1999 Funded Grant Projects
Christine Baeumler and Dr. Kathryn Draeger, Environmental Ground, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota
"An Aesthetic and Ecological Approach to Reclaiming and Restoring Balanced Landscapes Using Native Plants"
Melissa A. Chechowitz, D.V.M. and Patricia Conrad, D.V.M., University of California-Davis, Davis, California
"Is Protozoal Encephalitis in Threatened Southern California Sea Otters an Emerging Disease or an Indicator of Environmental Imbalance?"
Dr. Parwinder Grewal, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio
"Multimedia Aids and Training Programs for Using Insecticidal Nematodes as an Alternative to Pesticides in Agriculture"
Dr. Antonio Lara and Robert Marquez, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
"Preserving the Traditional Brick Kiln Way of Life in Mexico While Reducing Air Pollution Using Innovative Low Technology"
Dr. Nicholas Pinter, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
"Management of the Upper Mississippi River: Impacts of Levee Construction and Channelization"
Steven Schipani, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
"Integrating Home Gardening in Northeast Thailand to Prevent Malnutrition"
Mark Schulze, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
"Reconciling Timber Harvesting with Forest Conservation in the Eastern Amazon"
Peter J. Shouse and Todd H. Skaggs, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Riverside, California
"Reducing Agricultural Drainage to Balance the Need for Irrigating Food Crops and Preserving Natural Resources in the San Joaquin Valley, California"
Dr. Daniel Tao, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
"Converting Pyrite and Gypsum Wastes From Gas Cleaning Systems into Lime for Recycling and Other Products For Sale"
Dr. John W. Walkinshaw, Paper Quality Management Associates, Westford, Massachusetts
"Reducing the Impact of Photocopied and Laser Printed Paper on the Environment using Ultrasonic De-inking Technology"
1998 Funded Grant Projects
Lloyd Connelly, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
"Small-Scale Ultraviolet Water Disinfection for Rural Health and Resource Management: A Case Study in the Purepecha Highlands of Mexico"
Dr. Richard Corkish, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
"Numerical Modeling of Quantum-Well Solar Cells-A Promising Means of Sustainable Energy Production"
Daniel DeJoode, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
"Succession in Managed Forests: A Study of Sustainable Timber Harvesting and Conservation of Biodiversity of the Menominee Indian Reservation"
Bruce G. Ferguson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
"Post-Agricultural Succession: Unearthing Farming's Potential for Conservation and Restoration of Tropical Biodiversity"
Anne M. Harbut, St. Petersburg, Florida
"An Environment in Jeopardy: Environmental Education for Ho Chi Minh City Middle School Students and Teachers"
Dr. Mark T. Hernandez, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
"Balancing the Preservation of our Natural Environment with Mandatory Aircraft Deicing Practices"
Dr. Gad Perry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
"Using Snake Barrier Technology to Protect and Restore Pacific Island Endangered Species"
Dr. Andrea Anne Stierle and Dr. Donald Bruce Stierle, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte, Montana
"A Gift From the Sea: A Marine Microbe that Balances the Need for New AIDS Drugs and the Necessity to Protect Delicate Reef Ecosystems"
Christopher Reeve, Christopher Reeve Foundation, New York, New York (Deceased)
A Jonathan Lindbergh Brown Grant to the Christopher Reeve Foundation will be used in the area or areas of greatest need, as determined by Lindbergh Foundation Board member Chris Reeve, for research, education, advocacy and/or quality of life improvement on behalf of those with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities. Jonathan Lindbergh Brown Grants support work which seeks to redress imbalance between individuals and their human environment.
