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2008 Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Recipients 

The ICDD Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Committee has selected ten recipients for the 2008 Scholarship Program.  These recipients were selected, on a competitive basis, from thirty-seven commendable applications received by the ICDD Scholarship Committee.  The recipients are: 

Tobias Beck, Goettingen University, Goettingen, Germany
“Learning From Metal Sites in Proteins: Crystallography Studies on Biomimetics”

Sophie Beckett, Cranfield University, Shrivenham, UK
“Species Identification of Bone Fragments: Development of a New Combined Method of Pyrolysis and X-ray Diffraction Analysis”

Dejan-Krešimir Bučar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
“Metallosupramolecular Capsules with Nanometer-Sized Cavities Derived From a Template-Directed [2+2] Photodimerization in the Solid State”

James Ciston, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
“Experimental Measurement of Surface Valence Charge Density”

Martin Duriska, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
“Multifunctional ‘Nanoballs’”

Beth S. Guiton, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
“Nano-Domain Superlattices: Periodic Nanometer-Scale Phase Separation in A-site Deficient Perovskite Oxides”

Magdalena Korczynska, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
“Structural Characterization of Potential Drug Targets”

Katherine Snoda Ryan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
“Diverging Pathways in Natural Product Biosynthesis: The Crystal Structure of VioE”

Nathan J. Silvernail, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
“Mapping of NO Motion in Solid State [Fe(TpXPP)(NO)(1-Melm)] Complexes”

Bo Song, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
“New Ternary Nitrides & Carbides: Synthesis, Structural Characterizations and Physical Properties”

The ICDD will present each of these students with a check in the amount of $2,500 to assist in the continuation of studies in their selected fields of crystallographic research.

These scholarships are made possible through corporate and private donations.  If you would like information on how you can make a tax-deductible donation, please contact the ICDD at +610-325-9814.

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Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Recipients

2007

Guillermo Minguez Espallargas, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Solid State Supramolecular Chemistry Involving Halogens: Interactions and Reactions

Iris Rauda, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
New Porous Materials for Hydrogen Storage

Kishore K. Tenneti, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
X-ray Analysis of the Phase Structures Formed in Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers

Paul Tobash, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, U.S.A.
Powder and Single-crystal X-ray Diffraction Studies of the Vacancy Ordering in Rare-Earth Intermetallics Derived from the AlB2 and α-ThSi2 Structure Types

Katherine Snoda Ryan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Crystallographic Analysis of RebC and RebP

Natasha Sciortino, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Spin-Crossover and Nanoporosity in Multifunctional Coordination Materials

John J. Morris, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, U.S.A.
High-Connectivity Networks Through Alkali Metal Aggregate Assemblies

James Ciston, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, U.S.A.
Experimental Mearsurement of Surface Valence Charge Density

 

2006

Zarife Goknur Cambaz,
Selective Etching of SiC Nanowhiskers
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Katherine Hull
Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Geminal Dimetallics
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.A.

Donghyun Lee
X-ray Crystallographic Refinement Studies on Magnesium Substituted Brushite for Biological Applications
Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Lorien Parker
Crystallographic Studies of Glutathione Transferase
The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy
Victoria, Australia

Natasha Sciortino
Spin-Crossover and Nanoporosity in Coordination Frameworks
The University of Sydney
NSW, Australia

Fleur Tynan
Structural Studies to Elucidate the T Cell Receptor Recognition of MHC Molecules Presenting ‘Super-Bulged' Viral Antigens
Monash University, Clayton
Victoria, Australia

Yulia Uvarova,
Crystal Chemistry of Minerals in the Kola Superdeep Borehole
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Manitoba, Canada

Jessica Vey
Crystallographic Analysis of Pyruvate Formate Lyase Activating Enzyme
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

2005

Jason Benedict
Dyeing Crystals: 19th Century Phenomenology to 21st Century Material Science Technology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Gali Golan
Structure-Function Relationships in DNA-Repair Enzymes
The Hebrew University of Israel
Jerusalem, Israel

Katherine Hull
Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Semiconductor Nanowires
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.A.

Jun Luo
Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of Rare Earth-Cobalt Compounds with TbCu7-Type Structure
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, P.R. China

I. Ahmad Mirza
Structural Characterization of Novel Antifungal Targets and Enzymes Involved in Bioremediation
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Kimberly Tait
Investigations into the Stability, Morphology and the Crystal Structure of the Coexistence of Structure I and Structure II Methane-ethane Clathrate Hydrates – Occurrence and Geological Implications
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.

