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NewsProfessional AchievementsSome of the national and international professional achievements of our faculty and graduate students since the last Scire edition:John A. Adam, University Professor of mathematics, the paperback publication of his book “Mathematics in Nature: Modeling Patterns in the Natural World”(Princeton University Press). Presented “Patterns in Nature” to the Great Bridge Rotary Club and the fall meeting of the Tidewater Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Also, published “A Simplified Model for Growth Factor Induced Healing of Wounds” in vol. 44 of Mathematical and Computer Modeling. Co-authors are F. J. Vermolen and E. van Baaren, Department of Applied Mathematics, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. William Brownlow, Sophia Kyriacou and Prakash Nallathamby, graduate students, V. Pradvodelov, undergraduate, Y. Song and T. Huang, postdocs; and X. Nancy Xu, associate professor, chemistry and biochemistry, presented “Design of Single Nanoparticle Optics for Probing Living Cellular Function: Efflux Pump Machinery” at the Virginia Nanotech meeting in Newport News. Frank D. Day, eminent scholar of biological sciences, awarded the President’s Service Award at the annual meeting of the international Society of Wetland Scientists. Valerian J. Derlega professor of psychology, Xiushi Yang, professor of sociology; and H. Luo, Ynnan Normal University, China; published “Misconceptions About HIV Transmission, Stigma and Willingness to Take Sexual Risks in Southwestern China” in vol. 17 of International Journal of STD & AIDS. Mark Havey, professor of physics, presented “Time Dependent Population and Polarization Dynamics in Ultra Cold Atomic Rb” at the 36th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics in Snowbird, Utah. Also, presented “Time-Dependent Light Dynamics in Dense, Ultracold Atomic Rb” at the Frontiers in Optics 2006 conference in Rochester, NY. Co-authors are Salim Balik and Oguz Er, physics graduate students, and Charles Sukenik, associate professor of physics. Also, published “Diffuse Light Scattering Dynamics Under Conditions of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency” in vol. 74 of Physical Review A. Co-authors are V. M. Datsuyk (lead), I. M. Sokolov and D. V. Kupriyanov of St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University in Russia. Also, published with three co-authors “Nonlinear Optical Approach to Matrix-Element Spectroscopy of the 5s 2S1/2 – 5p 2Pj – 5d 2Dj’ Transitions in 87Rb” in vol. 39 of Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. Also, published “Coherent Backscattering of Light from Ultracold and Optically Dense Atomic Ensembles,” a review article in vol. 3 of Laser Physics Letters 3. Co-authors: Kupriyanov (lead), Sokolov and Sukenik. John R. Holsinger, eminent scholar of biological sciences, presented “Biodiversity in Caves and Subterranean Waters” at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Also, with Y. Ranga Reddy, Acharya Nagarjuna University of Cadi, Morocco, presented “A new family of Crangonyctiod Amphipods from Kotumsar Cave in India and the First African Species of the Genus Crangonyx (Crangonyctidae) from Subterranean Groundwaters in Western Morocco: Systematics and Biogeographic Implications” at the 18th International Symposium of Biospeleology in Cluj, Romania. Also, published “Two New Genera and Two New Species of the Subterranean Family Bogidiellidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Groundwaters in Northern Oman, with Notes on the Geographic Distribution of the Family” in no. 1208 of Zootxa. Co-authors are Valentina Iannilli and Sandro Ruffo of the Civic Museum of Natural History Verona and Ronald Vonk of the University of Amsterdam. Also, published “Annotated Checklist of the Amphipoda of Arkansas with Emphasis on Groundwater Hebitats” in vol. 59 of the Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Sciences. Co-authors are G. O. Graening and Michael Slay of the Arkansas Field Office of the Nature Conservancy. Debra Major, professor of psychology, published “Providing Asthma Care in Elementary Schools: Understanding Barriers to Determine Best Practices” in vol. 29, no. 4 of Family & Community Health. Co-authors are Suzanne Clarke and Rebekah Cardenas, I/O psychology doctoral students, and Judith Taylor-Fishwick, Cynthia Kelly and Frances Butterfoss of EVMS. Harold Marshall, professor emeritus of biological sciences, “Status of Potentially Harmful Algae in the Chesapeake Bay Estuarine System” at the 12th International Conference on Harmful Algae in Copenhagen, Denmark. Co-authors are Lubomira Burchardt of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland; Todd Egerton, doctoral student; and Michael Lane, data analyst, biological sciences. Also, published “Dominance and Morphology of Two Acidophilic Diatoms from Lake Drummond, Located in Southeastern Virgina” in Proceedings of the 18th International Diatom Symposium. Co-author is Burchardt. Also, published “Phytoplankton Assemblages Associated with Water Quality and Salinity Regions in Chesapeake Bay” in the journal Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science. Co-authors are Richard Lacouture of Morgan State University, Claire Buchanan of the Potomac River Commission and J. Johnson of the Environmental Protection Agency. Nora Noffke assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, named winner of the 2007 James Lee Wilson Award of the Society of Sedimentary Geologists. The award recognizes excellence in sedimentary geology by a young scientist. Valerie Schroader, master’s student of psychology; Michelle Kelley, professor of psychology; and William Fals-Stewart of RTI International, published “Effects of Parental Substance Abuse on Youth in their Homes” in vol. 13, no. 4 of The Prevention Researcher. Jeffrey Steckroth,instructor of mathematics and statistics, presented “Function Composition: Clearing Up the FoG” at the 2006 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Eastern Regional Conference in Atlantic City, NJ. Lawrence B. Weinstein, professor of physics, received University Professor designation. The title is permanent and he will receive $2,500 per year of discretionary funds to support his professional development for four years following his appointment. X. Nancy Xu, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, published “Design of Single Nanoparticle Optics for Molecular Imaging Single Living Cells” in Proceedings of the 232nd ACS National Meeting (Physical Chemistry Division, San Francisco). Co-authurs are Prakash Nallathamby and W. Brownlow, graduate students; Y. Song and T. Huang, postdocs. Also, published “Development of Single Nanoparticle Optics for Single Living Cell Imaging” in Proceedings of Pittcom 2006 (Orlando, FL). Co-authors are Pravodelov, Brownlow and Song. Also, served as a reviewer for a National Institutes of Health Special Emphasis Review Panel on Nanotechnology and for a Study Section on Microscopic Imaging. Other stories in Student Section.. Phyllis Brown, Editor
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