2010 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 Monetary Award) -- Total of Thirty-Four
Nom. #	Publication Title & Full Citation	Eligible Authors	Ineligible Authors	Lab/Office/Institution	Citation
S10CS0002	(1) "Fenton-Driven Regeneration of MTBE-Spent Granular Activated Carbon-Effects of Particle Size and Iron Amendment Procedures Journal of Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 89(3-4):651-657 (2009) (2) "Effects of Temperature and Acidic Pre-Treatment on Fenton-Driven Oxidation of MTBE-Spent Granular Activated Carbon Environmental Science and Technology, 43(5):1493-1499 (2009)	Scott G. Huling	Eunsung Kan Caleb Wingo	NRMRL, Ada, OK	Chemical Regeneration of Spent Granular Activated Carbon-Fundamental and Applied Research
S10CS0004	Assessment of PCDD/F and PBDD/F Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants During Injection of Brominated Activated Carbon for Mercury Control Atmospheric Environment, 43(26):3973-3980 (2009)	Nick D. Hutson Shawn P. Ryan	Abderrahmane Touati	NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Studies Examining the Emissions of Halogenated Dioxin/Furans During Combustion of Coal for Energy Generation
S10CS0007	Estimating Chloramine Ct for the Synergistic Inactivation of Cryptosporidium with Ozone followed by Chloramine Journal AWWA, 100(7):120-125 (2008)	Mano Sivaganesan		NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH	Derivation of a Safety Factor for Sequential Inactivation of Cryptosporidium in Drinking Water
S10EE0009	Solid Fuel Household Cook Stoves: Characterization of Performance and Emissions Biomass and Bioenergy, 33:294-305 (2009)	James J. Jetter	Peter Kariher	NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Demonstrating That Improved Cook Stoves Achieve Lower Emissions, in Support of EPA's Partnership for Clean Indoor Air
S10ER0015	(1) Modeling Stream Network-Scale Variation in Coho Salmon Overwinter Survival and Smolt Size Transactions of the American Fisheries Society/Print and On-line, 138:564-580 (2009) (2) Hierarchical Modeling of Late-Summer Weight and Summer Abundance of Juvenile Coho Salmon Across a Stream Network Transactions of the American Fisheries Society/Print and On-line, 138:1138-1156 (2009)	Joseph L. Ebersole Parker J. Wigington, Jr. Scott G. Leibowitz Joan P. Baker M. Robbins Church Jana E. Compton Michael A. Cairns	Michael E. Colvin Bruce A. Miller Henry R. LaVigne Bruce P. Hansen	NHEERL, Corvallis, OR	Innovative Research Quantifying the Effects of Multi-Level Factors on Fish Populations Across Entire Watersheds
S10ER0017	Bias in Population Growth Rate Estimation: Sparse Data, Partial Life Cycle Analysis and Jensen's Inequality Oikos, 117:1587-1593 (2008)	Jason S. Grear	Bret Elderd	NHEERL, Narragansett, RI	Research Identifying and Addressing Bias in Estimates of Population Growth Rate Used in Ecological Risk Assessment
S10ER0020	(1) Predicting Estuarine Sediment Metal Concentrations and Inferred Ecological Conditions: An Information Theoretic Approach Journal of Environmental Quality, 37(1):234-244 (2008) (2) Effects of Spatial Extent on Landscape Structure and Sediment Metal Concentration Relationships in Small Estuarine Systems of the United States Mid-Atlantic Coast Landscape Ecology, 23(SI):91-106 (2008)	Jeff W. Hollister John F. Paul Henry A. Walker	Peter V. August	NHEERL, Narragansett, RI	Research Using a Novel Modeling Method to Assess Landscape-Level Controls on Sediment Metals in Estuaries
S10ER0027	Effects of Irradiance on Benthic and Water Column Processes in a Gulf of Mexico Estuary: Pensacola Bay, Florida, USA Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, 81:501-512 (2009)	Michael C. Murrell Jed D. Campbell James D. Hagy, III	Jane M. Caffrey	NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Advancing of Understanding of Critical Processes in Estuaries Subject to Eutrophication
S10ER0029	Elevated CO2 and O3 Effects on Fine-Root Survivorship in Ponderosa Pine Mesocosms Oecologia, 160(4):827-837 (2009)	Donald L. Phillips Mark G. Johnson David T. Tingey	Marjorie J. Storm	NHEERL, Corvallis, OR	Determining How Carbon Dioxide and Ozone Affect Root Mortality and its Implications for Soil Nutrient Cycling
