIC COMPOSITION OF CORAL REEFS IN JAMAICA, AND ASSESS THE SUCCESS OF A NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED RESTORATION REEF IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. UNDER THE MENTORSHIP OF BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY FACULTY, OCCIDENTAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL GAIN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THIS MULTIBEAM SONAR SYSTEM, MANAGING AND MANIPULATING LARGE DATA SETS, AND ASSOCIATED MODELING, WHICH ARE KEY TO THEIR SUCCESS IN POST-GRADUATE CAREERS IN STEM FIELDS. A MAJOR GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE A CLEAR PLAN TO ACQUIRE, MAINTAIN, AND DEPOSIT DATA INTO AN APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINARY ARCHIVE TO ENSURE THAT BEST PRACTICES FOR LONG-TERM DATA STEWARDSHIP AND INTEGRATION ARE MET. THIS INCLUDES MAKING HIGH-RESOLUTION, HIGH QUALITY BATHYMETRIC DATA AND METADATA FREELY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. DATA PRODUCTS WILL BE MADE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH SUBMISSION TO INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED DATA REPOSITORIES TO SERVE A BROAD RESEARCH COMMUNITY. THESE DATA PRODUCTS WILL NOT ONLY PROVIDE DATA-RICH BATHYMETRIC MAPS OF LOCATIONS WITHIN CALIFORNIA, WYOMING, JAMAICA AND BEYOND, BUT ALSO A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF THE GEOPHYSICAL AND ECOLOGICAL STATUS OF THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. IN ADDITION TO THE PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT, THIS AWARD WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR SOFTWARE LICENSES, IN-PERSON TRAINING, AND TIME FOR A RESEARCH ASSOCIATE WHO WILL DEPLOY, OPERATE, MAINTAIN, AND MANAGE THE SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED BATHYMETRIC DATA. THE RESEARCH ASSOCIATE WILL ALSO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND CREATE TRAINING MATERIALS, FACILITATING THE LONG-TERM USE OF THE SYSTEM BY OCCIDENTAL AND THE BROADER RESEARCH COMMUNITY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

RUI: STS: RACE, IMMIGRATION, AND THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE

MARKET TOGETHER A COMMUNITY BASED SOLUT

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CLUSTER FOR OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE

RUI: THE DRIFT DIRECTIONAL SEARCH FOR DARK MATTER WITH SPIN-DEPENDENT COUPLINGS

CAREER: INVESTIGATING THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF CONCEPTUAL CHANGE

RUI: SURFACE AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY TO ELUCIDATE FUNDAMENTAL BIOFILM PROPERTIES AND MECHANISMS OF BIOFILM CONTROL

RUI: CSBR: NATURAL HISTORY: SECURING AND DIGITIZING THE WORLD'S LARGEST MEXICAN BIRD COLLECTION

THE LOS ANGELES URBAN AGRICULTURE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WILL INTRODUCE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE TO URBAN AGRICULTURE OPERATIONS IN THE LOS ANGELES (LA) REGION THROUGH AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT IS ENHANCED BY CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.OVER THE LAST CENTURY, LOS ANGELES WENT FROM BEING ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY TO ONE OF THE MOST URBAN. A STEADY RISE IN THE AVERAGE AGE OF FARMERS OVER THE LAST DECADES HAS ALSO BEEN PARALLELED BY A PROJECTED SHORTFALL IN QUALIFIED GRADUATES IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD PRODUCTION SECTORS. DESPITE THIS DRAMATIC SHIFT IN LA'S LANDSCAPE, AND A LACK OF YOUNG FARMERS READY TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THOSE RETIRING, SOME TIES TO THE REGION'S ROBUST AGRICULTURAL PAST STILL ENDURE, AND THERE IS NOW A BURGEONING URBAN AGRICULTURE MOVEMENT IN THE LA REGION.THE LA URBAN AGRICULTURE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PREPARE OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR CAREERS AND/OR GRADUATE STUDIES IN AGRICULTURE OR RELATED FIELDS, ADVANCING THE 2018 FARM BILL PRIORITIES IN THE LA REGION. EACH YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, 6-7 OCCIDENTAL STUDENTS WILL BE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS, WITH PRIORITY PLACED ON UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS. ACCEPTED STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT THE BASICS OF URBAN AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS MODELS THROUGH A 2-WEEK INTENSIVE URBAN AGRICULTURE ORIENTATION COURSE. FOLLOWING THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL GET HANDS-ON WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE AT LOCAL URBAN AGRICULTURE OPERATIONS THROUGH AN 8-WEEK INTERNSHIP, DURING WHICH TIME OCCIDENTAL FACULTY MENTORS WILL PROVIDE ONGOING GUIDANCE. STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE PROGRAM BY PRESENTING ON THEIR EXPERIENCES AT OCCIDENTAL'S UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH PRESENTATION CONFERENCE, A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CAMPUS EVENT FEATURING UPWARDS OF 70 STUDENTS IN A PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE FORMAT. THE PROGRAM WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY OCCIDENTAL'S URBAN & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYINSTITUTE, AN APPLIED RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY CENTER WITH A 20-YEAR HISTORY OF LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND PROGRAMMING.

MACROPHAGE SECOND-LINE RESPONSES TO GROUP A STREPTOCCOCUS INFECTION - PROJECT SUMMARY THE RESURGENCE OF SEVERE INVASIVE GROUP A STREPTOCOCCUS (GAS) INFECTIONS IN THE PAST DECADE IS A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN IN THE UNITED STATES, AND GAPS IN UNDERSTANDING THE RESILIENCE OF GAS TO THE IMMUNE RESPONSE HAS IMPEDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MUCH-NEEDED VACCINE. THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND GAS SURVIVAL AND PERSISTENCE IN MACROPHAGES TO PROVIDE A CELL- TARGETED BASIS FOR IMPROVED TREATMENT FOR INFECTION. TOWARD THE LONG-TERM GOAL, THE OBJECTIVE IN THIS APPLICATION IS TO EXAMINE MACROPHAGE SECOND-LINE RESPONSES TO GAS FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF LYSOSOMES TO ELIMINATE BACTERIA. THE CENTRAL HYPOTHESIS IS THAT GAS-INDUCED LYSOSOMAL PERMEABILIZATION ENABLES BACTERIAL AND LYSOSOMAL PROTEINS TO ENTER THE CYTOSOL, WHICH CONTINUES TO ALTER MACROPHAGE CELLULAR PROCESSES, INCLUDING LIMITING THE OXIDATIVE BURST RESPONSE AND INDUCING HISTONE RELEASE AND NON-LYTIC EXOCYTOSIS OF GAS. GUIDED BY PRELIMINARY DATA PRODUCED BY THE APPLICANT’S LABORATORY, THIS HYPOTHESIS WILL BE EXPLORED IN THREE SPECIFIC AIMS. THE WORK IN AIM 1 WILL DETERMINE WHETHER GAS NADASE IN THE CYTOSOL IMPAIRS THE OXIDATIVE BURST RESPONSE. MEASUREMENTS OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES, CELLULAR ENERGY POOLS, AND NADPH OXIDASE COMPLEX ASSEMBLY WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THIS BACTERIAL ENZYME NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THE MACROPHAGE OXIDATIVE BURST RESPONSE. AIM 2 WILL EXPLORE WHETHER GAS-INDUCED DAMAGE OF THE NUCLEAR ENVELOPE CAUSES DNA-FREE HISTONE RELEASE AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THESE HISTONES HAVE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AGAINST GAS IN THE MACROPHAGE CYTOSOL. PRELIMINARY DATA DEMONSTRATE THAT MACROPHAGES EXPEL GAS IN EXOSOMES AND THE WORK IN AIM 3 WILL CHARACTERIZE THESE GAS- CONTAINING EXOSOMES. TIME-LAPSE MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS WILL BE COMPLEMENTED BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND PROTEOMICS ANALYSES OF ISOLATED EXOSOMES. THE OUTCOME OF THIS WORK WILL INFORM APPROACHES AIMED AT RESTORING OR ENHANCING HOST CELL FUNCTION, WHICH BOTH AVOIDS THE PROBLEMS OF BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT AND ENHANCES THE NATURAL ABILITY OF MACROPHAGES TO ERADICATE GAS. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS INNOVATIVE BECAUSE UNDERSTANDING THESE SECOND-LINE RESPONSES, WHICH ARE INTERMEDIATE PROCESSES BETWEEN LYSOSOMAL FAILURE AND DISEASE PATHOLOGY, WILL PROVIDE NEW DRUGGABLE TARGET PROTEINS AND PATHWAYS. THE CONTRIBUTION WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT FIRST STEP TOWARD DEVELOPING PHARMACOLOGICAL STRATEGIES THAT PREVENT, RATHER THAN TREAT SEVERE INVASIVE DISEASE AND REFRACTORY INFECTIONS.

