FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD PROGRAM RECIPIENTS
FORAWARD PERIOD
MAY 1, 2016 – APRIL 30, 2018
College of Arts and Science
Sarah Cohen
Professor, Art & History
Queen Henrietta Maria and the Performance of Feminine Rule
FRAP-B $1,033
Duncan Cumming
Assoc. Professor, Music
From Bangkok to Bangor and the Country Bunny: Classical Music for Children
FRAP-B $3,650
Paolo Forni
Asst. Professor, Biological Sciences
Topographic Expression of Transcription Factors and VomeronasalReceptor Choice
FRAP-A $6,000
Gabriele Fuchs
Asst. Professor, RNA Institute/Biology
Ribosome-Modifying Enzymes and their Effect on Protein Biosynthesis
FRAP-A $10,000
Jan Halamek
Asst. Professor
microRNADetection for Revealing Alcohol Abuse
FRAP-A $9,999.79
David Hochfelder
Assoc. Professor, History
98 Acres in Albany: Digitally Reconstructing and Repopulating a Demolished Neighborhood
FRAP-B $3,586
Shiguo Jiang
Asst. Professor, Geography & Planning
Scaling Soil Chemistry through Foliar Chemistry: An Integrated Approach
FRAP-B $3,500
Joanne Kaufman
Assoc. Professor, Sociology
Violence and Access to Firearms across the Lifecourse for Blacks, Latinos, and Whites in the US
FRAP-B $3,588
Kevin Knuth
Assoc. Professor, Physics
Advanced Machine Learning Methods for Exoplanet Characterization
FRAP-B $3,429
Dmitry Korobeynikov
Asst. Professor, History
Byzantium and the Turks from the Eleventh to the Twelfth Centuries
FRAP-A $9,000
Walter Little
Assoc. Professor, Anthropology
Guatemalan Maya Woman Textile Traders
FRAP-B $3,550
Marilyn Masson
Professor, Anthrolpology
Regional Household and Political Economies in Pre-Columbian Yucatan Mexico
FRAP-B $3500
Niu, Li
Professor, Chemistry
Discovery of RNA Potentiators as Drug Candidates for Cognitive Enhancement
FRAP-B $3,500
Andrew Poulos
Asst. Professor, Psychology
Neural Correlates of Learning and Memory Retrieval: Mapping and Remapping of Neuronal Ensembles
FRAP-A $9,999
Sean Rafferty
Assoc. Professor, Anthropology
Analysis of Neolithic Pottery from the Ukraine
FRAP-B $2,300
Annalisa Scimemi
Asst. Professor, Biological Sciences
Astrocytic PAR1 Activation Alters Diffusion of Synaptically-Released Glutamate
FRAP-B $3,500
Jia Sheng
Asst. Professor, Chemistry
Development of Mental-DNA Based Therapeutics to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases
FRAP-A $10,000
Kendra Smith-Howard
Assoc. Professor, History
The Dirty History of Keeping America Clean, 1900-2000
FRAP-A $7,590
Christine Wagner
Professor & Chair, Psychology
Sex Differences in Gene Expression in Developing Brain
FRAP-A $10,000
Jun Wang
Asst. Professor, Chemistry
Deciphering Competitive and Cooperative Interactions of Metastatic Cancer Cells
FRAP-A $10,000
Qiang Zhang
Asst. Professor, Chemistry
Development of Enabling Chemical Tools for Neurodegenerative Disease Studies
FRAP-A $10,000
School of Criminal Justice
Greg Pogarsky
Professor
Sanction Risk Perceptions - Is Mathematical Probability Truly the Language of Choice?
FRAP-B $2,400
School of Business
Yuan Hong
Asst. Professor, Informational Technology Management
Privacy Preserving Cooperation among Microgrids on the Power Grid
FRAP-B $3,049
School of Education
Alex Pieterse
Assoc. Professor, Educational & Counseling Psychology
Examining the Relations between Race-Based Trauma and Mental and Physical Health
FRAP-B $4,000
Caroline Williams-Pierce
Asst. Professor, Educational Theory & Practice
A Provocative Object: Designing an Interactive and Playful Mathematical Experience
FRAP-A $4,000
School of Public Health
Jennifer Manganello
Assoc. Professor, Health Policy, Management & Behavior
Using an Online Intervention to Build Health Literacy Skills for Young Adults: A Pilot Study
FRAP-B $2,768.75
Melissa Tracy
Asst. Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The Transmission of Violence and Mental Health Problems within Social Networks
FRAP-B $3,466.25
Xiaobo Xue
Asst. Professor, Environmental Health Science
What is the Optimal Decentralization Scale of Resource Recovery Based Wastewater Infrastructure?
FRAP-A $9,777
School of Social Welfare
Wonhyung Lee
Asst. Professor
Redefining Food Desert: Where Do Poor People Get Their Food?
FRAP-A $7,634.21
Loretta Pyles
Assoc. Professor
The Impact of Holistic Engagement Practice (HEP) Training on Social Workers
FRAP-B $4,000