S10ER0032	Water Quality in the Near Coastal Waters of the Gulf of Mexico Affected by Hurricane Katrina: Before and After the Storm Environmental Management, 44:149-162 (2009)	Lisa M. Smith John M. Macauley Linda C. Harwell Cynthia A. Chancy		NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Use of Probabilistic Survey Data to Assess the Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Near-Coastal Water Quality
S10HE0038	(1) Exploring the In-Vitro Formation of Trimethylarsine Sulfide from Dimethylthioarsinic Acid in Anaerobic Microflora of Mouse Cecum using HPLC-ICP-MS and HPLC-ESI-MS Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology (TAAP), 239(2):137-143 (2009) (2) In Vitro Biotransformation of Dimethylarsinic Acid and Trimethylarsine Oxide by Anaerobic Microflora of Mouse Cecum Analyzed by HPLC-ICP-MS and HPLC-ESI-MS Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (JAAS), 24(8):1062-1068 (2009)	Kevin M. Kubachka Michael J. Kohan Karen M. Herbin-Davis John T. Creed David J. Thomas	Sean D. Conklin	BLANK, Research Triangle Park, NC	The Use of an Isotopically Enriched Arsenical to Evaluate the Metabolic Pathway of Sulfur Containing Arsenicals
S10HE0039	(1) The Effect of Ambient Air Pollution on Semen Quality Environmental Health Perspectives, 118: (2009) (2) The Healthy Men Study: An Evaluation of Exposure to Disinfection By-Products in Tap Water and Sperm Qulaity Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(8):1169-1176 (2007) (3) The Healthy Men Study: Design and Recruitment Considerations for Environmental Epidemiology Studies in Male Reproductive Health Fertility and Sterility, 87(3):554-564 (2007)	Sally Perreault Darney Thomas Luben Jason D. Sacks Susan Jeffay Lillian Strader Rebecca M. Buus	Craig Hansen Andrew Olshan	NCEA, Research Triangle Park, NC	Innovative Research that Links Ubiquitous Environmental Exposures to Rarely Studied Male Reproductive Endpoints
S10HE0045	Thermoregulation and its Influence on Toxicity Assessment Toxicology, 244:87-97 (2008)	Christopher J. Gordon	Pamela Spencer Jon Hotchkiss Diane B. Miller Paul Hinderliter Juergen Pauluhn	NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Publishing Guidelines for Using Body Temperature as a Measure of Toxicity
S10HE0047	(1) Development of a Competitive Binding Assay System with Recombinant Estrogen Receptors from Multiple Toxicology Letters, 184:85-89 (2009) (2) Comparison of Chemical Binding to Recombinant Fathead Minnow and Human Estrogen Receptors Alpha in Whole Cell and Cell-free Binding Assays Environmental Science and Technology, 28(10):2175-2181 (2009) (3) Competitive Binding Comparison of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds to Recombinant Androgen Receptor from Fathead Minnow, Rainbow Trout and Human Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 26(9):1793-1802 (2007)	Vickie S. Wilson Mary C. Cardon Phillip C. Hartig L. Earl Gray, Jr.	Cynthia V. Rider	NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Development and Assessment of Cross Species Extrapolation for Endocrine Screening and Testing
S10HE0049	Application of Novel Method to Measure Endogenous VOCs in Exhaled Breath Condensate Before and After Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Journal of Chromatography, B., 877:3652-3658 (2009)	Heidi F. Hubbard Jon S. Sobus Joachim D. Pleil Michael C. Madden	Sara Tabucchi	NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Innovative Analytical and Statistical Methods of Assessing Metabolic Biomarkers in Human Exhaled Breath Condensate
S10HE0051	(1) Chlorotriazine Herbicides and Metabolites Activate an ACTH-dependent Release of Corticosterone in Male Wistar Rats Toxicological Sciences, 112(1):78-87 (2009) (2) Characterization of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Response to Atrazine and Metabolites in the Female Rat Toxicological Sciences, 112(1):88-99 (2009)	Susan Laws Melanie Fraites Saro Jayaraman Michelle Hotchkiss Ralph L. Cooper Tammy Stoker Lesley Mills Janet Ferrell	Walker Modic Nicole Tinfo	NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Novel Observations Enhancing the Understanding of the Mode of Action for Atrazine
