UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON D.C. 20460
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
January 13, 2014
EPA-SAB-14-002
The Honorable Gina McCarthy
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
Subject: SAB Recommendations for EPA's FY2013 Scientific and Technological
Achievement Awards
Dear Administrator McCarthy:
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) is pleased to transmit its recommendations for the EPA's FY
2013 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA). The STAA program was established
by the agency in 1980 to recognize EPA employees who have made outstanding contributions to the
advancement of science and technology through their publications in peer-reviewed literature or books.
The SAB has been asked by EPA's Office of Research and Development to review EPA's nominated
scientific publications and make recommendations for awards. We are pleased to continue to play an
important role in the STAA program.
This year, the EPA submitted a total of 105 nominations comprised of 166 publications in 14 science
and technology categories. Due to budgetary constraints, the SAB was informed that the 2013 STAA
competition is for honorary awards with certificates only as no monetary awards will be provided to
authors receiving STAA awards in 2013. The SAB excluded two nominations from consideration since
they did not meet the eligibility criteria. Of the 103 remaining nominations, the SAB recommends no
nominations for Level I, the highest award; 8 for Level II; 27 for Level III, and 38 for Honorable
Mention. The SAB's recommendations are provided in the enclosed appendices.
Overall, the SAB commends the agency for its superior research publications. The SAB concludes that
the 2013 STAA nominations are of very good quality. However, none of this year's nominations met the
strict criteria for the highest level award. The SAB finds that this is not an aberration of the review
process, since the same review criteria were applied this year as in previous years and the SAB
Committee carefully assessed whether any of the 2013 nominations warranted a Level I award
recommendation. There are very few Level I awards granted in any year, and there is precedent for
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recommending no Level I awards. The SAB does not find this an issue for concern and assures the EPA
that its scientists are doing high quality work that has maximal public and environmental health benefits.
To encourage EPA staff to publish high quality scientific research, the SAB recommends that the agency
enhance the process for publicizing the criteria for and results of the STAA program both internally
throughout EPA and externally throughout the scientific community. The SAB also recommends that the
EPA significantly shorten the time between receiving the SAB recommendations for STAA recognition
and notifying award recipients. Irrespective of the reason for the lack of Level I awards this year, the
SAB concludes that the best way to ensure a steady stream of innovation with high impact for public and
environmental health is to continue to make research a top priority for the Agency.
The SAB recommends that EPA consider developing a separate awards program to recognize EPA
research no longer eligible for the STAA award program that is demonstrated to have had a significant
impact over extended time towards EPA's mission. Based on the SAB's review of the 2013 STAA
nominations, it is clear that the EPA is doing important research, and the research nominated for STAA
awards represents the best of this research. EPA's STAA Nomination Procedures and Guidelines limits
nominations for STAA awards to publications within the previous three years. The committee finds that
it often takes time between when research is published and when benefits can be fully realized. Such
benefits include whether the research has had a significant impact towards EPA's mission, which is one
criterion for a STAA award.
The SAB appreciates the agency's implementation of most SAB recommendations from the last several
years for improving the nomination procedures and administration of the STAA program. The SAB
recommends that the EPA implement the following activities to further strengthen the STAA program
and facilitate the SAB review of future STAA nominations:
• Disallow nominations of works published by standards-setting organizations such as the
American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM).
• Ensure that book chapters or papers that are published in non-traditional sources (e.g., not in
established journals) meet the same STAA program standards of peer review as for established
journals.
• Ensure that all nominations separately list all publication(s) that were nominated for STAA
award over the previous five years, sorted by current year nominated authors.
• Ensure that all nominations comprised of more than one publication include a comprehensive
discussion on the link between such publications.
• Ensure that all nominations include relevant supplemental materials that support how the
research was conducted, such as information on sample preparation or derivations of equations.
• Ensure that all submitted nomination documents are reproduced in a manner to include
decipherable, clear and legible text in the manuscript and associated figures and tables using
high-resolution PDF.
• Ensure that the list of nominations includes accurate information on the relative contribution of
EPA authors towards each nomination.
The SAB notes that technology is allowing scientists to disseminate their work in different forms than
traditional print journals. The SAB encourages the agency's scientists to consider alternative venues
such as videos and other non-traditional publication techniques when such techniques allow scientists
and engineers to present their work in a clearer or more actionable fashion, or to reach broader
audiences. However, these non-traditional publications still will need to be peer reviewed to ensure that
the science is credible. In addition, the EPA should ensure that STAA nominations that include work
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published through such non-traditional techniques meet the same STAA program standards of peer
review required for publications in established journals.
The SAB applauds the EPA's public recognition of the scientific work of EPA scientists and engineers
that is published in the peer-reviewed literature. Thank you for providing the SAB with the opportunity
to assist the agency with this important program. The SAB looks forward to reviewing the FY 2014
STAA nominations.
Sincerely,
Dr. David T. Allen, Chair Dr. George Daston, Chair
EPA Science Advisory Board SAB Scientific and Technological
Achievement Awards Committee
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NOTICE
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advisory group providing extramural scientific information and advice to the Administrator and other
officials of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Board is structured to provide balanced, expert
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recommendation for use. Reports of the EPA Science Advisory Board are posted on the EPA website at
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Science Advisory Board
Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Committee
CHAIR
Dr. George Daston, Victor Mills Society Research Fellow, Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati,
OH
MEMBERS
*Dr. Gregory Biddinger, Managing Director, Natural Land Management, Inc., Houston, TX
Dr. Jerry Campbell, Scientist and Associate Director of the Center for Human Health Assessment,
Institute for Chemical Safety Sciences, The Hamner Institutes for Health Science, Research Triangle
Park, NC
Dr. Peter Chapman, Principal and Senior Environmental Scientist, Golder Associates Ltd., Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Judith Chow, Nazir and Mary Ansari Chair in Science and Entrepreneur!alism, and Research
Professor, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada
Dr. James R. Clark, Independent Consultant, Edmonds, WA
*Dr. John Giesy, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology, Department of
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan,
Canada
Dr. Philip K. Hopke, Bayard D. Clarkson Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Air
Resources Engineering and Science, and Director of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment,
Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Dr. Arpad Horvath, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Wayne Landis, Professor and Director, Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Huxley College of
the Environment, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Dr. Timothy Larson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Professor of
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Dr. Cindy M. Lee, Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson
University, Anderson, SC
Dr. Michael I. Luster, Professor, Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, West
Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
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Dr. James Mihelcic, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL
Dr. Fred J. Miller, Independent Consultant, Fred J. Miller and Associates LLC, Gary, NC
Dr. Eileen Murphy, Director of Research and Grants, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ
Dr. Kenneth Portier, Managing Director, Statistics and Evaluation Center, American Cancer Society,
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Jay Turner, Associate Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering,
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Dr. Thomas Young, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
California, Davis, Davis, CA
Dr. Yousheng Zeng, Managing Partner, Providence Engineering & Environmental Group LLC, Baton
Rouge, LA
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Mr. Edward Hanlon, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science
Advisory Board Staff, Washington, DC
*Did not participate in development of this report.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Science Advisory Board
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Science Advisory Board
CHAIR
Dr. David T. Allen, Gertz Regents Professor of Chemical Engineering and the Director of the Center
for Energy and Environmental Resources, The University of Texas, Austin, TX
MEMBERS
Dr. George Alexeeff, Director, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California
Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, CA
Dr. Pedro Alvarez, Department Chair and George R. Brown Professor of Engineering, Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX
Dr. Joseph Arvai, Svare Chair in Applied Decision Research, Department of Geography, University of
Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dr. Thomas Burbacher, Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,
School of Public Health, University of Washington , Seattle, WA
Dr. Ingrid Burke, Director, Haub School and Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural
Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Dr. Edward T. Carney, Departmental Senior Science Leader and Director of Predictive Toxicology
Center, Toxicology & Environmental Research and Consulting, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland,
MI
Dr. Terry Daniel, Professor of Psychology and Natural Resources, Department of Psychology, School
of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Dr. George Daston, Victor Mills Society Research Fellow, Global Product Stewardship, The Procter &
Gamble Company, Mason, OH
Dr. Costel Denson, Managing Member, Costech Technologies, LLC, Newark, DE
Dr. Otto C. Doering III, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, W.
