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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON D.C. 20460
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
January 28, 2015
EPA-SAB-15-005
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 FY 2014 Scientific and Technological
Dear Administrator McCarthy:
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) is pleased to transmit its recommendations for the EPA's FY
2014 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 this
important role in the STAA program.
This year, the EPA submitted a total of 72 nominations comprised of 116 publications in 12 science and
technology categories. The SAB recommends: one nomination for Level I, the highest award; two
nominations for Level II; 20 nominations for Level III; and 29 nominations for Honorable Mention. The
SAB's recommendations are provided in the enclosed report.
Overall, the SAB commends the agency for its publications and finds that the 2014 STAA nominations
were generally of very good quality. The SAB also appreciates the agency's implementation of most
SAB recommendations from previous years for improving the nomination procedures and
administration of the STAA program.
The 2014 STAA nominations contained a larger percentage of review articles than has been the case in
recent years. Several of the nominated review articles lacked a critical synthesis and evaluation of the
literature, and did not provide future perspectives. The SAB notes that reviews which include a critical
synthesis and evaluation of the available literature with an assessment on future perspectives on topics
relevant to EPA's mission are more consistent with the STAA award criteria.
Achievement Awards
Similar to advice in prior years, the SAB recommends that the EPA implement the following activities
to further strengthen the STAA program as well as facilitating the SAB review of future STAA
nominations:
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• Significantly shorten the time between receiving the SAB recommendations for STAA
recognition and notifying award recipients.
• Ensure that submitted nominations are not misplaced and all are delivered to SAB in a timely
manner.
• Strengthen the justification section of the nominations as to their scientific contributions and
relevance to EPA's mission.
• Ensure that the justification sections for nominations comprising multiple publications clarify the
relationship between the publications within the nomination.
• Ensure that all authors with current 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 include relevant supplemental materials, including those published
with the original article, that support how the research was conducted, such as information on
sample preparation or derivations of equations, and include links to the internet to access these
materials.
• Improve the process for generating nominations in order to stimulate greater quantity and quality
of nominations.
To further foster recognition of EPA scientists and engineers who have published significant research, as
recommended in SAB's January 13, 2014 Report that provided recommendations for EPA's FY 2013
STAA award program, the SAB recommends that the EPA consider developing a separate awards
program to retrospectively recognize prior EPA research (e.g., published within the last ten years) that is
no longer eligible for the STAA award program but is demonstrated to have had a significant impact
over extended time towards EPA's mission.
The objectives of the STAA program are to provide recognition and awards to agency authors whose
scientific and technological contribution resulted in high quality peer reviewed publications, to make the
general public more aware of the quality and depth of EPA science, and to improve the credibility of the
science underpinning agency decisions on important scientific issues of specific importance to EPA.
The agency is commended for meeting these objectives through its annual STAA program and 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 2015 STAA
nominations.
Sincerely,
/signed/
/signed/
Dr. David T. Allen, Chair
EPA Science Advisory Board
Dr. George Daston, Chair
SAB Scientific and Technological
Achievement Awards Committee
Enclosure
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NOTICE
This report has been written as part of the activities of the EPA Science Advisory Board, a public
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
assessment of scientific matters related to the problems facing the agency. This report has not been
reviewed for approval by the agency and, hence, the contents of this report do not represent the views
and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor of other agencies in the Executive Branch of
the Federal government, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute a
recommendation for use. Reports of the EPA Science Advisory Board are posted on the EPA website at
http://www.epa.gov/sab.
