The following individuals received first-year JDRD funding.

Bin Hu, Department of Materials Science and Engineering — Development of highly efficient organic white electroluminescence for solid-state lighting

(Revolutionary method for increasing efficiency of white-light quantum-dot LEDs, Chad E. Duty)

Norman Mannella, Department of Physics and Astronomy — Doping control of epitaxial TiO_x and TiO₂ thin film hetero-structures for photo-electrochemical solar energy conservation

(Bandgap narrowing of oxide semiconductors using non-compensated n-p co-doping for enhanced solar energy utilization, Zhenyu Zhang)

Janice Musfeldt, Department of Chemistry — Investigating the physical properites of magnetic nanoparticles

(Neutron scattering study of magnetic and spin dynamic behavior in amine-stabilized transition metal and transition metal oxide nanoparticles, Andrew C. Christianson)

Michael Langston, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science — High-performance computational tools for systems genetic analysis

(Host genetic diversity as a variable selection environment for the gut microbiome, Elissa J. Chesler)

Jeffrey Becker, Department of Microbiology — Survey of fungal component of the gut microbiome

(Host genetic diversity as a variable selection environment for the gut microbiome, Elissa J. Chesler

Liem Tran, Department of Geography — Cross-scale interactions and ecological system dynamics: pattern-process relationships through space and time

Scale-dependent metrics fo bioenergy: land-nutrient-water interactions under futur energy scenarios, Virginia H. Dale)

Jennifer Schweitzer, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
— Plant-soil feedbacks impact carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling: impacts of biofuel crops?

(Carbon drivers of the microbe-switchgrass rhizosphere interface, Christopher Warren Schadt)

Qiang He, Department of Civil ane Environmental Engineering — Linkage between soil microbial activities in the rhizosphere and functional characteristics of dissolved organic matter

Carbon drivers of the microbe-switchgrass rhizosphere interface, Christopher Warren Schadt)

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