Lafayette, IN
Dr. Michael Dourson, President, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Joel Ducoste, Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering,
College of Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Dr. David A. Dzombak, Walter J. Blenko, Sr. University Professor and Head of the Department of
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Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of
Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. T. Taylor Eighmy, Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN
Dr. Elaine Faustman, Professor and Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Dr. R. William Field, Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, and
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Dr. H. Christopher Frey, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Dr. John P. Giesy, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and
Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Dr. Cynthia M. Harris, Director and Professor, Institute of Public Health, Florida A&M University,
Tallahassee, FL
Dr. Robert Johnston, Director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute and Professor, Economics, Clark
University, Worcester, MA
Dr. Kimberly L. Jones, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, Howard University,
Washington, DC
Dr. Catherine Karr, Associate Professor - Pediatrics and Environmental and Occupational Health
Sciences and Director - NW Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA
Dr. Madhu Khanna, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Dr. Nancy K. Kim, Senior Executive, Health Research, Inc., Albany, NY
Dr. Francine Laden, Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental
Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, and Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham
and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Dr. Cecil Lue-Hing, President, Cecil Lue-Hing & Assoc. Inc., Burr Ridge, IL
Dr. Elizabeth Matsui, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD
Dr. Surabi Menon, Director of Research, ClimateWorks Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Dr. James R. Mihelcic, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida,
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Tampa, FL
Dr. Christine Moe, Eugene J. Gangarosa Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins
School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Horace Moo-Young, Dean and Professor, College of Engineering, Computer Science, and
Technology, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Eileen Murphy, Director of Research and Grants, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ
Dr. James Opaluch, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Natural Resource
Economics, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Dr. Duncan Patten, Director, Montana Water Center, and Research Professor, Hydroecology Research
Program, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT
Dr. Martin Philbert, Dean and Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Stephen Polasky, Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics, Department
of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Dr. Amanda Rodewald, Director of Conservation Science, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and
Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Dr. James Sanders, Director and Professor, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA
Dr. William Schlesinger, President, Gary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY
Dr. Gina Solomon, Deputy Secretary for Science and Health, Office of the Secretary, California
Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento, CA
Dr. Daniel O. Stram, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Peter S. Thorne, Director, Environmental Health Sciences Research Center and Professor and
Head, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of
Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Dr. Paige Tolbert, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public
Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Jeanne VanBriesen, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. John Vena, University of Georgia Foundation Professor in Public Health and
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Head, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar,
College of Public Health , University of Georgia, Athens, GA
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Dr. Angela Nugent, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science
Advisory Board (1400R), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, Phone: 202-564-2218,
Fax: 202-565-2098, (nugent.angela@epa.gov)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. BACKGROUND 1
2. SAB REVIEW PROCEDURE 2
3. AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS 4
4. ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS 6
APPENDIX A - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2013 STAA PROGRAM A-l
APPENDIX B - NOMINATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR STAA AWARDS B-l
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1. BACKGROUND
EPA's Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards program (STAA) was established in 1980 to
recognize the agency's scientists and engineers who published their technical work in the peer-reviewed
literature. The STAA program is administered and managed by the EPA Office of Research and
Development (ORD). Each year, the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) has been asked to review the
EPA's nominated scientific publications and make recommendations for awards. The SAB was charged
to review nominations and provide recommendations for each nomination in consideration of the EPA's
criteria for STAA awards. The EPA announced the call for nominations for the 2013 STAA program to
senior managers and employees in January 2013 (Appendix A). ORD screened nominations for
conformance with EPA's STAA Nomination Procedures and Guidelines. The Guidelines describe the
award levels, eligibility criteria, and the award criteria. In July 2013, ORD submitted to the SAB Staff
Office 105 nominations for 2013 STAA awards in 14 possible science and technology categories.
The EPA's criteria for STAA Program awards are as follows:
• Level I awards are for nominees who have accomplished an exceptionally high-quality research
or technological effort. The nomination should recognize the creation or general revision of a
scientific or technological principle or procedure, or a highly significant improvement in the
value of a device, activity, program, or service to the public. It must be at least of national
significance or have high impact on a broad area of science/technology. The nomination must be
of far reaching consequences and recognizable as a major scientific/technological achievement
within its discipline or field of study.
• Level II awards are for nominees who have accomplished a notably excellent research or
technological effort that has qualities and values similar to, but to a lesser degree, than those
described under Level I. It must have timely consequences and contribute as an important
scientific/technological achievement within its discipline or field of study.
• Level III awards are for nominees who have accomplished an unusually notable research or
technological effort. The nomination can be for a substantial revision or modification of a
scientific/technological principle or procedure, or an important improvement to the value of a
device, activity, program, or service to the public. It must relate to a mission or organizational
component of the EPA, or significantly affect a relevant area of science/technology.
• Honorable Mention is for nominations which are noteworthy but which do not warrant a Level I,
II or III award. Honorable Mention applies to nominations that: (1) may not quite reach the level
described for a Level III award; (2) show a promising area of research that the SAB wants to
encourage; or (3) show an area of research that the SAB believes is too preliminary to warrant an
award recommendation at this time.
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2. SAB REVIEW PROCEDURE
The SAB Staff Office formed a new SAB STAA Committee in 2012 to annually review EPA's STAA
nominations. The Committee members were invited to serve for a three-year term. The Committee was
formed in accordance with the SAB process as described in the SAB 2002 publication, Panel Formation
Process: Immediate Steps to Improve Policies and Procedures (EPA-SAB-EC-COM-02-003).
All EPA nominations and nomination evaluation criteria were provided to the SAB Committee in
advance of the review meeting. The SAB review consisted of a two-step process: an initial review of
each nomination, followed by a Committee discussion of all nominations. The initial review of each
nomination was conducted by two or three members. Committee members provided their individual
initial ratings of the nominations based on the EPA's award criteria as described in Section 1. The SAB
STAA Committee met at a closed meeting on October 21-22, 2013, in Washington, DC. The meeting
was closed to the public because the Committee discussions involved personnel matters, including the
relative merits of various employees and their respective work, the disclosure of which would be a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and, therefore, protected from disclosure by section (c)(6) of the
Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Committee members discussed all nominations (see
Table 1), and reached consensus on the recommendations for awards. To avoid an appearance of a lack
of impartiality, some members were asked to be recused from the Committee deliberations on selected
nominations. The Committee also discussed administrative recommendations for improving the STAA
nomination process.
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Table 1. 2013 STAA Nominations by Topic Category
Topic
Control Systems and Technology
Ecological Research
Energy and the Environment
Environmental Policy and Decisionmaking
Studies
Health Effects Research and Human Health
Risk Assessment
Homeland Security
Industry and the Environment
Integrated Risk Assessment
Monitoring and Measurement Methods
Other Environmental Research
Review Articles
Risk Management and Ecosystem
Restoration
Sustainability and Innovation
Transport and Fate
TOTAL
Number of Nominations Submitted to SAB
T
9
1
4
29
4
4
2
7
10
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3
7
12
105
a One submitted nomination included a publication from a standards-setting organization. The SAB
excluded this nomination because it is difficult to ascribe and ascertain authorship to publications from
standards-setting organizations. Please refer to the recommendations for 'Additional Requirements for
the Nomination Form on page 6 of this SAB Report for additional details regarding this issue.
b One nomination intended that the Committee review a Special Issue publication for consideration of
STAA award, but the Special Issue publication was not submitted within the nomination package for
review. The SAB excluded this nomination because it did not meet the eligibility requirements (i.e.,
nomination packages must include the publications that are nominated for award).
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3. AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS
Table 2 summarizes the awards by year since 2000, including the recommendations for 2013. For 2013,
the Committee recommended no nominations for Level I, the highest award, 8 for Level II, 27 for Level
III, and 38 for Honorable Mention. Appendix B lists the recommended awards for Level II and II, and
nominations that deserve an Honorable Mention. The final rankings were agreed to by consensus at the
STAA Committee meeting on October 21-22, 2013. One award was based upon a yes/no vote by the
Committee members. Table 3 summarizes the distribution of 2013 award recommendations among
categories.
Table 2. Comparison of Award Recommendations over Time
Award Level
Nominations
Reviewed
Level I
Level II
Level IE
Honorable
Mention
Not
Recommended
FY
2000
102
0
5
(5%)
36
(35%)
20
(20%)
41
(40%)
FY
2001
126
2
(2%)
11
(9%)
29
(23%)
21
(17%)
63
(50%)
FY
2002
140
4
(3%)
7
(5%)
26
(19%)
39
(28%)
64
(46%)
FY
2003
136
7
(5%)
18
(13%)
29
(21%)
33
(24%)
FY
2004
146
6
(4%)
13
(9%)
32
(22%)
37
(25%)
58
(40%)
FY
2005
110
3
(3%)
6
(5%)
30
(27%)
31
(28%)
40
(36%)
FY
2006
90
5
(6%)
11
(12%)
29
(32%)
26
(29%)
19
(21%)
FY
2007
140
5
(4%)
13
(9%)
37
(26%)
45
(32%)
40
(29%)
FY
2008
130
5
(4%)
16
(12%)
30
(21%)
43
(33%)
36
(28%)
FY
2009
109
3
(3%)
22
(20%)
31
(28%)
25
(23%)
28
(26%)
FY
2010
121
5
(4%)
14
(12%)
42
(35%)
33
(27%)
27
(22%)
FY
2011
130
3
(2%)
13
(10%)
35
(27%)
44
(34%)
35
(27%)
FY
2012
104
4
(4%)
10
(10%)
29
(28%)
36
(35%)
25
(24%)
FY
2013
103a
0
8
(8%)
27
(26%)
38
(37%)
28
(27%)
a Two nominations were considered ineligible for consideration by the SAB (see Table 1 and footnotes
to that table).
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Table 3. Summary Number of Award Recommendations by Category for FY2013
Nomination Categories
Control Systems and Technology
Ecological Research
Energy and the Environment
Environmental Policy and
Decision making Studies
Health Effects Research and
Human Health Risk Assessment
Homeland Security
Industry and the Environment
Integrated Risk Assessment
Monitoring and Measurement
Methods
Other Environmental Research
Review Articles
Risk Management and Ecosystem
Restoration
Sustainability and Innovation
Transport and Fate
TOTALS:
Total
Nominations
1
9
1
4
29
4
4
2
7
10
10
O
7
12
103
Award Levels
I
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
II
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
8
III
0
2
0
0
11
0
1
1
2
4
2
0
2
2
27
Total
0
3
0
1
13
0
1
1
3
5
3
0
O
2
35
Honorable
Mention
0
4
1
3
6
2
3
0
1
2
3
1
2
9
38
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4. ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
The SAB appreciates the EPA's implementation of the recommendations from last year's SAB report to
the Administrator that improve the nomination process and enhance the integrity of the program. In
particular, the SAB concludes that almost all of the 2013 nominations adhered to existing STAA
program guidelines.
The SAB has the following recommendations to further strengthen the STAA program in future years:
Additional Requirements for Nomination Form:
• For each nominated author, separately list all publication^) from that author that were
nominated and the associated outcome for STAA award(s) over the previous Jive years.
Currently, the STAA nomination form does not require submission of a list of publications that
were previously nominated for STAA awards, sorted by the authors of the current nomination.
The SAB recommends that this list be required within the submitted nomination, since this
information will assist the Committee in assessing the differences between such publications.
• Disallow submission of nominations from standards-setting organizations that develop standards
through a committee process involving an intensive series of peer reviews. Currently, the Criteria
for Eligibility within the STAA Program's Nomination Procedures and Guidelines discourage
but do not disallow the nomination of publications by standards-setting organizations such as the
American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM), which develop standards
through an intensive series of peer reviews. As noted in previous SAB recommendations, the
EPA should disallow nomination of such publications since it is difficult to ascertain and ascribe
authorship contribution.
• Require that all relevant supplemental materials be included in the nomination package.
Currently, the Criteria for Eligibility within the STAA Program's Nomination Procedures and
Guidelines recommend that any supplemental information sent to journals should be included
within the nomination; however, the STAA nomination form does not require submission of this
supplemental information. This supplemental information frequently provides useful context on
the quality and innovativeness of the research (e.g., information on sample preparation or
derivations of equations) and the potential consequences of the research within its discipline or
field of study. To ensure that nominations include such supplemental information, the STAA
nomination form should be revised to require submission of all supplemental information sent to
journals by authors of publication(s) included within each nomination. In addition, certain
information generated by the authors and referenced in nominated publications that would assist
the SAB in understanding the scientific significance of the publication (such as algorithms, or
code used to develop statistical computing and graphics programs) should be required to be
submitted within the nomination's supplemental information.
• Ensure that nominated book chapters and papers that are published in non-traditional sources
are peer reviewed. As noted in previous SAB recommendations, the nature and extent of peer
review conducted on nominated book chapters is frequently uncertain. The SAB recommends
that the EPA revise the STAA eligibility criteria for nominations of book chapters to require that
only book chapters that have undergone external peer review arranged by publishers involving
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anonymous referees may be nominated for a STAA award. In addition, the EPA should ensure
that papers that are published in non-traditional sources (e.g., not in established journals) meet
the same STAA program standards of peer review required for publications in established
journals.
Assurance of Completeness and Clarity of Nomination Package:
• Each nomination should discuss the relationship between publications within nominations
comprised of'multiple publications. Currently, the STAA nomination form requires that a
description be provided of how the nomination's publication(s) differ from the author(s)
publication(s) that were previously nominated for STAA award over the last 5 years. However,
several nominations for 2013 STAA recognition did not mention or comprehensively discuss the
link between subject matter for the different publications submitted as part of a single
nomination. The SAB encourages the EPA to ensure that the justifications for nominations
comprising more than one publication include a comprehensive discussion on the relationship
between publications within such nominations.
• Review all STAA nominations documents for visual clarity. Some STAA nomination packages
contain text that is unclear and numbers that cannot be differentiated. The EPA should ensure
that all submitted nomination documents are reproduced in a manner to include visually
decipherable, clear and legible text in the manuscript and associated figures and tables using
high-resolution PDF.
• Provide information on relative contribution of EPA authors towards each nomination. The EPA
should ensure that the list of STAA nominations provided to the SAB contains accurate
information regarding the relative contribution of EPA authors towards each nomination.
Timeliness of Issuing STAA Awards:
• Shorten the time between the EPA 's annual receipt of SAB recommendations for STAA
recognition and the EPA 's notifications to award recipients. The SAB is concerned that a one-
year time lag occurred between EPA's receipt of 2012 SAB recommendations for STAA
recognition and EPA's notifications to 2012 STAA award recipients. The SAB recommends that
EPA shorten the time between receiving the SAB recommendations for STAA recognition and
notifying award recipients.
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APPENDIX A - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2013 STAA PROGRAM
January 29, 2013
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: The 2013 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Program
FROM: Lek G. Kadeli
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator (81 SIR)
TO: Assistant Administrators
Associate Administrators
Regional Administrators
It is a pleasure to announce this year's call for nominations for the 2013 Scientific and Technological
Achievement Awards (STAA) program. STAA is an Agency-wide competition, judged by the Science
Advisory Board (SAB), which recognizes outstanding published scientific and technical papers by the
Agency's staff. This year's nominations will be accepted via electronic submission to
nominations.STAA@epa.gov.
Attached are (1) nomination procedures and guidelines, (2) review schedule, and (3) nomination form.
Official 2013 nomination forms are available for your convenience in MS Word and screen fillable
Portable Document Format (PDF) at http://epa.gov/ncer/staa/. All nominations must be received no later
than midnight ET Thursday, February 28, 2013. Instructions for completion and electronic submission
of nomination packages are attached. Should questions arise, please contact Ben Packard at (703) 347-
8087 orpackard.benjamin@epa.gov.
cc: EPA Science Advisory Board
EPA Program Offices
EPA Regional Offices
ORD Center/Laboratory Directors
Attachments
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January 29, 2013
EPA SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR 2013 STAA AWARDS
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: The 2012 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Program
FROM: Lek G. Kadeli
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator
TO: All EPA Employees
I am pleased to issue this year's call for nominations for the EPA's prestigious 2012 Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards (STAA). Each year, EPA recognizes outstanding papers written by
the Agency's staff and published in scientific and technical journals. STAA is open to all EPA
employees. Nominations are judged by the EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB), and managed by the
Office of Research and Development.
Nominations can be submitted in the following categories:
- Control Systems and Technology
- Ecological Research
- Health Effects Research and Human Health Risk Assessment
- Monitoring and Measurement Methods
- Transport and Fate
- Review Articles
- Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration
- Integrated Risk Assessment
- Environmental Policy and Decision-Making Studies
- Homeland Security
- Industry and the Environment
- Energy and the Environment
- Sustainability and Innovation
- Other Environmental Research
STAA winners are eligible for monetary awards.
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This year's nominations will be accepted via electronic submission to nominations.STAA@epa.gov.
You can find the nomination forms and guidelines and additional information about the STAA program
at www.epa.gov/ncer/staa/. Nominations will be accepted until midnight ET on Thursday, February 28,
2013. Should questions arise, please contact Ben Packard at (703) 347-8087 or
packard.benj amin@epa.gov.
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APPENDIX B - NOMINATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR STAA AWARDS
Note: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as
documented in the EPA nomination.
Nominations Recommended for a Level I Award — None
Nominations Recommended for a Level II Award ~ Total of 8
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13EP0007
Global Air Quality and Health Co-Benefits of Mitigating Near-
Term Climate Change through Methane and Black Carbon
Emission Controls
Dr. Anenberg, Susan (64%)
OAR
S13ER0010
(1) Effects of Copper, Cadmium, Lead, and Arsenic in a Live
Diet on Juvenile Fish Growth
(2) The Relative Importance of Waterborne and Dietborne
Arsenic Exposures on Survival and Growth of Juvenile Rainbow
Trout
Dr. Erikson, Russell J. (15%)
Dr. Mount, David R. (15%)
Ms. Highland, Terry L. (15%)
Mr. Hockett, James R. (15%)
Ms. Jenson, Correne T. (10%)
Mr. Mattson, Vincent R. (10%)
Mr. Leonard, Edward N. (10%)
NHEERL
S13HE0022
Controlled Exposure of Healthy Young Volunteers to Ozone
Causes Cardiovascular Effects
Dr. Devlin, Robert B. (35%)
Dr. Diaz-Sanchez, David (20%)
Mr. Schmitt, Michael T. (15%)
Dr. Rappold, Ana G. (10%)
NHEERL
S13HE0030
(1) TRPA1 and Sympathetic Activation Contribute to Increased
Risk of Triggered Cardiac Arrhythmias in Hypertensive Rats
Exposed to Diesel Exhaust
(2) Divergent Electrocardiographic Responses to Whole and
Particle-free Diesel Exhaust Inhalation in Spontaneously
Hypertensive Rats
(3) Whole and Particle-free Diesel Exhausts Differentially Affect
Cardiac Electrophysiology, Blood Pressure, and Autonomic
Balance in Heart Failure-prone Rats
Dr. Hazari, Mehdi S. (18%)
Dr. Farraj, Aimen K. (18%)
Mrs. Haykal-Coates, Najwa (10%)
Mr. Winsett, Darrell W. (10%)
Mr. Krantz, Q. Todd (10%)
Mr. King, Charly (10%)
Dr. Costa, Sc.D., Daniel L. (6%)
Dr. Cascio, Wayne E. (4%)
NHEERL
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Nominations Recommended for a Level II Award ~ Total of 8
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13MM0057
(1) Inter-laboratory Comparison of Real-time PCR Methods for
Quantification of General Fecal Indicator Bacteria
(2) MPN Estimation of QPCR Target Sequence Recoveries
from Whole Cell Calibrator Samples
(3) Comparison of Enterococcus qPCR Analysis Results from
Fresh and Marine Waters on Two Real-time Instruments
Dr. Sivaganesan, Mano (20%)
Dr. Haugland, Richard A. (19%)
Dr. Varma, Manju (14%)
Dr. Shanks, Orin C.
Ms. Siefring, Shawn
Dr. Oshima, Kevin H. (2%)
Ms. Kelty, Catherine A.
Dr. Peed, Lindsay
NERL
S13OR0064
(1) Temporal Patterns and Sources of Atmospherically
Deposited Pesticides in Alpine Lakes of the Sierra Nevada,
California, USA
(2) Spatial Patterns of Atmospherically Deposited Organic
Contaminants at High-Elevation in the Southern Sierra Nevada
Mountains, California
(3) Pesticide Distributions and Population Declines of
California, USA, Alpine Frogs, Rana muscosa and Rana sierra
Dr. Bradford, David F. (14%)
Dr. Heithmar, Edward M. (10%)
Dr. Nash, Maliha S. (10%)
Dr. Tallent-Halsell, Nita G. (10%)
Dr. Momplaisir, Georges-Marie (8%)
Ms. Rosal, Charlita G. (8%)
Ms. Riddick, Lee A. (5%)
Ms. Varner, Katrina A. (5%)
NERL
S13RA0083
Location Decisions of U.S. Polluting Plants: Theory, Empirical
Evidence, and Consequences
Dr. Wolverton, Ann (50%)
Dr. Shadbegian, Ronald (50%)
NCEE
S13SI0087
Estuarine Biotope Mosaics and Habitat Management Goals: An
Application in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
Dr. Cicchetti, Giancarlo (51%)
NHEERL
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Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award ~ Total of 27
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13ER0008
(1) Metabolite Profiling and a Transcriptional Activation Assay
Provide Direct Evidence of Androgen Receptor Antagonism by
Bisphenol A in Fish
(2) Use of Chemical Mixtures to Differentiate Mechanisms of
Endocrine Action in a Small Fish Model
Dr. Ankley, Gerald T. (11%)
Dr. Ekman, Drew R. (10%)
Ms. Durhan, Elizabeth J. (6%)
Ms. Jensen, Kathleen M. (6%)
Mr. Kahl, Michael D. (6%)
Dr. Villeneuve, Daniel L. (6%)
Ms. Cardon, Mary C. (5%)
Dr. Skelton, David M. (5%)
Dr. Collette, Timothy W.
Dr. Gray, Jr., L. Earl (5%)
Dr. Hartig, Phillip C. (5%)
Ms. Makynen, Elizabeth A.
Dr. Teng, Quincy (5%)
NHEERL
S13ER0011
Linked With
S13TF0097
(1) Structural and Functional Characteristics of Natural and
Constructed Headwater Channels Draining a Reclaimed
Mountaintop Removal and Valley Fill Coal Mine
(2) An Assessment of Cellulose Filters as a Standardized
Material for Measuring Litter Breakdown in Headwater
Streams
Use of Spatially Explicit Physicohemical Data to Measure
Downstream Impacts of Headwater Stream Disturbance
Dr. Fritz, Ken M. (25%)
Ms. Fulton, Stephanie (20%)
Dr. Johnson, Brent R. (15%)
Dr. Burke, Roger A. (5%)
Dr. Johnson, Brent R. (45%)
Dr. Fritz, Ken M. (20%)
NERL
S13ER0014
Watershed and Lake Influences on the Energetic Base of
Coastal Wetland Food Webs Across the Great Lakes Basin
Dr. Sierszen, Michael E. (50%)
Dr. Brazner, John C. (10%)
Ms. Cotter, Anne M. (10%)
Dr. Morrice, John A. (10%)
Mr. Peterson, Gregory S. (10%)
Dr. Trebitz, Anett S. (10%)
NHEERL
S13HE0017
(1) Evaluation of Two Different Metabolic Hypotheses for
Dichloromethane Toxicity Using Physiologically Based
Pharmacokinetic Modeling for In Vivo Inhalation Gas Uptake
Exposure in Female B6C3F1 Mice
(2) Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling
of Metabolic Pathways of Bromochloromethane in Rats
Dr. Evans, Marina V (40%)
Dr. Caldwell, Jane C. (24%)
Mr. Eklund, Christopher R. (6%)
NHEERL
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Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award ~ Total of 27
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13HE0018
Relative Bioavailability and Bioaccessibility and Speciation of
Arsenic in Contaminated Soils
Dr. Bradham, Karen D. (15%)
Dr. Scheckel, Kirk G. (15%)
Dr. Thomas, David J. (15%)
Mr. Nelson, Clay M. (10%)
Dr. Huges, Michael F. (10%)
Mr. Yeow, Aaron (5%)
Dr. Serda, Sophia M. (5%)
Ms. Harper, Sharon
NRMRL
S13HE0021
(1) Short-term Exposure to Triclosan Decreases Thyroxine in
Vivo via Upregulation of Hepatic Catabolism
(2) Developmental Triclosan Exposure Decreases Maternal and
Neonatal Thyroxine in Rats
(3) Developmental Triclosan Exposure Decreases Maternal,
Fetal, and Early Neonatal Thyroxine: A Dynamic and Kinetic
Evaluation of a Putative Mode-of-Action
Dr. Crofton, Kevin M. (25%)
Ms. Hedge, Joan M. (25%)
Dr. DeVito, Michael J. (3%)
NHEERL
S13HE0024
The Exposure Data Landscape for Manufactured Chemicals
Dr. Egeghy, Peter P. (25%)
Dr. Cohen Hubal, Elaine A. (25%)
Dr. Judson, Richard (20%)
Dr. Gangwal, Sumit (10%)
NERL
S13HE0027
Approaches to Cancer Assessment in EPA's Integrated Risk
Information System
Mr. Gehlhaus, III, Martin W.
Dr. Gift, Jeff (18%)
Ms. Hogan, Karen (18%)
Dr. Kopylev, Leonid (18%)
Dr. Schlosser, Paul (18%)
Dr. Kadry, Abdel (5%)
NCEA
(23%)
S13HE0032
(1) Subchronic pulmonary pathology, iron overload, and
transcriptional activity after Libby amphibole exposure in rat
models of cardiovascular disease
(2) The role of iron Libby amphibole-induced acute lung injury
and inflammation
(3) Transcriptional activation of inflammasome components by
Libby amphibole and the role of iron
Dr. Kodavanti, Urmila P. (25%)
Ms. Schladweiler, Matte C. (°°-
Dr.Gavett, Stephen H. (4%)
Dr. Ohio, Andrew J. (4%)
Ms. Vallanat, Beena D. (4%;
Dr. Ward, William O. (4%)
Mr. McGee, JohnK. (4%)
Ms. Andrews, Debora (4%)
Ms. Richards, Judy E. (4%)
NHEERL
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Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award ~ Total of 27
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13HE0033
(1) Application of WWTP Biosolids and Resulting
Perfluorinated Compound Contamination in Surface and Well
Water in Decatur, Alabama, USA
(2) Determination of Perfluorinated Compounds in the Upper
Mississippi Paver Basin
(3) Geographical Distribution of Perfluorinated Compounds in
Fish From Minnesota Lakes and Pavers
Dr. Lindstrom, Andrew B. (25%)
Dr. Strynar, Mark J. (25%)
Dr. Libelo, E. Laurence (5%)
Mr. Neill, Michael (5%)
NERL
S13HE0040
(1) An Integrated Imaging Approach to the Study of Oxidative
Stress Generation by Mitochondria! Dysfunction in Living
Cells
(2) Linking Oxidative Events to Inflammatory and Adaptive
Gene Expression Induced by Exposure to an Organic