S10HE0052	Relationships Between Composition and Pulmonary Toxicity of Prototype Particles from Coal Combustion and Pyrolysis Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 32(2):2717-2725 (2009)	William P. Linak M. Ian Gilmour C. Andrew Miller	Seung-Hyun Cho Jong-Ik Yoo Audrey T. Turley Jost O.L. Wendt Frank E. Huggins	NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Examining Relationships Between Coal Ash Composition and Health Effects
S10HE0053	Method Development for Liquid Chromatographic/Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Trace Level Perfluorocarboxylic Acids in Articles of Commerce Journal of Chromatography A, 1216(18):3910-3918 (2009)	Xiaoyu Liu Zhishi Guo Ken Krebs	Nancy Roache	NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Recognition in Support of EPA's Mission by Developing an Analytical Method for Measurement of Perfluoroalkyl Acid in Consumer Products
S10HE0057	(1) Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing In Vitro: Models for Assessing Chemical Effects on Neurite Growth Neuro Toxicology, 29:361-376 (2008) (2) Assessment of Chemical Effects on Neurite Outgrowth in PC12 Cells Using High Content Screening Toxicological Sciences, 105(1):106-118 (2008) (3) Development of a High-Throughput Screening Assay for Chemical Effects on Proliferation and Viability of Immortalized Human Neural Progenitor Cells Toxicological Sciences, 105(1):119-133 (2008)	William R. Mundy Timothy J. Shafer Nicholas M. Radio	Joseph M. Breier	NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Development of In Vitro Assays to Screen Compounds for the Potential to Cause Developmental Neurotoxicity
S10HE0058	Endothelial Effects of Emission Source Particles: Acute Toxic Response Gene Expression Profiles , 23(1):67-77 (2009)	Srikanth S. Nadadur Anuradha Mudipalli Najwa Haycal-Coates Daniel L. Costa		NCEA, Durham, NC	Particulate Matter-Induced Endothelial Gene Expression Alterations
S10HE0059	Discrimination of Tumorigenic Triazole Conazoles from Phenobarbital by Transcriptional Analyses of Mouse Liver Gene Expression Toxicologial Sciences, 110(1):68-83 (2009)	Stephen Nesnow Susan D. Hester William Ward Tanya Moore	Hongzu Ren	NHEERL, Durham, NC	Exceptional Contribution to Cancer Risk Assessment Activities
S10HE0060	Influence of Systems Biology Response and Environmental Exposure Level on Between-Subject Variability in Breath and Blood Biomarkers Biomarkers, ISSN-:1-12 (2009)	Joachim D. Pleil		NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Innovative Statistics for Interpreting Variance Contributions to Empirically Measured Biomarkers of Exposure
S10HE0064	(1) Comparison of Chrysotile Asbestos Collection Efficiencies on Mixed Cellulose Ester-Filters Efficiency of Sampling and Analysis of Asbestos Fibers on Filter Media: Implications for Exposure Assessment Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 6(1):62-72 (2009) (2) Selecting Appropriate Measurement and Analytical Methods to Characterize Asbestos Exposures Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management, 13(2):249-260 (2009)	Daniel Alan Vallero	John R. Kominsky Michael E. Beard Owen S. Crankshaw	NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Advancing Methods to Sample and Analyze Airborne Asbestos Fibers on Filter Media to Support Exposure Assessments
S10HE0066	Influence of Acid Functionalization on the Cardio-Pulmonary Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Black Particle in Mice Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 239(3):224-232 (2009)	Haiyan Tong M. Ian Gilmour John K. McGee Urmila P. Kodavanti Robert B. Devlin	Rajiv K. Saxena	NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Distinguishing the Cardiopulmonary Toxicity by Chemical Modifying Carbon Black Particles and Carbon Nanotubes
S10HS0069	(1) Chlorine Inactivation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13(10):1568-1570 (2007) (2) The Use of Bacteriophages of the Family Cystoviridae as Surrogates for H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in Persistence and Inactivation Studies Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 44(13):1362-1366 (2009)	Eugene W. Rice Noreen J. Adcock Mano Sivaganesan	Justin D. Brown David E. Stallknecht David E. Swayne	NHSRC, Cincinnati, OH	Research on Persistence and Inactivation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) Viruses and Potential Surrogates
