Grants Awarded Through the Division of Sponsored Research
Galaxy Gazing: Astronomer Receives CAREER Award
This article was originally published in the June/July 2004 issue of CLASnotes
When Halley's Comet made its most recent trip through
the night sky in 1986, Assistant Professor of Astronomy Vicki Sarajedini,
then just in high school, proudly set up her Sears, Roebuck & Co. telescope—paid
for with money earned doing odd jobs around her parent's dairy farm in
rural Ohio—and
invited the entire neighborhood to come out and take a look at the highly
anticipated celestial object. As a recent winner of a National Science
Foundation CAREER grant, Sarajedini plans to use part of her $480,000 award
to purchase a portable planetarium to share with the Gainesville community.
In her spare time, Sarajedini will present planetarium shows to local schools and civic groups, teaching children how to look at stars and constellations. Her own research focuses on galaxies billions of light years away, invisible to the naked eye and undetectable by most telescopes on Earth. Using images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Sarajedini is examining "active" galaxies, which have a super-massive black hole in their center millions of times larger than the sun.
"There are black holes in our own galaxy that are on the order of the mass of our sun, caused by the remnants of a dying star," she says. "But we are not sure how these super-massive black holes that wind up in the center of these galaxies form." During the next five years, Sarajedini will look at thousands of galaxies and determine whether or not their central luminosity has changed over time. "What we are wondering is how these galaxies fit into the whole galaxy evolution scenario," she says. "I want to know how this stage fits into every galaxy's life, and ultimately, our own galaxy."
Sarajedini came to UF in 2001, after completing post-doctoral fellowships at Wesleyan University and the University of California's Lick Observatory. She received her PhD in astronomy in 1997 from the University of Arizona and her MS in astronomy from Yale University in 1992, where she met husband and fellow UF astronomer Ata Sarajedini, who also received a CAREER award in 2001. The Sarajedini's are among seven UF astronomy professors who have won the award in the past six years.
"No other astronomy department in the US has achieved this, as far as I have heard," says Department Chair Stan Dermott. "Since only the top 10 percent of young tenure-track faculty in the United States get CAREER awards, we can safely say that we are hiring some of the best new faculty in the nation."
Other astronomy faculty to receive CAREER awards in recent years are: Elizabeth Lada, Richard Elston, Fred Hamann, Steve Eikenberry and Jonathan Williams.
—Buffy Lockette
Grants through the Division of Sponsored Research
Grant Awards for March and April 2004 by Department
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March 2004 Total: $3,192,825 |
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BURNS A F |
ANT |
UF FOUNDATION |
$8,995 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
OLIVER SMITH A R |
ANT |
DEPT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS |
$52,381 |
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN FLORIDA: DATABASE DEVELOPMENT |
WARREN M W |
ANT |
MULTIPLE SPONSORS |
$6,870 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
WARREN M W |
ANT |
MULTIPLE SPONSORS |
$5,370 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
DERMOTT S F |
AST |
NASA |
$115,179 |
ORIGINS AND DYNAMICS OF INTERPLANETARY DUST PARTICLES |
DERMOTT S F |
AST |
UF FOUNDATION |
$2,047 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
EIKENBERRY S S |
AST |
ASSN OF UNIV FOR RES IN ASTRON |
$0 |
DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF THE GEMINI NEAR INFRARED MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROGRAPH (FLAMINGOS 2) |
BOWES G E |
BOT |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS UNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$1,620 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
BOWES G E |
BOT |
UF FOUNDATION |
$13,668 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
BENNER S A |
CHE |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA |
$46,747 |
EVOLUTIONARY BIOINFORMATICS: MANAGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS |
DURAN R S |
CHE |
US DEPT OF ENERGY CHICAGO OPERATIONS OFFICE |
$110,640 |
SYNTHESIS, SURFACE ASSEMBLY, AND X-RAY INVESTIGATION OF AMPHIPHILIC STAR COPOLYMERS |
DURAN R S; SCOTT M J |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$100,000 |
THE US/FRANCE REU SITE IN CHE |
DURAN R S; SMITH B W |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$60,125 |