Paniculate Matter Component
(3) Monitoring Intracellular Redox Changes in Ozone-Exposed
Airway Epithelial Cells
Dr. Samet, James M. (25%)
Dr. Simmons, Steven O. (10%)
Dr. Zucker, Robert M. (6%)
Mr. Silbajoris, Robert (6%)
Dr. Tong, Haiyan (4%)
NHEERL
S13HE0041
(1) Simulating Quantitative Cellular Responses Using
Asynchronous Threshold Boolean Network Ensembles
(2) Simulating Microdosimetry in a Virtual Hepatic Lobule
(3) Virtual Tissues in Toxicology
Dr. Shah, Imran (40%)
Dr. Wambaugh, JohnF. (40%)
Dr. Jack, John (20%)
NCCT
S13HE0043
Benchmark Dose Analysis for Bacillus anthracis Inhalation
Exposures in the Nonhuman Primate
Dr. Taft, Sarah C. (50%)
NHSRC
S13HE0044
Evaluation of Deltamethrin Kinetics and Dosimetry in the
Maturing Rat using a PBPK Model
Dr. Tornero-Velez, Rogelio (50%)
NERL
S13IE0050
Near-Real-Time Combustion Monitoring for PCDD/PCDF
Indicators by GC-REMPI-TOFMS
Dr. Oudejans, Lukas (40%)
Dr. Gullett, Brian (30%)
Mr. Tabor, Dennis (20%)
Dr. Ryan, Shawn (5%)
NRMRL
S13IR0054
Direct Application of Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factors
Dr. Burkhard, Lawrence P. (50%)
Dr. Cook, Philip M. (25%)
Ms. Lukasewycz, Marta T. (25%)
NHEERL
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Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award ~ Total of 27
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13MM0056
Development and Evaluation of EPA Method 1615 for
Detection of Enterovirus and Norovirus in Water Applied and
Environmental Microbiology, 79(l):215-223
Ms. Cashdollar, Jennifer L. (33%)
Ms. Brinkman, Nichole E. (10%)
Ms. Griffin, Shannon M. (10%)
Mr. McMinn, Brian R. (10%)
Dr. Rhodes, Eric R. (10%)
Ms. Varughese, Eunice A. (10%)
Ms. Fout, G. Shay (8%)
Dr. Grimm, Ann C. (4%)
Dr. Parshionikar, Sandhya U. (3%)
Mr. Wymer, Larry (2%)
NERL
S13MM0059
(1) Metagenome Analyses of Corroded Concrete Wastewater
Pipe Biofilms Reveal a Complex Microbial System
(2) Metagenomic Analyses of Drinking Water Receiving
Different Disinfection Treatments
Dr. Santo Domingo, Jorge W. (34%)
Mr. Revetta, Randy P. (33%)
Dr. Gomez-Alvarez, Vicente (33%)
NRMRL
S13OR0063
Effects from Filtration, Capping Agents, and Presence/Absence
of Food on the Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles to Daphnia
magna
Dr. Allen, H. Joel (30%)
Dr. Impellitteri, Christopher A.
Ms. Macke, Dana A. (17%)
Ms. Roose, Deborah L. (10%)
Dr. Poynton, Helen C. (5%)
Dr. Lazorchak, James M. (5%)
NRMRL
(30%)
S13OR0065
Post-processing Method to Reduce Noise while Preserving
High Time Resolution in Aethalometer Real-time Black
Carbon Data
Dr. Hagler, Gayle S.W. (40%)
Dr. Yelverton, Tiffany L.B. (20%)
Dr. Vedantham, Ram (20%)
NRMRL
S13OR0069
Human and Rat ABC Transporter Efflux of Bisphenol A and
Bisphenol A Glucuronide: Interspecies Comparison and
Implications for Pharmacokinetic Assessment
Mr. Mazur, Christopher S. (29%)
Dr. Marchitti, Satori (28%)
Dr. Kenneke, John (28%)
NERL
S13OR0072
Production and Consumption of Reactive Oxygen Species by
Fullerenes
Dr. Zepp, Richard G. (50%)
NERL
S13RA0077
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Aquatic Organisms
Dr. Daughton, Christian G. (75%)
NERL
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Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award ~ Total of 27
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13RA0079
(1) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Radiogenic Risk
Models and Projections for the U.S. Population
(2) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Radiogenic Risk
Projections: Uncertainty Analysis
Dr. Pawel, David J. (65%)
Dr. Puskin, Jerome S. (35%)
ORIA
S13SI0088
Green Pharmacy and Pharm Ecovigilance: Prescribing and the
Planet
Dr. Daughton, Christian G. (75%)
NERL
S13SI0090
(1) Ecological Periodic Tables for Benthic Macrofaunal Usage
of Estuarine Habitats in the US Pacific Northwest
(2) Ecological Periodic Table for Benthic Macrofaunal Usage
of Estuarine Habits: Insights from a Case study in Tillamook
Bay, Oregon, USA
Dr. Ferraro, Steven P. (80%)
Ms. Cole, Faith A. (20%)
NHEERL
S13TF0096
(1) Incremental Testing of the Community Multiscale Air
Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System Version 4.7
(2) Model Representation of Secondary Organic Aerosol in
CMAQv4.7
(3) Simulating Emission and Chemical Evolution of Coarse
Sea-Salt Particles in Community Multiscale Air Quality
(CMAQ) Model
Dr. Foley, Kristen
Mr. Roselle, Shawn (7%)
Mr. Appel, Keith Wyat (7%)
Dr. Bhave, Prakash (7%)
Dr. Carlton, Ann Marie (5%)
Dr. Kelly, James
Dr. Pleim, Jonathan
Dr. Sarwar, Golam (5%)
Mr. Gilliam, Robert (5%)
Dr. Nolle, Christopher (4%)
Dr. Napelenok, Sergey (4%)
Mr. Otte, Tanya (4%)
Dr. Young, Jeffrey (4%)
Dr. Wong, David
Dr. Mathur, Rohit
Dr. Gilliland, Alice
Dr. Edney, Edward
Dr. Pouliot, George (3%)
Dr. Hutzell, William (3%)
Dr. Bash, Jesse (2%)
Dr. Finder, Robert (2%)
Ms. Luecken, Deborah (2%)
Mr. Bullock, Russell (2%)
Ms. Schwede, Donna (1%)
Mr. Houyoux, Marc (1%)
NERL
(3%)
(3%)
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Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) — Total of 38
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13CS0001
(1) Emissions of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, and PAHs from a Modern
Diesel Engine Equipped with Catalyzed Emission Control
Systems
(2) Emissions of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, and PAHs from legacy on-
road heavy-duty diesel engines
Mr. Laroo, Christopher A. (45%)
Mr. Schenk, Charles R. (20%)
Mr. Sanchez, L. James (20%)
Mr. McDonald, Joseph (10%)
OTAQ
S13EE0003
(1) Emissions Characterization of Residential Wood-Fired
Hydronic Heater Technologies
(2) Characterization of Carbonaceous Aerosols Emitted from
Outdoor Wood Boilers
Mr. Kinsey, John S. (30%)
Dr. Hays, Michael D. (30%)
Dr. Linak, William P. (15%)
Dr. Gullett, Brian K. (5%)
Mr. King, Charly J. (5%)
Dr. Yelverton, Tiffany L.B.
