Fulbright Scholar Program
2006 - 2007 Visiting Scholar Directory
Environmental Sciences Back
Abarca Cameo, Elena Maria
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences, Polytechnical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Density Coupled Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Processes in Coastal Aquifers
Auburn University--Main Campus, College of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn, AL, c/o Dr. T. Prabhakar Clement
April 2007 - March 2009

Akin-Oriola, Gbemisola
Senior Lecturer, Department of Fisheries, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria
Research: Detection and Characterization of Algal Toxins in Bloom, Shellfish and Fish Samples From Fresh and Marine Environments in Nigeria
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Department of Chemistry, Syracuse, NY, c/o Dr. Greg Boyer
March 2007 - December 2007

Bernal Berenguer, Susana
Independent Researcher, Department of Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Buffering of Landscape Nitrogen Flux by Alluvial Wetlands: From Field-Reach Experiments to Catchment-Integrated Measures
Princeton University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton, NJ, c/o Prof. Lars O. Hedin
April 2007 - March 2009

Binag, Christina
Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
Research: Minimization of Environmental Pollutants in Groundwater Using Metal Nanoparticles or Nanosized Conducting Polymer Assembly
Pennsylvania State University--University Park, Eberly College of Science, Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University Park, PA, c/o Dr. Thomas E. Mallouk
September 2006 - November 2006

Bugaenko, Tatiana
Researcher, Sukachev Institute of Forest, Russian Academy of Sciences-Siberian Branch, Karsnoyarsk, Russia
Research: General Regularities of Post Fire Plant Dynamic in the Circumboreal Zone
University of Alaska--Fairbanks, Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit, Fairbanks, AK, c/o Dr. Teresa Nettleton Hollingsworth
October 2006 - April 2007

Calvo Fernandez, Natalia
Assistant Professor, Department of Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics II, Faculty of Physical Science, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Research: ENSO Propagation and Stratospheric Circulation Under Climate Change Scenarios With General Circulation Models in High Resolution
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Division, Boulder, CO, c/o Mr. Rolando R. Garcia
April 2007 - March 2008

Coutand, Isabelle
Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Lille, Lille, France
Lecturing and Research: Links Between Tectonics, Climate and Erosion in an Active Orogen: A Case Study of the Bhutan Himalaya
Stanford University, School of Earth Sciences, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford, CA, c/o Dr. C. Page Chamberlain
September 2006 - August 2007

Hawlena, Hadas Yaffa
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel
Research: Key Factors Affecting the Global and Taxonomic Distribution of Virulence in Wild Animals
Indiana University-Bloomington, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN, c/o Dr. Curtis Lively
July 2007 - June 2008

Maltsev, Volodymyr
Researcher, Department of General Zoology and Ichtiology, National Agricultural University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Research: Estimation of the Ecological Status of Shallow Water Storage Using Remote Sensing
University of Mississippi, National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering, University, MS, c/o Dr. Weiming Wu
September 2006 - August 2007

Nieto Cid, Maria del Mar
Postdoctoral Fellow, Spanish National Research Council, Vigo, Spain
Research: Marine Ultrafiltered Organic Matter Characterization by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, c/o Dr. Daniel J. Repeta
October 2006 - September 2008

Palomo Rios, Laura
Research Assistant, Department of Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Research: Organic Matter Preservation in Estuarine Sediments: Influence of Mixing Conditions in the Reactivity Gradient
College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, Department of Physical Sciences, Williamsburg, VA, c/o Dr. Elizabeth Canuel
October 2006 - September 2008

Panyaping, Klinpratoom
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology--Lanna, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Research: Stakeholder Education Strategy for Sustainable Environmental Management
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Otto H. York Center for Environmental Engineering and Science, Newark, NJ, c/o Dr. Daniel J. Watts
August 2006 - November 2006

Romashchenko, Kostyantyn
Research Fellow, Photosystem Ecology Department, Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Research: Joining of Ukrainian and American Traditions in Plant Ecology and Evolution
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, Washington, DC, c/o Dr. Paul Peterson
December 2006 - July 2007

Salas, Jessica
Managing Director, Kahublagan Sang Panimalay Foundation Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Research: The Structure, Functions and Environment of Community-Based Watershed Management
Cornell University, International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development, Ithaca, NY, c/o Dr. Terry W. Tucker
August 2006 - December 2006

Vikulin, Sergey
Senior Research Scientist, Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences--St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
Research: Leaf Litter as Paleoenvironmental Indicator of the Warm Arctic
Texas State University--San Marcos, Department of Biology, San Marcos, TX, c/o Dr. Garland R. Upchurch Jr.
September 2006 - March 2007

Warchol, Jolanta
Assistant Professor, Rzeszow University of Technology, Rzeszow, Poland
Research: Mechanisms of Inorganic Anion Removal From Water by Surfactant-Modified Natural Zeolites
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Socorro, NM, c/o Dr. Robert Bowman
January 2007 - June 2007

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