AN REU SITE IN CHE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$13,922 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$10,581 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM (AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT #57821) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$250 |
SOFTWARE RESEARCH SUPPORT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$1,773 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$272 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$837 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$353 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$4,959 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$1,861 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
MARTIN C R |
CHE |
BROWN UNIVERSITY |
$108,165 |
DIRECT NANOSCALE CONVERSION OF BIO-MOLECULAR SIGNALS INTO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION |
MARTIN C R |
CHE |
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES |
$67,461 |
3-D ARCHITECTURES FRO ELECTROCHEMICAL POWER SOURCES |
REYNOLDS J R |
CHE |
EIC LABORATORIES INC |
$36,362 |
CONTROLLING ABSORPTIVE STATES IN PHOTOVOLTAIC POLYMERS |
REYNOLDS J R |
CHE |
EIC LABORATORIES INC |
$84,110 |
DONOR AND ACCEPTOR SYSTEMS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC |
REYNOLDS J R |
CHE |
SRI INTERNATIONAL |
$32,103 |
SPRAYABLE ELECTROCHROMIC POLYMERS AND EC DEVICES |
TAN W |
CHE |
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY |
$90,000 |
GENOMIC APPROACHES TO NEURONAL DIVERSITY AND PLASTICITY |
VALA M T |
CHE |
NASA |
$229,310 |
LABORATORY STUDIES OF GAS-PHASE POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDRO- CARBON CATIONS AND FRAGMENTS |
HARNSBERGER J D; WAYLAND R |
CSD |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
$95,334 |
PHONETIC AND PROSODIC EFFECTS INPERCEPTUAL ASSIMILATION |
SAPIENZA C M |
CSD |
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA |
$7,000 |
RESPIRATORY MUSCLE TRAINING IN PATIENTS W/ PARKINSON'S DISEASE |
CLARK III I G |
ENG |
UF FOUNDATION |
$13,347 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
SMITH N J |
GEOG |
UF FOUNDATION |
$2,047 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
HODELL D A; PERFIT M R |
GEOL |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$187,216 |
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ORIGIN, TIMING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MILLENNIAL-SCALE ICE-RAFTED DETRITUS (IRD) EVENTS |
MUELLER P A |
GEOL |
UF FOUNDATION |
$10,601 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
BULLIVANT K |
GSL |
UF FOUNDATION |
$5,797 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP |
TURNER E R |
HIS |
UF FOUNDATION |
$10,230 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
NELSON M |
LIN |
UF FOUNDATION |
$3,750 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
ALLADI K |
MAT |
UF FOUNDATION |
$8,428 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
TIEP P H |
MAT |
NATL SECURITY AGENCY |
$28,148 |
RESEARCH IN GROUP THEORY AND APPLICATIONS |
AVERY P R |
PHY |
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIV |
$33,022 |
AN INTER-REGIONAL CENTER FOR HIGH ENERGY PHY RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY |
AVERY P R |
PHY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$424,347 |
ITR/AP: AN INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL-DATA GRID LABORATORY FOR DATA INTENSIVE SCIENCE |
AVERY P R |
PHY |
S E UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ASSN |
$4,691 |
DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE SURA-SCOOP MODELING GRID |
HAGEN S J |
PHY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$158,318 |
CAREER: UNDERSTANDING PROTEIN FOLDING DYNAMICS IN THE ULTRA FAST LIMIT |
HEBARD A F |
PHY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$154,045 |
MAGNETIC PHENOMENA IN ULTRA-THIN FILMS AND AT THIN-FILM INTERFACES |
LEE Y |
PHY |
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY NAT HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LAB |
$79,332 |
EFFECT OF STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS ON DIRTY SUPERFLUID 3HE |
STANTON C J |
PHY |
UF FOUNDATION |
$10,601 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
STEWART G R |
PHY |
US DEPT OF ENERGY |
$138,728 |
NOVEL STRONGLY CORRELATED (PRIMARILY F-) ELECTRON BEHAVIOR |
BERG W K |
PSY |
AM PSYCHOLOGICAL FDTN |
$75,000 |
A LONGITUDINAL AND MICRO GENETIC STUDY OF PROBLEM SOLVING IN GIFTED CHILDREN |
DIEHL M K; SEMEGON A M |
PSY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIA - NATL INSTITUTE ON AGING |
$29,144 |
SELF-REPRESENTATIONS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY |
DIEHL M K; SEMEGON A M |