 

2004

Geoffrey Kwai-Wai Kong 
Crystallographic Studies of the Amyloid Precursor Protein (AAP)
The University of Melbourne/St.Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, 
Victoria, Australia 

Chong Lim 
Reaction Path and Crystallography of CoSi2 Formation on Si(001) by Reactive Deposition Epitaxy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
U.S.A. 

Andrew Locock
Crystal Structure and Synchrotron Radiation Study of Uranyl Oxysalts of Phosphate and Arsenate - Implications for Remediation
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana
U.S.A.

Robin T. Macaluso 
X-ray and Neutron Diffraction Studies for Understanding Geometrically Frustrated Systems
 Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
U.S.A. 

Petra Simoncic
Defect Structure of the Natural and Synthetic Zeolites Mordenite - Structure Characterization of Dye Modified, Synthetic Mordenite
University of Bern, Bern
Switzerland 

Kimberly Tait 
Investigations into the Stability, Morphology and the Crystal Structure of the Coexistence of Structure I and Structure II Methane-ethane Clathrate Hydrates - Occurrence and Geological Implications
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
U.S.A. 

2003

Kacey Claborn
Measurement of Optical Rotation in the Achiral Crystals of Pentaerythritol
The University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
U.S.A.

Sean Dalrymple 
Flexible Hydrogen Bonded Networks via Second Sphere Coordination
The University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Canada

Desiree Fong
Substrate Binding Properties and Reaction Mechanism of an Aminoglycoside-Modifying Kinase
McGill University, 
Montreal, Quebec
Canada

Erwann Jeanneau 
Design of New Mixed Oxalates With Open-Framework Structures Based on MO8 Building Units
The University of Rennes I
Rennes cedex
France

Chong Lim 
Crystallographic and Structural Studies of Cobalt Silicide Formation on Si(001)
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
U.S.A.

Andrew Locock 
Crystal Structure and Synchrotron Radiation Study of Uranyl Oxysalts of Phosphate and Arsenate-Implications for Remediation
The University of Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana
U.S.A.

2002

Dane A. Boysen
Hydrogen-Bonding, Phase Transitions, and Proton Conductivity in MH₂PO₄-Type Solid Acids (M=Li, K, Na, Rb, Cs and NH₄)
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California 
U.S.A.

Desiree H. Fong
Structural Analysis of an Antibiotic-Detoxifying Kinase
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Canada

Jeffrey H. Haeni
Growth and Characterization of Metastable BaTiO₃/SrTiO₃ Superlattices
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania 
U.S.A.

Michael W. Lufaso
Evaluation and Prediction of the Crystal Structures of Single/Ordered/Disordered Octahedral Cation Perovskites Using the Software Program SPuDS
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 
U.S.A.

Jeffrey P. Maranchi
Novel Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of Electrode Materials for Thin Film Lithium-Ion Batteries
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.

Christine M. Clark McCracken
The Crystallography and Chemistry of Tourmaline
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada 

2001

James Lettieri
Ferroelectric Anisotropy and Integration of SrBi₂Ta₂O₉
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.

Meitian Wang
Developing Structural Principles for New Ternary Metal-Rich Pnictides
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Alberta
Canada

Christina DeWitt
Determining the Structures of an Fc Derived from a Human  IgG1 (k ) Antibody
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
U.S.A.

Christine McCracken
The Crystallography and Chemistry of Tourmaline
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada

Maxim V. Lobanov
Structural Studies of Low-Dimensional Magnetic Mn Oxides as Possible CMR Materials
Moscow State University, Moscow
Russia

Jennifer Stone 
Structural Studies of High-Power Optical Materials
Oregon State University, Corvallis
Oregon
U.S.A.

2000

Maxim V. Lobanov
Structural Studies of Colossal Magnetoresistant Manganese Oxides
Moscow State University, Moscow
Russia

Chen Yi
Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic Properties of Rare Earth-Transition Metals-Borides
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Peoples Republic of China

Michelle Anne Dunstone
Structural Studies of Human Blood Proteins
St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Victoria
Australia

James Lettieri
Ferroelectric Anisotropy and Integration of SrBi₂Ta₂O₉
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.

