Office of the Provost: Provost's Multidisciplinary Award Recipients

2009

*Visualizing the Shape of Sound - A Study of Musical Expression on the Oboe*
• Mark Bocko, Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering	The College (HSEAS)
• David Headlam, Professor	Music Theory	ESM
• Richard Elliott Killmer, Professor	Woodwind, Brass & Percussion	ESM

*Nanotechnological Approaches to Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease*
• Harris Gelbard, Professor	Neurology Pediatrics	SMD
• Todd Krauss, Associate Professor	Chemistry	The College (A&S)
• Lukas Novotny, Professor	Optics	The College (HSEAS)

*Development of an Intervertebral Disk Prosthetic Biomaterial*
• Mitchell Anthamatten, Assistant Professor	Chemical Engineering	The College (HSEAS)
• Amy Lerner, Associate Professor	Biomedical Engineering	The College (HSEAS)
• Paul T. Rubery, Professor	Orthopedics	SMD

*Enhancing Vision, Cognition, and Quality of Life in Older Adults through Video Game Playing*
• Silvia Sörensen, Assistant Professor	Psychiatry Geri/Neuropsych	SMD
• Daphne Bavelier, Associate Professor	Brain & Cognitive Sciences	The College (A&S)
• Jan A. Moynihan, Professor	Psychiatry PNI	SMD
• Duje Tadin, Assistant Professor	Brain & Cognitive Sciences	The College (A&S)

*Silicon Nanomembranes for High Throughput Drug Screening*
• James L. McGrath, Associate Professor	Biomedical Engineering	The College (HSEAS)
• Harold C. Smith, Professor	Biochemistry & Biophysics	SMD

*Mechanical Environments for Successful Erythropoiesis*
• Richard E. Waugh, Professor	Biomedical Engineering	SMD
• James Palis, Professor	Peds Hematology & Oncology	SMD

2008

Computational Psycholinguistics: Integrating Computational and Behavioral Methods to Study Human Language Processing
• Florian Jaeger, Assistant Professor	Brain & Cognitive Sciences	The College (A&S)
• Daniel Gildea, Assistant Professor	Computer Science	The College (A&S)
• Lenhart Schubert, Professor	Computer Science	The College (A&S)
• Michael Tanenhaus, Professor	Brain & Cognitive Sciences	The College (A&S)

Computational Approaches for HIV Viral Fitness Research
• Hongyu Miao, Research Assistant Professor	Biostatistics & Computational Biology, Center of Biodefense Immunology Modeling	SMD
• Lisa Demeter, Associate Professor	Medicine/Infectious Diseases Division	SMD
• Kai Shen, Assistant Professor	Computer Science	The College (A&S)
• Hulin Wu, Professor	Biostatistics & Computational Biology	SMD

The Importance of Haptics in Organ Performance, Pedagogy, and Scholarship
• Jack Mottley, Associate Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering	The College (SEAS)
• Hans Davidsson, Professor	Organ	ESM
• Joel Speerstra, Director	Research & Publications	Goteborg Organ Art Center
• Daniel Zager, Associate Dean	Sibley Music Library	ESM

Genetics and the Environment: How Do Plants Adapt to Dry Climate Conditions?
• Justin M. Ramsey, Assistant Professor	Biology	The College (A&S)
• Carmala N. Garzione, Associate Professor	Earth & Environmental Sciences	The College (A&S)

Mechanistic Studies of G-Protein Rearrangements Using Single Molecule Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• Lewis J. Rothberg, Professor	Chemistry	The College (A&S)
• Alan V. Smrcka, Professor	Pharmacology & Physiology	SMD

Studies of RNA Strand Invasion Using Gold Nanoparticle Hybridization Assays
• Douglas H. Turner, Professor	Chemistry	The College (A&S)
• David H. Mathews, Assistant Professor	Biochemistry & Biophysics	SMD
• Lewis J. Rothberg, Professor	Chemistry	The College (A&S)

Office of the Provost

Provost's Multidisciplinary Award Recipients

2009

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