CURRICULUM VITA

 

Martin D. Perry, Jr.

Department of Chemistry                                                                                voice: (870) 245-5217

410 Ouachita Street, Box 3711                                                                          fax: (870) 245-5241

Arkadelphia, AR  71998                                                                                         perrym@obu.edu

 

EDUCATION

 

   Ph.D.               Chemistry (theoretical physical chemistry), Oklahoma State University, 1994

   B.S.                 Chemistry and Mathematics, Arkansas Tech University, 1990

 

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

   8/02-present     Associate Professor of Chemistry, Ouachita Baptist University

   8/00-present     Adjunct Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

   8/98-3/02         Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Ouachita Baptist University

   8/96-7/98         Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Arkansas Tech University

   6/96-7/96         Visiting Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy

   1/96-5/96         Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Ouachita Baptist University

   9/95-12/95       Instructor, Anne Arundel Community College

   6/94-12/95       Visiting Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy

   8/90-5/94         Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Oklahoma State University

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

   1998, 2002      Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers

   1993-94           National Science Foundation Fellowship

   1990                Outstanding Senior Chemistry Student, Central AR Section of the ACS

   1990                American Institute of Chemists Student Award

   1989-90           Who’s Who Among College and University Students

 

COURSES TAUGHT

 

1.     General Chemistry I and II

2.     Physical Chemistry I and II

3.     Introduction to Chemistry

4.     Experimental Techniques in Chemistry I and II

5.     Chemistry Seminar

6.     Physical Science

7.     Readings in Natural Science

8.     Issues in Science and Religion

9.     Advanced Chemical Calculations

10. Introduction to Liberal Arts

11. Honors Seminar:  Human Genome Project

12. Tropical Ecology (Led Belize trip, May 2002)

13. Sophomore Readings

14. European Practicum (Leading European Study Tour, May 2004)

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

   American Chemical Society

      Physical and Chemical Education Divisions

      Central Arkansas Section, Chair-Elect – 1998, Chair – 1999, Secretary – 2003, Alternate Councilor – 2000-05

      2000 & 2002 First-Term General Chemistry Exam Committees

      Faculty Advisor – OBU Student Affiliates

   American Association for the Advancement of Science

   American Association of University Professors

   Phi Lambda Upsilon, National Honorary Chemical Society

 

UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

Committees

   Faculty Tenure Committee (02-05) – Chair (03-04)

   Faculty Development Committee (1999-2002) – Chair (01-02)

   Pepsi Leadership Grant Committee (1999-2004)

   International Studies Committee (Spring 2000)

   Nell I. Mondy Lecture Committee – Chair (01-04)

   Patterson School of Natural Sciences Curriculum Committee (02-05)

   School of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee (01-02)

   Health Professions Advisory Committee (Fall 2001)

   Physics Search Committee (1999-2000)

   New Testament Search Committee (Spring 2001)

   NCA Subcommittee on Improving Educational Effectiveness (1999-00)

   Fiscal Stability Strategic Planning Subcommittee (2001-04)

 

Regular Participation

   Tiger Serve Days

   Relay for Life

   Chemical Demonstrations in Public Schools

   Faculty Colloquium, AAUP, and Pedagogy

   Faculty and Guest Lecture Series

   Musical Concerts/Recitals and Sporting Events

   Chapel and Christian Focus Week

   Academic Advising and Recruiting

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

1.      Perry, M.D., Chang, X.Y., Peploski, J., Thompson, D.L. and Raff, L.M., “Theoretical Studies of Hydrogen-Abstraction Reactions from Diamond and Diamond-like Surfaces”, J. Chem. Phys.  99, 4748 (1993).

 

2.      Perry, M.D. and Raff, L.M., “Theoretical Studies of Elementary Chemisorption Reactions on an Activated Diamond Ledge Surface”, J. Phys. Chem.  98, 4375 (1994).

 

3.      Perry, M.D. and Raff, L.M., “Theoretical Investigations of Hydrogen Atoms Diffusion Rates in Xenon Matrices”, J. Phys. Chem.  98, 13766 (1994).

 

4.      Perry, M.D. and Raff, L.M., “Theoretical Studies of Elementary Chemisorption Reactions on an Activated Diamond Terrace Surface”, J. Phys. Chem.  98, 8128 (1994).

 

5.      Perry, M.D. and Harrison, J.A., “Universal Aspects of the Atomic-Scale Friction of Diamond Surfaces”, J. Phys. Chem.  99, 9960 (1995).