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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, Proctor & 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 M. Chapman, Principal and Senior Environmental Scientist, Golder Associates Ltd.,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Judith Chow, Nazir and Mary Ansari Chair in Science and Entrepreneurialism, 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
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Dr. Michael I. Luster, Professor, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
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, Cary, NC
Dr. Eileen Murphy, Director of Research Development, Office of the Vice President for Research,
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
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. Joseph Arvai, Professor and Svare Chair in Applied Decision Research, Department of Geography,
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dr. Sylvie M. Brouder, Professor and Wickersham Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Research,
Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Dr. Thomas Burbacher, Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,
School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Dr. Ingrid Burke, Director and Wyoming Excellence Chair, Haub School and Ruckelshaus Institute of
Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Dr. Edward T. Carney, Scientific Director, Toxicology & Environmental Research and Consulting,
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI
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, Hockessin, DE
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, Hamerschlag University Professor and Department Head, Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Elaine M. Faustman, Professor and Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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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. Steven Hamburg, Chief Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund, Boston, MA
Dr. Cynthia M. Harris, Director and Professor, Institute of Public Health, Florida A&M University,
Tallahassee, FL
Dr. Robert J. 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 and Environmental 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, ACES Distinguished Professor in Environmental Economics, Department of
Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Dr. Nancy K. Kim, Independent Consultant, Independent Consultant, 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. Lois Lehman-McKeeman, Distinguished Research Fellow, Discovery Toxicology, Bristol-Myers
Squibb, Princeton, NJ
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. Denise Mauzerall, Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Dr. Kristina D. Mena, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental
Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, El Paso, TX
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Dr. Surabi Menon, Director of Research, ClimateWorks Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Dr. James R. Mihelcic, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL
Dr. H. Keith Moo-Young, Chancellor, Office of Chancellor, Washington State University, Tri-Cities,
Richland, WA
Dr. Eileen Murphy, Director of Research Development, Office of Research and Economic
Development, 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. Martin Philbert, Dean and Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Mr. Richard L. Poirot, Air Quality Planning Chief, Air Quality and Climate Division, Vermont
Department of Environmental Conservation, Montpelier, VT
Dr. Stephen Polasky, Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics, Department
of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Dr. David B. Richardson, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Dr. Amanda D. Rodewald, Director of Conservation Science, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and
Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Dr. William Schlesinger, President Emeritus, Cary 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, Professor and Head, Department of Occupational & Environmental 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
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Dr. Jeanne VanBriesen, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. John Vena, Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical
University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Dr. Elke Weber, Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business, Columbia Business School,
New York, NY
Dr. Charles Werth, Professor and Bettie Margaret Smith Chair in Environmental Health Engineering,
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering,
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Dr. Peter J. Wilcoxen, Associate Professor, Economics and Public Administration, The Maxwell
School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Dr. Dawn J. Wright, Chief Scientist, Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), Redlands, CA
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 2014 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 2014 STAA program to
senior managers and employees in January 2014 (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.
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.
In May 2014, ORD submitted to the SAB Staff Office 71 nominations for 2014 STAA awards in 12
possible science and technology categories. The SAB STAA Committee met at a closed meeting on July
28, 2014, 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.
In September 2014, ORD submitted one additional nomination for review and consideration for 2014
STAA award. The SAB STAA Committee held a closed teleconference on November 7, 2014 to
develop a recommendation to the EPA Administrator regarding the additional nomination, along with
fourteen additional nominations for the 2013 award program that had not been forwarded previously.
(The results of the review for these additional 2013 nominations have been provided in a separate
addendum to the 2013 SAB report.)
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Table 1. 2014 STAA Nominations by Topic Category
Topic
Number of Nominations Submitted to SAB
Ecological Research
11
Energy and the Environment
2
Environmental Policy and
3
Decisionmaking Studies
Health Effects Research and Human
11
Health Risk Assessment
Industry and the Environment
2
Integrated Risk Assessment
4
Monitoring and Measurement Methods
7
Other Environmental Research
4
Review Articles
13
Risk Management and Ecosystem
Restoration
1
Sustainability and Innovation
4
Transport and Fate
10
TOTAL
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3. AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS
Table 2 summarizes the awards by year since Fiscal Year 2002, including the recommendations for
2014. For 2014, the Committee recommended: one nomination for Level I, the highest award; two for
Level II; 20 for Level III; and 29 for Honorable Mention. Appendix B lists the recommended awards for
Levels I through III, and nominations that deserve an Honorable Mention. The final rankings were
agreed to by consensus at the STAA Committee meeting on July 28, 2014 and at the STAA Committee
teleconference on November 7, 2014. Table 3 summarizes the distribution of 2014 award
recommendations among categories.