RUI: CSBR: NATURAL HISTORY: SECURING AND DIGITIZING AN EXTENSIVE SPATIO-TEMPORAL COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S MARINE BIODIVERSITY

QUANTITATIVE AFM INVESTIGATIONS OF ADHESION OF A PLANKTONIC BACTERIAL PREDATOR TO BIOFILM PREY

RUI: DRIFT-II: R&D AND OPERATIONS FOR DARK MATTER DETECTION

RUI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING BIOEROSION FROM INDIVIDUALS TO ECOSYSTEMS: THE IMPACTS OF BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSORS ON SPONGE EROSION OF OYSTER REEFS.

REGIODIVERGENT PALLADIUM-CATALYZED DECARBOXYLATIVE COUPLING OF STABILIZED BENZYLIC NUCLEOPHILES - PROJECT SUMMARY TRANSITION METAL-CATALYZED CARBON-CARBON BOND FORMATION PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN BIOACTIVE SMALL MOLECULE SYNTHESIS, BOTH IN ACADEMIC AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY SETTINGS. A PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE TOOL IS THE PALLADIUM-CATALYZED DECARBOXYLATIVE ALLYLIC ALKYLATION (DAA) REACTION, WHICH FACILITATES CARBON-CARBON BOND FORMATION VIA THE EXTRUSION OF A SINGLE BYPRODUCT, CARBON DIOXIDE. DESPITE ITS EXTENSIVE APPLICATIONS IN THE PREPARATION OF MEDICINALLY RELEVANT MOLECULES, EXISTING STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE CARBON-CENTERED NUCLEOPHILES IN DAA CHEMISTRY IS LIMITED TO STABILIZED ENOLATE-BASED AND RELATED NUCLEOPHILES WHOSE CONJUGATE ACID PKA IS LESS THAN 25. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE REACTION OF LESS STABILIZED NUCLEOPHILES (CONJUGATE ACID PKA OF > 25) IS LESS WELL DOCUMENTED, IN PART DUE THE ENERGETIC BARRIERS ASSOCIATED WITH PROMOTING THEIR DECARBOXYLATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE MAJORITY OF PD-CATALYZED DECARBOXYLATIVE COUPLINGS PROCEED THROUGH A MECHANISM IN WHICH THE INTERMEDIATE NUCLEOPHILE AND ALLYLPALLADIUM SPECIES REACT TO PREDOMINANTLY DELIVER ALLYLATION PRODUCTS. IN CONTRAST, REPORTS THAT DETAIL THE FORMATION OF THE REGIOISOMERIC CYCLOPROPANATION PRODUCT REMAIN RELATIVELY SCARCE. TO ADDRESS THESE LIMITATIONS, WE HAVE DEVISED A NEW APPROACH THAT RELIES ON THE USE OF AROMATIC ANIONS AS A MEANS TO STABILIZE AND ENGAGE OTHERWISE RECALCITRANT NUCLEOPHILES IN DECARBOXYLATIVE COUPLING CHEMISTRY. SPECIFICALLY, WE RECENTLY DEMONSTRATED THAT ALLYL ESTER-SUBSTITUTED PHTHALIDES UNDERGO EFFICIENT ALLYLATION IN THE PRESENCE OF A PD/XANTPHOS CATALYST, DELIVERING A VARIETY OF FUNCTIONALIZED PHTHALIDES IN EXCELLENT YIELD. INTERESTINGLY, WHEN XANTPHOS IS REPLACED WITH THE BISAMINO LIGAND TETRAMETHYLETHYLENEDIAMINE (TMEDA), A CYCLOPROPANATED PHTHALIDE IS ISOLATED IN HIGH REGIOSELECTIVITY. THE GOAL OF AIM 1 IS TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND ON THESE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS BY APPLYING OUR OPTIMAL PD/XANTPHOS DAA CATALYST TO ACCESS A VARIETY OF BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT MOTIFS, INCLUDING FUNCTIONALIZED ISOINDOLINONE AND FLUORENE DERIVATIVES. ALTERNATIVELY, AIM 2 SEEKS TO EXPLOIT THE REACTIVITY PD/TMEDA-BASED CATALYST TO DEVELOP A GENERAL DECARBOXYLATIVE CYCLOPROPANATION OF PHTHALIDE-BASED NUCLEOPHILES. FINALLY, THE GOAL OF AIM 3 IS TO ELUCIDATE THE MECHANISTIC BASIS OF THE REGIOSELECTIVITY FOR ALLYLATION VERSUS CYCLOPROPANATION CHEMISTRY VIA STRUCTURAL, KINETIC, AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES. THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROPOSAL CONSTITUTES A SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF THE BREADTH OF PD-CATALYZED DECARBOXYLATIVE COUPLING, ESTABLISHING ACCESS TO A WIDER FAMILY OF BIOACTIVE STRUCTURAL MOTIFS WHILE ENGAGING UNDERGRADUATES IN IMPACTFUL YET PRACTICAL RESEARCH ENDEAVORS.

EQUIPMENT: MRI: TRACK 1 ACQUISITION OF A BENCHTOP MICROCT SCANNER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION -AN AWARD IS MADE TO OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE TO ACQUIRE A RIGAKU CT LAB HX130 MICROCT SCANNER TO SUPPORT A WIDE ARRAY OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND ENABLE NON-DESTRUCTIVE SAMPLING WITHIN THREE ON-SITE NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS. THE MICROCT SCANNER WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR FACULTY AND STUDENT RESEARCH ENDEAVORS AT THIS UNDERGRADUATE-ONLY INSTITUTION AND WILL ENRICH THE STEM AND ART CURRICULUM BY PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN AUTHENTIC, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE OPERATING THE MICROCT, EXPOSE STUDENTS TO CUTTING-EDGE ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES IN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH METHODS, AND STRENGTHEN CLASSROOM-BASED RESEARCH TRAINING. INTEGRATION OF THE MICROCT SCANS INTO THE DIGITAL SPECIMEN RECORDS FOR THE MARINE BIODIVERSITY COLLECTION, COSMAN SHELL COLLECTION, AND MOORE LAB OF ZOOLOGY BIRD AND MAMMAL COLLECTION WILL ENABLE BROADER PUBLIC AND SCIENTIFIC ACCESS TO DIGITAL SPECIMENS WHICH WILL SERVE AS A VALUABLE LEARNING TOOL FOR EDUCATORS AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. FACULTY AND STUDENTS WILL USE THE MICROCT INSTRUMENT ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS INCLUDING UNDERSTANDING THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF ORGANISMS, EVOLUTIONARY STUDIES, VISUALIZING TEXTILES FOR ART, AND IDENTIFYING MINERALS AND SEDIMENTS IN GEOLOGIC SAMPLES. SPECIFICALLY, THE MICROCT WILL BE USED TO ESTIMATE CALCIUM CARBONATE BUDGETS ON OYSTER REEFS, COMPARE MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN SKELETAL SYSTEMS AS FISH AGE, DETERMINE WHETHER OCEAN ACIDIFICATION HAS IMPACTED LARVAL FISH AND OTOLITH DENSITY OVER THE LAST CENTURY, AND GAIN INSIGHT INTO THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONE SNAIL PREY CAPTURE MECHANISM. OTHER PLANNED USES INCLUDE THE NON-DESTRUCTIVE DESCRIPTION OF SPECIMENS COLLECTED FROM THE DEEP SEA, VISUALIZING CHANGES IN WATER MOVEMENT ACROSS LEAF SURFACES UNDER DROUGHT CONDITIONS, IMAGING SEDIMENT CORES FOR THIN SECTION MICROMORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS, AND OBSERVING THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE, DIAGENESIS, AND GROWTH AXIS OF CAVE FORMATIONS. THE MICROCT WILL BE USED TO CREATE 3D IMAGES AND PROVIDE DETAILED MORPHOLOGICAL DATA TO AID IN THE DESCRIPTION OF SPECIMENS FROM THE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS HOUSED AT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE THAT COLLECTIVELY HAVE OVER ONE MILLION SPECIMENS, MANY OF WHICH ARE UNDESCRIBED. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A 400 MHZ NMR SPECTROMETER FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN CHEMISTRY