 

6.      Perry, M.D. and Harrison, J.A., “The Effects of Methane Debris Molecules on the Frictional Properties of Diamond Surfaces”, Tribology Lett.  1, 109 (1995).

 

7.      Perry, M.D. and Harrison, J.A., “Molecular Dynamics Studies of the Frictional Properties of Hydrocarbon Materials”, Langmuir, 19, 4552 (1996).

 

8.      Perry, M.D. and Harrison, J.A., “Molecular Dynamics Investigations of the Effects of Debris Molecules on the Friction and Wear of Diamond”, Thin Sol Film, 290, 211 (1996).

 

9.      Perry, M.D. and Harrison, J.A., “Friction at the Atomic Scale”, Scientific American, October, 1996, pg. 48-56.

 

10.  Perry, M.D. and Harrison, J.A., “Friction between Diamond Surfaces in the Presence of Small, Third-Body Molecules”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 101, 1364 (1997).

 

  1. Perry, M.D., Stuart, S.J., and Harrison, J.A., “The Tribology of Hydrocarbon Surfaces Investigated using Molecular Dynamics”, Proceedings for Tribology Issues and Opportunities in MEMS, held in Columbus, OH  November 9-11, 1997, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

  1. Perry, M.D., Good, G.E., Nisbet, A.R., and Baker, B, “Physical Science Laboratory Manual”, Ouachita Baptist University, August 1999.

 

  1. Manning, C.E. and Perry, M.D., “Friction of (110) Diamond in the Presence of Small Hydrocarbon Molecules”, Ouachita Baptist University Honors Thesis, May 2000.

 

  1. Perry, M.D. et al., 2000 First-Term General Chemistry Exam, Examinations Institute of the American Chemical Society and the Division of Chemical Education, Summer 2000.

 

  1. Perry, M.D. et al., 2002 First-Term General Chemistry Exam, Examinations Institute of the American Chemical Society and the Division of Chemical Education, Summer 2002.

 

  1. Costner, M.E. and Perry, M.D., “QSAR Studies of Benzodiazepines”, American Journal of Undergraduate Research, in preparation, Fall 2003.

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

1.      Perry, M.D., Chang, X.Y., Peploski, J., Thompson, D.L. and Raff, L.M., “Elementary Processes in Low-Pressure Diamond Formation”, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Molecular Dynamics Contractors Conference, Washington, D.C., October 25-27, 1992.

 

2.      Perry, M.D., Chang, X.Y., Peploski, J., Thompson, D.L. and Raff, L.M., “Theoretical Studies of Low-Pressure Diamond-Film Formation”, 14th Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Collisions, Unicoi State Park, Helen, GA, June 6-11, 1993.

 

3.      Perry, M.D., Chang, X.Y., Peploski, J., Thompson, D.L. and Raff, L.M., “Theoretical Studies of Elementary Surface Reactions in Low-Pressure Diamond-Film Formation”, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Molecular Dynamics Contractors Conference, Irvine, California, Oct. 18-20, 1993.

 

4.      Perry, M.D. and Raff, L.M., “Theoretical Studies of Diamond-Film Formation”, Oklahoma State University Seminar Series, Stillwater, Oklahoma, April 13, 1994.

 

5.      Perry, M.D. and Harrison, J.A., “Theoretical Investigations of Atomic-Scale Friction of Diamond Surfaces”, International Symposium on Computational Molecular Dynamics, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 23-26, 1994.

 

6.      Perry, M.D., White, C.T., Colton, R.J., Sinnott, S.B., Brenner, D.W., and Harrison, J.A., “Adhesion between Hydrocarbon Surfaces:  A Molecular Dynamics Study”, 1995 Meeting of the Adhesion Society, Hilton Head, South Carolina, February 19-22, 1995.

 

7.      Perry, M.D. and Harrison, J.A., “Molecular Tribology of Hydrocarbon Systems”, 209th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Apr 2-7, 1995.

 

8.      Perry, M.D., White, C.T., Colton, R.J., Sinnott, S.B., Brenner, D.W., and Harrison, J.A., “Friction, Wear, and Adhesion in Hydrocarbon Systems”, STM95 Eighth International Conference on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy and Related Techniques, Snow Mass, Colorado, July 23-28, 1995.

 

9.      Perry, M.D. and Harrison, J.A., “Molecular Dynamics Studies of the Friction and Wear of Hydrocarbon Materials”, Workshop on Physical and Chemical Mechanisms in Tribology, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 29-September 1, 1995.

 

10.  Perry, M.D. and Harrison, J.A., “Molecular Dynamics Studies of the Friction of Diamond”, OBU Faculty Colloquium, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, May 1, 1996.

 

11.  Perry, M.D. and Harrison, J.A., “Effects of Debris Molecules on the Tribological Properties of Hydrocarbon Surfaces”, Southwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference, Arlington, Texas, November 15, 1996.

 

12.  Perry, M.D. and Harrison, J.A., “Friction between Diamond Surfaces in the Presence of Small, Third-Body Molecules”, 213th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 7-11, 1997.

 

13.  Yarbrough, J.C. and Perry, M.D., “An Atomisitic Investigation of Wearless Friction Between Diamond Surfaces using Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Eighteenth Annual University of Memphis Undergraduate Research Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, February 28, 1998.

 

14.  Yarbrough, J.C. and Perry, M.D., “An Atomistic Investigation of Wearless Friction Between Diamond Surfaces using Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Arkansas Space Grant Consortium, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 24, 1998.

 

15.  Lavender, K.R. and Perry, M.D., “Elucidation of Atomic Scale Friction Mechanisms using Molecular Dynamics”, 217th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim California, March 21-25, 1999.

 

16.  Lavender, K.R. and Perry, M.D., “Elucidation of Atomic Scale Friction Mechanisms using Molecular Dynamics”, Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference and Space Grant Symposium, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, April 23-24, 1999.

 

17.  Perry, M.D., “Calibrated Peer Review”, Pedagogy Seminar, OBU, Feb. 28, 2000.

 

18.  Manning, C.E. and Perry, M.D., “Friction of (110) Diamond in the Presence of Small Hydrocarbon Molecules”, 219th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 26-30, 2000.

 

19.  Perry, M.D., Good, G.E., Nisbet, A.R., and Baker, B., “Emphasizing Real-World Chemistry in Physical Science Laboratory”, 219th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 26-30, 2000.

 

20.  Manning, C.E. and Perry, M.D., “Friction of (110) Diamond in the Presence of Small Hydrocarbon Molecules”, Arkansas Space Grant Consortium, Russellville, Arkansas, April 14, 2000.

 

21.  Manning, C.E. and Perry, M.D., “Friction of (110) Diamond in the Presence of Small Hydrocarbon Molecules”, Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, April 29, 2000.

 

22.  Perry, M.D., “Calibrated Peer Review (CPR):  Can it Breathe Life into a Non-majors Course?”, 16th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 30-August 3, 2000.

 

23.  Perry, M.D., “The Molecular Science Project:  Something for Everyone’s Box”, NSF Multi-Initiative Dissemination Project Workshop, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, February 23-24, 2001.

 

24.  Perry, M.D., “On the Road Again—My Summer Vacation?”, Faculty Colloquium, OBU, March 7, 2001.

 

25.  Reding, W.M. and Perry, M.D., “QSAR Analysis of Bile Acids”, 221st American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, California, April 1-5, 2001.

 

26.  Perry, M.D., “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cathepsin B”, 221st American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, California, April 1-5, 2001.

 

27.  Reding, W.M. and Perry, M.D., “Computational Studies of the Binding of Bile Acids to the M3-receptor”, MALTO Medicinal Chemistry Meeting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, May 20-22.

 

28.  Perry, M.D., “Molecular Science Project:  Tools for everyone’s box”, 222nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August 26-30, 2001.

 

29.  Perry, M.D. and Mwase, I.M. “Human Genome Project—Summer 2001 Faculty Institute at Dartmouth”, Faculty Colloquium, OBU, October 31, 2001.

 

30.  Perry, M.D., “Course Enhancement with Molecular Science Products”, NSF Multi-Initiative Dissemination Project Workshop, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, February 22-23, 2002.

 

31.  Perry, M.D., “Implementing a student-centered curriculum”, 223rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April 7-11, 2002.

 

32.  Friedman, R. and Perry, M.D., “QSAR of Benzodiazepines and sleep”, 223rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April 7-11, 2002.

 

33.  Harry, N.T. and Perry, M.D., “QSAR and CoMFA:  Improving sleeping medications”, 223rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April 7-11, 2002.

 

34.  Perry, M.D., “Utilization and Evaluation of Calibrated Peer Review”, 17th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bellingham, Washington, July 28-August 1, 2002.

 

35.  Perry, M.D., “Course Enhancement with Molecular Science Products”, NSF Multi-Initiative Dissemination Project Workshop, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, February 7-8, 2003.

