1996 Grants List
The Center for Field Research (CFR) reviews and recommends proposals for support by Earthwatch Institute . Earthwatch Institute sponsors field studies worldwide by scholars working to investigate and/or conserve the Earth's physical, biological, and cultural heritage. Interested scholars should submit to CFR a two-page description of planned research and field methods including dates, budget, and plans for the use of Earthwatch Institute volunteers as field assistants. If funding for the proposed research is deemed appropriate, a more detailed full proposal will be invited for peer review. Earthwatch Institute and The Center for Field Research are not-for-profit organizations. The 1996 program was distributed as follows: Life Sciences 54%, Physical Sciences 12%, and Social Sciences 34%. We are pleased to announce that the following projects were approved for Earthwatch Institute support in fiscal year 1996.
Life Sciences
Ecology
Dr. Robin C. Brace, Lecturer in Zoology, University of Nottingham, U.K. · Dr. Christopher J. Barnard, Reader in Zoology (same institution) · Dr. J. Colin Hartley, Honorary University Research Fellow, Department of Life Sciences (same institution). Ecology, Biogeography and Conservation of Forest Island Faunas, Bolivia.
Dr. Jiquan Chen, Professor of Terrestrial Ecology, Michigan Technological University. Dimensional Structure of Spruce-Fir Forest Canopy at Changbaishan Natural Reserve, China.
Dr. Alejandro Estrada, Senior Research Scientist, Estacion de Biología "Los Tuxtlas," Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Vanishing Rain Forests of Mexico.
Dr. Joseph L. Fox, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology/Zoology, University of Tromso, Norway ·Dr. Raghunandan S. Chundawat, Wildlife Ecologist, Wildlife Institute of India. Conserving the Snow Leopard and its Ecosystem, India.
Dr. David Malcolm Harper, Lecturer in Ecology, University of Leicester, U.K. · Dr. Phil Hickley, Senior Fisheries Officer, National Rivers Authority, U.K. · Dr. Tony Cook, Director, Newton Field Centre, Kettering, U.K. · Dr. Ros Boar, Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia, U.K.. Inside Lake Naivasha and Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya.
Dr. David W. Inouye, Professor of Zoology, University of Maryland. Field Biology at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Colorado.
Durrell D. Kapan, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada. Diversity of Heliconius Butterfly Wing Patterns in Endangered Rain Forests of Western Ecuador.
Alison J. Leslie, Doctoral Candidate and Research Assistant, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, Pennsylvania and Crocodile Research Project, Natal Parks Board, South Africa · Dr. James R. Spotila, Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Science, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University. The Role of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)in the Lake St. Lucia Ecosystem in Natal, South Africa.
Dr. Robert T. Mason, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University and Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Memphis State University, Tennessee. Behavioral Ecology and Reproductive Biology of Red-sided Garter Snakes from the Interlake Region of Manitoba, Canada.
Dr. William J. McShea, Research Scientist, Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. and Visiting Professor, St. Lawrence University. The Impact of White-tailed Deer on Forest Communities in the Eastern U.S., Virginia.
Dr. Larry J. Orsak, Director, Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. Why is the Madang Paradise Birdwing (Ornithoptera paradisea paradisea) So Rare?, Papua New Guinea.
Dr. Gary A. Polis, Associate Professor of Biology, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee. Biogeography and Ecology of Lizards and Spiders from the Gulf of California, Mexico.
Dr. Peter A. Quinby, Executive Director and Research Scientist, Ancient Forest Exploration and Research, Ontario. Ontario's Ancient Forests, Canada.
Dr. Michael A. Shirley, Resource Management Coordinator, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve · Ms. Judy L. Haner, Environmental Specialist (same institution). Subtropical Habitat Restoration, Florida.
Dr. Umakant Ray Yadav, Assistant Dean and Associate Professor, Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Restoration of Wetlands of the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
Inventory and Monitoring
Dr. Martin R. Cheek, Scientific Officer for West and Congolian Africa, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K. · Stuart Cable, Scientific Officer (same institution). Botanical Inventory of Lower Altitude Rain Forests, Mount Cameroon.
Dr. Zsolt Debreczy, Scientist/Curator, International Dendrological Research Institute, Inc., Massachusetts · Dr. István Rácz, Scientist/Curator, World Flora Herbarium/Dendrological Photo Archive, Museum of Natural History, Budapest, Hungary · Juan Carlos Aravena, Independent Scientist and Lecturer, Botany Laboratory, University of Chile · Marco Cortés, Professor of Forestry, Department of Forestry Sciences, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile. Encyclopedia Botanica/Dendrological Atlas: Documenting Conifers and Temperate Climate Type Vegetation in Chile.
