NPP Fellows who ended their appointments in 2006

NASA Center	NPP Fellow	Research Proposal Title	NPP Advisor
ARC	Fortney, Jonathan	Effects of Photochemical Hazes on the Detectability and Characterization of Extrasolar Giant Planets	Mark S. Marley
ARC	Green , Stefan	Salinity-Driven Shifts in Microbial Mat Primary Production: Integration of Multiple Molecular Analyses and Chemical Profiling	Linda L. Jahnke
ARC	Hallar, Anna	Cavity Enhanced Measurement of Aerosol Optical Properties and Applications to Black Carbon	Anthony W. Strawa
ARC	Heldmann, Jennifer	Stability of Massive Ground Ice in Arid Polar Environments on Mars and Earth	Christopher P. McKay
ARC	Phillips, Jonathan	Molecular Coupling of Cellular Response to Microgravity and Radiation Through p53 Related Mechanisms	Ruth Globus
ARC	Quintana, Elisa	Planetary Formation in Binary Star Systems	Jack J. Lissauer
ARC	Rodriguez-Gomez, David	Molecular Modeling of Protocellular Functions	Andrew Pohorille
ARC	Tan , Xiaofeng	Laboratory Studies of Interstellar Analogs of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Carbon Nanostructures	Farid Salama
ARC	Trujillo San Martin, Maria	Computational Models of Human Vision	Albert J. Ahumada, Jr
ARC	Ueta, Toshiya	Revealing the Mass Loss History on the Asymptotic Giant Branch via Observations of the Circumstellar Dust Shells	Sean C. Casey
DFRC	Kukreja, Sunil	Nonlinear System Identification of Aircraft Aeroelastic Dynamics	Martin J. Brenner
GRC	Hubbard, Seth	Quantum Wire III-V Photovoltaics	Sheila G. Bailey
GRC	Nagorny, Aleksandr	The Investigation Directed Towards Creation of New Series High Efficiency Electrical Machines by the Improvement of Design & Application of Novel Materials	M. D. Kankam
GSFC	Bar-Itzhack, Itzhack	Advanced in-Flight Sensor Alignment and Calibration Algorithms	Richard R. Harman
GSFC	Benna, Mehdi	Coma Model for the Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) Instrument	Paul R. Mahaffy
GSFC	Burchill, Johnathan	Shining Light on Auroral Electrodynamics: Causes of Ion Heating and Lower Hybrid Solitary Structures	Robert F. Pfaff, Jr
GSFC	Colarco, Amelia	Measurement Strategy Development for a New CO2 Differential Absorption Lidar System	John Burris
GSFC	Cummings, Jay	Investigation of Faint Gamma Ray Bursts Using the Burst Alert Telescope	Neil Gehrels
GSFC	Kim, Jeong	Geopotential Anomaly Continuation from Multi-Altitude Observations	Patrick T. Taylor
GSFC	Koppitz, Michael	Numerical Studies of Black Hole Systems	Joan M. Centrella
GSFC	Kutepov, Alexander	Accounting for NON-LTE Effects for Modeling Infrared Radiation in the Martian Atmosphere	William C. Maguire
GSFC	Maksym, Ted	Investigation of the Mass Balance of Antarctic Sea Ice Through the Assimilation of Passive MicFellowave Snow Depth Retrievals	Thorsten Markus
GSFC	McAteer, Robert	The Relationship between Active Region Complexity and Solar flare Productivity	Gordon D. Holman
GSFC	Miller, Michael	Gravitational Radiation from Hierarchical Mergers of Black Holes	Joan M. Centrella
GSFC	Muller, Jordan	Using Lidar High-Resolution Topographic Data to Constrain Earthquake and Landslide Hazards in the Puget Lowland, Washington State	David J. Harding
GSFC	Numata, Kenji	Ground Tests & Integrations of LISA Key Technologies: Interferometer & Intertial Sensor	Jordan B. Camp
GSFC	Podesta, John	Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Solar Wind Dynamics in the Heliosphere	Aaron Roberts
GSFC	Pulkkinen, Antti	Automated Classification of Auroral Ionospheric Equivalent Current Systems and Integration of Methods Applicable for Predictions of Ground Effects of Space Weather	Alexander J. Klimas
GSFC	Remijan, Anthony	Astrochemistry of the Interstellar Medium	Jan M. Hollis
GSFC	Scott, Jennifer	Star-Forming Galaxies in the Fields of Ultraviolet-Bright Quasars	Sara Heap
GSFC	Tang, Genglin	Measurement of Turbulence Intensity Effect on Surface Waves	Steven R. Long
GSFC	Van Meter, James	Computation of Gravitational Radiation from Binary Black Hole Sources	Joan M. Centrella