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE FOR A SHARED IMAGING FACILITY FOR RESEARCH AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAINING AT OCCIDENTAL

ELECTROMECHANICAL CORNEA RESHAPING FOR REFRACTIVE VISION THERAPY - PROJECT SUMMARY THE CORNEA IS A TRANSPARENT, HIGHLY ORGANIZED STRUCTURE OF THE ANTERIOR EYE THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE REFRACTIVE POWER OF THE EYE. THE CORNEAL STROMA CONSISTS OF ORTHOGONALLY STACKED COLLAGEN-FIBRIL LAMELLAE WHOSE MOLECULAR COMPOSITION AND PRECISE MACROMOLECULAR GEOMETRY ELIMINATE BACKSCATTERED LIGHT AND MAINTAIN THE SHAPE OF THE CORNEA. ANATOMICAL VARIATION, BIRTH DEFECTS, TRAUMA, AND VARIOUS PATHOLOGIES CAN ALTER THE SHAPE, STRUCTURAL STABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY OF THE CORNEA, THUS AFFECTING VISION. SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS TO TREAT MYOPIA, HYPEROPIA, AND ASTIGMATISM INCLUDE LASER-ASSISTED IN SITU KERATOMILEUSIS (LASIK) AND PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATOTOMY (PRK). DESPITE THEIR POPULARITY, THESE PROCEDURES ARE EXPENSIVE ($1,500 - $3,000 PER EYE), PERMANENTLY LOWER THE BIOMECHANICAL STABILITY OF THE CORNEA, AND POSE SOME RISK OF SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS AND ECTASIAS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AN ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE PLATFORM, ELECTRO-MECHANICAL RESHAPING (EMR), FOR REMODELING CARTILAGE AND OTHER COLLAGEN-RICH TISSUES, AND PROPOSE TO DEVELOP THAT TECHNOLOGY AS A LOW-COST ALTERNATIVE TO LASER-BASED VISION CORRECTION. EMR RELIES ON SHORT ELECTROCHEMICAL PULSES TO ELECTROLYZE WATER, WITH SUBSEQUENT DIFFUSION OF PROTONS INTO THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX OF COLLAGENOUS TISSUES; PROTONATION OF IMMOBILIZED ANIONS WITHIN THIS MATRIX DISRUPTS THE IONIC-BONDING NETWORK THAT PROVIDES STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY. THIS LEAVES THE TISSUE TRANSIENTLY RESPONSIVE TO MECHANICAL REMODELING; SUBSEQUENT RE-EQUILIBRATION TO PHYSIOLOGICAL PH RESTORES THE IONIC MATRIX, RESULTING IN PERSISTENT SHAPE CHANGE OF THE TISSUE. PAIRING EMR WITH A CUSTOMIZABLE CORNEAL RESHAPING CONTACT LENS THUS OFFERS THE POSSIBILITY OF A MOLECULAR-BASED METHOD TO ALTER CORNEAL CURVATURE THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE ABLATION OF THE NATIVE STROMAL TISSUE.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: CONSTRAINING TROPICAL HYDROCLIMATE RESPONSES TO PERIODS OF ABRUPT HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES USING CAVE DEPOSITS, CAVE MONITORING, AND MODEL OUTPUTS -THE INDIAN PACIFIC WARM POOL LOCATED IN THE TROPICS IS THE HEAT ENGINE OF THE GLOBE. PREVIOUS WORK HAS PROPOSED THAT PAST EPISODIC FRESHWATER FLUXES KNOWN AS HEINRICH EVENTS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ABRUPTLY MODULATE TROPICAL HYDROCLIMATE IN REGIONS LIKE THE INDIAN PACIFIC WARM POOL. IN THIS PROJECT, CAVE DEPOSITS FROM THE PHILIPPINES ARE USED TO RECONSTRUCT PAST HYDROLOGIC CHANGE AND INVESTIGATE THE HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE OVER THE INDIAN PACIFIC WARM POOL TO HEINRICH EVENTS. THE PHILIPPINES IS IDEALLY LOCATED FOR THIS WORK AS IT IS SITUATED WITHIN THE INDIAN PACIFIC WARM POOL AND IS SENSITIVE TO SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE ASIAN MONSOON SYSTEMS. THIS WORK WILL ACCOMPLISH THREE PRIMARY TASKS: FIRST, IT WILL EXPAND CURRENT CAVE MONITORING EFFORTS IN THE PHILIPPINES TO ENCOMPASS A MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-CAVE MONITORING NETWORK TO BETTER CONSTRAIN SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN KARST HYDROLOGY. SECOND, IT WILL CONTRIBUTE NEW HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION CAVE GEOCHEMISTRY RECORDS SPANNING NUMEROUS HEINRICH EVENTS. THIRD, GEOCHEMICAL DATA-MODEL COMPARISONS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THE MECHANISMS DRIVING GEOCHEMICAL VARIABILITY IN THESE RECORDS DURING HEINRICH EVENTS. RESULTS FROM THIS WORK WILL HELP DEVELOP A FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF RAINFALL PATTERN CHANGES DURING ABRUPT HYDROLOGIC VARIABILITY. BY COMBINING MULTI-YEAR SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE KARST MONITORING WITH NEW CAVE RECORDS, THE INFLUENCE OF NORTHERN HEMISPHERE FRESHWATER FLUXES ON TROPICAL HYDROCLIMATE WILL BE ASSESSED. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO FILL IN SPATIAL GAPS IN THE WESTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC AND IMPROVE MODEL ACCURACY. THIS WORK WILL FORTIFY CONNECTIONS WITH NATIONAL PARKS/PROTECTED LANDSCAPES, UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STAFF, AND CAVERS. THE TEAM'S FINDINGS WILL BE INCORPORATED IN PAMPHLETS/AUDIO GUIDES AND GUIDED TOURS FOR MILLIONS OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PARK VISITORS. FINALLY, THE PROJECT INCLUDES TRAINING OF MULTIPLE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE GEOSCIENCES AT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE AND A GRADUATE STUDENT FROM BROWN UNIVERSITY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: GENOMIC APPROACHES TO COMPARATIVE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY IN A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT

OXY CARES-SERVICES CENTERED ON THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE AND STALKING

RUI: DILATOMETRIC STUDIES OF QUANTUM CRITICALITY IN F-ELECTRON SYSTEMS

RUI: QUANTUM CRITICALITY IN RARE-EARTH AND ACTINIDE-BASED INTERMETALLICS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SBP: INCREASING SOCIAL EQUALITY IN STEM THROUGH CHILDREN'S STRUCTURAL REASONING -THERE ARE MAJOR GENDER AND RACIAL INEQUALITIES IN WHO PURSUES SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) CAREERS, AND THESE DISPARITIES TAKE ROOT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD. STEM INEQUALITIES ARE LARGELY CAUSED BY STRUCTURAL FACTORS, WHICH ARE SYSTEMIC SOCIETAL BARRIERS SUCH AS NEGATIVE SOCIETAL STEREOTYPES AND UNEQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. THE PRESENT RESEARCH ADDRESSES STEM INEQUALITIES BY ENCOURAGING CHILDREN TO RECOGNIZE STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS AS A PRIMARY CAUSE. A STRUCTURAL UNDERSTANDING MAY HELP CHILDREN FROM DISADVANTAGED GROUPS REALIZE THAT CURRENT INEQUALITIES DO NOT REFLECT ANY DEFICIENCIES INHERENT ABOUT THEIR GROUPS AND THUS EMPOWER THEM TO PURSUE STEM. MOREOVER, STRUCTURAL THINKING MAY ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO INCLUDE THEIR MARGINALIZED PEERS IN STEM ACTIVITIES. THE PROPOSED PROJECT THUS TACKLES ISSUES OF STEM DISPARITIES BY ADDRESSING THREE INTERRELATED QUESTIONS: (1) HOW TO INCREASE CHILDREN?S STRUCTURAL REASONING ABOUT STEM INEQUALITIES? (2) DOES STRUCTURAL REASONING INCREASE CHILDREN?S MOTIVATION TO PERSIST IN STEM AND TO INCLUDE MARGINALIZED CHILDREN IN STEM ACTIVITIES? (3) HOW CAN PARENTS PROMOTE CHILDREN?S STRUCTURAL REASONING AND STEM MOTIVATION? FINDINGS FROM THIS RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE NEW INSIGHTS ON HOW TO PROMOTE STRUCTURAL REASONING TO INCREASE STEM EQUALITY FROM EARLY ON, AND WILL HELP TO DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR EDUCATORS AND PARENTS. THE PROJECT ALSO DIRECTLY ADDRESSES STEM INEQUALITIES BY INCLUDING RESEARCH TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS IN STEM. USING COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENTAL METHODS WITH 5- TO 8-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, THE PRESENT RESEARCH IS A SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURAL REASONING IN CHILDHOOD AND ITS BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES. SPECIFICALLY, THE RESEARCH TESTS TWO APPROACHES TO PROMOTING STRUCTURAL REASONING: (1) BETWEEN-GROUP COMPARISONS THAT EMPHASIZE DIFFERENTIAL STRUCTURAL BARRIERS BETWEEN ADVANTAGED AND DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, AND (2) WITHIN-GROUP COMPARISONS THAT SHOW THAT HOW THE REMOVAL OF STRUCTURAL BARRIERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE DISADVANTAGED GROUP. IN ADDITION, THE RESEARCH EXAMINES HOW INCREASING STRUCTURAL REASONING CAN HAVE DOWNSTREAM CONSEQUENCES FOR CHILDREN?S STEM MOTIVATION AND INCLUSION OF MARGINALIZED CHILDREN. THE PROJECT ALSO INFORMS THE SOCIALIZATION OF STRUCTURAL REASONING BY EXAMINING THE ROLE OF PARENTS IN TRANSMITTING STRUCTURAL INFORMATION TO CHILDREN. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH ADVANCES THE FIELD BY APPLYING THEORETICALLY-NOVEL APPROACHES TO INCREASE CHILDREN?S STRUCTURAL REASONING ABOUT REAL-WORLD INEQUALITIES. ADDITIONALLY, BY STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF STRUCTURAL REASONING ON STEM PURSUITS AND INCLUSION, THIS RESEARCH INFORMS HOW STRUCTURAL REASONING CAN DIVERSIFY STEM PARTICIPATION IN CHILDHOOD. ULTIMATELY, THIS PROJECT CAN TRANSFORM OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE EARLY-DEVELOPING BARRIERS UNDERLYING SYSTEMIC INEQUALITIES IN STEM. THIS PROJECT IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE RACIAL EQUITY IN STEM EDUCATION ACTIVITY IN THE DIRECTORATE FOR STEM EDUCATION (EDU RACIAL EQUITY). THIS ACTIVITY SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY IN STEM EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH RESEARCH AND PRACTICE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