Dr. Marc De Meyer, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museums of Kenya. Hoverflies and Allies in Kakamega Tropical Rain Forest, Kenya.
Dr. Judd A. Howell, Research Scientist, U.S. Department of Interior, National Biological Survey, Golden Gate Cooperative Research Field Station, California. Wildlife Habitat Relationships in Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California.
Prof. Roger L. Kitching, Foundation Professor of Ecology, Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Australia and External Examiner in Biology, University of Brunei. Insects and their Impact in the Subtropical and Tropical Rain Forests of Australia.
Carlos A. López González, Doctoral Candidate, Idaho State University · Alberto González Romero, Instituto de Ecología, Mexico · Dr. John Laundré, Adjunct Professor, Biological Sciences Department, Idaho State University. The Small Carnivore Community of a Tropical Dry Forest in México.
Dr. David A. Nickle, Research Entomologist and Unit Leader, Hymenoptera-Orthoptera Research Group, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, US National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. · Dr. James L. Castner, Biological Photographer, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida. Katydids of the Peruvian Amazon.
Christopher A. Pague, The Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University · Aaron Ellingson, (same institution). Discovering Population Trends and New Populations of North America's Rarest Butterfly, Colorado.
Nicholas J. Riddiford, Director, Fair Isle Bird Observatory, Shetland Islands. Biodiversity of Wetlands at S'Albufera, Mallorca, Spain.
John E. Roth, Resource Management Specialist, Oregon Caves National Monument. Cave Formations and Macro-invertebrate Baselines, Oregon.
Dr. Jatna Supriatna, Faculty of Science & Mathematics, Center for Biodiversity Studies, University of Indonesia · Pak Sundowo Harminto, Lecturer in Biology, University of Indonesia · Dr. Dedy Daernedi, Lecturer in Biology (same institution) · Dr. Robert Franks, English Resource Consultant, Yayasan Bina Sains Hatayi, Indonesia. Ecological Monitoring of Forest and Marine Ecosystems in the Togian Islands, Indonesia.
Dr. Carey Yeager, Clare Booth Luce Assistant Professor, Fordham University · Dr. Herry Dkojo Susilo, Director, Indonesian Department of Forestry Conservation, Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia. Conserving Borneo's Rainforest: An Integrated Approach.
Mammalogy-Marine
Kenneth C. Balcomb, III, Research Biologist and Vice President, Center for Whale Research, Washington · Dr. Astrid Maria van Ginneken, Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. Long-term Studies of Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Pods in Puget Sound, Washington.
Dr. Peter B. Best, Senior Research Officer, Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Survey of the Genetic Variation of the Right Whale Population off the Coast of South Africa.
Diane Claridge, Research Biologist, Center for Whale Research, Washington · Kenneth C. Balcomb, III, Research Biologist and Vice President (same institution). Visual and Acoustic Survey of Bahamian Marine Mammal Species and Habitats.
Daniela Maldini Feinholz, Director, Monterey Bay Coastal Dolphin Project. Photo-identification, Behavioral Patterns, and Long-range Movements of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Monterey Bay, California.
Dr. Louis M. Herman, Director, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory, Hawaii and Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii · Dr. Adam Pack, Senior Research Coordinator, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory, Honolulu. Intelligence and Communication in Dolphins, Hawaii.
Dr. Louis M. Herman, Director, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory, Hawaii and Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii · Dr. Adam Pack, Senior Research Coordinator, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory, Honolulu. The Age/Sex Composition and Residency Structure of Wintering Humpback Whales, Hawaii.
Curt Jenner, Research Biologist, Centre for Whale Research (Western Australia), Inc. · Micheline-Nicole Jenner, Research Biologist (same institution) · Kenneth C. Balcomb, III, Vice President, Center for Whale Research, Washington. Western Australia Humpback Whale Project.
Jessica Kadel Koelsch, Staff Biologist, Marine Mammal Program, Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida · Jay F. Gorzelany, Senior Biologist, Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida and Coordinator, Marine Mammal Stranding Program · Dr. Randall S. Wells, Behavioral Ecologist, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago; Marine Mammal Research Program Coordinator, Mote Marine Laboratory; and Vice President of Research, Dolphin Biology Research Institute, Sarasota, Florida. Residence Patterns and Habitat of Florida Manatees.
Dr. Randall S. Wells, Behavioral Ecologist, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago; Marine Mammal Research Program Coordinator, Mote Marine Laboratory; and Vice President of Research, Dolphin Biology Research Associates, Inc., Sarasota, Florida · Suzanne Hofmann, Senior Biologist, Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida. Population Biology and Behavior of Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins, Florida.
