Discovery Corps Fellowship: Integrating the "bio" into the environmental biogeochemistry of the arsenic project

探索军团奖学金：将“生物”融入砷项目的环境生物地球化学

• 批准号: 0725257
• 负责人: Julian Tyson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0725257&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Discovery; Corps; Fellowship; Integrating; bio

The Division of Chemistry supports Julian Tyson of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst as a Discovery Corps Senior Fellow for the 2007-2008 academic year. Tyson's group will study natural and anthropogenic arsenic compounds and will develop measurement technologies needed to determine the relevant arsenic compounds in complex environmental and biological matrices. In collaboration with life-sciences faculty, they will apply the techniques of molecular biology to the interaction of arsenic compounds with plants and microorganisms. These studies will increase our understanding of the environmental cycling of arsenic and inform the development of novel bio-remediation strategies. The research will be integrated with teaching via the development of an interdisciplinary, undergraduate concentration in environmental science and the further development of an independent study program, in which first-year students engage in authentic research in small groups mentored by upper-level undergraduates. Underrepresented K-12 students and teachers will participate in guided inquiry activities related to arsenic in their local environments. Students' understanding of the global dimensions of chemical measurements and remediation will be enhanced by the development of links with international researchers. Tyson will visit several universities and institutes in Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam, three countries currently dealing with severe contamination issues. The Discovery Corps Fellowship Program seeks new postdoctoral and professional development models that combine research expertise with professional service. Discovery Corps Fellows leverage their research expertise through projects that address areas of national need. Their projects enhance research capacity and infrastructure and contribute to workforce development and job creation. The Discovery Corps Program supports both Postdoctoral Fellows and Senior Fellows.

化学系支持马萨诸塞大学的朱利安·泰森（Julian Tyson），阿默斯特（Amherst），是2007-2008学年的发现军高级研究员。 泰森（Tyson）的小组将研究天然和人为砷化合物，并将开发确定复杂环境和生物基质中相关砷化合物所需的测量技术。 与生命学院合作，他们将将分子生物学的技术应用于砷化合物与植物和微生物的相互作用。 这些研究将增加我们对砷环境循环的理解，并为新型生物修复策略的发展提供信息。 这项研究将通过发展环境科学领域的跨学科，本科集中度以及一项独立研究计划的进一步发展，其中一年级学生在由高级本科生指导的小组中从事真实研究。 代表性不足的K-12学生和老师将在当地环境中参加与砷有关的指导探究活动。 通过与国际研究人员的联系发展，学生对化学测量和补救的全球维度的理解将得到增强。泰森将访问孟加拉国，泰国和越南的几所大学和机构，目前三个国家正在处理严重的污染问题。发现军团奖学金计划寻求新的博士后和专业发展模型，将研究专业知识与专业服务相结合。发现军团的研究员通过解决国家需求领域的项目来利用他们的研究专业知识。他们的项目增强了研究能力和基础设施，并有助于劳动力发展和创造就业机会。 Discovery Corps计划支持博士后研究员和高级研究员。