Table 2. Comparison of Award Recommendations over Time
Award Level
FY
FY
FY
FY
FY
FY
FY
FY
FY
FY
FY
FY
FY
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Nominations
140
136
146
110
90
140
130
109
121
130
104
117
72
Reviewed
Level I
4
7
6
3
5
5
5
3
5
3
4
0
1
(3%)
(5%)
(4%)
(3%)
(6%)
(4%)
(4%)
(3%)
(4%)
(2%)
(4%)
(1%)
Level II
7
18
13
6
11
13
16
22
14
13
10
10
2
(5%)
(13%)
(9%)
(5%)
(12%)
(9%)
(12%)
(20%)
(12%)
(10%)
(10%)
(9%)
(3%)
Level III
26
29
32
30
29
37
30
31
42
35
29
27
20
(19%)
(21%)
(22%)
(27%)
(32%)
(26%)
(21%)
(28%)
(35%)
(27%)
(28%)
(23%)
(28%)
Honorable
39
33
37
31
26
45
43
25
33
44
36
45
29
Mention
(28%)
(24%)
(25%)
(28%)
(29%)
(32%)
(33%)
(23%)
(27%)
(34%)
(35%)
(38%)
(40%)
Not
64
49
58
40
19
40
36
28
27
35
25
35
20
Recommended
(46%)
(36%)
(40%)
(36%)
(21%)
(29%)
(28%)
(26%)
(22%)
(27%)
(24%)
(30%)
(28%)
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Table 3. Summary Number of Award Recommendations by Category for FY2014
Nomination
Categories
Total
Nominations
Award Levels
Honorable Mention
I
II
III
Total
Ecological Research
11
0
0
4
4
6
Energy and the
Environment
2
0
0
1
1
0
Environmental Policy
and Decision making
Studies
3
0
0
0
0
3
Health Effects
Research and Human
Health Risk
Assessment
11
1
1
2
4
3
Industry and the
Environment
2
0
0
1
1
0
Integrated Risk
Assessment
4
0
0
2
2
1
Monitoring and
Measurement
Methods
7
0
0
1
1
4
Other Environmental
Research
4
0
0
1
1
2
Review Articles
13
0
1
3
4
3
Risk Management and
Ecosystem
Restoration
1
0
0
0
0
1
Sustainability and
Innovation
4
0
0
0
0
2
Transport and Fate
10
0
0
5
5
4
TOTALS:
72
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2
20
23
29
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4. ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
The SAB appreciates the EPA's implementation of the recommendations from the recent SAB reports to
the Administrator that improve the nomination process and enhance the integrity of the STAA program.
In particular, the SAB concludes that the strong majority of the 2014 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 allpublication(s) from that author that were
nominated and the associated outcome for STAA award(s) over the previous five years.
Currently, the STAA nomination form requires submission of a list of publications that were
previously nominated for STAA awards, sorted by the authors of the current nomination. Several
of the 2014 nominations did not include a comprehensive list of these prior nominations sorted
by author. The SAB recommends that the STAA nomination form adjust the current
requirements for this information and require submission of a list that categorizes prior
nominations by author for the previous five years of the STAA competition. This information
will assist the Committee in assessing the differences between such nominations.
• Require that all relevant supplemental materials be included in the nomination package with
links to the internet to access these materials. 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. Several of the 2014
nominations did not include relevant supplemental materials that were sent to the journals where
the articles were published. 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. The STAA nomination form should be revised to require that all relevant
supplemental materials be included in the nomination package and include links to the internet to
access these materials if such links are available.
