2007 Level II Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Awarded Nominations
Level II awards - are for those who have accomplished a notably excellent research or technological effort that has qualities and values similar to, but to a lesser degree, than those described under Level I. Awarded research has timely consequences and contributes as an important scientific/technological achievement within its discipline or field of study.
Nominations Recommended for a Level II Award ($2500) -- Total of Fifteen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nom. # | Titles and Citations of Submitted Paper | Eligible Authors* and Nominating Organization | Ineligible Authors and Organization | Citation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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S7CS0005 | Control of Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Electric Utility Boilers Environmental Science & Technology, 41(5):1385-1393 (2006) |
Ravi K. Srivastava (35%) Nick D. Hutson (25%) Frank T. Princiotta (20%) G. Blair Martin (10%) NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
James E. Staudt (10%) - Andover Technology Partners | Providing the Public with a Comprehensive Summary of Technologies for Control of Mercury Emissions from Electric Utility Boilers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7EF0007 | (1) Chemical Structure Indexing of Toxicity Data on the Internet: Moving Towards a Flat World Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development, 9(3):314-325 (2006) [Abstract | Full Text PDF ] (2) Future of Predictive Toxicology: An Expanded View of "Chemical Toxicity" Chemical Research in Toxicology, Future of Toxicology Perspectives Series, 19(310):1257-1262 (2006) [Abstract | Full Text | Full Text PDF ] |
Ann M. Richard (80%) NCCT, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Lois S. Gold (10%) - University of California at Berkeley Marc C. Nicklaus (10%) - FCRDC National Institutes of Health |
A New Paradigm of Cheminformatics, Data Models, and High-Throughput Testing for Toxicity Prioritizing in EPA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7ER0013 | Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Desert Vegetation of the Southwestern US Atmospheric Environment, 40(9):1645-1660 (2006) [Abstract | Full Text | Full Text PDF ] |
Chris D. Geron (80%) NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Alex Guenther (10%) - National Center for Atmospheric Research Jim Greenberg (5%) -National Center for Atmospheric Research Thomas Karl (3%) - National Center for Atmospheric Research Rei Rasmussen (2%) - Environmental and Biomolecular Systems |
Research on Arid Land Natural Oxidant and Organic Aerosol Precursor Compounds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7ER0019 | Establishment of Transgenic Herbicide-Resistant Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) in Nonagronomic Habitats Molecular Ecology, 15(13):4243-4255 (2006) [Abstract | Full Text | Full Text PDF ] |
Jay R. Reichman (30%) Lidia S. Watrud (25%) Connie A. Burdick (10%) E. Henry Lee (10%) NHEERL, Corvallis, OR |
Mike A. Bollman (10%) - Dynamac Corporation Marjorie J. Storm (5%) - Dynamac Corporation George A. King (5%) - Dynamac Corporation Carol Mallory-Smith (5%) - Oregon State University |
Ecological Research Presenting the First Evidence for Escape of Transgenic Plants into Wild Populations within the USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7ER0023 | Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factors for Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Dibenzo-p-dioxins, and Dibenzofurans in Southern Lake Michigan Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) Environmental Science & Technology, 38(20):5297-5305 (2004) [Abstract ] |
Marta T. Lukasewycz (34%) Phillip M. Cook (33%) Lawrence P. Burkhard (33%) NHEERL, Duluth, MN |
Providing High Quality Set of Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factors for PCBs, PCDDs, and PCDFs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7ER0024 | (1) Comparison of Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factors Across Ecosystems Environmental Science & Technology, 39(15):5716-5721 (2005) [Abstract ] (2) A Hybrid Empirical-Mechanistic Modeling Approach for Extrapolating BSAFs and BAFs Across Species, Time and/or Ecosystems. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25(7):1946-1952 (2006) [Abstract] |
Marta T. Lukasewycz (34%) Phillip M. Cook (33%) Lawrence P. Burkhard (33%) NHEERL, Duluth, MN |
Developing Methods for Extrapolating Bioaccumulation Data | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7ER0028 | Coho Salmon Dependence on Intermittent Streams Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 4(10):513-518 (2006) [Abstract | Full Text PDF ] |
Parker J. Wigington, Jr. (33%) Joseph L. Ebersole (20%) Scott G. Leibowitz (5%) Jana E. Compton (3%) Michael A. Cairns (3%) J. Renee Brooks (3%) M. Robbins Church (3%) Joan P. Baker (3%) Denis White (3%) NHEERL, Corvallis, OR |
Michael E. Colvin (15%) - Independent Student Contractor Bruce Miller (3%) - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Bruce Hansen (3%) - U.S. Forest Service Hank A. Lavigne (3%) - Oregon State University |