NRMRL
S13EP0004
Management Relevance of Benthic Biogeography at Multiple
Scales in Coastal Waters of the Northeast US
Mr. Hale, Stephen S. (60%)
Mr. Cote, Jr., Melville P. (15%)
Ms. Searfoss, Renee (15%)
Mr. Tedesco, Mark A. (10%)
NHEERL
S13EP0005
Recreation Demand Estimation and Valuation in Spatially
Connected Systems
Dr. Newbold, Stephen C. (50%)
Dr. Massey, D. Matthew (50%)
NCEE
S13EP0006
A Demonstration of the Necessity and Feasibility of Using a
Clumsy Decision Analytic Approach on Wicked
Environmental Problems
Dr. Stahl, Cynthia (50%)
Mr. Cimorelli, Alan (50%)
Region 3
S13ER0009
(1) Assessment of Probable Causes of Reduced Aquatic Life in
the Touchet River, Washington, USA
(2) Causal assessment of biological impairment n the Little
Floyd River, Iowa, USA
(3) An Iterative Approach for Identifying the Causes of
Reduced Benthic Macroinvertebrate Diversity in the
Williamatic River, Connecticut
Dr. Cormier, Susan M. (60%)
Mr. LeMoine, Michael (3%)
NCEA
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Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) — Total of 38
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13ER0012
(1) Effects of a Glucocorticoid Receptor Agonist,
Dexamethasone, on Fathead Minnow Reproduction, Growth,
and Development
(2) Effects of Gemfibrozil on Lipid Metabolism,
Steroidogenesis, and Reproduction in the Fathead Minnow
(Pimephales promelas)
(3) Short-Term Study Investigating the Estrogenic Potency of
Diethylstilbesterol in the Fathead Minnow (Pimephales
promelas)
Dr. LaLone, Carlie A. (17%)
Dr. Ankley, Gerald T. (10%)
Dr. Villeneuve, Daniel L. (7%)
Mr. Kahl, Michael D. (5%)
Ms. Jensen, Kathleen M. (5%)
Ms. Durhan, Elizabeth M.
Ms. Makynen, Elizabeth A.
Dr. Johnson, Rodney D.
Dr. Olmstead, Allen W. (2%)
NHEERL
S13ER0013
In Vivo Assessment and Potential Diagnosis of Xenobiotics
that Perturb the Thyroid Pathway: Proteomic Analysis of
Xenopus Laevis Brain Tissue Following Exposure to Model T4
Inhibitors
Dr. Serrano, Jose A. (25%)
Dr. Degitz, Sigmund J. (18%)
Mr. Holcombe, Gary W.
Mr. Tietge, Joseph E. (6%)
Mr. Korte, Joseph J. (5%)
Ms. Kosian, Patricia A.
NHEERL
S13ER0015
(1) Effects of a Dopamine Receptor Antagonist on Fathead
Minnow Dominance Behavior and Ovarian Gene Expression in
the Fathead Minnow and Zebrafish
(2) Ecotoxicogenomics to Support Ecological Risk
Assessment: A Case Study with Bisphenol A in Fish
(3) A Graphical Systems Model and Tissue-Specific Functional
Gene Sets to Aid Transcriptomic Analysis of Chemical
Impacts on the Female Teleost Reproductive Axis
Dr. Villeneuve, Daniel L. (30%)
Dr. Ankley, Gerald T. (9%)
Ms. Durhan, Elizabeth J. (4%)
Ms. Jensen, Kathleen M. (4%)
Mr. Kahl, Michael D. (4%)
Ms. Makynen, Elizabeth A. (4%)
Dr. Burgoon, Lyle D. (3%)
Dr. Edwards, Stephen W. (2%)
Dr. LaLone, Carlie A. (2%)
NHEERL
S13HE0019
Predicting Residential Air Exchange Rates from
Questionnaires and Meteorology: Model Evaluation in Central
North Carolina
Dr. Breen, Michael S. (45%)
Mr. Williams, Ronald W. (20%)
Mr. Schultz, Bradley D. (15%)
NERL
S13HE0020
(1) Hepatic Xenobiotic Metabolizing Enzyme and Transporter
Gene Expression Through the Life Stages of the Mouse
(2) Transcriptional Ontogeny of the Developing Liver
(3) Meta-Analysis of Gene Expression in the Mouse Liver
Reveals Biomarkers Associated with Inflammation Increased
Early During Aging
Dr. Corton, Chris (30%)
Dr. Lee, Janice S. (30%)
Dr. Ward, William (5%)
Ms. Vallanat, Beena (5%)
Dr. Ren, Hongzu (5%)
Dr. Abbott, Barbara D. (2%)
Dr. Delker, Don (1%)
Mr. Knapp, Geremy (1%)
NHEERL
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Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) — Total of 38
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13HE0023
(1) Susceptibility of Inflamed Alveolar and Airway Epithelial
Cells to Injury Induced by Diesel Exhaust Particles of Varying
Organic Carbon Content
(2) Nitric Oxide and Superoxide Mediate Diesel Particle
Effects in Cytokine-treated Mice and Murine Lung Epithelial
Cells-Implications for Suscetibility to Traffic-related Air
Pollution
(3) Diesel Exhaust Particles Induce Aberrant Alveolar
Epithelial Directed Cell Movement by Disruption of Polarity
Mechanisms
Dr. Dye, Janice A. (25%)
Dr. LaGier, Adriana J. (25%)
Mr. Slade, Ralph (4%)
Ms. Richards, Judy H. (3%)
Mr. McGee, JohnK. (3%)
Mr. Ledbetter, Alan D. (3%)
NHEERL
S13HE0025
Allergens in Household Dust and Scrological Indicators of
Atopy and Sensitization in Detroit Children with History-
Based Evidence of Asthma
Dr. Williams, Ann H. (25%)
Dr. Gallagher, Jane E. (20%)
Dr. Smith, James Travis (20%)
Mr. Hudgens, Edward E. (10%)
Dr. Ozkaynak, Haluk A. (10%)
Mr. Rhoney, Scott W. (10%)
NHEERL
S13HE0026
Proteome profiling reveals potential Toxicity abd detoxifcation
pathways following exposure of BEA S-2B cells to engineered
nanparticle titanium dioxide
Dr. Ge, Yue (35%)
Ms. Bruno, Maribel (25%)
Dr. Winnik, Witold (15%)
Mrs. Wallace, Kathleen (15%)
NHEERL
S13HE0028
Role of Oxidative Stress on Diesel-Enhanced Influenza
Infection in Mice
Dr. Gilmour, Mathew I. (30%)
Mr. Krantz, Quentin T. (10%)
Mr. King, Charly (10%)
Mrs. Boykin, Elizabeth (10%)
Dr. Linak, William P. (5%)
NHEERL
S13HS0046
Detection of Multiple Waterborne Pathogens Using
Microsequencing Arrays
Ms. Brinkman, Nichole E. (28%)
Dr. Villegas, Eric N. (26%)
Dr. Nichols, Tonya L. (7%)
Dr. Schaefer, III, Frank W. (6%)
NERL
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Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) — Total of 38
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13HS0047
Laboratory Evaluation of Large-Scale Decontamination
Approaches
Dr. Calfee, Michael Worth (40%)
Dr. Ryan, Shawn P. (10%)
Mr. Wood, Joseph P. (10%)
Mr. Mickelsen, Leroy (10%)
Mr. Kempter, Carlton Jeff (10%)
Linked With
S13HS0048
(1) Inactivation of Vegetative Bacterial Threat Agents on
Environmental Surfaces
(2) The Effects of Environmental Conditions on Persistence
and Inactiviation of Brucella suis on Building Material
Surfaces
Dr. Calfee, Michael Worth (90%)
