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
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
Key to Acronyms used in the above Table NCEA National Center for Environmental Assessment NERL National Exposure Research Laboratory NHEERL National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory NHSRC National Hazardous Substance Research Center NRMRL National Risk Management Research Laboratory OAQPS Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards OEI Offcice of Environmental Information OPP Office of Pesticide Programs ORIA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air ORCR Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery OSCP Office of Science Coordination and Policy OTAQ Office of Transportation and Air Quality *Note: The percentages given after name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination.