2003 Beckman Young Investigators
Award Recipients

Heather Allen, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Ohio State University
Title of Research: Pulmonary Surfactants, Proteins and Membranes: Understanding Interfacial Structure Using Single Pulse Femtosecond-Picosecond Nonlinear Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Web Site address: http://www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/~allen/
Email address: allen@chemistry.ohio-state.eduSue

SUE Biggins, Ph.D.
Division of Basic Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Title of Research: A Fluorescent Assay to Monitor Yeast Kinetochore Function In Vitro
Web Site address: http://labs.fhcrc.org/biggins/
Email address: sbiggins@fhcrc.org

Lu Chen, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Title of Research: Identification of a Core Programme of Postsynaptic Differenctiation at Glutamatergic Synapse
Web Site: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/NEU/chenl.html
Email address: luchen@uclink.berkeley.edu

Zhan Chen, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
Title of Research: Molecular Level Studies on Blood Compatibility of Biomedical Polymer Materials
Web Site address: http://www.umich.edu/~chenlab/
Email address: zhanc@umich.edu

Consuelo De Moraes, Ph.D.
Department of Entomology
Pennsylvania State University
Title of Research: Exploring the Biochemical and Genetic Bases of Induced Plant Signaling
Web Site address: http://www.ento.psu.edu/Personnel/Faculty/demoraes.htm
Email address: czd10@psu.edu

Pingyun Feng, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Riverside
Title of Research: Towards a New Generation of Crystalline Microporous Semiconductors: Thermally Stable and Photoluminescent Chalcogenide Zeolite Analogues
Web Site address: http://chem.ucr.edu/faculty/feng/feng.html
Email address: Pingyun.feng@ucr.edu

Paul Hergenrother, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Title of Research: New Targets for Antibacterial Therapy
Web Site address: http://chemistry.illinois.edu/faculty/Paul_Hergenrother.html
Email address: hergenro@illinois.edu

Darrell Irvine, Ph.D.
Biological Engineering Division/Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title of Research: Organized Co-Cultures for Direct Observation of Dynamics in Regulatory T-Cell Function
Web Site address: http://web.mit.edu/biomaterials
Email address: djirvine@mit.edu

Rustem Ismagilov, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Chicago
Title of Research: Using Microfluidics to Control Chemical Systems in Time
Web Site address: http://ismagilovlab.uchicago.edu/
http://chemistry.uchicago.edu/fac/ismagilov.shtml
Email address: r-ismagilov@uchicago.edu

Kristi Kiick, Ph.D.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Delaware
Title of Research: Novel Protein Materials for Directing Biological Responses
Web Site address: http://www.mseg.udel.edu/faculty_research/faculty_form.php?fnid=3
Email address: kiick@udel.edu

Alexander Li, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Washington State University
Title of Research: Thermophilic Foldamers: Molecular Recognition, Nano-Actuation, and Self-Amplification
Web Site address: http://www.chem.wsu.edu/faculty-research/lia
Email address: dequan@wsu.edu

David Lin, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Cornell University
Title of Research: Connectivity in the Mouse Olfactory System
Web Site address: http://www.vet.cornell.edu/BioSci/faculty/Lin/
Email address: DML45@cornell.edu

David Lynn, Ph.D.
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Title of Research: Nanostructured Thin Films for Programmed Gene Delivery
Web Site address: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/che/faculty/lynn_david.html
Email address: dlynn@engr.wisc.edu

Adam Matzger, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
Title of Research: Controlling Crystal Polymorphism
Web Site address: http://www.umich.edu/~michchem/faculty/matzger/
Email address: matzger@umich.edu

Gregory Odorizzi, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado, Boulder
Title of Research: Structural and Biochemical Dissection of MVB Vesicle Formation
Web Site address: http://mcdb.colorado.edu/mcdb/odorizzi
Email address: odorizzi@colorado.edu

Kim Orth, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Biology
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
Title of Research: Elucidation of the Enzymatic Mechanisms Utilized by Pathogenic Virulence Factors
Web Site address: http://hamon.swmed.edu/index.html
http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/findfac/research/0,2357,52806,00.html
Email address: kim.orth@utsouthwestern.edu

Douglas Robinson, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Title of Research: Cytokinesis: A Model Mechanical Cell Shape Change
Web Site address: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/cellbio/robinson/doug.html
Email address: dnr@jhmi.edu

Douglas Smith, Ph.D.
Department of Physics
University of California, San Diego
Title of Research: Molecular Mechanisms of Viral and Eukaryotic DNA Packaging
Web Site address: http://physics.ucsd.edu/~des/
Email address: des@physics.ucsd.edu

Kevin Yarema, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Title of Research: Applying a Systems Biology Approach to the Study of Sialic Acid Metabolism
Web Site address: http://ww2.jhu.edu/yaremalab/
Email address: kyarema1@jhu.edu

Xiaowei Zhuang, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University
Title of Research: A Single Molecule Approach to Elucidate the Cellular Pathways and Molecular Mechanisms of Viral Infection
Web Site address: http://zhuang.harvard.edu/
Email address: zhuang@chemistry.harvard.edu