GSFC	Wallace, Debra	High Angular Research Investigations Into Galactic Massive Stars and Their Stellar Environments	William C. Danchi
JPL	Aguilar, Alejandro (Alex)	Ultraviolet Emission Cross Sections of Atomic Oxygen and Sulfur by Electron Impact	Joseph M. Ajello
JPL	Brooks, Shawn	Ring Particle Thermal Properties: Interpreting Cassini CIRS Observations of Saturn's Ring	Linda J. Spilker
JPL	Brotton, Stephen	High Resolution Electron-Induced XUV Fluorescence for Life Detection	Joseph M. Ajello
JPL	Buchman, Luisa	3D Black Hole Numerical Evolutions for LISA Templates Using a Tetrad Formalism	Frank B. Estabrook
JPL	Florescu, Lucia	Quantum Dynamics and collective Atomic Effects in Photonic Crystals	Igor Kulikov
JPL	Giampieri, Giacomo	The International Structure of Saturn and Titan (From Cassini Gravity and Magnetometer Measurements)	John D. Anderson
JPL	Guillaume, Alexandre (Sandro)	Ultra-Fast, Superconducting, Single-Photon Detectors for Quantum Key Distribution	Paul Von Allmen
JPL	Hoogenboom, Trudi	Coupled Upwelling and Delamination as a Mechanism for Tesserae Formation on Venus	Suzanne Smrekar
JPL	Hossain, Sabbir	Measurements of HCI Collision Strengths in Astronomical Objects	Ara Chutjian
JPL	Jelenkovic, Branislav	Development and Testing of Small Atomic Clocks Suited for Deep Space Missions	Lutfollah Maleki
JPL	Kapale, Kishor	Ultra-Sensitive Magnetometry Using Bose-Einstein Condensates and Atomic Coherence Effects	Ulvi H. Yurtsever
JPL	Kuo, Chao-Lin	Measuring the CMB Polarization with BICEP	James J. Bock
JPL	Parrish, Paul	The Spatial Orientation and Temporal Organization of Saturn's Cloud Variability and Stratospheric Temperature Structure	Glenn S. Orton
JPL	Piryatinska, Alexandra	Statistical Analysis of Long-Term Series of Oceanographic Satellite Observations Accounting for Nonlinear Features of Quasi-geostrophic Dynamics	Roman E. Glazman
JPL	Sacco, Gian	Study of Trion Correlations in Quantum Dots with the Tight Binding Method	Paul A. von Allmen
JPL	Schroeder, Thomas	Stratosphere Monitoring by the Global Positioning System	Kyle McDonald
JPL	Spedalieri, Federico	Relativistic Quantum Information Theory	Vulvi H. Yurtsever
JSC	Allada, Rama	Development of SWNT-Based Materials for the Regenerable Carbon Dioxide Recovery System	Leonard L. Yowell
JSC	Broun, Igor	Ultra Structure of Nanometer Space Weathering Features	David S. McKay
JSC	Hambuchen, Kimberly	Collective Control of Attention Between Robonaut and its Teleoperator Using a Sensory Ego-Sphere	Robert T. Savely
JSC	Ni, Jianjun	UWB Communications and Tracking System Design for Mini-AERCam	George D. Arndt
JSC	Rankenburg, Kai	Highly Siderophile Element Behavior During Differentiation of Terrestrial Bodies: The Ureilite Connection	Alan Brandon
KSC	Bracho, Rosvel	Carbon Accumulation in Florida Scrub Oak Ecosystem Driven by Fire Frequency	Charles R. Hinkle
KSC	Thomas, Cassondra	Network Analysis and Management Practices of Impounded Marshes at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	Charles R. Hinkle
LARC	Belcher, Marcus	Preparation of Carbonates from In Situ Methyl Carbonic Acid	Catharine C. Fay
LARC	Horne, Michael	Developing a Physics-Based Understanding of Crack-tip Damage Accumulation	Robert S. Piascik
LARC	Xia, Songtao	Light-Weight Formal Methods in Conservative Software for Flexibility	Benedetto L. Di Vito
LaRC	Hayes, Eric	The Development of Fluorescence Based Fiber Optic Sensors for the On-Site Selective Determination of Gases in Fuels and Atmosphere	Robert Rogowski
MSFC	Krivorutsky, Emmanuil	High-Frequency Wave Excitation in a Multi-Ion Plasma Subjected to Low-Frequency Waves	George V. Khazanov
NAI	Cook, Jamie	Reactions of Aromatics in Extraterrestrial Ice Analogs: Potential Chemical Precursors of Life and False Biosignatures	Max Bernstein
NAI	Huang, Jinling	Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of Early Branching Eukaryotes	Johann P. Gogarten
NAI	Turnbull, Margaret (Maggie)	Habitable Worlds in the Solar Neighborhood	Sara Seager