RESONANCE OVERLAP, AXIAL TRAPPING, AND MAGNETIC FIELD SCALING IN ASYMMETRY INDUCED TRANSPORT

RUI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: QUANTIFYING THE ROLES OF TECTONIC ACTIVITY AND CLIMATE AS DRIVERS OF GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN THE TETON RANGE, WYOMING

PC-19-02-SUPPLEMENTAL DATA REGARDING THE BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE OF ROCK CRABS TO SUBSEA CABLES WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (EMF) AND POTENTIAL IMPACT TO FISHERIES - 2020

MRI: LAUNCHING AN UNDERGRADUATE-DRIVEN GENOMICS CENTER THROUGH ACQUISITION OF AN ILLUMINA MISEQ

RUI-CHE: DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEXES FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION OF NON-AQUEOUS REDOX FLOW BATTERIES

THE ROLE OF DWARF-DWARF GALAXY INTERACTIONS OVER COSMIC TIME

RUI: REGULATION OF WATER UPTAKE IN TANK BROMELIADS

DIGITIZATION PEN: OBIRD: 3D PHOTOGRAMMETRY OF MUSEUM SPECIMENS FOR PHENOMICS ACROSS THE AVIAN TREE OF LIFE

RUI: MARINE VAMPIRE MICROBIOME PROJECT (MVP): BLOOD-FEEDING MARINE INVERTEBRATES, AND THEIR BACTERIAL ACCOMPLICES

THE CURRENT AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF MANMADE REEF HABITATS TO FISHERIES RESOURCES AND PROTECTED SPECIES RECOVERY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

OXY SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM - THE OXY SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM IS A COORDINATED, COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO BRING INTENTIONAL, COMPREHENSIVE SUICIDE-PREVENTION, MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION, AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE HARM REDUCTION SERVICES TO OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE (OXY). BY BUILDING CAPACITY FOR DATA COLLECTION AND CLINICAL INTERVENTION, INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEER EDUCATION AND STUDENT-LED PREVENTION EFFORTS, AND EXPANDING TRAINING FOR SUICIDE-PREVENTION AND REFERRAL SKILLS-BUILDING ACROSS CAMPUS, WE WILL ADDRESS STUDENT NEEDS AND BUILD ROBUST PREVENTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND REFERRAL SUPPORT RELATED TO MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND SUICIDALITY AMONG OXY STUDENTS. THE PROJECT WILL TAKE AN EVIDENCE-BASED, PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS, WITH A FOCUS ON FIRST-YEAR (27%), STUDENTS OF COLOR (46%), AND LGBTQIA+ IDENTIFYING (46%) STUDENT POPULATIONS, AS WELL AS STUDENTS IN OXY'S STUDY ABROAD AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, ALL OF WHOM ARE AT GREATER RISK OF NEGATIVE OUTCOMES FROM SUBSTANCE MISUSE, MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS, AND HAVE REPORTED FEELING LESS SENSE OF CONNECTEDNESS AND BELONGING THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS ON CAMPUS. THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO INCREASE HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIORS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES, TO ENHANCE BELONGING AND CONNECTEDNESS AMONG STUDENTS, AND TO REDUCE SUICIDE AND MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. THERE ARE FOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES: 1. USING A TRAUMA-INFORMED LENS, ENHANCE CLINICAL CAPACITY TO IDENTIFY AND INTERVENE WITH STUDENTS AT RISK FOR SUICIDE, DEPRESSION, SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS/SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES, AND/OR SUBSTANCE MISUSE, AND CONNECT STUDENTS TO TREATMENT AND RECOVERY RESOURCES WHEN NEEDED. -EMMONS WELLNESS CENTER (EMMONS) WILL IMPLEMENT AN SBIRT (SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, AND REFERRAL TO TREATMENT) MODEL, TRAIN CLINICAL STAFF IN BRIEF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, AND INTEGRATE DAST-10 AND CCAPS-36 SCREENING TOOLS DURING CLINICAL VISITS. EMMONS WILL ALSO WORK WITH STUDENT GROUPS AND PARTNER DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP SUPPORTIVE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS ALREADY IN RECOVERY WHO ARE PARTICULARLY MARGINALIZED ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. 2. EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENTS’ CURRENT MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE BEHAVIORS AND EXPERIENCES, RISK FACTORS FOR SUICIDE, AND OXY’S CAPACITY TO MITIGATE THESE FACTORS THROUGH ROBUST DATA COLLECTION AND ASSESSMENT. -EMMONS WILL WORK WITH THE JED FOUNDATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH OXY’S OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT AND A NEWLY CREATED WELL-BEING COMMITTEE, TO ADMINISTER BASELINE AND RECURRING ASSESSMENTS IDENTIFYING STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE NEEDS AND BEHAVIORS, AS WELL AS ASSESS COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND STRATEGICALLY PLAN AND BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DATA COLLECTION THAT LEADS TO MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH AND A MORE CONNECTED CAMPUS COMMUNITY. 3. UTILIZE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES TO PROMOTE MENTAL WELL-BEING AND PREVENT SUICIDE THROUGH HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES, SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAININGS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, AND RESTRICTING ACCESS TO MEANS. -EMMONS WILL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT SUICIDE-PREVENTION AND REFERRAL SKILLS TRAININGS FOR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY GATEKEEPERS, TO ENSURE THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY FEELS COMFORTABLE ADDRESSING ISSUES OF DISTRESSED AND/OR AT-RISK STUDENTS, AND REFERRING THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES IN A TIMELY MANNER. EMMONS WILL IMPLEMENT AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND PEER-LED OUTREACH EFFORTS DEDICATED TO MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION, SUICIDE-PREVENTION, AND HARM REDUCTION. 4. PROVIDE MEANINGFUL, INCLUSIVE, STUDENT-LED, SUBSTANCE-FREE PROGRAMMING TO FOSTER POSITIVE COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION, AND A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG STUDENTS. -EMMONS WILL DEVELOP A MICROGRANT PROGRAM IN WHICH STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS CAN RECEIVE FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT PEER-LED PROGRAMMING, WHICH WILL PROVIDE SPACES FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT VARIOUS MENTAL HEALTH TOPICS, COPING AND LIFE SKILLS, AND TO FOSTER CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.

