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FY2023

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Project Title Project Code Principal Investigator Research Category Project Type Project Status
Solid-State Gamma-Ray Detection Using Quantum Dots 22-LW-054 Tom Nakotte Nuclear Threat Reduction Lab-Wide Final
Fighting Fire with Fire: Can Traditional Native American Burning Practices Help Reduce Devastating Wildfires and Increase Soil Carbon Storage? 22-LW-053 Susan Zimmerman Earth and Atmospheric Science Lab-Wide Final
Modulating Guanosine Triphosphate Hydrolysis Provides Novel Therapeutic Option to Treat Cancer and Bacterial Infections 22-LW-041 Yue Yang Bioscience and Bioengineering Lab-Wide Final
Microbial Recycling of Plastic-Polymer-Bonded Rare Earth Magnets 22-LW-034 Nancy Merino Bioscience and Bioengineering Lab-Wide Final
Developing a Predictive Catalysis Framework for Upgrading Sustainable Alcohols 22-LW-033 Christopher Hahn Energy and Resource Security Lab-Wide Final
Nuclear Detective Work in the Early Universe: The Mysterious Origin of Protein-Rich Stable Nuclei 22-LW-029 Andrew Ratkiewicz Nuclear, Chemical, and Isotopic Science and Technology Lab-Wide Continuing
Microbe-Mediated Effects of Enhanced Rock Weathering on Soil Organic Carbon Storage 22-LW-022 Noah Sokol Earth and Atmospheric Science Lab-Wide Final
Bead Fabrication for Extreme Environment Analysis Development 22-LW-021 Elizabeth Sobalvarro Science of Materials in Hypersonic Regime Conditions Lab-Wide Final
Exploring the Cosmos: Enabling One-Thousand Times More Sensitive Spectrographs for Exoplanet Search 22-LW-020 David Erskine Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Lab-Wide Final
Automated, High-Throughput Screening of Increased Ionic Conductivity Polymer Electrolytes 22-LW-006 Johanna Schwartz Accelerated Materials and Manufacturing Lab-Wide Continuing
Predictive Ternary Reactions for Stellar Nucleosynthesis 22-LW-003 Konstantinos Kravvaris Nuclear, Chemical, and Isotopic Science and Technology Lab-Wide Final
Fiery Effects of Wildfire Smoke Inhalation 22-LW-001 Melanie Mendez Bioscience and Bioengineering Lab-Wide Final
Enhanced Tunnel Detection with Multiple Sensor Technologies 22-FS-042 Whitney Kirkendall Earth and Atmospheric Science Feasibility Study Final
New Qubit Geometries with Minimal Participation of Dielectric in Resonant Modes 22-FS-040 Loren Alegria Quantum Science and Technology Feasibility Study Final
Finite Temperature Structure Prediction 22-FS-014 Stanimir Bonev High-Energy-Density Science Feasibility Study Final
Hunting Sub-gigaelectron-volt Dark Matter with Diamonds and Magnetic Microcalorimeters 22-FS-011 Geonbo Kim Nuclear, Chemical, and Isotopic Science and Technology Feasibility Study Final
Confined Coaxial Powder Extrusion 22-FS-006 Maira Ceron Hernandez Accelerated Materials and Manufacturing Feasibility Study Final
Carbon-14-Labeled Microbes to Track the Fates of Microbial Metabolites: A Potential Technical Approach to Define the Gut-Brain Axis in Animal Models 22-FS-002 Doris Lam Bioscience and Bioengineering Feasibility Study Final
Development of Advanced Terahertz Chiroptical Spectroscopy for Biological and Chemical Security 22-ERD-056 Wonjin Choi Bioscience and Bioengineering Exploratory Research Continuing
Machine Learning Design of Single-Atom Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction 22-ERD-055 Daniel Schwalbe Koda Accelerated Materials and Manufacturing Exploratory Research Continuing