Dr. Bernd Würsig, Professor of Marine Mammalogy, Texas A&M University at Galveston · Suzanne Yin, Graduate Student, Marine Mammal Research Program, (same institution) · Rochelle Constantine, Graduate Student, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand. The Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus: Effects of Human Activities, New Zealand.
Mammalogy-Terrestrial
Dr. Govindasamy Agoramoorthy, Visiting Scientist, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Ohio State University · Dr. Ragna Lohmann, Lecturer, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Verhaltensphysiologie, SeEarthwatch Instituteesen, Germany. A Field Study of the Demography and Behavior of Red Howler Monkeys in Venezuela.
?Dr. Sky Alibhai, Lecturer in Zoology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London · Zoë Jewell, Honorary Research Associate, (same institution). Rhinowatch: Rhinoceros Survey in Zimbabwe.
Dr. Josephine Andrews, Department of Anthropology, Ecology and Conservation Unit, University College London and Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis. The Black Lemur Forest Project: Long-term Monitoring of Black Lemur Groups, Madagascar.
Dr. Raphael Ben-Shahar, Research Assistant, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, U.K.. Elephants and their Habitats in North Botswana, Africa.
Dr. Boguslaw Bobek, Professor of Wildlife and Head, Wildlife Management Research Unit, Jagiellonian University, Poland · Dr. Kajetan Perzanowski, Acting Vice-director, Institute of Environmental Biology (same institution). Monitoring of Large Predators, their Prey and Habitats in the Eastern Carpathians Biosphere Reserve, Poland.
Dr. Wolfgang P. J. Dittus, Research Associate, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; Director, Primate Studies Program, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka; and Advisor for Wildlife Conservation, Government of Sri Lanka. Behavioral and Ecological Relations among Social Groups of Wild Toque Macaques (Macaca sinica) of Sri Lanka.
Joseph Paine Dudley, Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Community Ecology of the African Savanna Elephant, Zimbabwe.
Dr. Roger S. Fouts and Deborah H. Fouts, Co-Directors, Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute (CHCI), Central Washington University. Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Locomotor Behavior, Proximity, and Space Use in a Complex, Captive Environment, Washington.
Dr. Evelyn B. Hanggi, Head, The Equine Research Foundation and Post-graduate Researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz. Equine Cognition Project, California.
Dr. Yadvendradev V. Jhala, Faculty/Scientist, Wildlife Institute of India. Conservation Research for the Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes).
Dr. Alison Jolly, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Biology, Princeton University · Prof. Hantanirina Rasamimanana, Assistant Professor of Zoology, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Madagascar Lemurs at Berenty.
Alexine Keuroghlian, Doctoral Candidate, University of Nevada, Reno. The Response of Peccaries to Seasonal Fluctuations in an Isolated Patch of Tropical Forest, Brazil.
Dr. Roni King, Director, Hai Bar Yotvata Reserve, Nature Reserves Authority, Israel · David Alexandrovich Blank, Research Associate (same institution) · Jiftach Sinai, Biologist and Ranger (same institution). The Population Dynamics of Dorcas Gazelles at the Hai-Bar Reserve, Israel.
Dr. John W. Laundré, Adjunct Professor of Biology, Idaho State University · Dr. Donald P. Streubel, Professor of Biology (same institution). Biology, Ecology, and Conservation of Mountain Lions in Fragmented Habitat, Idaho.
Dr. Lynne E. Miller, Lecturer in Anthropology, Pitzer College, California. Feeding Ecology and Social Behavior of the Wedge-Capped Capuchin Monkey (Cebus olivaceus), Venezuela.
Dr. Rolf O. Peterson, Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Michigan Technological University. Moose-Wolf Ecology on Isle Royale, Michigan: The Role of Wolf Predation in the Population Dynamics of Moose.
Dr. Peggy D. Rismiller, Senior Research Associate, University of Adelaide, South Australia. Echidna Ecology, South Australia.
Jeff Short, Senior Research Scientist, Division of Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO, Australia. Re-establishment of Endangered Mammals on Mainland Australia.
Dr. Robert G. White, Professor of Zoophysiology and Nutrition, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Nutritional Effects on Lactation, Nursing Behavior, and Breeding Success of Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), Alaska.
Dr. Patricia Wright, Associate Professor of Anthropology, State University of New York, Stony Brook. Behavior and Ecology of Rainforest Lemurs in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.
Marine Biology
Eric K. Brown, Senior Research Associate, Pacific Whale Foundation, Hawaii. Tropical Reef Dynamics, Hawaii.
