Extramural Research
2009 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Honorable Mentions
Honorable Mention - The Subcommittee has also added a fourth non-cash level award for research efforts which are noteworthy but which do not warrant a Level I, II or III award. Honorable Mention applies to research that: (1) may not quite reach the level described for a Level III award; (2) show a promising area of research that the Subcommittee wants to encourage; or (3) show an area of research that the Subcommittees feels is too preliminary to warrant an award recommendation (yet).
| Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Cash Award) -- Total of Twenty-Six | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nom. # | Publication Title & Full Citation | Eligible Authors | Ineligible Authors | Lab/Office/Institution | Citation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| S09EE0003 | Membrane-Assisted Vapor Stripping: Energy Efficient Hybird Distillation-Vapor Permeation Process for Alcohol-Water Separation Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 83:1275-1287 (2008) |
Leland M. Vane Franklin R. Alvarez |
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH | Developing a Separation Process Capable of Reducing the Energy and Greenhouse Gas Footprints of Renewable Alcohol Fuels | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09EE0114 | (1) High Permeability Membranes for the Dehydration of Low Water Content Ethanol by Pervaporation Journal of Membrane Science, 306:209-215 (2007) (2) A Novel Hydrophilic Polymer Membrane for the Dehydration of Organic Solvents European Polymer Journal, 42:3390-3393 (2006) |
Vasudevan V. Namboodiri Leland M. Vane |
Ravi P. Ponangi | NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH | Developing Water-Removing Membranes for Efficient Solvent Reuse and Ethanol Fuel Production | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09ER0011 | (1) Quantification of Phenol, Phenyl Glucuronide, and Phenyl Sulfate in Blood of Unanesthetized Rainbow Trout by Online Microdialysis Sampling Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods, 18:405-412 (2008) (2) Use of Online Microdialysis Sampling to Determine the in vivo Rate of Phenol Glucuronidation in Rainbow Trout Drug Metabolism and Disposition, 36:1406-1413 (2008) |
John Nichols Alex Hoffman Patrick Fitzsimmons Gregory Lien Correne Jenson |
NHEERL, Duluth, MN | Methods and Models for in vivo Determination of Chemical Metabolism Rates in Fish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09ER0013 | Assessing Vulnerabilities from Alternative Development Patterns Landscape and Urban Planning, 87(1):84-95 (2008) |
Megan Mehaffey Timothy Wade Betsy Smith |
Lisa Wainger Dennis Yankee Vicki Bott Rebecca Yarbrough |
NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC | Research Demonstrating the Effects of Land Use Development Patterns on Environment and Economy Conditions | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09ER0020 | (1) Using a Geographic Information System to Identify Areas with Potential for Off-Target Pesticide Exposure Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25(8):2250-2259 (2006) (2) Selecting and Evaluating Native Plants for Region-Specific Phytotoxicity Testing Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 4(1):105-117 (2008) |
Thomas Pfleeger David Olszyk Connie Burdick E. Henry Lee |
George King Milton Plocher Jeffery Kern John Fletcher |
NHEERL, Corvallis, OR | Development and Test Methods for Ecologically Relevant Test Species for Use in the Pesticide Registration Process | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09ER0022 | (1) The Role of Particulate Matter-Associated Zinc in Cardiac Injury in Rats Environmental Health Perspectives, 116(1):13-20 (2008) (2) Systemic Imbalance of Essential Metals and Cardiac Gene Expression in Rats Following Acute Pulmonary Zinc Exposure Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 69(22):2011-2032 (2006) |
Urmila P. Kodavanti Mette C. Schladweiler Edward D. Karoly Allen D. Ledbetter John K. McGee Judy Schmidt Judy E. Richards Daniel L. Costa Richard H. Jaskot |
Peter S. Gilmour Bhaskar S. Mandavilli Abraham Nyska Ronald Thomas J. Grace Wallenborn David C. Christiani Marschall S. Runge Shyamal Peddada Madamanchi Nageswara |
NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC | The Role of Inhaled Particulate Matter-Associated Zinc in Cardiac Injury | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09HE0027 | Development of a Human Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model for Inorganic Arsenic and its Mono-and Di-Methylated Metabolites Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, 35:31-68 (2008) |
Hisham A. El-Masri Elaina M. Kenyon |
NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC | Development of a Human PBPK Model for Application to the Risk Analysis of Environmental Exposure to Inorganic Arsenic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09HE0036 | (1) Children's Health Risk Assessment: Incorporating a Lifestage Approach into the Risk Assessment Process Birth Defects Research Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology, 83(6):511-521 (2008) (2) A Lifestage Approach to Assessing Children's Exposure Birth Defects Research Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology, 83(6):522-529 (2008) (3) A Lifestage-Specific Approach to Hazard and Dose-Response Characterization for Children's Health Risk Assessment Birth Defects Research Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology, 83(6):530-546 (2008) |
Rebecca C. Brown Elaine Cohen Hubal Susan L. Makris Chad M. Thompson Susan Y. Euling Carole A. Kimmel Jacqueline Moya Stanley Barone, Jr. Sherry G. Selevan Babasaheb R. Sonawane |
NCEA, Washington, DC | A Groundbreaking Lifestage-Specific Approach to Health Risk Assessment of Environmental Exposures | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09MM0048 | (1) Automated Determination of Precursor Ion, Product Ion, and Neutral Loss Compositions and Deconvolution of Composite Mass Spectra Using Ion Correlation Based on Exact Masses and Relative Isotopic Abundances Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 22:2375-2390 (2008) (2) An Inexpensive Autosampler to Maximize Throughput for an Ion Source that Samples Surfaces in Open Air Environmental Forensics, 9(2-3):127-136 (2008) (3) An Integrated Wipe Sample Transport/Autosampler to Maximize Throughput for a Direct Analysis in Real Time (Dart)/Orthogonal Acceleration, Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (oa-TOFMS) Environmental Forensics, 9(2-3):137-143 (2008) |
Andrew H. Grange G. Wayne Sovocool |
NERL, Las Vegas, NV | Developing Technology to Rapidly Characterize Contaminated Sites with High Spatial Resolution | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09MM0050 | (1) Water Quality in Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands: Basin-Wide Patterns and Responses to an Anthropogenic Disturbance Gradient Journal of Great Lakes Research, 33(Sp. isssue 3):67-85 (2007) (2) Human Influences on Water Quality in Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Environmental Management, 41(n/a):347-357 (2008) |
Anett S. Trebitz John A. Morrice Anne C. Cotter John C. Brazner John R. Kelly Michael L. Knuth Gregory Peterson Michael E. Sierszen Jo A. Thompson |
Nicholas P. Danz Tom Hollenhorst Gerald J. Niemi Euan D. Reavie Richard P. Axler Ronald R. Regal |
NHEERL, Duluth, MN | Developing the Scientific Basis for Establishing Nutrient Criteria for Coastal Wetlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09MM0051 | Survey Design and Extent Estimates for the Wadeable Streams Assessment Journal of North American Benthological Society, 27:822-836 (2008) |
Anthony R. Olsen David V. Peck |
NHEERL, Corvallis, OR | Communicating the Importance of Survey Design and Analysis in National Aquatic Assessments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09MM0058 | A Process for Creating Multimetric Indices for Large-Scale Aquatic Surveys Journal of North American Benthological Society, 27(4):878-891 (2008) |
John L. Stoddard David V. Peck Ellen Tarquinio |
Alan T. Herlihy Robert M. Hughes Thomas Whittier |
NHEERL, Corvallis, OR | Contributions to the Field of Ecological Assessments, by Developing Rigorous, National Indices of Biotic Condition | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09MM0059 | Combining Existing Monitoring Sites with a Probability Survey Design-Examples from U.S. EPA's National Coastal Assessment The Open Environmental & Biological Monitoring Journal, 1:16-25 (2008) |
John F. Paul Henry A. Walker Walter B. Galloway Gerald G. Pesch Donald J. Cobb Charles J. Strobel J. Kevin Summers |
Michael Charpentier James Heltshe |
NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC | Successful Implementation of a Flexible Design for Monitoring | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09MM0063 | (1) A Roughness-Corrected Index of Relative Bed Stability for Regional Stream Surveys Geomorphology, 99:150-170 (2008) (2) Geomorphic and Anthropogenic Influences on Fish and Amphibians in Pacific Northwest Coastal Streams American Fisheries Society Symposium Peer-Reviewed, Refereed Book Chapter in: "Landscape Influences on Stream Habitats a, 48:429-455 (2006) |
Philip R. Kaufmann David P. Larsen Mostafa A. Shirazi |
John M. Faustini Robert M. Hughes |
NHEERL, Corvallis, OR | Developing New Methods to Evaluate Streambed Sediment Alteration and its Effect on Aquatic Ecosystems | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09OR0068 | (1) Persistence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in a Drinking Water System after Addition of Filtration Treatment Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72(9):5864-5869 (2006) (2) Molecular Comparison of Mycobacterium avium Isolates from Clinical and Environmental Sources Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74(15):4966-4968 (2008) |
Elizabeth Hilborn Terry C. Covert Stephanie I. Harris Stephanie A. Bailey Eugene Rice Gerard N. Stelma, Jr. Michael T. Schmitt |
Mitchell A. Yakrus Sandra F. Donnelly Sean Toney |
NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC | Contributing to the Understanding of the Molecular Epidemiology and Ecology of Mycobacterium Avium in Drinking Water | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09RA0079 | Biomarkers of Exposure: a Case Study with Inorganic Arsenic Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(11):1790-1796 (2006) |
Michael Hughes | NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC | Integration of Data on Biomarkers of Inorganic Arsenic Exposure for Risk Assessment Purposes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09RA0081 | (1) Aqueous Microwave Chemistry: A Clean and Green Synthetic Tool for Rapid Drug Discovery Chemical Society Reviews, 37(8):1546-1557 (2008) (2) Greener and Expeditious Synthesis of Bioactive Heterocycles using Microwave Irradiation Pure and Applied Chemistry, 80(4):777-790 (2008) (3) Greener and Sustainable Approaches to the Synthesis of Pharmaceutically Active Heterocycles Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development, 10(6):723-737 (2007) |
Rajender S. Varma | Vivek Polshettiwar | NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH | Exceptional Technical Achievement in Summarizing an Expedient Microwave Technology in "Greener" Reaction Media | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09RA0084 | (1) Role of Environmental Factors in the Timing of Puberty Pediatrics, 121(S3):S167-S171 (2008) (2) Examination of US Puberty-Timing Data from 1940 to 1994 for Secular Trends: Panel Findings Pediatrics, 121(S3):S172-S191 (2008) (3) Environmental Factors and Puberty Timing: Expert Panel Research Needs Pediatrics, 121(S3):S192-S207 (2008) |
Susan Y. Euling Sherry G. Selevan L. Earl Gray, Jr. |
Germaine M. Buck Louis Michele Marcus Marcia Herman-Giddens Peter A. Lee Ora Hirsch Pescovitz Niels E. Skakkebaek Anders Juul Thorkild I.A. Sorensen Sergio R. Ojeda Selma Feldman Witchel Wolfgang Sippell David H. Abbott Ana M. Soto Rochelle W. Tyl Jean-Pierre Bourguignon Shanna H. Swan Mari S. Golub Martin Wabitsch Jorma Toppari Leo Dunkel John H. Himes Grete Teilmann |
NCEA, Washington, DC | The First Expert Consensus on Both the Role of Environmental Factors and Secular Trends in Puberty Timing of Children | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09RM0086 | (1) Correlation of 2-Chlorobiphenyl Dechlorination by Fe/Pd with Iron Corrosion at Different pH Environmental Science and Technology, 42:6942-6948 (2008) (2) Dechlorination Kinetics of Monochlorobiphenyls by Fe/Pd: Effects of Solvent, Temperature, and PCB Concentration Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 78(3-4):371-380 (2008) |
Souhail R. Al-Abed | Yuanxiang Fang | NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH | Determining the Effect of Environmental Conditions on Using Iron Bimetallic System in the Remediation of PCBs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09TF0093 | (1) Chemical Characterization of Ambient Particulate Matter Near the World Trade Center: Source Apportionment Using Organic and Inorganic Source Markers Atmospheric Environment, 42(31):7310-7315 (2008) (2) Chemical Characterization of Volatile Organic Compounds Near the World Trade Center: Ambient Concentrations and Source Apportionment Atmospheric Environment, 41(27):5673-5683 (2007) |
David A. Olson Gary A. Norris Robert L. Seila Matthew S. Landis Alan F. Vette |
NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC | Contributions to the State of Science on Source Apportionment of Air Pollutants Near the World Trade Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09TF0095 | (1) Cumulative Effects of Dibutyl Phthalate and Diethylhexyl Phthalate on Male Rat Reproductive Tract Development: Altered Fetal Steroid Hormones and Genes Toxicological Sciences, 99(1):190-202 (2007) (2) A Mxiture of Seven Antiandrogens Induces Reproductive Malformations in Rats International Journal of Andrology, 31:249-262 (2008) (3) A Mixture of Five Phthalate Esters Inhibits Fetal Testicular Testosterone Production in the Sprague-Dawley Rat in a Cumulative, Dose-Additive Manner Toxicological Sciences, 105(1):153-165 () |
Kembra Howdeshell Johnathan Furr Leon Earl Gray, Jr. Vickie S. Wilson Christy Lambright |
Cynthia Rider | NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC | A Cumulative Risk Assessment Framework Based on Common Alterations of Fetal Systems Rather than Mechanisms of Toxicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09TF0102 | (1) Method for Measuring Air-Immiscible Liquid Partition Coefficients Journal of Environmental Engineering- ASCE, 132(1):140-144 (2006) (2) Analysis of a Gas-Phase Partitioning Tracer Test Conducted in an Unsaturated Fractured-Clay Formation Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 90:146-158 (2007) |
Michelle A. Simon | Mark L. Brusseau | NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH | The Development of an Innovative Partitioning Gas Tracer Method of Quantifying the NAPL Mass in the Vadose Zone | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09TF0105 | Resolving Local-Scale Emissions for Modeling Air Quality Near Roadways Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 58:451-461 (2008) |
Vlad Isakov James Richard Cook Jawad S. Touma James Thurman Bill Benjey |
Ellen Kinnee Darrell Ensley |
NVFEL, Ann Arbor, MI | Significant Contribution to the Development of an Innovative Approach to Estimate Air Quality Near Major Roads | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09TF0107 | Perchlorate Behavior in a Municipal Lake Following Fireworks Displays Environmental Science and Technology, 41(11):3966-3971 (2007) |
Richard T. Wilkin | Dennis G. Fine Nicole G. Burnett |
NRMRL, Ada, OK | Scientific Achievement Relating to the Environmental Chemistry of Perchlorate | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09TF0109 | Evaluation of Three Watershed-Scale Pesticide Environmental Transport and Fate Models Journal of American Water Resources Association, 43(6):1424-1443 (2007) |
Ronald D. Parker Michael Barrett Lawrence Burns |
J. G. Arnold Lee Carrubba N. J. Snyder R. Srinivasan S. L. Neitsch |
OPP, Washington, DC | Exploring the Use of Watershed-Scale Modeling to Estimate Drinking Water Pesticide Exposure for Use in Risk Assessments | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S09TF0112 | Chlorpyrifos Transformation by Aqueous Chlorine in the Presence of Bromide and Natural Organic Matter Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 56(4):1328-1335 (2008) |
Stephen E. Duirk Timothy W. Collette |
J. C. Tarr | NERL, Athens, GA | Elucidation of Organophosphorus Pesticide Transformation Pathways During Drinking Water Treatment | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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