Assurance of Completeness and Clarity of Nomination Package:
• Develop an improved tracking system to ensure that all submitted nominations are not misplaced
and are delivered to SAB in a timely manner. In July 2013, ORD submitted to the SAB Staff
Office 105 nominations for 2013 STAA awards, and in January, 2014, SAB signed its report
with recommendations to the EPA Administrator for 2013 STAA awards. In May 2014, ORD
submitted to the SAB Staff Office 71 nominations for 2014 STAA awards, and in July, 2014, the
SAB STAA Committee met to review and consider these nominations for 2014 STAA awards.
However, ORD NCER misplaced fifteen 2013 STAA nominations and one 2014 STAA
nomination that it received during the 2013 and 2014 STAA nomination periods, respectively,
and sent these additional nominations to SAB for its consideration in September 2014. SAB's
STAA Committee held a teleconference in November 2014 to review and consider these
additional nominations for 2013 and 2014 STAA recognition. ORD should develop an improved
tracking system for ensuring that incoming STAA nominations are not misplaced. This
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improved system should ensure that all nominators will receive notice that their nomination has
been received by ORD, and that all nominations will be delivered to SAB in a timely manner.
• Strengthen the justification sections of the nominations regarding their scientific contributions
and relevance to EPA 's mission. Several nominations for 2014 STAA recognition did not
mention or comprehensively discuss the scientific contributions of the publications submitted as
part of the nomination, or the relevance of the nominated publications to EPA's mission. The
SAB encourages the EPA to ensure that the justification sections of nominations
comprehensively discuss their scientific contributions and relevance to EPA's mission.
• Each nomination should discuss the relationship between publications within nominations
comprised of multiple publications. The agency's nomination criteria include that up to three
publications may be combined into one nomination if the publications have similar subjects and
authors. Several nominations for 2014 STAA recognition did not discuss the link between
subject matter for the different publications submitted as part of a single nomination, or
described a link that was not evident upon review of the articles. As recommended in previous
advice, the SAB encourages the EPA to ensure that the justification sections for nominations
comprising more than one publication fully describe the relationship between publications within
such nominations.
Evaluation of Review Articles:
• Review articles that are submittedfor awards should include a critical synthesis and evaluation
of the literature and an assessment on future perspectives. The 2014 STAA nominations
contained a larger percentage of review articles than have been submitted for STAA award
recognition in recent years. This year, submitted nominations under the review article category
outnumbered nominations submitted under all other categories (the last time this happened was
ten years ago). While reviews that summarize a body of literature are useful and important, the
SAB believes that review articles that critically synthesize and evaluate information and lead to
new insights, with an assessment on future perspectives, are most consistent with the criteria for
STAA awards.
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 there
has been a significant time lag between the EPA's receipt of the 2012 and 2013 SAB
recommendations for STAA recognition and the EPA's notifications to 2012 and 2013 STAA
award recipients. This recurring problem was recognized in the SAB's recommendations for the
2013 STAA program. The SAB strongly recommends that the agency improve the process for
generating awards and shorten the time between receiving the SAB recommendations for STAA
recognition and notifying award recipients.
• Improve the process for generating nominations in order to stimulate greater quantity and
quality of nominations. The SAB observes that the total number of 2014 STAA nominations for
award is significantly less when compared to previous years. In order to help encourage EPA
staff to submit additional nominations, the SAB recommends that the agency improve the
process that agency staff use to generate nominations for STAA awards in ways that stimulate
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greater quantity and quality of nominations.
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APPENDIX A - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2014 STAA PROGRAM
January 2, 2014
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: The 2014 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Program
FROM: Lek G. Kadeli
Acting Assistant Administrator
TO: Assistant Administrators
Associate Administrators
Regional Administrators
It is a pleasure to announce this year's call for nominations for the 2014 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. Note that the 2014 STAA awards may not include a monetary award.