Jean De Marignac, Doctoral Candidate, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San Jose State University, California · Dr. Samuel H. Gruber (Consultant), Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami and Elasmobranch Consultants, Florida. Homing Behavior and its Sensory Basis in the Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris) in Bimini Lagoon, Bahamas.
Peter Dutton, Director of Operations/Principal Investigator, Leatherback Research Project, St. Croix, USVI Division of Fish and Wildlife and Principal Investigator, Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, San Diego · Donna McDonald, Director of Operations/Principal Investigator, Leatherback Research Project, St. Croix, USVI Division of Fish and Wildlife and Naturalist, Oceanic Society Expeditions · Ralf H. Boulon, Endangered Species Coordinator, USVI Division of Fish and Wildlife. Breeding Biology of the Leatherback Sea Turtle, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Dr. Denis C. Goulet, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo · Milika Naqasima, Lecturer in Biology, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of the South Pacific. Butterflyfishes as Indicators of Disturbance on Coral Reefs, Fiji.
Paul D. Hough, Biologist/Research Officer, The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Aquarium, Australia · Dr. Janice I. Morrissey, Assistant Curator (same institution). The Captive Breeding of Great Barrier Reef Corals, Australia.
Dr. Christopher C. Kohler, Professor, Fisheries Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale · Dr. Susan T. Kohler, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Agriculture (same institution). Feeding Ecology of Marine Herbivorous Fishes in a Ciguatera Endemic Region, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Maria angela Guagni dei Marcovaldi, President, Fundacao Pró-Tamar, Brazil. Sea Turtle Conservation and Research, Brazil.
Dr. Anthony I. Mazeroll, Assistant Professor of Biology, West Texas A&M University · Dr. Denis C. Goulet, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo. Mate Acquisition in the Anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus), Israel.
Dr. John R. McConaugha, Associate Professor of Oceanography, Old Dominion University, Virginia · Robert D. Brumbaugh, Doctoral Candidate (same institution). Blue Crab Recruitment in Black Barrier Lagoons of Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Thomas A. McGrath, Biology Professor, Corning Community College, New York · Dr. Garriett W. Smith, Associate Professor of Biology, University of South Carolina, Aiken. Long-term Study of Coral Bleaching on Reefs of San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
Dr. Frank V. Paladino, Biology Professor, Purdue University, Indiana · Dr. James R. Spotila, Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Science, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, Pennsylvania · Dr. Pamela T. Plotkin, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology (same institution). Leatherback Turtle Nesting Ecology and Physiology, Costa Rica.
Jeffrey Seminoff, Doctoral Candidate, University of Arizona · Wallace Nichols, Doctoral Candidate, (same institution). Movement and Feeding Ecology of the Black Sea Turtle (Chelonia agassizii) in the Gulf of California.
Dr. Susan L. Hammen-Winn, Adjunct Professor of Botany, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island · Dr. Stanley Cobb, Professor of Zoology, Department of Zoology (same institution). Behavioral Ecology of Coral Reef Fish Communities, Belize.
Dr. Yu Dengpan, Associate Professor of Marine Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China and Chief Research Scientist, Hainan Experimental Station of Tropical Marine Biology, Sanya, China · Prof. Zou Renlin, Professor of Marine Ecology and Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China and Director, Hainan Experimental Station of Tropical Marine Biology, Sanya, China. Species Diversity and its Dynamics in Benthic Communities in Sanya Fringing Reefs Research Site: National Coral-Reef Natural Reserve, Sanya, Hainan Province, P.R. China.
Ornithology
Michael E. Baltz, Doctoral Candidate, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia · Dr. John Faaborg, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences (same institution) · Dr. Fred C. Schaffner, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Caribbean Islands National Refuge, Puerto Rico. Neotropical Migrant Birds in Puerto Rico.
Dr. William W. Bowerman, President, Eagle Environmental, Inc. · Dr. William L. Robinson, Professor of Biology, Northern Michigan University. Habitat Protection for Woodland Raptors with an Emphasis on the Northern Goshawk, Michigan.
Michael S. W. Bradstreet, Executive Director, Long Point Bird Observatory, Ontario · Jon D. McCracken, Migration Program Manager (same institution). Monitoring Songbird Migration at Long Point, Lake Erie, Canada.
Donna A. Dewhurst, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Neotropical Bird Monitoring - Alaska Peninsula NWR.
Dr. Alan Fielding, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University, U.K. · Dr. Paul Haworth, Freelance Ecologist, Argyllshire, U.K.. Foraging Activities of Predatory and Scavenging Birds in Northwest Scotland.