1997 Funded Grant Projects
Karleen A. Boyle, University of California, Los Angeles, California
"Balancing Conservation of Coastal Wetlands with the Expansion of Aviation Activities in Southern California"
Dr. Andrea Easter-Pilcher, Western Montana College, Dillon, Montana
"Alternatives for Wetland Restoration: Reintroduction of a Native Species to the Volga-Kama National Preserve in Kazan, Russia"
Annette Summers Engel, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
"Geomicrobiology Studies of a Place Lost in Time and Space - the Movile Cave, Romania"
James E. Grogan, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut
"Mahogany Reproductive Ecology and the Timing of Extraction"
Dr. Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz, California
"Restoration of Tropical Rainforest from Agricultural Land in Costa Rica"
Paul Neipp, University of California, Riverside, California
"A Biological Control Alternative to Chemical Control of Plant Parasitic Nematodes"
Dr. Sean Phipps, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
"An Intervention to Promote Wellness and Attitudinal Healing in Children Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation"
Dr. Claudio U. Pinheiro, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York
"Balancing Plant Conservation and Domestication of the Jaborandi plant in Northeastern Brazil"
Dr. Pencho Venkov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
"A New More Sensitive Test for Studying Human/Natural Disbalance Caused by Pollution"
Kevina Vulinec, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
"The Role of Dung Beetles in Seed Dispersal and Reforestation of Rainforest and Agricultural Land in Rondonia, Brazil"
1996 Funded Grant Projects
Dr. Colin A. Chapman, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
"The Role of Animals in the Restoration of Abandoned African Croplands"
Dr. Vicki Friesen, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
"Development of a Versatile, Accurate, Rapid, and Inexpensive Genetic Tool to Aid in the Conservation of Biodiversity and Monitoring of Environmental Quality"
James W. Henderson, Oregon City, Oregon
"A New Technology to Preserve Native American Rock Paintings"
Dr. Patricia Majluf, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, and Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
"An Assessment of Competition Between Marine Wildlife and Fisheries in Southern Peru"
Dr. John Meister, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, New Mexico
"The Use of Tree Lignin, a By-Product of Paper Manufacturing, in the Production of Tires"
Jennifer L. O'Hara, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut
"Balancing the Need for Conservation and Development of Tropical Forests: Developing a Model Approach for Sustainable Harvest of Non-Timber Forest Products"
Brian Oldreive, Hinton Estates, Bindura Zimbabwe
"Promoting Balance Through Conservation Tillage in Poor Smallholder Areas in Zimbabwe"
Dr. Kenneth J. Schlather, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
"A 'New' Approach to Overcoming Phosphorus Deficiency in the Humid Tropics by Applying the Principles of Phosphorus Cycling in Forests to Agriculture"
Carlos Zorrilla, Green Corps, Otavalo, Imbabura, Ecuador
"Community-Based Conservation in Northwest Ecuador"
1995 Funded Grant Projects
Dr. Ernest R. Diedrich, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota
"Balancing Energy Consumption with Resource Conservation: A Wind Power Study for Central Minnesota, an Educational Model for the World"
Dr. Ping Liu, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
"Analysis of Recycled Plastic Composites to Aid in the Development and Design of Recycled Plastic Products"
Dr. Vivian Charles McAlister, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
"Use of Human Response to Parasites to Improve Organ Transplant Survival"
Robyn Lee Myers, University of California-Davis, Davis, California
"Using Ecosystem Science and Technology to Balance the Conservation of Water Supply and Native Hawaiian Forests"
Diana E. Northup, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
"Balancing Conservation of Unusual Cave Microbial Communities with Exploration and Research in Lechuguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico"
Dr. Jon K. Piper, The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas
"Perennial Grains: Balancing Agricultural Production with Soil Preservation"
Dr. Marvin W. Rowe, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, and
Dr. Marian Hyman, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
"Chemical Studies of Prehistoric Rock Paintings for Dating and Conservation"
Peter Sherman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
"The Giant Land Crab as an Economic Incentive for the Sustainability of the Tropical Coastal Rain Forest in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica"
Dr. Carl E. Wulfman, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California
"Clean Energy Into Clean Energy - Toward a New Method of Using Sunlight to Produce Electricity"
1994 Funded Grant Projects
Rodrigo G. Bernal, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
"Demography and Natural History of the Tagua Palm (the "Vegetable Ivory" Nut Palm) as a Basis for its Sustainable Management in Choco, Colombia"
Tony Goldberg, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
"Fragmented Forests and the Genetic Preservation of Chimpanzees: Balancing Human Needs and Wildlife Conservation in Uganda"
Dr. Mark A. Hindell, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia and
Cindy Hull, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
"The Forging Ecology of Crested Penguins at Macquarie Island (Australian Sub-Antarctic Region): Seeking a Balance Between an Intensive Fishing Industry and the Conservation of the Southern Ocean"
Dr. Lee R. Lynd, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
"New Technology for Conversion of Paper Sludge to Ethanol"
Dr. W. Berry Lyons, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama and
Bwire S. Ojiambo, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
"A Study of the Southern Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya, for Sustained Environmental and Socio-Economic Development and Management"
Dr. Geneva Marie Omann, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
"Balancing the Positive and Negative Attributes of Pesticides: Assessing the Impact of Pesticides on the Human Immune System"
Dr. Francisco J. Pichon, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
"Agricultural Settlement, Land Use, and Deforestation in the Amazon Frontier: Toward a More Balanced Approach to Reconciling Human Needs and Environmental Concerns"
Dr. Francoise M. Robert, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