Attached are (1) nomination procedures and guidelines, (2) review schedule, and (3) nomination form.
Official 2014 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 6, 2014. Instructions for completion and electronic submission of
nomination packages are attached. Should questions arise, please contact Ben Packard at (703) 347-8087
*or packard.benjamin@epa.gov.
cc: EPA Science Advisory Board
EPA Program Offices
EPA Regional Offices
ORD Center/Laboratory Directors
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January 2, 2014
EPA SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR 2014 STAA AWARDS
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: The 2014 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 2014 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
Note that the 2014 STAA awards may not include a monetary award.
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 6.
Should questions arise, please contact Ben Packard at (703) 347-8087 or packard.benjamin@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 — One
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and
Nominating Organization
S14HE0022
(1) Estimating the National Public Health Burden Associated
with Exposure to Ambient PM2.5 and Ozone
Risk Analysis. 32(l):81-95
(2) The Recent and Future Health Burden of Air Pollution
Apportioned Across U.S. Sectors
Environmental Science and Technology, 47:3580-3589
Farm. Neal (20%)
Baker, Kirk (20%)
Fulcher, Charlie (20%)
Hubbell, Bryan (10%)
Lamson, Amy (10%)
Wesson, Karen (10%)
Anenberg, Susan (5%)
Risley, David (5%)
NHFFRI
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Nominations Recommended for a Level II Award — Total of 2
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14HE0026
High-Throughput Models for Expo sure-Based Chemical
Prioritization in the ExpoCast Project
Toxicological Sciences, 47:8479-88
Setzer, R. Woodrow (20%)
Wambaugh, John F. (20%)
Hubal, Elaine Cohen (10%)
Reif, David M. (5%)
Mitchell-Blackwood, Jade (5%)
Gangwal, Sumit (5%)
Frame, Alicia (5%)
Rabinowitz, James (5%)
Knudsen, Thomas B. (5%)
Judson, Richard S. (5%)
Egeghy, Peter (5%)
Vallero, Daniel A. (5%)
Arnot, Jon A. (5% non-EPA)
Jolliet, Olivier (5% non-EPA)
NCCT
S14RA0048
(1) Ballast Water Regulations and the Move Towards
Concentration-Based Numeric Discharge Limits
Ecological Applications, 23(2):
(2) Counting At Low Concentrations: The Statistical Challenges
of Verifying Ballast Water Discharge Standards
Albert, Ryan J. (16.7%)
Lishman, John (10%)
Saxena, Juhi (6.7%)
Lee, II, Hemy (21.7%)
Frazier, Melanie (25%)
Miller, A. Whitman (6.7% non-EPA)
Reusser, Deborah A. (13.3% non-EPA)
Ecological Applications, 23(2):339-351
NHEERL
B-2
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Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award — Total of 20
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14EE0001
Emergy Evaluations of the Global Biogeochemical Cycles of
Six Biologically Active Elements and Two Compounds
Ecological Modeling, 271:32-51
Campbell, Daniel (59%)
Lu, Hongfang (39% non-EPA)
Lin, Bin-Le (2% non-EPA)
NHFFRI
S14ER0006
Advancing the Guanica Bay (Puerto Rico) Watershed
Management Plan
Coastal management, 41:19-38
Carriger, John (50%)
Fisher, William S. (35%)
Stockton, Jr., TomB. (10% non-EPA)
Sturm, P.E. (5% non-EPA)
NHFFRI
S14ER0008
Mysid population responses to resource limitation differ from
those predicted by cohort studies
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 432:115-123