 

36.  Perry, M.D., “Web-based writing and homework assignments using Calibrated Peer Review and Mastering Chemistry”, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 23-27, 2003.

 

37.  Costner, M.E. and Perry, M.D., “3D QSAR Studies of Benzodiazepines”, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 23-27, 2003.

 

38.  Perry, M.D., “Course Enhancement with Molecular Science Products”, NSF Multi-Initiative Dissemination Project Workshop, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, April 11-12, 2003.

 

39.  Perry, M.D., “Learning without Lecture:  Shifting the Focus”, 226th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New York City, New York, September 7-11, 2003.

 

40.  Tolleson, J.S. and Perry, M.D., “Lectin Specificities and Cancer Vaccines”, Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network Symposium, Fayetteville, Arkansas, September 19-20, 2003.

 

WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS ATTENDED

 

   1996-present    Numerous Central Arkansas Local Section of the ACS meetings.  (approximately seven per year)

   Spring 1996     Communicating Chemistry:  Reaching Students and the Public-at-Large, National Science Foundation Chautauqua Short Course, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, May 19-21.

   Fall 1996          Southwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference, Arlington, Texas.

   Spring 1997     Higher Order Thinking in Science, as a part of Arkansas Science Crusade     (Jan - May 1997).

                           213th National ACS Meeting, San Francisco, California.

                           17th University of Memphis Undergraduate Research Conference, Memphis, Tennessee.

                           5th Arkansas Space Grant Consortium Meeting, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

   Spring 1998     ACS Local Section Leadership Conference, Central Arkansas Section representative, Phoenix, Arizona.

                           215th National ACS Meeting, Dallas, Texas.

                           18th University of Memphis Undergraduate Research Conference, Memphis, Tennessee.

                           6th Arkansas Space Grant Consortium Meeting, Little Rock, Arkansas.

   Spring 1999     217th National ACS Meeting, Anaheim, California.

                           7th Arkansas Space Grant Consortium Meeting / Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

   Summer 1999   Science and Religion: Unity and Diversity, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22.

                           Molecular Science, NSF curriculum development workshop, July 23-25.

                           218th National ACS Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 21-25.

   Spring 2000     New Traditions Workshop, Memphis, Tennessee, March 3-4.

                           219th National ACS Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 25-28.

                           8th Arkansas Space Grant Consortium Meeting, Russellville, Arkansas, April 14.

                           Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, April 28-29.

   Summer 2000   Genetics, Bioethics, and Religion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 3-8.

                           ACS Student Affiliates Peer Review Conference, Washington, D.C., July 21-23.

                           16th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 30-August 3.

   Fall 2000          Challenges to and from Evolutionary Theory, a public forum on science and religion, Conway, Arkansas, October 19.

   Spring 2001     NSF Multi-Initiative Dissemination Project Workshop, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, February 23-24.

                                    21st University of Memphis Undergraduate Research Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, March 3.

                           221st National ACS Meeting, San Diego, California, April 1-5.

                           MALTO Medicinal Chemistry Meeting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, May 20-22.

   Summer 2001   Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project, NIH Faculty Summer Institute, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 17-29.

                           Knowledge, Reality and Imagination:  Critical Realism and its alternatives in Science and Religion, Oxford, England, July 9-13.

                           222nd National ACS Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August 26-30.

   Spring 2002     Science and Religion:  Teaching in a Global Context, San Jose, California, January 4-9.

                           NSF Multi-Initiative Dissemination Project Workshop, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, February 22-23.

                           223rd National ACS Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April 7-11.

   Summer 2002   Project Kaleidoscope, Williamsburg, Virginia, June 1-5.

                           Truth in Science, Truth in Religion, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 29-July 3.

                           ACS Student Affiliates Peer Review Conference, Washington, D.C., July 19-21.

                           17th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bellingham, Washington, July 28-August 1.

   Spring 2003     NSF Multi-Initiative Dissemination Project Workshop, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, February 7-8.

                           225th National ACS Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 23-27.

                           NSF Multi-Initiative Dissemination Project Workshop, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, April 11-12.

   Summer 2003   Forensic Chemistry, Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, June 22-27.

                           ACS Student Affiliates Peer Review Conference, Washington, D.C., August 1-3.

   Fall 2003          226th National ACS Meeting, New York City, New York, September 7-11.

                           Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network Symposium, Fayetteville, Arkansas, September 19-20.

