POWRE: Methodologies for Source-Specific Indicators in Drinking Water

9973545长这是一个奖项，以支持这位研究者的研究重点从地下水，危险废物处理和芳香族有机物质的代谢微生物学方面转向水的微生物与病原体和指示微生物的浓度。 研究者将在北卡罗来纳州大学公共卫生学院环境科学与工程环境微生物学实验室工作一年。 这项工作将涉及研究细胞培养和分子方法，这些方法可能适用于大肠杆菌作为人类粪便来源的有机体污染水的特定来源指标的潜在用途。 这项建议被认为符合NSF 98-160号方案公告的目标，即妇女在研究和教育领域的职业机会。除了根据1997年国家科学委员会的标准对提案进行雅阁之外，对获得该奖项的提案的审议还包括对申请人的职业目标及其与拟议活动的相关性、该奖项对她学术进步潜力的影响以及拟议活动之间的关系，研究和教育环境的机构网站这项工作。 ***

9973545 Long This is an award to support this investigator's shift in research focus from microbial aspects of groundwater, hazardous waste treatment and metabolism of aromatic organic substances toward microbiology of water with concentration on pathogen and indicator microbiology. The investigator will devote a sabbatical year to working in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Environmental Microbiology Laboratory at the University of North Carolina in its School of Public Health. The work will involve study of cell culture and molecular methods as potentially applied to potential use of coliphages as source-specific indicators of contamination of water by organisms of human fecal origin. This proposal was determined to be consistent with the objective of Program Announcement NSF 98-160, Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE). In addition to merit review of the proposal in accord with the 1997 National Science Board criteria, consideration of the proposal leading to this award included review of the applicant's career objectives and their relevance to the proposed activity, impact of the award on her potential for academic advancement, and the relationship between the proposed activity, the research and educational environment of the institutional site for this work. ***