CONE SNAIL VENOM PEPTIDES THAT MODULATE ZEBRAFISH SPINAL MOTOR ACTIVITY

RESONANCE OVERLAP, AXIAL TRAPPING, AND MAGNETIC FIELD SCALING IN ASYMMETRY-INDUCED TRANSPORT

RUI/COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EVALUATING THE INFLUENCE OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION ON EPISODIC MAGMATISM: SOUTHERN COAST MOUNTAINS BATHOLITH, BRITISH COLUMB

RUI: DEVELOPMENT OF DIANIONIC ENOLATES FOR THE STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF NATURAL AND UNNATURAL AMINO ACIDS

REU SITE: DATA SCIENCE, NUMBER THEORY, AND POSITIONAL GAME THEORY

GEOMETRIC AND SEMANTIC STRUCTURES FOR TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE UNDERSTANDING

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: LEVERAGING ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF IGNEOUS SYSTEMS TO RESOLVE THE GEOMETRY AND DISTRIBUTION OF SUBDUCTED SEDIMENT IN THE SOUTHERN U.S. CORDILLERA -QUARTZ-RICH SEDIMENT IS ERODED FROM CONTINENTS AND TRANSPORTED BY RIVERS TO THE OCEANS. SOME OF THIS SEDIMENT IS DEPOSITED IN DEEP OCEANIC TRENCHES AND SUBSEQUENTLY SUBDUCTED BENEATH THE CONTINENTS. BECAUSE THESE SEDIMENTS ARE NOT DENSE ENOUGHT TO SINK INTO THE MANTLE, MUCH OF THE SUBDUCTED SEDIMENT IS THOUGHT TO BECOME RE-INCORPORATED INTO THE CONTINENTS. THIS RE-ADDITION OF SUBDUCTED SEDIMENT TO THE BASE OF CONTINENTS CAN HELP UNDERSTANDING OF THE PATTERNS OF DEFORMATION AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF ELEMENTS WITHIN THE CONTINENT. IT CAN POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE STRENGTH OF TECTONIC PLATES, SO THAT SOME ZONES MAY BE MORE PRONE TO FAULTING AND SEISMIC ACTIVITY. INTRODUCING SEDIMENT INTO THE LITHOSPHERE CAN ALSO RECHARGE THE ELEMENTS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DEPLETED BY TECTONIC PROCESSES, INCLUDING CRITICAL MINERALS. ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES THIS RESEARCH ADDRESSES IS DETERMINING THE DISTRIBUTION AND GEOMETRY OF SUBDUCTED SEDIMENT IN THE CONTINENTAL CRUST. THIS PROJECT ESTABLISHES A NEW COLLABORATION AND PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR TWO EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS AND FIVE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AT TWO DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES. THE STUDENTS RECEIVE TRAINING IN A VARIETY OF GEOLOGIC FIELD METHODS, CONDUCT CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC ANALYSES AT MULTIPLE UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME INSTITUTIONS, AND DEVELOP EFFECTIVE SCIENCE COMMUNICATION SKILLS. END-MEMBER MODELS FOR THE GEOMETRY OF SUBDUCTED SEDIMENT AT DEPTH INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF THE CRUSTAL MATERIALS WITH UNIFORM, SHEET-LIKE LAYERS OF SEDIMENT AND NON-UNIFORM, DIAPIR-LIKE BODIES DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CRUST. THIS RESEARCH WILL TEST THESE MODELS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA, WHICH EXPERIENCED WIDESPREAD SEDIMENT SUBDUCTION AND ACCRETION DURING THE LATE CRETACEOUS TO EARLY PALEOGENE. THE SUBDUCTED SEDIMENT, LOCALLY CALLED THE PELONA-OROCOPIA-RAND SCHIST (?OROCOPIA SCHIST?), HAS BEEN TECTONICALLY EXHUMED TO THE SURFACE ALLOWING FOR DIRECT INVESTIGATION INTO ITS STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES. THE OROCOPIA SCHIST HAS A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF JUVENILE RADIOGENIC ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS AND HEAVY STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS, WHICH DISTINGUISHES IT FROM OTHER MAJOR ISOTOPIC RESERVOIRS IN THE AREA. RECENT STUDIES AND PRELIMINARY DATA INDICATE THAT IGNEOUS ROCKS THAT TRANSVERSED THE CRUST DURING THE MID-CENOZOIC IGNIMBRITE FLARE-UP IN AREAS WHERE THE OROCOPIA SCHIST IS PRESENT RECORD THE UNIQUE ISOTOPIC SIGNATURE, WHEREAS MAGMATISM OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA DOES NOT. ADDITIONALLY, IGNEOUS ROCKS THAT INTRUDED INTO THE CRUST PRIOR TO ACCRETION OF THE OROCOPIA SCHIST DO NOT FEATURE THE UNIQUE ISOTOPIC FINGERPRINT. AS A RESULT, THIS RESEARCH USES IGNEOUS ROCKS IN THE REGION AS A ?DEEP-CRUSTAL PROBE? TO IDENTIFY REFINE THE GEOMETRY OF SUBDUCTED SEDIMENT IN THE SUBSURFACE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A MALVERN PARTICLE SIZE ANALYZER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRAINING

PRODUCE A COMPREHENSIVE ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE KELP FOREST AND SHALLOW ROCK ECOSYSTEMS AT SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND.

TOPOLOGICAL SYMMETRIES AND INTRINSIC PROPERTIES OF GRAPHS EMBEDDED IN 3-SPACE

RUI: EXPLOITING BIOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES TO UNDERSTAND AND MANIPULATE THE MECHANISM AND ACTIVITY OF ELECTRODE-BOUND CYTOCHROME P450

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: EAR-CLIMATE: INVESTIGATING THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF GLACIATED ALPINE LANDSCAPES USING AN INTEGRATED DATA-MODEL APPROACH -TODAY, 80% OF ALL GLACIERS ARE SMALLER THAN 0.5 KM2, AND MANY LARGER VALLEY GLACIERS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING TO SMALL CIRQUE GLACIERS IN RESPONSE TO MODERN WARMING. DESPITE THEIR SMALL SIZE, CIRQUE GLACIERS PLAY AN OUTSIZED GEOMORPHIC AND ECOLOGICAL ROLE IN ALPINE LANDSCAPES, LARGELY THROUGH REGIONALLY VARIABLE CHANGES IN HYDROLOGY AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT. UNDERSTANDING HOW THESE GLACIERS RESPONDED TO PAST CLIMATE CHANGES AND HOW THEY WILL RESPOND TO FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGES IS PREREQUISITE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE PAST EVOLUTION AND FUTURE FATE OF ALPINE CATCHMENTS IN THE WESTERN U.S. AND ELSEWHERE. THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THIS NEED BY DEVELOPING DETAILED GLACIOLOGICAL DATASETS, BOTH MODERN AND PALEO, FROM AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-CONSTRAINED STUDY SITE IN THE TETON RANGE, WYOMING, AND INTEGRATING THEM WITH A STATE-OF-THE-ART MODEL TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT GLACIERS AS THEY SHRINK AND DISAPPEAR. ULTIMATELY, THIS WORK WILL PRODUCE INSIGHT INTO THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE ROLE OF GLACIERS AS AGENTS OF ALPINE LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION WHILE DEVELOPING AN OPEN-SOURCE GLACIER MODEL, WHICH WILL BE APPLICABLE TO GLACIAL SETTINGS GLOBALLY. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO FOSTER NEW COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN FOUR EARLY CAREER PIS, IMPROVE STEM EDUCATION AT TWO PUBLIC RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND ONE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE THROUGH INCREASED PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES IN THE EARTH SCIENCES, AND PROMOTE CLIMATE SCIENCE LITERACY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. THIS RESEARCH WILL ADVANCE OUR FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF DEGLACIATION IN ALPINE LANDSCAPES BY INTEGRATING DIVERSE DATASETS INTO A NEW GLACIER MODEL TO SIMULATE PAST AND ONGOING GLACIER RETREAT IN THE WESTERN U.S. THIS MODEL REPRESENTS A TRANSFORMATIVE ADVANCE IN THAT IT INCLUDES NOVEL REPRESENTATION OF TOPOGRAPHICALLY-MEDIATED EFFECTS ON MASS BALANCE?PROCESSES THAT ARE INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AS GLACIERS SHRINK INTO SHADED CIRQUES. IMPORTANTLY, THE NEW OPEN-SOURCE GLACIER MODEL (PYG2D) CAN BE APPLIED TO OTHER SETTINGS WORLDWIDE TO QUANTIFY THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS, HYDROLOGY, AND LANDSCAPES. BY APPLYING AND TESTING THIS MODEL IN THE TETON RANGE, A SITE WITH EXCEPTIONAL GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON PAST GLACIER FLUCTUATIONS AND A SUITE OF CIRQUE GLACIERS THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF SMALL GLACIERS GLOBALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL PRODUCE THE FIRST DETAILED SIMULATIONS OF FUTURE GLACIER EVOLUTION IN THE CONTIGUOUS U.S. WE WILL PLACE MODERN AND FUTURE GLACIER CHANGE IN CONTEXT BY CONSTRAINING AND SIMULATING GLACIER STATES FROM THE LAST ICE AGE TO 2100 CE. THIS WORK, WHILE FOCUSED ON A SINGLE NATURAL LABORATORY, HAS BROAD IMPLICATIONS FOR GLACIERIZED REGIONS ELSEWHERE ON THE PLANET AND OFFERS AN IMPORTANT SPACE-FOR-TIME SUBSTITUTION TO INFORM HOW MORE HEAVILY GLACIATED LANDSCAPES WILL EVOLVE IN THE FUTURE. WITH A CONTINUOUS RECORD OF GLACIER EXTENT, THICKNESS, AND VOLUME THIS WORK WILL LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE STUDIES, BOTH GEOMORPHIC AND ECOLOGICAL IN SCOPE, THAT QUANTIFY THE IMPACT OF GLACIER CHANGE ON ALPINE LANDSCAPES FACING COMPLETE DEGLACIATION. ANTICIPATED RESULTS WILL SERVE AS KEY EXAMPLES OF THE TANGIBLE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE CRYOSPHERE THAT CAN BE READILY UNDERSTOOD BY RESOURCE MANAGERS, POLICYMAKERS, AND THE BROADER PUBLIC. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

