Creative Research Medal 2008 Phillip C. Stancil, associate professor of physics and astronomy, is a leader in the application of atomic and molecular dynamics to astrophysics and astrochemistry. Characterized by a coupling of advanced computational and theoretical techniques, his work looks at the atomic and molecular collision...
Creative Research Medal 2008 Jonathon Crystal, associate professor of psychology, is an international authority on time perception and animal cognition. Using food as a reward, Crystal designed innovative experiments in which he showed that rats have “episodic-like memory”—the ability to recollect unique personal experiences. These findings give...
Creative Research Medal 2007 Jennifer Monahan, Associate Professor of Speech Communication and Fellow of the Institute for Behavioral Research, designed and implemented aunique research program examining how communication and social perceptions change when people are under the influence of alcohol. Her work culminated in a new model...
Creative Research Medal 2007 Pamela Orpinas, Professor of Health Promotion and Behavior, is recognized internationally as an expert on bullying and violence among school-aged children and adolescents. Drawing upon health promotion and psychological theories, Orpinas examined the determinants of violent behavior and developed evaluation programs to prevent...
Creative Research Medal 2007 Pejman Rohani, Associate Professor of Ecology, studies the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. His work has led to a greater understanding of how pathogens spread through their host population and has addressed questions of interest to the public health community. His studies...
Creative Research Medal 2006 Jacek Gaertig, Associate Professor of Cellular Biology, studies microtubules, structures found in all cells that – among other things – regulate cell shape and movement. Gaertig and his college Bernard Edde identified a group of enzymes that make structural marks on the surfaces...
Creative Research Medal 2006 Michael Geller, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, conducts research in nanomechanics – the study of designing three-dimensional structure on the scale of micrometers and smaller. In collaboration with experimental physicist Andrew Cleland of UC Santa Barbara, Geller has designed a new type...
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Creative Research Medal 2005 Daniel Promislow studies the genes and gene networks that affect aging. Most researchers study one or two single genes that influence aging. Dr. Promislow is interested in the possibility that hundreds or even thousands of genes may affect this trait. In the past...
Creative Research Medal 2005 Michael P. Winship is one of America’s leading scholars of puritanism. His second book, Making Heretics: Militant Protestantism and Free Grace in Massachusetts, 1636-1641, describes the famous struggles that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during that period, struggles which 19th century...