Grear, Jason (34%)
Horowitz, Doranne Borsay (33%)
Gutjarhr-Gobell, Ruth (33%)
NHFFRI
S14ER0010
Nutrient Distributions, Transports, and Budgets on the Inner
Margin of a River-Dominated Continental Shelf
Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 118:4822-4838
Lehrter, John (60%)
Murrell, Michael (5%)
Greene, Richard (3%)
Hagy, James D. (3%)
Schaeffer, Blake (3%)
Ko, Dong (20% non-EPA)
Gould, Jr., Richard W. (3% non-EPA)
Penta, Brad (3% non-EPA)
NHFFRI
S14HE0021
(1) An Assessment of the Exposure of Americans to
Perfluorooctane Sulfonate: A Comparison of Estimated Intake
with Values Inferred from NHANES Data
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology,
21(2):150-168
(2) Simple Intake and Pharmacokinetic Modeling to
Characterize Exposure of Americans to Perfluoroctanoic Acid,
PFOA
Egeghy, Peter P. (50%)
Lorber, Matthew N. (50%)
Environmental Science and Technology, 45:8006-8014
NERL
B-3
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Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award — Total of 20
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14HE0023
Arsenic Exposure and Toxicology: A Historical Perspective
Toxicological Sciences, 123(2):305-332
Hughes, Michael F. (25%)
Thomas, David J. (25%)
Beck, Barbara (15% non-EPA)
Chen, Yu (20% non-EPA)
Lewis, Ari (15% non-EPA)
NHFFRI
S14IE0029
(1) Sustainability Indicators for Chemicals Processes: 1.
Taxonomy
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(5):2309-
2328
(2) Sustainability Indicators for Chemicals Processes: II. Data
Needs
Ruiz-Mercado, Gerardo J. (50%)
Smith, Raymond L (25%)
Gonzalez, Michael A. (25%)
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(5):2329-
2353
NRMRL
S14IR0031
Evaluation of PCB Bioaccumulation by Lumbriculus
variegatus in Field-Collected Sediments
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 32:1495-1503
Burkhard, Lawrence P. (16%)
Mount, David R. (16%)
Highland, Terry L. (16%)
Hockett, J. Russell (16%)
Norberg-King, Teresa J. (16%)
Billa, Nanditha (5% non-EPA)
Hawthorne, Steven B. (5% non-EPA)
Miller, David J. (5% non-EPA)
Grabanski, Carol B. (5% non-EPA)
NHFFRI
S14IR0032
(1) Contribution of Lubricating Oil to Particulate Matter
Emissions from Light-Duty Gasoline Vehicles in Kansas City
Environmental Science & Technology, 46:4191-4199
(2) Particulate Matter Speciation Profiles for Light-Duty
Gasoline Vehicles in the United States
Sonntag, Darrell B. (55%)
Bailey, Chad R. (20%)
Baldauf, Richard W. (15%)
Fulper, Carl R. (5%)
Yanca, Catherine A. (5%)
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, :
NVFEL
B-4
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Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award — Total of 20
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14MM0041
Dioctyl Sulfosuccinate Analysis in Near Gulf of Mexico Water
by Direct-injection Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass
Spectrometry
Journal of Chromatography A, 1231:46-51
Zintek, Lawrence B. (25%)
Schroeder, David L. (25%)
Johnson, Mathew (25%)
Wesolowski, Dennis J. (14%)
Schupp, George C. (5%)
Schupp, Caitlin R. (2% non-EPA)
Kosempa, Michael G. (2% non-EPA)
Zachary, Adam M. (2% non-EPA)
CRL
S140R0045
Where is the Consensus? A Proposed Foundation for Moving
Ecosystem Service Concepts into Practice
Ecological Economics, 77:27-35
Nahlik, Amanda M. (30%)
Kentula, Mary E. (30%)
Landers, Dixon H. (20%)
Fennessy, M. Siobhan (20% non-EPA)
NHFFRI
S14RA0047
The Effects of Mountaintop Mines and Valley Fills on the