Dr. Gábor L. Lövei, Research Scientist, HortResearch Batchelar Research Centre, New Zealand · Dr. Tibor Csörgö, Lecturer, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary · Dr. Sergio Scebba, Independent Researcher, Naples, Italy. Population Trends of Migrant Passerines in Europe: Italy and Hungary.
Dr. David B. McDonald, Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. and Coutesy Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Florida · Robert Clay, Doctoral Candidate, Large Animal Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, U.K.. Male-male Cooperation in a Lekking Manakin, Costa Rica.
Dr. William D. Newmark, Research Curator, Utah Museum of Natural History. Impact of Forest Fragmentation upon Bird Populations in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.
Jeffrey David Parrish, Doctoral Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Rhode Island. Fruit and the Migrant Bird on Block Island: The Role of Diet in the Migration Ecology of Declining Songbird Populations, Rhode Island.
James Paruk, Field Ecologist, BioDiversity, Inc., Michigan · David C. Evers, President, BioDiversity, Inc. and Doctoral Candidate, Fish and Wildlife Department, University of Minnesota. Great Lakes Common Loons, Michigan.
Dr. Denis A. Saunders, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Programme Leader, and Officer-in-Charge, Division of Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO, Western Australia Laboratory. Bird Movements in Agricultural Landscapes, Western Australia.
Michael Schindlinger, Doctoral Candidate in Biology, Harvard University · Jack Clinton Eitniear, Director, Center for Study of Tropical Birds, Texas · Mario Alberto Vasquez, Professor of Ecology, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Behavior and Ecology of Amazon Parrots, Mexico.
Physical Sciences
Biogeochemistry
Dr. Mark E. Harmon, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University · Dr. Olga Krankina, Visiting Scholar (same institution) · Dr. Andrey V. Selikhovkin, Professor of Entomology, Zoological Department, Forest Academy, St. Petersburg. The Impact of Management Practices on Carbon Cycling and Insect Biodiversity, Russia.
Dr. J. Scott Turner, Assistant Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, New York. Ventilation in Colonies of Southern African Macrotermites, Namibia.
Geology
Dr. Floyd W. McCoy, Jr., Instructor in Geology and Oceanography and Graduate Faculty in Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii and Research Scientist, Associated Scientists at Woods Hole. Archaeostratigraphy and Volcanostratigraphy of Late Bronze Age (Minoan) Deposits on Thira Using Sub-surface Radar Imagery, Greece.
Prof. Dr. Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos, Research Staff, Geodynamic Institute, National Observatory of Athens, Greece · Prof. Dr. Stefano Tinti, Department of Geophysics, University of Bologna, Italy. Reconstruction of Pre-instrumental Earthquakes in Greece from Field Observations.
Hydrology
Dr. Reza M. Khanbilvardi, Professor and Director, Center for Water Resources and Environmental Research, City College, The City University of New York · Dr. John H. Tietjen, Professor, Department of Biology (same institution) · Dr. Yevgeniy D. Gopchenko, Professor, Vice Chancellor for Research, and Head of the Land Hydrology Department, Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute, Ukraine · Dr. Paeli A. Kulakova, Leading Research Scientist and Lecturer, (same institution). Study of Complex Anthropogenic Impact upon the Water Regime and Quality of Ukrainian Small Rivers.
Dr. Josef Krecek, Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Agricultural University of Prague, The Czech Republic. Acid Rain: Rehabilitation of the Air Pollution Damaged Headwaters of North Bohemia, The Czech Republic.
Amir Mokhtari Fard, Department of Quaternary Research, Stockholm University, Sweden · Dr. Bertil Ringberg, Professor, (same institution) · Dr. Lars Brunnberg, Lecturer, (same institution) · Dr. Jan Lundqvist, Emeritus Professor, (same institution). Reconstruction of the End of the Last Glaciation in Central Sweden.
Dr. Victor V. Popovnin, Senior Researcher, Geographical Faculty, Cryolithology and Glaciology Department, Moscow State University, Russia · Dr. Tatiana G. Kadomtseva, Researcher, Mountain Glaciology Laboratory, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia · Prof. Juan Carlos Leiva, Senior Researcher and Professor, Laboratory of Geocryology, CRICYT, Mendoza, Argentina. Climate Change and Water Resources of Patagonian Glaciers, Argentina.
Dr. Ludwig Tent, Head, Bezirksamt Wandsbek Division of Environmental Protection. Otter Network Tostedt in Germany.
Oceanography
Dr. David M. Christie, Associate Professor, College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University · Dr. Jean-Christophe Sempéré, Associate Professor of Oceanography, University of Washington · Dr. Douglas G. Pyle, Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts. Mapping the Seafloor and the Mantle in the Southern Ocean.
