Student Research AwardsPurpose of the award: The purpose of the award is to provide one or more graduate students studying within the geographical boundaries of the Pacific Division or otherwise associated with the Pacific Division with research funds of up to $888.60 (it's what we have left in the fund) to assist in funding a research project leading to their advanced degree(s). The project must be in an area covered by one of the AAAS Sections. Funding: Ongoing funding comes from earnings from an endowment held by the Pacific Division in the name of Alan E. Leviton, former Executive Director and President of the Pacific Division. Application Procedure: The student shall provide a written request by e-mail attachment (either as a Microsoft Word or a pdf file) to Bob HIckey, Executive Director of the Pacific Division (aaaspd.director@gmail.com), which includes:
Application Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on 15 February, 2024 Reporting: The awardee shall, before 30 June, 2024 , make a brief report (limit 500 words) to the Executive Director of the results generated by the award monies and the impact of those results on the overall research project. The report will be forwarded to the Division's Executive Committee and Council for review. The report, or an abridged version thereof, should be suitable for publication on the Division's website. The awardee is encouraged to present the results of the research supported by this award at the next Annual Meeting of the Division (which will be in June, 2024 at the University of San Diego) and will be granted a complimentary meeting registration should they choose to do so. CONGRATULATIONS to the following winners of Leviton Student Research Awards:Click on title link to read the summary report for each project. 2024Jonah Frago, Department of Biology, Eastern Washington University. Advisor: Luis Matos. Project: Production, purification, and testing of recombinant P.100.1 phage endolysin’s putative antimicrobial effects against Cutibacterium acnes. Award: $284. Shannon McKinnion, Department of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University. Advisor: Breanyn MacInnes. Project: Using LiDAR to study tsunami traces at selected sites in Alaska. Award: $400. Zac Ziegler, Department of Biology, Eastern Washington University. Advisor: Andrea Castillo. Project: Analysis of putative sulfur-reducing genes from Desulfovibrio piger. Award: $100. 2017Cyler Norman Conrad, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexio. Advisor: Emily Lena Jones. Project: Long-term Stable Isotope Ecology of Galapagos Tortoises (Chelonoidis sp.). Award: $750. 2016Rachel Bhaskar, Biology Department, San Francisco State University. Advisor: Megumi Fuse. Project: Role of the Immune System during Tissue Regeneration of Imaginal Discs in Manduca sexta. Award: $620. 2015Sheree Watson, Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon. Advisors: Tawnya Peterson and Joe Needoba. Project: Role of Microbes in the Restoration of Ridal Wetlands in the Columbia River Estuary. Award: $706. 2014Hiromi Uno, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California. Major professor: Mary Eleanor Power. Project: Thermal Heterogeneities Induce Phenological Asynchrony of Prey Subsidy and Increase the Trophic Efficiency of Recipient Food Web. Award: $750. 2013Amber Elizabeth Ciravolo, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada. Major professor: Eugene Smith. Project: Origin of Glass Shards from Pinnacle Point, South Africa. Award: $600. Kelsey Brenna McCune, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Major professor: Renee Robinette Ha. Project: Social Versus Physical Cognition in Three Corvid Species. Award: $736. 2012Jamie Lee, Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California. Major professor: Frances P. Wilkerson. Project: Nutrient Uptake Kinetics of Microcystis aeruginosa in the San Francisco Estuary. Award: $750. 2011Lily Maxine Tarjan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California. Major professor: M. Tim TInker. Project: Determinants of Territory Quality and Male Reproductive Success in Southern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). Award: $750. 2010Michelle A. Berney, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon. Major professor: Owen J.T. McCarty. Project: Thrombin Interactions with Clots Formed under Shear Flow: The Role of gamma'-Fibrinogen. Award: $735. 2009Gwen Conahan, Department of Biology, Romberg Tiburon Center, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California. Major professor: Katharyn Boyer. Project: Nutrient Dynamics and Production in San Francisco Bay Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Beds: Food Web and Restoration Implications. Award: $620. Virginia Jayne Emery, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California. Major Professor: Neil D. Tsutsu. Project: Parabiosis in Ant-Gardens: Nestmate Recognition in Multi-Partnered Ant Nests. Award: $750. 2008Kathryn A. Hedges, Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Eureka, California. Major professor: Bruce A. O'Gara. Project: Copper Exposure Damages both Dopaminergic and GABAneurgic Neurons in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Award: $750. Neil Losin, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California. Major Professor: Greg Grether. Project: The Evolution of Competitive Mimicry in Indonesian Orioles (Oriolus spp.). Award: $750. 2007Kimberly E. Beatty, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Major professor: David A. Tirrell. Project: Fluorescent Visualization of Proteins Traveling Through the Secretory Pathway. Award: $750. Shawn Butcher, Zoology Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Major professor: Jaga Giebultowicz. Project: Using Real-time PCR to Examine Variation of Expression of Detoxifying Enzymes in Drosophila Over the Course of a 24-hour Period. Award: $700. |