"Development of a Simple Test for the Detection of Specific Pollutants and the Monitoring of Water Quality Restoration"
Dr. Dirk G. Schroeder, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
"The Potential of a Traditional Technology to Redress the Imbalance Between the Nutrient Needs and Physical Restrictions of Ill Children"
Dr. Eric David Schwoebel, Institute of Primate Research, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya
"Examination of the Effectiveness of a New Contraceptive Vaccine in the Baboon"
1993 Funded Grant Projects
Dr. Mary Ellen Barbercheck, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
"Pesticide-Free Alternatives for Control of Agricultural Pests"
Marion R. Behr and Dr. Omri Marc Behr, ElectroEtch Enterprises, Edison, New Jersey
"Electronically Controlled Art Etching: Improving Artist Safety and Eliminating Hazardous Waste"
Jesus Calderon, M.D., Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
"Identification of the Manner in Which Amebas Invade Tissue and Cause Disease"
Dr. John G. Lundberg, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
"Fish Biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon: Calibrating a Natural Resource on the Threshold of Change"
Robert M. Perry, Children's Rehabilitation Engineering Team, Mobile, Alabama
"A Computer System Enabling Individuals With Severe Speech and Physical Disabilities to Converse"
Dr. Edwin P. Rock, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
"Testing of an Orally Administered Birth Control Vaccine"
Stanley J. Shetka, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota
"Turning Waste Paper Into Wood, Art, Architecture and Furniture"
Dina Y. Venezky, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
"Exploration of Development-Based Groundwater Contamination in Wind Cave"
Janna Weiss, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
"Comparison of Mexican and Chinese Traditional Medicine"
1992 Funded Grant Projects
Dr. Paul E. Berry, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, and
Dr. Gustavo A. Romero, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
"Balancing the Use and Conservation of Native Plant Species of the Venezuelan Amazon"
Dr. Jon P. Costanzo, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
"Naturally Freeze-Tolerant Frogs: An Organ Cryopreservation Model"
Dr. Florence Dunkel, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
"Preserving the Harvest and Traditional Wisdom: Scientific Improvement of Traditional and Natural Methods for Protection of Stored Food Crops in Rwanda, East Africa"
Dr. Hector E. Flores, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
"Balancing the Need for Anti-Cancer Drugs and Protection of the Pacific Yew, An Endangered Forest Tree"
Dr. Samuel A. McClintock, The Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg, Middletown, Pennsylvania
"Diversion Wells for Treatment of Acid-Damaged Streams: Offsetting the Effects of Acid Mine Drainage and Acid Rain"
Dr. Daniel S. McConnell, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
"Development of a Chemical Light-Based Medical Diagnostic Test to Reduce the Use of Radioactive Materials"
Sonya Wood, University of Florida, Pensacola, Florida
"'4-H Capture The Bay' - A Program to Teach Youth and Adults the Balance Between Coastal Development and the Marine and Coastal Environment"
1991 Funded Grant Project
Benjamin Aboi, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, and
Dr. F. Tahzib, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
"Using Traditional Medicinal Plants for a Balanced Modern African Health Treatment System"
Carol B. Brandt, Pueblo of Zuni, Zuni, New Mexico
"Sustaining Traditional Crops of the Zuni Pueblo Indians of West-Central New Mexico: A Harvest for Local and Global Agricultural Communities"
Dr. Donald E. Hagen, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri
"Environmental Impact of New High Speed Civilian Aircraft"
Dr. Lee R. Lynd, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
"Cellulose Ethanol: A Technology Promoting Better Balance Between Transportation Fuel Demands and Environmental Quality"
Dr. Robert D. Martin, Jr., University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
"Development of Methods for Monitoring Earth's Natural Resources with the Next Generation of Earth-Observing Satellites"
Mary Melnyk, Herbario Regional del IFAV, Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
"Utilization and Management of Non-Timber Forest Products by the Piaroa Amerindians of the Venezuelan Amazon"
Dr. Judith S. Palfrey, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
"PROJECT BALANCE: Providing Health, Education and Social Resources to Families of Children Assisted by Medical Technology"
Dr. Bruce Schaffer, University of Florida, Homestead, Florida
"Processed Solid Waste for Increasing Vegetable Crop Production and Efficiency"
Philip E. Stander, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
"Conservation of Large Carnivores of Namibia: Options for Management and Sustainable Utilization by Local Inhabitants"
1990 Funded Grant Project
Dr. Mitchell Altschuler, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
"Alteration of Alfalfa Plants to Increase Pest Resistance"
Wendell Combest, Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina, and
Evelyn Niday, Ph.D., Miles, Inc., Clayton, North Carolina
"Development of a Model System for Studying Secretions and Their Relationship to Cystic Fibrosis"
Carole Cornell, Radcliffe College Ceramics Program, Boston, Massachusetts
"Mexican Village Potters, Lead, and Health: A Balance Between Tradition, Safety, and New Technology"
Dr. Francis A. Drummond, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
"An Organic Method of Pest Control for the Cucumber Beetle Using a Trap Crop and a Natural Repellent"
Brian C. Dubow, General Dynamics/Convair Division, San Diego, California
"The Space Shuttle Get-Away-Special Project of San Diego: An Analysis of the Sun for a Prediction of its Environmental Impact"
Kevin J. Gutzwiller, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
"Natural Resource Development and Wildlife Preservation: Conflict Resolution in the Rocky Mountains"
Diane V. Ingraham, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Colombia, Canada
"Development of an Economical Computer Device to Allow High Level Quadriplegics to Play Music"
Walt Ream, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
"Conflicting Needs for Wood Products and Unmolested Forests: Development of Fast-Growing Trees"
Curtis L. Saville, Derby Line, Vermont
"ATLANTIC SUN VOYAGE: Crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a Solar-Electric-Propelled Boat"
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