Dr. Bhawan Singh, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Montreal, Canada. Ongoing Field Detection of Global Warming and Sea Level Rise and the Elaboration of Adaptation Strategies in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago.
Dr. Alexander V. Tkalin, Head, Department of Ecological Monitoring, Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute (FERHRI), Russia. Monitoring of Chemical Pollution of Peter the Great Bay (Japan Sea) Using the "MUSSEL WATCH" Approach.
Paleontology
Dr. Larry D. Agenbroad, Director, Quaternary Studies Program and Professor of Geology, Northern Arizona University · Dr. James I. Mead, Associate Professor of Environmental Geology, (same institution). Excavations at the Hot Springs Mammoth Site, South Dakota.
Dr. Neville F. Alley, Principal Geologist and Senior Palynologist, Biostratigraphy Branch, Department of Mines and Energy, South Australia · Dr. Andrew I. Rowett, Contract Geologist, Palaeobotanist and Palynologist, (same institution). Fossil Rain Forests of Inland South Australia.
Dr. Oscar Carranza Casta-eda, Senior Researcher of Paleontology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) · Dr. Wade E. Miller, Professor of Geology and Director of the Earth Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Utah. Mexican Megafauna.
Dr. J. Keith Rigby, Jr., Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Indiana. The Last of the North American Dinosaurs, Montana.
Dr. Katherine Scott, Research Associate, Baden Powell Quaternary Research Centre and Lecturer, St. Cross College, University of Oxford, U.K.. Pleistocene Geoarchaeology at Stanton Harcourt Channel, Oxfordshire, U.K.
Dr. William D. Sill, Research Professor of Geology, National University of San Juan, Argentina and Curator of Paleontology, Museum of Natural Sciences, San Juan · Professor Alfredo M. Monetta, Professor of Paleontology, University of San Juan and Director, Museum of Natural Sciences, San Juan. Paleontological Exploration of the Ischigualasto Valley, San Juan Province, Argentina.
Dr. Martin A. Whyte, Lecturer in Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Sheffield, U.K. · Dr. Michael Romano, Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences (same institution). Tracking Jurassic Dinosaurs, England.
Social Sciences
Archaeology
Dr. E. Charles Adams, Associate Curator of Archaeology and Director, Homol'ovi Research Program, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona · Richard C. Lange, Senior Research Specialist and Associate Director, (same institution). Organizational Responses to Aggregation in the American Southwest: A Case Study at Homol'ovi II, Arizona.
Prof. Carlos Alberto Aschero, Instituto de Arqueologia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, CONICET, Argentina and Associate Professor, Department of Anthropological Sciences, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina · Dolores C. Elkin, Research Fellow, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Teaching Assistant, Universidad de Buenos Aires; and Instructor, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina · Elizabeth L. Pintar, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Texas. Archaic People of the Southern Puna, Argentina.
Paul T. Bidwell, Principal Keeper of Archaeology, Tyne and Wear Museums Service, U.K. · Nicholas Hodgson, Assistant Keeper of Field Archaeology, Tyne and Wear Museums Service and Doctoral Candidate, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K.. Arbeia Roman Fort Excavation, England.
Dr. Robson Bonnichsen, Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology and Founding Director, The Center for the Study of the First Americans, Oregon State University. First Americans Expedition, Montana.
Margaret Sabom Bruchez, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University. Proyecto de Arqueología de Sololá, Guatemala.
Sally J. Cole, Archaeologist-Rock Art Consultant, Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area, Monticello, Utah. The Cedar Mesa Rock Art Project, Utah.
George M. Crothers, Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Washington University, Missouri · Charles A. Swedlund, Professor of Photography, Southern Illinois University · Robert H. Ward, Cultural Resource Specialist, Mammoth Cave National Park, National Park Service. Inventory of Cultural Resources in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
Dr. Bruno David, Scientific Officer, Kuku Djungan Aboriginal Corporation, Australia. Ngarrabullgan Homeland Research, Queensland, Australia.
Dr. Christopher M. Edens, Staff Archaeologist, Timelines, Inc., Massachusetts. The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Mackin Sand Site, Massachusetts.
Dr. Israel Finkelstein, Associate Professor of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University · Prof. David Ussishkin, Professor of Archaeology, (same institution) · Dr. Baruch Halpern, Chair, JEarthwatch Institutesh Studies Department and Professor of Ancient History and Religious Studies, Pennsylvania State University. A Royal City and its Rural Hinterland: Megiddo as a Bronze Age City-State and an Iron Age (Biblical) Monarchic Center, Israel.
Prof. Charles F. W. Higham, Professor of Anthropology, University of Otago, New Zealand · Dr. Rachanie Thosarat, Research Scientist, Thai Department of Fine Arts, Bangkok. Origins of Angkor, Thailand.
Dr. William F. Keegan, Associate Curator of Archaeology, Florida Museum of Natural History and Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville. Prehistoric West Indian Specialists, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies.
Michael J. Kimball, Doctoral Candidate, Anthropology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Lough Swilly Archaeological Survey: Investigations into the Neolithic Transition in Northeast County Donegal, Ireland.
Dr. Eric Klingelhofer, Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of History, Mercer College, Georgia. Archaeology of Kilcolman Castle, Ireland.
Richard C. Lange, Senior Research Specialist and Associate Director, Homol'ovi Research Program, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona · Dr. Richard S. Ciolek-Torrello, Principal Investigator, Statistical Research, Inc., Arizona. Cliff Dwellers of the Sierra Ancha, Arizona.
Dr. Marilyn Masson, Visiting Assistant Professor, Pacific Lutheran University. The Belize Postclassic Project, Laguna de On Island.
Dr. Larry McKee, Chief Archaeologist, The Hermitage. The Archaeology of Plantation Life at The Hermitage, Tennessee.
Dr. Ronald A. Messier, Professor of History and Director, Honors Program, Middle Tennessee State University. Sijilmasa--Medieval Gateway to the Sahara, Morocco.
Dr. Charles E. Orser, Jr., Professor of Anthropology, Illinois State University. The Archaeology of Peasant Life in Pre-Famine Ireland.
Dr. David Price Williams, Lecturer, Institute of Archaeology, University of London, U.K. · Dr. Peter J. Reynolds, Visiting Professor, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Research Fellow, Institute of Archaeology, University of London, U.K.; and Director, Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire, U.K.. Cultural Impact and World Environment: The Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.
Dr. Gerald F. Schroedl, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee. Looking for the Invisible Builders of Brimstone Hill, Gibraltar of the West Indies.
Dr. Christopher M. Stevenson, Director, Diffusion Laboratory, Archaeological Consultants, Inc., Ohio and Research Associate, Materials Research Laboratory, Penn State University. Easter Island: Prehistoric Settlement, Economy, and Political Evolution, Chile.
Dr. Alan P. Sullivan, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinatti. Upper Basin Archaeological Research Project, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
James Symonds, Executive Director, Archaeological Research and Consultancy at the University of Sheffield, U.K. · Dr. Jane Webster, Lecturer, School of Archaeological Studies, University of Leicester, U.K.. Clearance, Emigration, and the Social Transformation of the Scottish Highlands.
Dr. Nicola Terrenato, Research Assistant, University of Rome "La Sapienza" · Prof. Andrea Carandini, Senior Professor of Greek and Roman Archaeology, (same institution). Excavation of an Etruscan and Roman Farm in Tuscany, Italy.
Dr. Robin Torrence, Australian Research Council Fellow, The Australian Museum. Landscape Archaeology on Garua Island, Papua New Guinea.
Dr. Alexandre G. Veksler, General Director, Center for Archaeological Research, Department of Government Control, Protection, and Utilization of Cultural and Historical Monuments of the City of Moscow · Nicole Prevost Logan, Field Archaeologist/Russian Specialist. Archaeology and Conservation of Historical Sites in Moscow, Russia.
Thomas A. Vosmer, Research Assistant, Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum. The Omani Dhow Recording Project, Coast of Oman.
Dr. William H. Waldren, Founder and Director, Deya Archaeological Museum and Research Center, Spain and Research Fellow, Baden-Powell Quaternary Research Centre, Oxford University, U.K.. Balearic Prehistoric Ecology and Culture, Mallorca, Spain.
Dr. Michael J. Walker, Professor of Physical Anthropology and Head, Sub-Department of Physical Anthropology, Department of Animal Biology, Murcia University, Spain. Searching for Neanderthal Man in Southeast Spain.
Ethnobotany
Dr. Amanda Bernal, Director of Research on Ecological Survey of Argentinean Pampas, Fundación Elpis and University of Córdoba, Argentina and Assistant Professor, Hostos Community College, City University of New York. Ecological Factors Affecting the Growth of Medicinal Plants and Local Use of These Plants in Córdoba Province, Argentina.
Dr. Amanda Bernal, Director of Research on Ecological Survey of Argentinean Pampas, Fundación Elpis and University of Córdoba, Argentina and Assistant Professor, Hostos Community College, City University of New York. Ecology of Atlantic Rain Forest with Emphasis on the Conservation of Wild Medicinal Plants, Brazil.
Humanities
Prof. Cigdem T. Akkurt, Associate Professor, Department of Art & Design, Iowa State University · Hasan Akkurt, Partner, Akkurt + Akkurt Design, Iowa. The Old-Traditional Houses of Kula, Turkey.
Kathleen A. Bick, Independent Artist and Educator, Glouster, Ohio. Balinese Offerings: Gifts to the Gods/Works of Art.
Ing. Fabio Carrera, Founder and Director, Venice Project Center, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Venice, Italy and UNESCO Computer Consultant. Computerized Catalog of Outdoor Art in Venice with Automatic Estimation of Restoration Costs, Italy.
Miki Desai, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad, India and Architect, Archicrafts, Ahmedabad, India. Recording Traditional Buildings in the State of Kerala, India.
Dr. Joseph L. Mbele, Assistant Professor, Department of English, St. Olaf College, Minnesota. Oral Epics of Northern Tanzania.
Dr. Yelena V. Minyonok, Scientific Researcher and Curator, Folklore Archive Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences · Sergey A. Minyonok, Director, Video Encyclopedia of Russian Folklore, Folklore Department (same institution). Video Encyclopedia of Russian Folklore.
Chandrabhanu B. Pattanayak, Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Communications, McGill University, Canada · Vibha Sharma, Masters Candidate, Graduate Program in Communications (same institution) · Dr. D. P. Pattanayak, Secretary/Treasurer, Indian Institute of Applied Language Sciences, India. Reading and Communicating Ritual and Performance, India.
Dr. Lauren B. Sickels Taves, Independent Researcher · Dr. Michael S. Sheehan, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern State University of Louisiana. The Lost Art of Tabby Redefined: A Practical and Cultural Study, Ossabaw Island, Georgia.
Wei Li, Doctoral Candidate in Ethnomusicology, Department of Music, Columbia University, New York · Yang Min-kang, Associate Research Fellow, Director for National Music Research, Music Research Institute, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China. Preliminary Research on Hinayana Buddhist Ritual Music in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China.
Public Health
Phyllis Jansyn, Adjunct Fellow, Health in Housing (HIH) Center, State University of New York, Buffalo. HIH Parasite Project, Cameroon.
Dr. Sana Loue, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio · Dr. Janet W. McGrath, Associate Professor of Anthropology, (same institution) · Dr. Gilbert B. Bukenya, Associate Professor, Institute of Public Health, Makerere University, Uganda. Patterns of Parent-Child Communication in HIV-Impacted Families, Uganda.
Dr. Prisca N. Nemapare, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Food and Nutrition, Ohio University. Maternal Nutrition and Health in Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe: A Preventive Nutrition Program.
Sustainable Development
Dr. Constance Dustin Becker, Assistant Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University; Research Associate, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University; and Director-Ecologist, People Allied for Nature, Ltd. · Carmen Bonafaz de Elao, Instructor, Department of Botany, University of Guayaquil; and Curator, Universidad de Guayaquil Herbarium, Ecuador · Dr. Clark Gibson, International Forestry Resources Program, Indiana University. Community Forest Conservation in Ecuador.
Mario E. Blaser, Junior Researcher, CONICET (National Council for Scientific and Technological Research), Argentina; Instructor, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; and Graduate Student, Sociology and Anthropology Department, Carleton University, Canada. The Chamacoco Endurance, Paraguay.
Dr. Ning Labbish Chao, Titular Professor, Universidade do Amazonas and Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), Brazil and Founder, Bio-Amazonia Conservation International, Inc., Florida. Ornamental Fishes - The Gems from Streams of Amazon Rain Forest.
Dr. Daniel M. Kammen, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Princeton University · Monique Mwove Nditu, Research Staff, African Academy of Sciences, Kenya. Sustainable Development and Alternative Energy Sources in Kenya.
Dr. Lu Shenggao, Associate Professor of Soil Science, Zhejiang Agricultural University, China · Dr. Chen Yuyin, Lecturer, Department of Soil Science (same institution). Ecological Agricultural System and Agricultural Sustainable Development in Southern China.
Dr. Munagala Veerabhadra Reddy, Senior Plant Pathologist, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India. Traditional Methods of Plant Protection in the Semi-arid Tropics of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Ir. Herliyani Suharta, Group Leader, Thermal and Mechanical Energy Technology Division, Indonesia Energy Technology Laboratory (UPT LSDE), BPP Teknologi, Indonesia. Field Test of Solar Oven and Searching its Real Environmental, Social and Economic Impact, Indonesia.