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EPA
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 Dr. Bill Deutsch
334-844-9119
Dr. Bill Deutsch has been a Research Fellow in the Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures at Auburn University since 1990, with degrees in Zoology (B.S., Houghton College, 1972), Biology (M.A., SUNY Binghamton, 1975), Anthropology (B.A., Bloomsburg University, 1983) and Aquatic Ecology (Ph.D. and postdoctoral studies, Auburn University, 1988). He previously worked 11 years (1974-85) as a Research Biologist and Director of Aquatic Research with environmental consulting companies in Pennsylvania. Bill has been the Director of the EPA/ADEM-funded, citizen volunteer water monitoring program called Alabama Water Watch since it began in 1992. He also directs the EPA/ADEM-funded implementation phase of the Saugahatchee Watershed Management Plan (SWaMP), and the Tallapoosa Watershed Project (funded by the USDA/CSREES, 2003-07 and the AU Water Resources Center, 2008-2011). Bill has worked on watershed projects of the AU International Center for Aquaculture and Aquatic Environments and has made about 50 international trips to 20 countries. He directs the Global Water Watch program, a network of water monitoring groups which have been active in the Philippines, Ecuador, Thailand, Brazil and Mexico.
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 Dr. John W. Steadman
251-460-6261
Dr. Steadman is Dean of Engineering at the University of South Alabama and the immediate past president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – United States of America (IEEE-USA). John has also served as president of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, the organization that represents the engineering licensing boards of the various states and jurisdictions of the United States. He has held leadership positions in the National Society of Professional Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education. John is a member of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committed for the Department of Energy, the IEEE-USA Board of Directors and the Board of Governors of the Order of the Engineer. Dr. Steadman received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wyoming and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University. He worked for General Dynamics Corporation before joining the faculty at the University of Wyoming. John is a registered professional engineer and a Fellow of the National Society of Professional Engineers.
John and his wife live in Mobile, Alabama.
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USDA
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 Dr. Frank F. Bartol
334-844-1506
Dr. Frank F. Bartol is Professor of Reproductive Biology and Director of the Cellular and Molecular Biosciences Program at Auburn University (AU). A member of the AU faculty since 1983, Dr. Bartol holds academic appointments in the Department of Animal Sciences in the College of Agriculture and the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. He obtained the B.S. degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees through the Interdisciplinary Reproductive Biology Program from the University of Florida. Additionally, he obtained advanced training in molecular biology as a ‘Visiting Scientist & Scholar’ in the Center for Animal Biotechnology at Texas A&M University. In 2005 Dr. Bartol was honored by his doctoral alma mater when he was named a ‘Donald Henry Barron Lecturer’ at the University of Florida in recognition of “outstanding research and scholarly activities in the field of reproductive biology”. His research, which focuses on identification of mechanisms regulating development and function of female reproductive tract tissues in domestic ungulates, has been supported by the USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (USDA-NRICGP), the National Science Foundation, and private organizations in the U.S. and abroad, as well as by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. He is an active member of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) and the Society for Theriogenology (SFT), and was elected as an ‘Honorary Member’ of the Society of Phi Zeta, the honor society of veterinary medicine, for “distinguished service in the advancement of science relating to the animal industry”. An advocate of the responsible use of animals in research and education, Dr. Bartol has served as chair of the Auburn University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, and both Animal Care and Experimentation and Animal Ethics sub-committees for the SSR. In addition to teaching the graduate course in reproductive biology at AU, Dr. Bartol lectures in animal use and bioethics in the AU veterinary curriculum and has spoken nationally and internationally on these topics.
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Professor Gregory is a member of the faculty of chemistry and materials science at UAH and serves as head of the multidisciplinary UAH Laboratory for Materials and Surface Science. He has worked in the US Space program since becoming a NAS-NRC postdoctoral research associate at NASA MSFC in 1967. His research has concentrated in two areas: experimental measurements of the high energy cosmic and solar radiation, and materials studies in Space. Both have involved experiments conducted in space using various platforms. He has had working collaborations with researchers at MSFC,GSFC, JSC and GRC. He has been director of the ASGC since 1990.
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 Dr. Christopher Lawson
205-975-5059
Dr. Chistopher Lawson is the Acting Executive Director for Alabama EPSCoR. His long term research interests are directed toward the development and characterization of nonlinear optical (NLO) materials for optical switching and power limiting applications using wavelength tunable Z-scan, degenerate four wave mixing (DFWM), and power limiting spectroscopy. The focus of this work is to study the relationship between excited state absorption, linear absorption, and molecular structure in metal organics using computer modeling supported by a full suite of experimental measurements.
He is also the Director of the Multi-Institutional "Center for Optical Sensors and Spectroscopies (COSS)" to develop laser and fiber optic spectroscopic sensors for detection of explosives and chemical and biological toxins. These sensors for toxins could have important environmental monitoring applications to help improve the safety and quality of local ground water supplies. More importantly, when incorporated in airport screening systems, such optical sensors for explosives and chemical and biological toxins could have important Counter-Terrorism applications to help prevent import of explosives and dangerous chemical and biological agents.
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Dr. Denise Barnes
Program Director
EPSCoR Program
The National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1122S
Arlington, VA 22230
Ph: (703) 292-8683
Fax: (703) 292-9047
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NASA
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Ms. Diane D. DeTroye
Manager, Space Grant and EPSCoR Programs
Office of Education
Office 2K17
NASA Headquarters 300 E Street, SW
Washington, DC 20546-0001
Ph: (202) 358-1069
Fax: (202) 358-3523
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DOE
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Tim Fitzsimmons
SC-22.2/Germantown Building, Room F-418
U.S. Department of Energy 1000
Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585-1290
Phone: 301-903-9830
Fax: 301-903-9513
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EPA
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Darrell Winner
8723R, USEPA Headquarters, Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
Phone: (202) 343-9748
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USDA
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Mark Poth
Director of Competitive Programs
United States Department of Agriculture
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 2201
Washington, DC 20250-2201
Ph: 202-401-5244
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