Ms. Wendling, Morgan (10%)
NHSRC
S13IE0051
Lead Pipe Scale Analysis Using Broad-Beam Argon Ion
Milling to Elucidate Drinking Water Corrosion
Dr. Nadagouda, Mallikarjuna (35%)
Dr. Lytle, Darren (35%)
NRMRL
S13IE0052
(1) Novel Pd based Catalyst for the Removal of Organic and
Emerging Contaminants
(2) Multifunctional Silver Coated E-33/Iron Oxide Water
Filters: Inhibition of Biofilm Growth and Arsenic Removal
Dr. Nadagouda, Mallikarjuna (65%)
Dr. Lytle, Darren (13%)
Mr. Cruz, Carlo (5%)
NRMRL
S13IE0053
(1) Green Chemistry by Nano-Catalysis
(2) Magnetically Separable Nanoferrite-Anchored Glutathione:
Aqueous Homocoupling of Arylboronic Acids Under
Microwave Irradiation
(3) Nano-Organocatalyst: Magnetically Retrievable Ferrite-
Anchored Glutathione for Microwave-Assisted Paal-Knorr
Reaction, Aza-Michael Addition and Pyrazole Synthesis
Dr. Varma, Rajender S. (50%)
NRMRL
S13MM0058
(1) Ground Water Sample Preservation at In-Situ Chemical
Oxidation Sites - Recommended Guidelines
(2) Binary Mixtures of Permanganate and Chlorinated Volatile
Organic Compounds in Groundwater Samples: Sample
Preservation and Analysis
Dr. Huling, Scott G. (30%)
Mrs. Johnson, Karen T. (30%)
Ms. Germaine, Margie St. (10%)
NRMRL
S13OR0067
Particle Size Distributions of Metal and Non-Metal Elements
in an Urban Near-Highway Environment
Dr. Hays, Michael D. (45%)
Dr. Baldauf, Richard (10%)
NRMRL
S13OR0070
Rehabilitation of Aging Water Infrastructure Systems: Key
Challenges and Issues
Dr. Selvakumar, Ariamalar (60%)
Mr. Tafuri, Anthony N. (40%)
NRMRL
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Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) — Total of 38
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13RA0073
"DEHP: Genotoxicity and potential carcinogenic mechanisms-
A review
Dr. Caldwell, Jane C. (100%)
NCEA
S13RA0076
From Molecules to Management: Adopting DNA-based
Methods for Monitoring Biological Invasions in Aquatic
Environments
Dr. Darling, John A. (70%)
NERL
S13RA0078
A Review: On the Frontier, Analytical Chemistry and the
Occurrence of Illicit Drugs into Surface Waters in the USA
Mrs. Jones-Lepp, Tammy (60%)
NERL
S13RM0085
Moving Beyond the Udorthent - a Proposed Protocol for
Surveying Urban Soils to Service Data Needs for
Contemporary Urban Ecosystem Management
Dr. Shuster, William (60%)
Mr. Clark, Patrick (3%)
Mr. Furio, Brooke (3%)
NRMRL
S13SI0091
Hydrologic Futures: Using Scenario Analysis to Evaluate
Impacts of Forecasted Land Use Change on Hydrologic
Services
Mr. Kepner, William G. (55%)
NERL
S13SI0093
An Environmental Assessment of United States Drinking
Water Watersheds
Mr. Wickham, James (70%)
Mr. Wade, Timothy (20%)
NERL
S13TF0094
Reginal scale photochemical model and evaluation of total
mercury wet deposition and speciated ambient mercury
Dr. Baker, Kirk R. (80%)
Dr. Bash, Jesse O. (20%)
OAQPS
S13TF0095
Effect of Imposed Anaerobic Conditions on Metals Release
From Acid-Mine Drainage Contaminated Streambed
Sediments
Dr. Butler, Barbara A. (100%)
NRMRL
S13TF0098
Method Development and Application to Determine Potential
Plant Uptake of Antibiotics and other Drugs in Irrigated Crop
Production Systems
Mrs. Jones-Lepp, Tammy L. (60%)
NERL
S13TF0100
The Meteorology-Chemistry Interface Processor (MCIP) for
the CMAQ Modeling System: Updates through MCIPvS.4.1
Ms. Otte, Tanya L. (90%)
Dr. Pleim, Jonathan E. (10%)
NERL
S13TF0101
(1) Assessing Multi-Year Changes in Modeled and Observed
Urban NOx Concentrations from a Dynamic Model Evaluation
Perspective
(2) Dynamic Evaluation of a Regional Air Quality Model:
Assessing the Emissions-Induced Weekly Ozone Cycle
B-12
Dr. Rao, Samohineeveesu T. (29%)
Mr. Godowitch, James (17%)
Dr. Pouliot, George (16%)
Mr. Pierce, Thomas (13%)
NERL
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Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) — Total of 38
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S13TF0102
Model Forecasts of Atrazine in Lake Michigan in Response to
Various Sensitivity and Potential Management Scenarious
Mr. Rygwelski, Kenneth R. (55%)
Dr. Kreis, Jr., Russell G. (15%)
NHEERL
S13TF0103
(1) Influence of Collector Surface Composition and Water
Chemistry on the Deposition of Cerium Dioxide Nanoparticles
QCM-D and Column Experiment Approaches
(2) Distinct Effects of Humic Acid on Transport and Retention
of Tio2 Rutile Nanoparticles in Saturated Porous Media
Dr. Su, Chunming (50%)
NRMRL
S13TF0104
(1) Comparative evaluation of the impact of WRF/NMM and
WRF/ARW meteorolgy on CMAQ simulations for PM 2.5 and
its related precursors during 2006 TexAQS/GoMACCS study
(2) Comparative evaluation of the impact of WRF-NMM and
WRF-ARW meterology on CMAQ simulations for O3 and
related species during the 2006 TexAQS/GoMACCS campaign
Dr. Yu, Shaocai (30%)
Dr. Mathur, Rohit (20%)
Dr. Pleim, Jonathan (20%)
Dr. Pouliot, George (5%)
Dr. Wong, David (5%)
Dr. Eder, Brian (5%)
Dr. Schere, Kenneth (5%)
Dr. Gilliam, Robert (5%)
Dr. Rao, Samohineeveesu T.
NERL
(5%)
S13TF0105
Assessment of Subsurface Drainage Management Practices to
Reduce Nitrogen Loading Using AnnAGNPS
Dr. Yuan, Yongping (55%)
Dr. Bingner, Ronald L. (15%)
Dr. Locke, Martin A. (10%)
NERL
Key to Acronyms used in the above Tables
NCCT- Office of Research and Development (ORD) National Center for Computational Toxicology
NCEA - ORD National Center for Environmental Assessment
NCEE - National Center for Environmental Economics
NERL - ORD National Exposure Research Laboratory
NHEERL - ORD National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory
NHSRC - ORD National Homeland Security Research Center
NRMRL - ORD National Risk Management Research Laboratory
NVFEL - OAR's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory
OAQPS- Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards
OAR - Office of Air and Radiation
ORIA - Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
OTAQ- Office of Transportation and Air Quality
Region 3 - Region 3 EPA
B-13
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