Outstanding Research Quantifying the Influence of Intermittent Streams on the Biological Integrity of Navigable Waters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7ER0032 | (1) Uptake and Elimination of Ionizable Organic Chemicals at Fish Gills: I. Model Formulation, Parameterization, and Behavior Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25(6):1512-1521 (2006) [Abstract] (2) Uptake and Elimination of Ionizable Organic Chemicals at Fish Gills: II. Observed and Predicted Effects of pH, Alkalinity, and Chemical Properties Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25(6):1522-1532 (2006) [Abstract] |
Russell J. Erickson (20%) James M. McKim (20%) Gregory J. Lien (20%) Alex D. Hoffman (20%) Sharon L. Batterman (20%) NHEERL, Duluth, MN |
A Mechanistic Model for Effects of pH on Risks of Ionizable Organic Chemicals to Fish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7ER0141 | Linking Land Cover and Water Quality in New York City's Water Supply Watersheds Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 107:29-44 (2005) [Abstract] |
Megan Mehaffey (30%) Timothy Wade (20%) Maliha Nash (20%) K. Bruce Jones (10%) Donald Ebert (10%) NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Audrey Rager (10%) - University of Nevada |
New York City Water Supply Research Which Demonstrated Tangible Environmental and Economic Impact | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7HE0058 | Mini-Monograph: Risk Assessment/ Issues in TCE Risk Assessment (Contains 5 Articles) a. Key scientific issuses in the health risk assessment of trichloroethylene. [Abstract | Full Text | Full Text PDF ] b. Issuses in the pharmacokinetics of trichloroethylene and its metabolites. [Abstract | Full Text | Full Text PDF ] c. Key issues in the modes of action and effects of trichloroethylene metabolites for liver and kidney tumorigenesis. [Abstract | Full Text | Full Text PDF ] d. Key issues in the role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonism and cell signaling in trichloroethylene toxicity. [Abstract | Full Text | Full Text PDF ] e. Trichloroethylene cancer epidemiology: a consderation of select issues. [Abstract | Full Text | Full Text PDF ] Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(9):1450-1478 (2006) |
Weihsueh A. Chiu (30%) Jane C. Calwell (25%) Cheryl S. Scott (20%) Nagalakshmi Keshava (19%) John C. Lipscomb (2%) Miles S. Okino (2%) - NERL Marina V. Evans (2%) NCEA, Washington, DC |
An Update and Perspective on Some of the More Critical and Contentious Scientific Issues in the Risk Assessment of TCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7MM0078 | Land-Cover Change Detection using Multi-Temporal MODIS NDVI Data Remote Sensing of Environment, 105(2):142-154 (2006) [Abstract | Full Text PDF ] |
Ross S. Lunetta (34%) Joseph F. Knight (23%) L. Dorsey Worthy (10%) John G. Lyon (10%) NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Jayantha Ediriwickrema (23%) - Computer Sciences Corporation | Original Research in the Area of Land-Cover Change Detection to Advance Regional Scale Environmental Monitoring Science | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7MM0144 | National Environmental Health Measures for Minority and Low-Income Populations: Tracking Social Disparities in Environmental Health Environmental Research, 102(2):154-171 (2006) [Abstract | Full Text PDF ] |
Devon C. Payne-Sturges (50%) OCHPEE, Washington, DC |
Gilbert C. Gee (50%) - The University of Michigan School of Public Health | Development of Indicators/Measures to Track Environmental Health Impacts of Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7OR0085 | (1) Global Transcriptome Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Response to Hydrogen Peroxide Journal of Bacteriology, 188(4):1648-1659 (2006) [Abstract | Full Text | Full Text PDF ] (2) Toxicogenomic Response of Staphylococcus aureus to Peracetic Acid Environmental Science and Technology, 40(16):5124-5131 (2006) [Abstract] (3) The Microarray Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Reveals Induction of Pyocin in Response to Hydrogen Peroxide BMC Genomics, 6(1):115 (2005) [Abstract | Full Text | Full Text PDF] |
Freshteh Toghrol (50%) OPP, Ft. Meade, MD |
Wook Chang (30%) - University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute David A. Small (10%) - University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute William E. Bentley (10%) - University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute |
Advancing the Agency's Antimicrobial Testing Program Abilities to Genomic Investigation of Microbial Pathogens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7OR0088 | Use of Competitive DNA Hybridization to Identify Differences in the Genomes of Bacteria Journal of Microbiological Methods, 66:321-330 (2006) [Abstract | Full Text | Full Text ] |
Orin C. Shanks (65%) Jorge W. Santo Domingo (30%) NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
James E. Graham (5%) - University of Louisville School of Medicine | Scientific and Technological Achievement in the Field of Genomics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S7SS0143 | Environmental Health Disparities: A Framework Integrating Psychosocial and Environmental Concepts Environmental Health Perspectives, 112(17):1645-53 (2004) [Abstract | Full Text | Full Text ] |
Devon C. Payne-Sturges (50%) OCHPEE, Washington, DC |
Gilbert C. Gee (50%) - University of Michigan School of Public Health | Advancing the Interdisciplinary Study of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Environmental Health and Cumulative Risk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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