RUI: RAPID GEOMAGNETIC CHANGE RECORDED BY A PARTIALLY REMAGNETIZED LAVA FLOW

RUI: MSB: COLLABORATIVE: SYMBIONT SEPARATION AND INVESTIGATION OF THE NOVEL HETEROTROPHIC OSEDAX SYMBIOSIS USING COMPARATIVE GENOMICS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: REDEFINING THE FOOTPRINT OF DEEP OCEAN METHANE SEEPAGE FOR BENTHIC ECOSYSTEMS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: KEYSTONE MOLECULES AND ESTUARINE FOODWEBS: CHEMICAL DEFENSE AND A NOVEL BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY IN A COMMON MUDFLAT MOLLUSC -ESTUARIES ARE ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE NURSERY HABITAT FOR MANY ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT COASTAL SPECIES. A POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT BUT UNDERSTUDIED FOOD RESOURCE FOR MIGRATORY WATERBIRDS, JUVENILE FISH, AND DIVERSE INVERTEBRATE PREDATORS ARE SMALL SEA SLUGS (GENUS ALDERIA), WHICH CAN OCCUR IN DENSE AGGREGATIONS OF OVER 1,000 SLUGS PER SQUARE METER ON TEMPERATE MUDFLATS THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT ALDERIA USE A RECENTLY DISCOVERED BRANCH OF METABOLISM TO MAKE BAD-TASTING MOLECULES TERMED POLYKETIDES, A FAMILY OF COMPOUNDS THAT INCLUDE MEDICALLY IMPORTANT DRUGS. WE WILL CHARACTERIZE NEW POLYKETIDES FROM THESE ABUNDANT SLUGS, TEST HOW THEY REPEL PREDATORS, AND THEN EXPLORE HOW THEY MAY AFFECT MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ECOSYSTEM. POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF THESE SLUG COMPOUNDS INCLUDE CHANGING THE BACTERIA IN THE MUD THROUGH ANTIBIOTIC EFFECTS; REPELLING SOME ANIMAL SPECIES THAT LIVE IN THE MUD WHILE ATTRACTING OTHERS; AND CAUSING THE EVOLUTION OF SLUG MIMICRY IN PALATABLE ?ROLY-POLIES? THAT CO-OCCUR ON THE MUDFLAT. THESE STUDIES WILL PROVIDE NEW INSIGHT INTO HOW ENERGY MOVES THROUGH THE FOOD-CHAIN IN ESTUARIES, AND HOW ONE SPECIES CAN HAVE UNEXPECTED EFFECTS ON MANY SURROUNDING SPECIES IN ITS ECOSYSTEM. WE WILL ALSO STUDY HOW CLIMATE CHANGE HAS ALTERED THE DISTRIBUTION OF SLUG SPECIES (AND HENCE THEIR COMPOUNDS) ALONG THE U.S. WEST COAST, WHICH MAY HAVE CASCADING BUT PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED EFFECTS ON THE INHABITANTS OF THREATENED ESTUARIES. FINALLY, THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN TWO PRIMARY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS, ONE OF WHICH IS HISPANIC SERVING AND A LARGE RESEARCH INSTITUTION, VIA THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE THREE SCHOOL MANY UNDERGRADUATE AND MASTER?S STUDENTS WILL BE SUPPORTED EACH YEAR BY THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON THE RECRUITMENT OF STUDENTS HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN SCIENCE TO THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. WE WILL TEST WHETHER POLYKETIDE (PK) COMPOUNDS PRODUCED BY SEA SLUGS FUNCTION AS KEYSTONE MOLECULES, ALTERING ENERGY FLOW AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ESTUARIES. SMALL SEA SLUGS (ALDERIA) ARE EXCEPTIONALLY ABUNDANT (>1000/M2) ON MUDFLATS, REPRESENTING A POTENTIAL RESOURCE FOR DIVERSE FISH, BIRD AND INVERTEBRATE CONSUMERS. WE WILL CHARACTERIZE A BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY AND NOVEL PK METABOLITES PRODUCED BY SLUGS, AND DETERMINE IF PKS PROTECT ALDERIA FROM WETLAND PREDATORS USING A COMBINATION OF LABORATORY AND FIELD ASSAYS WITH EXTRACTS AND PURE COMPOUNDS. WE WILL THEN ESTIMATE THE NET LOSS OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION TO HIGHER TROPHIC LEVELS DUE TO THIS CHEMICAL DEFENSE. THE RAPID EVOLUTION OF BATESIAN MIMICRY IN INTRODUCED ISOPODS ALONG THE U.S. WEST COAST WILL BE ASSESSED IN THIS SYSTEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW CHEMICAL DEFENSE AND VISUAL PREDATION AFFECT PHENOTYPIC EVOLUTION OF CO-OCCURING ORGANISMS OVER SHORT TIMESCALES. MANIPULATIVE EXPERIMENTS WILL TEST THE EFFECTS OF PKS ON THE MICROBIOME AND INFAUNAL COMMUNITY OF MUDFLATS TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF SHED COMPOUNDS ON DIVERSE ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN THIS SENSITIVE NURSERY HABITAT. THESE STUDIES WILL ADDRESS, FROM GENE TO ECOSYSTEM, THE IMPACTS OF POTENTIAL KEYSTONE COMPOUNDS SYNTHESIZED AS AN ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE IN A COMMON TEMPERATE MOLLUSC. MODELING STUDIES WILL EXPLORE THE BASIS FOR RANGE LIMITS AND THE EFFECTS OF ONGOING CLIMATE CHANGE ON SHIFTING RANGE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN TWO ALDERIA SPECIES. THESE RESULTS WILL COLLECTIVELY PROVIDE NEW INSIGHT INTO HOW GLOBAL CHANGE MAY ALTER THE DISTRIBUTION OF KEYSTONE MOLECULES AND THUS HAVE UNANTICIPATED EFFECTS ON COMMUNITIES IN ALREADY-THREATENED HABITATS SUCH AS ESTUARIES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A SHARED MOBILE EEG FOR RESEARCH AND UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING AT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE DRIVERS OF REGIONALLY COHERENT MERIDIONAL VARIABILITY ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN AND ASIAN MONSOONS OVER THE COMMON ERA -THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS ARE HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO VARIATIONS IN REGIONAL MONSOON PRECIPITATION, WHICH PROVIDES THE MAJORITY OF FRESHWATER FOR THE ~40% OF THE WORLD POPULATION WHO RESIDE THERE. UNDERSTANDING INTERANNUAL TO MULTIDECADAL VARIATIONS IN THE MONSOON IS CRITICAL FOR MANAGING WATER RESOURCES. THIS PROJECT WILL COMPILE DATA FROM CAVE DEPOSITS, CORALS AND TREE RINGS, AS WELL AS DEVELOP NEW RECORDS FROM CAVES IN THE PHILIPPINES AND NORTHERN AUSTRALIA, TO PRODUCE A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE AUSTRAL-ASIAN MONSOON FOR THE LAST 1000 YEARS. THIS RECONSTRUCTION WILL GUIDE A SET OF CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS TO IDENTIFY THE DRIVERS OF MONSOON VARIABILITY. THE RESULTS WILL IMPROVE DECADAL PREDICTION THE AUSTRAL-ASIAN MONSOON. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATION OF A POSTDOC AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE RESEARCH, AN ART-SCIENCE COLLABORATION, K-12 EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS IN IOWA, CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO AND NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SYNTHESIZE EXISTING DATA FROM STALAGMITES, CORALS AND TREE RINGS WITH NEW CAVE RECORDS FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND NORTHERN AUSTRALIA TO RECONSTRUCT THE AUSTRAL-ASIAN MONSOON FOR THE LAST 1000 YEARS. THE RESULTING MULTI-PROXY RECONSTRUCTION WILL GUIDE A SUITE OF CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS, INCLUDING LARGE ENSEMBLES AND ISOTOPE-ENABLED MODELS, TO IDENTIFY DRIVERS OF MONSOON VARIABILITY AND QUANTIFY THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF EXTERNAL (SOLAR, AEROSOL, GREENHOUSE GAS) AND INTERNAL (TROPICAL BASIN INTERACTIONS) FORCINGS. THE RESULTS WILL IMPROVE DECADAL PREDICTION THE AUSTRAL-ASIAN MONSOON. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATION OF A POSTDOC AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE RESEARCH, AN ART-SCIENCE COLLABORATION, K-12 EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS IN IOWA, CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO AND NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