PSY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIA - NATL INSTITUTE ON AGING |
$804 |
SELF-REPRESENTATIONS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY |
HEESACKER M |
PSY |
UF FOUNDATION |
$13,668 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
SPECTOR A C |
PSY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIDCD - DEAFNESS AND COMM DISORD |
$388,092 |
FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF PERIPHERAL GUSTATORY SYSTEM |
PERERA A D |
QTP |
US AIR FORCE |
$10,000 |
FROM CC/MBPT TO AB INITIO DFT: A CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF RESEARCH IN THE BARLETT GROUP |
TRICKEY S B |
QTP |
US ARMY |
$15,000 |
SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST TO THE 2004 SANIBEL SYMPOSIUM |
NICHOLS G C |
RLL |
UF FOUNDATION |
$2,047 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
RADELET M L |
SOC |
UF FOUNDATION |
$5,115 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
CASELLA G |
STA |
UF FOUNDATION |
$5,702 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP |
EMMEL T C |
ZOO |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS UNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$27,000 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
EVANS D H |
ZOO |
UF FOUNDATION |
$7,162 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
HOLT R D |
ZOO |
UNIV OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER |
$33,148 |
WITHIN-HOST POPULATION DYNAMICS OF RETROVIRUS VACCINE |
April 2004 Total: $4,347,983 |
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BERNARD H |
ANT |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$4,750 |
REU SUPPLEMENT: MICHELE PERRY |
FALSETTI A B |
ANT |
MULTIPLE SOURCES |
$545 |
FEES FOR SERVICES INCLUDING FORENSIC WORKSHOPS AND CASE ANALYSIS |
WARREN M W |
ANT |
MULTIPLE SPONSORS |
$1,708 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
EIKENBERRY S S |
AST |
ASSN OF UNIV FOR RES IN ASTRON |
$1,342,817 |
DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF THE GEMINI NEAR INFRARED MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROGRAPH (FLAMINGOS 2) |
GRAHAM A W |
AST |
SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INST |
$51,943 |
MEASUREMENTS OF CORE SIZES IN LUMINOUS EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES |
SARAJEDINI A |
AST |
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE |
$19,902 |
THE FORMATION OF THE MILKY WAY AND ITS SATELLITE GALAXIES |
SARAJEDINI V L |
AST |
SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INST |
$33,496 |
AGN IN THE GOODS FIELDS: A STUDY OF SHORT-TERM VARIABILITY, SPECTROSCOPY AND MORPHOLOGY |
BOWES G E |
BOT |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS UNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$1,999 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
HARMON A C |
BOT |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$7,000 |
ARABIDOPSIS 2010: DEVELOPING PARADIGMS FOR FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF PROTEIN KINASE AND PHOSPHOPOTEINS USING THE CDPK |
MACK M C |
BOT |
MELLON FOUNDATION, ANDREW W |
$552 |
THE ROLE OF PLANT TRAITS IN ECOSYSTEM NUTRIENT CYCLING |
MACK M C; WATKINS J E |
BOT |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$11,970 |
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: COMPARATIVE FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY OF THE GAMETOPHYTES AND SAPROPHYTES OF TROPICAL FERNS |
SCHUUR E A |
BOT |
MELLON FOUNDATION, ANDREW W |
$759 |
THE SENSITIVITY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS TO PRECIPITATION |
BENNER S A |
CHE |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIGMS - GENERAL MEDICAL SCI |
$105,050 |
NON-STANDARD BASE PAIRS AS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TOOLS |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$14,479 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM (AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT #57821) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$5,012 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$4,024 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$109 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$272 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$493 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
NIPPON SODA COMPANY LTD |
$176,667 |
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AGREEMENT FOR NISSO FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH AND NISSO INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
RENOVIS |
$133,897 |
SYNTHESIS OF COMPOUNDS AND REAGENTS |
KLEIMAN V D |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$476,518 |
CAREER: ULTRAFAST STUDIES OF EXCITON TRANSPORT IN CONJUGATED POLYMERS |