S10IE0071	An Examination of Existing Data for the Industrial Manufacture and Use of Nanocomponents and their Role in the Life Cycle Impact of Nanoproducts Environmental Science and Technology, 43(5):1256-1263 (2009)	David E. Meyer Michael A. Gonzalez Mary Ann Curran		NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH	Scholarly Contributions Towards the Development of a Decision Support Tool for Nanotechnology Deployment
S10IR0075	How Might Selenium Moderate the Toxic Effects of Mercury in Stream Fish of the Western U.S. Environmetnal Science and Technology, 43(10):3919-3925 (2009)	Spencer A. Peterson David V. Peck John Van Sickle	Nicholas V.C. Ralston J. David Robertson Vickie L. Spate J. Steven Morris	NHEERL, Corvallis, OR	Describing the Extent and Relevance of Selenium Protections Against Mercury Toxicity in Stream Fish
S10MM0085	American Healthy Homes Survey: A National Study of Residential Pesticides Measured from Floor Wipes Environmental Science and Technology, 43(12):4294-4300 (2009)	Dan Stout Peter Egeghy Karen Bradham Carry Croghan Paul Jones	Peter Ashley Warren Friedman Eugene Pinzer David Cox Marcia Nishioka Marielle Brinkman	NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Producing a Nationally Representative Database of Pesticide Concentrations Measured from within Homes in the United States
S10RA0097	(1) DNA-Based Methods for Monitoring Invasive Species: a Review and Prospectus Biological Invasions, 9(7):751-765 (2007) (2) Paradox Lost: Genetic Diversity and the Success of Aquatic Invasions Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 22(9):454-464 (2007)	John A. Darling Michael J. Blum	Joe Roman	NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Advancing the Science Supporting Risk Assessments of Aquatic Biological Invasions
S10RA0101	(1) Complex Issues with Examining Diesel Exhaust Toxicity: is the Task Getting Easier or Harder Experimental and Toxicological Pathology, 60:135-140 (2008) (2) Biodiesel Exhaust: The Need for Health Effects Research Environmental Health. Perspectives, 115:496-499 (2007)	Michael Madden Andrew Ghio	Kimberly Swanson	NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	A Roadmap for Performing Health Effects Research on Petroleum Diesel and Biodiesel Combustion Emissions
S10RA0102	Safety Assessment of Biotechnology Products for Potential Risk of Food Allergy: Implications of New Research Toxicological Sciences, 110(1):31-39 (2009)	MaryJane K. Selgrade Christal Bowman Susan Laessig	Greg Ladics Laura Privalle	NHEERL, Triangle Park, NC	Synthesis and Critical Analysis of Research to Inform Assessment of Biotechnology Products as Potential Food Allergens
S10TF0121	Influence of Carboxymethyl Cellulose for the Transport of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Clean Silica and Mineral Coated Sands Environmental Science and Technology, 43(13):4954-4959 (2009)	Souhail Al-Abed Todd Luxton	Sunghee Joo	NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH	Characterization of Environmental Fate and Transport of Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles in the Presence of Cellulose
S10TF0126	Types and Quantities of Leftover Drugs Entering the Environment Via Disposal to Sewage - Revealed by Coroner Records Science of the Total Environment, 388(1-3):137-148 (2007)	Christian Daughton	Iiene Ruhoy	NERL, Las Vegas, NV	First Methodology for Measuring Pharmaceutical Ingredients Entering the Environment by Disposal of Medications to Sewers
S10TF0131	Combining Regional-and Local-Scale Air Quality Models with Exposure Models for Use in Environmental Health Studies J.A& WMA, 59(4):461-472 (2009)	Vlad Isakov Jawad Touma Janet Burke Danelle T. Lobdell Ted Palma Haluk Ozkaynak	Arlene Rosenbaum	NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Improving Scientific and Regulatory Ability of Communities to Assess Exposure Impacts and Explore Mitigation Strategies
Key to Acronyms used in the above Table OA Office of the Administrator NERL National Exposure Research Laboratory NHEERL National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory NRMRL National Risk Management Research Laboratory OAQPS Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 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 *Note: The percentages given after name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination.