Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

 

Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, & Biosciences Division (BES) Light Energy Transduction in Green Sulfur Bacteria Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Cell Wall Enlargement Transition Metal Mediated Transformations of Small Molecules Rate and Mechanism of Transformation of Bedrock into Saprolite During Spheroidal Weathering Dye-Sensitized Tandem Photovoltaic Cells Photoelectrochemistry of Semiconductor Nanowire Arrays Analysis of Anther Cell Differentiation New Perspectives on Acetate and One-Carbon Metabolism in the Methanoarchaea Homodimeric Type I Photosynthetic Reaction Centers in Anoxygenic Bacteria Chemical Imaging With Cluster Ion Beams and Lasers The Characterization of Psychrophilic Microorganisms and Their Potentially Useful Cold-Active Glycosidases Highly-Ordered Titania Nanotube Arrays: Architecture-Property Relationships Transcriptome and biochemical analyses of fungal degradation of wood Elucidating the Molecular Level Mechanisms of Oxidation Reactions Effected by Heterogeneous Catalysts Physics Research Division (NP) Theoretical Studies in High Energy Nuclear Physics Office of the Associate Director (HEP) Theoretical Studies in Elementary Particle Physics Environmental Remediation Sciences Division (BER) Development of Advanced Electrochemical Emission Spectroscopy for Monitoring Corrosion in Simulated DOE Liquid Waste Physical, Chemical and Structural Evolution of Zeolite - Containing Waste Forms Produced from Metakaolinite and Calcined HLW Reaction-Based Reactive Transport Modeling of Fe(III) and U(V) Reduction Coupling Sorption to Soil Weathering During Reactive Transport: Impacts Climate Change Research Division (BER) Retrieval of Cloud Properties and Direct Testing of Cloud and Radiation Parameterizations Using ARM Observations Scaling Models of the Internal Variability of Clouds Site Scientist for the North Slope of Alaska Site Synthesis of Carbon Dioxide Flux and Mixing Ratio Measurements in Support of the North American Carbon Program Northeastern Regional Center of the National Institute for Climatic Change Materials Sciences and Engineering Division (BES)   Establishing Concepts for the Use of Clusters as Building Blocks of New Nanoscale Materials Experimental Study of Novel Physical Phenomena in Sr2RuO4 and the Search for New Spin-Triplet Superconductors A Hybrid Biological/Organic Half-Cell for Generating Dihydrogen 10-100 ueV Multichopper Spectrometer Mathematical, Information, & Computational Sciences Division (ASCR)  Development of Computational Tools for Analyzing and Redesigning Metabolic Networks   *Total Amount Funded by the Office of Science for FY06 ($ in thousands): $7,684