MARTIN C R; STEWART J D |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$55,249 |
NIRT: FOR BIOMEDICAL NANOTUBE TECHNOLOGY |
REYNOLDS J R |
CHE |
SRI INTERNATIONAL |
$39,966 |
SPRAYABLE ELECTROCHROMIC POLYMERS AND EC DEVICES |
REYNOLDS J R; TANNER D B |
CHE |
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES |
$62,241 |
ELECTROCHROMIC ADAPTIVE INFRARED CAMOUFLAGE |
RICHARDSON D E |
CHE |
UF FOUNDATION |
$19,154 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
SCHANZE K S |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$136,766 |
PHOTOPHY OF METAL-ORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC PI- CONJUGATED OLIGOMERS (SUPPLEMENT) |
SHRIVASTAV R |
CSD |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIDCD - DEAFNESS AND COMM DISORD |
$226,734 |
MEASURING BREATHINESS WITH AN AUDITORY PROCESSING MODEL |
GOLDMAN A C; SOUTHWORTH J |
GEOG |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$106,519 |
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONSEQUENCES OF PARKS FOR LAND USE, LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION, AND BIODIVERSITY IN EAST AFRICA |
SMITH N J |
GEOG |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS UNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$310 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
MARTIN J B |
GEOL |
DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECT |
$6,698 |
HYDROGEOL OF O'LENO STATE PARK AND NITRATE LOADING FROM THE RIVER RISE: A FIRST MAGNITUDE SPRING |
KAAN E |
LIN |
DUKE UNIVERSITY |
$34,600 |
COGNITIVE AND NEURAL MECHANISMS OF SYNTACTIC REANALYSIS |
GOPALAKRISHNAN J |
MAT |
MEDTRONIC INC |
$13,127 |
FINITE ELEMENT COMPUTER MODELING AND ANALYSIS SERVICES |
MARTCHEVA M |
MAT |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$43,269 |
EFFECTS OF HOST AGE-STRUCTURE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
BUCHLER J R |
PHY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$105,764 |
STUDY OF THE PULSATIONS OF THE SEMI REGULAR VARIABLE STARS |
HILL S O |
PHY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$116,917 |
CAREER: MAGNETIC RESONANCE - FROM MATERIALS RESEARCH TO SCIENCE EDUCATION |
LEE Y |
PHY |
SLOAN FOUNDATION, ALFRED P |
$40,000 |
2004 ALFRED P. SLOAN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP |
SULLIVAN N S |
PHY |
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY NAT HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LAB |
$280,659 |
THE NATIONAL HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY |
TANNER D B |
PHY |
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES |
$19,655 |
ELECTROCHROMIC ADAPTIVE INFRARED CAMOUFLAGE |
BRANCH M N |
PSY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIDA - NATL INST ON DRUG ABUSE |
$186,138 |
BEHAVIORAL DETERMINANTS OF COCAINE TOLERANCE |
FISCHLER I S |
PSY |
US AIR FORCE AFOSR |
$196,893 |
ASSESSING AND IMPROVING TEAM DECISION MAKING |
PERZ S G |
SOC |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$36,648 |
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SOCIO-SPATIAL PROCESSES OF ROAD EXTENSIONS AND FOREST FRAGMENTATION IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON |
DANIELS M J |
STA |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NCI - NATL CANCER INSTITUTE |
$128,980 |
BAYESIAN METHODS FOR LONGITUDINAL CANCER DATA |
YANG M C |
STA |
UNIV OF MIAMI |
$8,843 |
DATA ANALYSIS FOR THE DENVER AIRWAY CLEARANCE STUDY |
BOLKER B M |
ZOO |
UNIV OF HAWAII MANOA |
$58,024 |
DEVELOPMENT OF A HIERARCHICAL MODEL TO ESTIMATE SEA TURTLE ROOKERY CONTRIBUTIONS TO MIXED STOCKS IN FORAGING HABITATS |
EVANS D H |
ZOO |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS UNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$560 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS EXPENSE ACCOUNT FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS |
EVANS D H |
ZOO |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$15,000 |
PARACRINE CONTROL OF FISH GILL FUNCTION |
JULIAN D; JOYNER J L |
ZOO |
US DEPT OF COMMERCE SEA GRANT PROGRAM |
$5,000 |
A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF TWO APPROACHES TO BIOMONITORING: FUNCTIONAL ASSAYS AND STRESS PROTEIN BIOMARKERS IN MERCENARIA |
LILLYWHITE H B |
ZOO |
US DEPT OF THE INTERIOR FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE |
$10,307 |
SEAHORSE KEY NESTING BIRD/SNAKE CORRELATION STUDY |
This listing of grants is obtained from the Division of Sponsored Research in the Office of Research and Graduate Programs. While every effort to ensure accuracy has been made, mistakes sometimes happen. If you feel there is an error, please contact Greg Miller-House at gregmh@rgp.ufl.edu.
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