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COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THERMOCHRONOLOGIC AND MODELLING TEST FOR A MESOZOIC WEST ANTARCTIC PLATEAU

US-COSTA RICA TROPICAL ECOLOGY MENTORSHIP PROGRAM OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: DIVERSIFICATION AND INTERNATIONAL TRAINING OF UNDERGRADUATES IN FIELD ECOL

MRI-R2: INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE MEASURE OF GENES AND GENE PRODUCTS

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RUI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IMPROVED LIMITS FROM DRIFT AND R&D TOWARDS IMPROVED DIRECTIONALITY AND SENSITIVITY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EVALUATING TECTONIC MODELS FOR THE WESTERN US CORDILLERA THROUGH THE METAMORPHIC HISTORY OF THE PELONA-OROCOPIA-RAND SCHISTS -APPARENT INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN DIFFERENT GEOLOGIC AND GEOPHYSICAL DATASETS HAVE RESULTED IN DECADES OF ACTIVE DEBATE ABOUT HOW WESTERN NORTH AMERICA WAS FORMED. ONE OF THE LONGEST-HELD MODELS INVOKES A SHALLOW SUBDUCTING OCEANIC PLATE BENEATH THE MOJAVE DESERT TO WYOMING TO LARGE-SCALE MOUNTAIN BUILDING AS FAR EAST AS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. THIS STUDY TESTS THE VIABILITY OF THE FLAT SLAB MODEL AGAINST ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESES, INCLUDING THE COLLISION AND TRANSLATION OF A FAR-TRAVELED TERRANE, THROUGH DETAILED STUDY OF THE PELONA-OROCOPIA-RAND SCHIST. THIS SUITE OF ANCIENT METAMORPHIC ROCKS SPAN FROM CALIFORNIA TO ARIZONA, A CRITICAL LOCATION TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TECTONIC MODELS. THE RESEARCHERS WILL TEST PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE LOCATION, CONDITIONS, AND TIMING OF TECTONIC EVENTS DERIVED FROM STANDARD RECYCLING OF OCEANIC CRUST, FLAT SLAB SUBDUCTION, AND TERRANE COLLISION BY DETERMINING THE AGE, PRESSURE, AND TEMPERATURE RECORDED BY THE METAMORPHIC MINERAL GARNET IN THE PELONA-OROCOPIA-RAND SCHIST. THE PROJECT WILL PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO EARLY-CAREER WOMEN IN STEM, FOSTER NEW COLLABORATIONS ACROSS R1, R2, AND PUI CAMPUSES, FACILITATE THE TRAINING OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS, AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL FACILITIES. THE PROPOSED CONTRIBUTION PROVIDES A CRUCIAL TEST OF CONFLICTING MODELS FOR THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA BY RE-EVALUATING THE METAMORPHIC HISTORY OF THE PELONA-OROCOPIA-RAND SCHIST USING MODERN TECHNIQUES. THE RESEARCHERS WILL ESTIMATE THE CONDITIONS OF METAMORPHISM USING HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYTICAL METHODS AND A VARIETY OF MODERN MODELING TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY, BULK CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, AND P-T MODELING. THE TIMING OF EVENTS WILL BE EVALUATED USING GARNET SM-ND AND MONAZITE U-(TH)-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY. THEY WILL PROVIDE A UNIFYING REGIONAL DATASET BY SAMPLING ACROSS THE FULL EXTENT OF DOCUMENTED OUTCROPS RATHER THAN USING A SITE-SPECIFIC APPROACH. THE WORK WILL SUPPORT TWO GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AS WELL AS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WARMING AND DROUGHT IN THE CRITICAL HEADWATERS OF THE SNAKE, COLORADO, AND MISSOURI RIVERS SINCE THE LAST DEGLACIATION -ONGOING AND FUTURE DROUGHTS THREATEN THE WATER SUPPLY OF THE AMERICAN WEST BY REDUCING THE FLOWS OF THE THREE MAJOR RIVER BASINS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: THE SNAKE-COLUMBIA, GREEN-COLORADO, AND MISSOURI RIVERS. CURRENT SUPPLIES ONLY MEET 80% OF WATER DEMAND IN RAPIDLY GROWING STATES LIKE COLORADO, BUT REDUCED PRECIPITATION, SHIFTS FROM SNOW TO RAIN, ACCELERATED SPRING SNOWMELT, AND INCREASED EVAPORATION CAN FURTHER AMPLIFY THE LONG-STANDING CHALLENGE OF WESTERN WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM PAST CENTURIES AND MILLENNIA INDICATE THAT THE REGION CAN BECOME SUBSTANTIALLY DRIER THAN TODAY. FURTHERMORE, THE CURRENT GENERATION OF MODELS USED TO FORECAST THE WATER SUPPLY FAIL TO SIMULATE THE APPARENT SEVERITY OF PAST DRY PERIODS, RAISING THE ALARMING POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WILL DRAMATICALLY UNDERESTIMATE FUTURE WATER SUPPLIES VITAL TO MAJOR URBAN AREAS, AGRICULTURE AND ENERGY SECTORS, AND ICONIC ECOSYSTEMS. THERE IS THUS A PRESSING NEED FOR ROBUST CONSTRAINTS ON HOW DRY THE HEADWATERS OF THE THREE MAJOR WESTERN RIVERS CAN BECOME. TO DO SO, THIS PROJECT WILL STUDY THE MAGNITUDE AND DRIVERS OF ARIDITY IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS OVER THE 15,000 YEARS SINCE THE LAST ICE AGE. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS WILL INCLUDE COORDINATION WITH GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, WHERE TWO OF THE STUDY SITES ARE LOCATED, AND K-12 TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THROUGH THE TETON SCIENCE SCHOOL. THE PROJECT WILL QUANTIFY PAST CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION, EVAPORATION, AND OTHER PROCESSES (SNOWMELT) IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WYOMING AND COLORADO TO CREATE ROBUST BENCHMARKS FOR EVALUATING CHANGES TO CRITICAL WESTERN WATER SUPPLIES. TO TEST HYPOTHESES REGARDING 1) THE SEVERITY AND PATTERNING OF PAST DROUGHTS, 2) THEIR DRIVING FACTORS, AND 3) DIFFERENCES AMONG EXISTING LINES OF EVIDENCE, THE WORK WILL USE GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM PAIRS OF LOW- AND HIGH-ELEVATION LAKE FROM ACROSS THE ?TRIPLE CROWN? HEADWATERS OF THE SNAKE, GREEN, AND MISSOURI RIVERS. THE STUDY DESIGN WILL EVALUATE PAST SHIFTS IN TOPOGRAPHIC AND LATITUDINAL MOISTURE GRADIENTS ACROSS THE HEADWATER WATERSHEDS. THE WORK WILL USE ANALYSES OF SEDIMENT CORES FROM THE LAKES TO RECONSTRUCT PAST WATER LEVELS, WATER TEMPERATURES, AND THE HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES OF KEY HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES. THIS AWARD IS CO-FUNDED BY THE DIVISION OF EARTH SCIENCES AND THE DIVISION OF ATMOSPHERIC AND GEOSPACE SCIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