 

GRANTS

 

  1. Research proposal funded by NASA through the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium to conduct research with an undergraduate entitled “Molecular Dynamics Studies of Hydrocarbon Materials”.  Funding period:  January 1, 1997 - February 28, 1998.  Amount awarded:  $4982

 

  1. Funding made possible by NSF through Arkansas Science Crusade to improve instructional technologies in the classroom.  Amount awarded:  $5000.

 

3.      Co-principal investigator on research proposal funded by NSF-ILI.  The proposal funds the purchase of a GC-MS and describes this instrument’s use both in the classroom and for research with undergraduates.  Amount funded by NSF:  $40,000   University match:  $40,000.

 

  1. Research proposal funded by NASA through the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium to conduct research with an undergraduate entitled “Elucidation of Atomic Scale Friction Mechanisms using Molecular Dynamics”.  Funding period:  November 1, 1998 - February 28, 1999.  Amount awarded:  $2789

 

  1. Research proposal funded by NASA through the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium to continue research with an undergraduate entitled “Elucidation of Atomic Scale Friction Mechanisms using Molecular Dynamics”.  Funding period:  March 1, 1999 - February 28, 2000.  Amount awarded:  $2850

 

6.      OBU Parks Faculty Development funding to attend ACS 2000 General Chemistry Exam committee meeting in Anaheim, California, March 19-21, 1999.  Amount awarded:  $650

 

7.      OBU Faculty Development growth plan funding to attend NSF 1999 summer workshop.  Amount awarded:  $885.

 

8.      Templeton Foundation Course Prize (with Dr. Isaac Mwase, Department of Philosophy), “Science and Religion:  Processes and Products”, 1999.  Amount awarded:  $10,000

 

9.      Research proposal funded by NASA through the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium to conduct research with two undergraduates entitled “Analysis of Atomic Scale Friction Mechanisms using Molecular Dynamics”.  Funding period:  March 1, 2000 - February 28, 2001.  Amount awarded:  $4400

 

10.  Waggoner Natural Science Summer Fellowship to conduct research with an OBU undergraduate.  June-August, 2000.  Amount awarded:  $7500.

 

11.  Templeton Foundation Development Grant, 2000-01.  Amount awarded:  $2000.

 

12.  Templeton Foundation/ASA Lecture Series Grant (with Dr. Isaac Mwase, Department of Philosophy), 2000-01.  Amount awarded:  $4000.

 

13.  OBU Academic Enrichment Grant to take ten students to the Spring 2001 ACS National Meeting in San Diego, CA.  Amount awarded:  $1200.

 

14.  Collaborative research proposal funded by NASA through the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium to conduct research with faculty at UAMS and UALR, including three undergraduate students.  Title:  QSAR, Molecular Modeling, Astrobiology and Sleep.  Funding period:  March 1, 2001 – February 28, 2002.  Amount awarded:  $15,000.

 

15.  SILO-SURF Grant to conduct research with an OBU undergraduate.  January-October, 2001.  Amount Awarded:  $3900.

 

16.  Waggoner Natural Science Summer Fellowship to conduct research with an OBU undergraduate.  June-August, 2001.  Amount awarded:  $4130.

 

17.  Research proposal funded by NASA through the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium to support travel to Ames Research Center in San Francisco, California during August 2001 for two OBU undergraduates.  Amount awarded:  $1800.

 

18.  OBU Faculty Development growth plan funding to attend Templeton Advanced Science and Religion Summer workshop in Oxford, England.  Amount awarded:  $1200.

 

19.  Patterson Natural Science Summer Fellowship to conduct research with an OBU undergraduate.  June-August, 2002.  Amount awarded:  $7500.

 

20.  Templeton Foundation/ASA Lecture Series Grant (with Dr. Isaac Mwase, Department of Philosophy), 2002-03.  Amount awarded:  $2000.

 

21.  OBU Academic Enrichment Grant to take ten students to the Spring 2003 ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, LA.  Amount awarded:  $1200.

 

22.  OBU Faculty Development growth plan funding to attend Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences: Forensic Chemistry at Williams College, MA.  Amount awarded:  $500.

 

23.  Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network Summer Faculty Fellowship to collaborate with researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, June-August, 2003.  Amount awarded:  $12,805.

 

24.  Patterson Natural Science Summer Fellowship to conduct research with an OBU undergraduate.  June-August, 2003.  Amount awarded:  $2500.

 

25.  Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network Academic Fellowship to continue project at OBU and provide undergraduate stipends, 2003-2004.  Amount awarded:  $11,235.

 

26.  Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network Equipment Grant to purchase computational equipment to be utilized at OBU, 2003-2004.  Amount awarded:  $25,350.