Heather M. Volz
A Triple-axis Diffraction Investigation into Defects in Crystallized Hen Egg White Lysozyme
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
U.S.A.

1999

Byron DeLaBarre
Determining the Phases for a Difficult Protein Structure
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada

Shannon Patrick Farrell
Sulfur K- and L-Edge XANES of 3d Transition Metal Sulphides and Silicate and Germanate Glasses
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
Canada

Cora Lind
New Negative Thermal Expansion Materials Related to Cubic ZrW₂O₈
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
U.S.A.

Oshrit Navon
Polymorphism and the Influence of Crystal Forces on Molecular Conformation
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva
Israel

K. Scott Weil
Investigation of the Formation, Structure, and Magnetic Behavior of Compounds in the Nickel-Molybdenum-Nitride System
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.

1998:

Ekaterina Anokhina
Niobium Oxochloride Cluster Compounds: a Quest for Correlations between Configuration of the Clusters, Framework Topology and Properties
Wake Forest University,  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
U.S.A.

Nathalie Audebrand
Structure, Microstructure and Temperature- dependent Diffraction Studies of New Cerium-based Precursors and Related Oxides
Université de Rennes I, Rennes
France

Susanne Feil
Structural and Functional Aspects of Pore-forming Proteins by X-ray Crystallography and Molecular Biology
St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Victoria
Australia

Christopher Theis 
Ferroelectric Superlattices and Higher n Aurivillius Phases Grown By MBE
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park,  Pennsylvania
U.S.A.

K. Scott Weil.
Investigation of the Formation, Structure, and Magnetic Behavior of Compounds in the Nickel- Molybdenum-Nitrogen System
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.
 
1997:

 Nathalie Audebrand
Structure, Microstructure, and Temperature Dependent Diffraction Studies of New Cerium-based Precursors and Related Oxides
University de Rennes
France

 David M. Teter
Superhard Carbon Boronitride Alloys: A Rational Approach to Design and Synthesis
Carnegie Institute of Washington, D.C.
U.S.A.

 Savvas Savvides
Structure Determination of the flk2/flt3 Ligand
Cornell University
U.S.A.

 Hongwu Xu
Structural Analyses of Stuffed Quartz Phases Along the LiAlSiO₄-SiO₂ Join
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
U.S.A.

1996:

 Patrick Len
Theoretical Development of a direct holographic method of determining atomic crystal structure from electron or fluorescent x-ray diffraction data
University of California, Davis, California
U.S.A.

 Aaron Oakley
To understand the structure/function of human pi-class Glutathione S-transferases
St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research
Australia

 Liat Shimoni
Determination of the crytal structure of two enzymes-Porphobilinogen Synthase and Ubiquitin caboxyl-terminal hydrolase
Fox Chase Cancer Center
U.S.A.

 Hongwu Xu
High-Temperature TEM and X-ray Diffraction Studies of the Order-Disorder Phase transition in beta-Eucryptite
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
U.S.A.

 1995:

 Arturas Vaillionis
Structure Characterization of Bi₂Sr₂Ca_n-1Cu_nO_y thin films with n=2
Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden

 Leonard R. MacGillvray
Noncovalent Interactions and Crystal Engineering Understanding the Solid-State Self-Assembly of Molecules and Ions Isolated from Liquid Clathrate Media
University of Missouri-Columbia
U.S.A.

 Kevin F. Peters
Small Particle Melting Phenomena
Northwestern University
U.S.A.

 1994:

 Peter C. Burns
Sterochemistry of Cu⁺²
The University of Manitoba
Canada

 Annapoorna Akella
Correlations between atomic structure and luminescent and nonlinear optical properties
Oregon State University
U.S.A.

 Michael Lloyd
Probability of the formation of solid state compounds
University of Kentucky
U.S.A.

 1993:

Peter C. Burns
Sterochemistry of Cu⁺² 
The University of Manitoba
Canada

Janet M. S. Skakle
Structures of a variety of barium rare-earth titanates using neutron and X-ray diffraction
University of Aberdeen
Scotland

 1992:

Timothy P. Hackwell
High-pressure, high-temperature phase transitions of feldspars
University College
London, England

Janet M. S. Skakle
Structures of a variety of barium rare-earth titanates using neutron and X-ray diffraction
University of Aberdeen
Scotland