RUI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: R&D TOWARDS HIGHER SENSITIVITY DIRECTIONAL DARK MATTER DETECTORS

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THIS NEW RESEARCH PROJECT WILL DEVELOP INDICATORS OF CUMULATIVE IMPACT WHICH CAN ASSESS AGGREGATE AND CUMULATIVE RISKS IN COMMUNITIES USING AN IMPROV

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SOCIAL PERCEPTION OF GROUPS -IN DAILY LIFE, PEOPLE REGULARLY ENCOUNTER UNKNOWN OTHERS, AND THEY TEND TO CATEGORIZE THEM IN TERMS OF THEIR SOCIAL CATEGORY MEMBERSHIPS, SUCH AS SEX (I.E., MALE, FEMALE), RACE (E.G. , BLACK, WHITE, ASIAN, ETC. ), AND EMOTION (E.G., HAPPY, ANGRY). THESE PERCEPTIONS OCCUR RAPIDLY FROM MERELY A GLIMPSE OF A FACE OR BODY AND OFTEN PRODUCE JUDGMENTS THAT ARE MORE EVALUATIVE IN NATURE. PRIOR RESEARCH EXAMINING HOW OBSERVERS PERCEIVE OTHERS FOCUSED LARGELY ON UNDERSTANDING THE PERCEPTION OF INDIVIDUALS. IN DAILY LIFE, HOWEVER, WE OFTEN ENCOUNTER OTHERS IN GROUPS RATHER THAN IN ISOLATION. LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT HOW PEOPLE QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY FORM IMPRESSIONS OF GROUPS. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH BUILDS ON RECENT THEORETICAL ADVANCES TO TEST HOW INDIVIDUALS PERCEIVE GROUPS OF PEOPLE. THIS RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT INSIGHTS ABOUT HOW OBSERVERS FORM MEANINGFUL IMPRESSIONS THAT IMPACT THEIR JUDGMENTS, DECISIONS, AND BEHAVIORS ABOUT OTHERS. THIS RESEARCH HAS IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL PERCEPTION, STEREOTYPING, AND VISION PERCEPTION RESEARCH. THE RESEARCH TESTS HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE MECHANISMS THAT UNDERLIE THE SOCIAL PERCEPTION OF GROUPS. ONE SET OF EXPERIMENTS TESTS THE MEANS BY WHICH OBSERVERS ACCURATELY PERCEIVE A GROUP?S COMPOSITION (E.G., THE RATIO OF MEN TO WOMEN) BY EXAMINING HOW VARIATIONS IN GROUP COMPOSITION, THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF GROUP MEMBERS, AND THE VISUAL BEHAVIOR OF OBSERVERS IMPACT THE ACCURACY OF GROUP PERCEPTS. ANOTHER SET OF EXPERIMENTS TESTS HOW MEMBERS OF A GROUP ARE PERCEIVED AS SUB-GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALLY (I.E. VISUAL ASSIMILATION OR CONTRAST). OTHER EXPERIMENTS EXPLORE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE PATTERNS BY SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND HOW GROUPS ARE EVALUATED BY OBSERVERS, LEADING TO INFERENCES THAT A GROUP MIGHT BE EITHER HOSTILE OR HOSPITABLE TO THE PERCEIVER. A FINAL SET OF EXPERIMENTS SEEKS TO TEST THE MECHANISMS OF GROUP PERCEPTION FOR GROUPS THAT OCCUR NATURALLY IN SOCIETY (E.G., MEMBERS OF CORPORATE BOARDS, FACULTY ROSTERS FROM UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS, AND PANELISTS AT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES). THIS RESEARCH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOCIAL PERCEPTION OF GROUPS. THE RESEARCH ILLUMINATES HOW GROUPS AND CONTEXTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OR EXPLAIN GROUP STEREOTYPES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

THE COOPERATOR SHALL CONDUCT SUBTIDAL HABITAT SURVEYS FOR INVERTEBRATES AND FISHES AT NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA, SAN DIEGO CA

PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING AND ACTIVE LIVING STRATEGIES IN CHILDCARE AND SCHOOL SET

RUI/COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BATHOLITHS: GENERATION AND EVOLUTION OF CRUST IN CONTINENTAL MAGMATIC ARCS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH RUI: TIMING OF SLIP ALONG THE SIERRA NEVADA FRONTAL FAULT ZONE, CALIFORNIA: A THERMOCHRONOLOGIC STUDY

EAGER: RUI: THE GENOMIC ARCHITECTURE OF SPECIATION IN AN AVIAN HYBRID ZONE

AMERICORPS NATIONAL

PLEISTOCENE PALEOINTENSITY RECORD OF ALEUTIAN ISLAND VOLCANICS

FULBRIGHT-HAYS - FACULTY RESEARCH ABROAD

SATELLITE MONITORING OF RIVERS: A DISTRIBUTED-SAMPLING APPROACH TO IMPROVE SATELLITE ESTIMATES OF RIVER WATER QUALITY ON A GLOBAL SCALE

TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF VIEWERS' PERCEPTUAL, COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO AMERICAN-INDIAN PHOTOGRAPHS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNEVEN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHIES FROM RECESSION TO RECOVERY

BUILDING BRIDGES: FIFTH EU/US SUMMER SCHOOL ON AUTOMORPHIC FORMS AND RELATED TOPICS

ATTENDEE SUPPORT FOR THE 2020 AAAI DOCTORIAL CONSORTIUM

RUI: MAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE TRANSITION FLORAS IN THE WARNER MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA

NUMBER THEORY SERIES IN LOS ANGELES

RUI: STUDIES OF PARTICLE TRANSPORT IN A NON-NEUTRAL PLASMA TRAP

CONFERENCE: BUILDING BRIDGES: 6TH EU/US SUMMER SCHOOL ON AUTOMORPHIC FORMS AND RELATED TOPICS -THE BUILDING BRIDGES: 6TH EU/US SUMMER SCHOOL ON AUTOMORPHIC FORMS AND RELATED TOPICS (BB6) IS HELD AT CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RENCONTRES MATHEMATIQUES (CIRM) IN MARSEILLE, FRANCE FROM SEPTEMBER 2 - 7, 2024. CIRM PROVIDES AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR SUCH A SCHOOL AS IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MATHEMATICS CONFERENCE CENTERS IN THE WORLD. THE BB6 SUMMER SCHOOL BRINGS TOGETHER STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE US AND EU. THIS SCHOOL HELPS TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCH MATHEMATICIANS IN THE IMPORTANT FIELD OF AUTOMORPHIC FORMS, A NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT SUBJECT TO BEGIN RESEARCH IN AS IT REQUIRES A LARGE AMOUNT OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE. THIS AWARD SUPPORTS SOME OF THE US-BASED PARTICIPANTS AT THIS WORKSHOP, INCLUDING SOME INSTRUCTORS AND ORGANIZERS, AND NINE GRADUATE STUDENTS. THE BB6 SUMMER SCHOOL IS COMPOSED OF THREE CLASSES EACH OF WHICH IS TEAM-TAUGHT BY TWO INSTRUCTORS. STUDENTS ATTEND LECTURES IN THE MORNING DELIVERED BY THE COURSE INSTRUCTORS. IN THE AFTERNOON, STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON PROBLEM SETS WITH EACH OTHER AS WELL AS ASK QUESTIONS OF THE INSTRUCTORS. THESE COURSES ARE DESIGNED BY THE INSTRUCTORS TO MOVE STUDENTS QUICKLY FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TOPIC TO A PARTICULAR RESEARCH AREA OF CURRENT INTEREST. STUDENTS COME AWAY FROM THE SUMMER SCHOOL WITH A FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF AUTOMORPHIC FORMS AS WELL AS KNOWLEDGE IN THREE MORE SPECIALIZED AREAS ALLOWING THEM TO MOVE INTO FURTHER STUDY OR A RESEARCH PROBLEM. THE BB6 SCHOOL WEBSITE IS HOSTED AT: HTTPS://CONFERENCES.CIRM-MATH.FR/3134.HTML. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

A SAMPLING FRAME FOR FARM TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAMS

SUPPORT FOR CYGNUS 2015 JUNE 2-4, 2015 ON THE OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE CAMPUS IN LOS ANGELES, CA.