Physicochemical Quality of Stream Ecosystems in the Central
Appalachians: A Review
Science of the Total Environment, 417-418:1-12
Griffith, Michael B. (20%)
Norton, Susan B. (20%)
Alexander, Laurie C. (20%)
Pollard, Amina I. (20%)
LeDuc, Stephen D. (20%)
NCEA
S14RA0055
(1) Chiral Pesticides: Identification, Description, and
Environmental Implication
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology,
217:1-74
(2) Chiral Chlordane Components in Environmental Matrices
Ulrich, Elin M. (55%)
Goldsmith, Michael R. (5%)
Falconer, Renee L. (20% non-EPA)
Morrison, Candice N. (12% non-EPA)
Foreman, William T. (8% non-EPA)
Book "Chiral Pesticides: Stereoselectivity and Its
Consequences, 1085(Chptr2):ll-43
NERL
B-5
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Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award — Total of 20
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14RA0059
Release Characteristics of Selected Carbon Nanotube Polymer
Composites
Carbon, 68:33-57
Zepp, Richard G. (25%)
Sayre, Philip (10%)
Fehir, Richard (10%)
Roberts, Justin (5%)
Kingston, Christopher (20% non-EPA)
Wohlleben, Wendel (6% non-EPA)
Andrady, Anthony (4% non-EPA)
Boverhof, Darrell (4% non-EPA)
Hawkins, Douglas (4% non-EPA)
Shelton, Betsy (4% non-EPA)
Sultan, Yasir (4% non-EPA)
Vejins, Viktor (4% non-EPA)
NERL
S14TF0065
(1) Overview of the Atmospheric Model Evaluation Tool
(AMET) vl.l for Evaluating Meteorological and Air Quality
Models
Environmental Modelling and Software, 26(4):434-443
(2) A multi-resolution assessment of the Community
Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model v4.7 wet deposition
estimates for 2002-2006
Geoscientific Model Development, 4(2):357-371
(3) Examination of the Community Multiscale Air Quality
(CMAQ) model performance over the North American and
European Domains
Atmospheric Environment, 53:152-155
Appel, Keith W. (25%)
Gilliam, Robert C. (15%)
Howard, Steven C. (5%)
Foley, Kristen M. (4%)
Bash, Jesse O. (4%)
Pinder, Robert W. (4%)
Dennis, Robin L. (3%)
Roselle, Shawn J. (3%)
Rao, Samohineeveesu T. (3%)
Zubrow, Alexis (8% non-EPA)
Chemel, Charles (6% non-EPA)
Davis, Neil (5% non-EPA)
Allen, Dale J. (3% non-EPA)
Pickering, Kenneth E. (3% non-EPA)
Galmarini, Stefano (3% non-EPA)
Francis, Xavier J. (2% non-EPA)
Sokhi, Ranjeet S. (2% non-EPA)
Hu, Rong-Ming (2% non-EPA)
NERL
S14TF0066
Application of Robust Statistical Methods to Background
Tracer Data Characterized by Outliers and Left-Censored Data
Water Research / Print and Online Journal, 45:3107-3118
Field, Malcolm S. (100%)
NCEA
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Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award — Total of 20
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14TF0069
(1) Epoxide Pathways Improve Model Predictions of Isoprene
Markers and Reveal Key Role of Acidity in Aerosol Formation
Journal-Environmental Sciemce & Technology, 47:11056-
11064
(2) A Computational Study of Acid Catalyzed Aerosol
Reactions of Atmospherically Relevant Epoxides
Journal - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(41):18065-
18076
Pye, Havala O.T. (35%)
Piletic, IvanR. (35%)
Edney, Edward O. (8%)
Pinder, Robert W. (3%)
Luecken, Deborah J. (1%)
Hutzell, William T. (1%)
Offenberg, JohnH. (1%)
Kleindienst, Tadeusz E. (1%)
Lewandowski, Michael (1%)
Bartolotti, Libera J. (7% non-EPA)
Xie, Ying (1% non-EPA)
Capps, Shannon L. (1% non-EPA)
Lin, Ying-Hsuan (1% non-EPA)
Surratt, Jason D. (1% non-EPA)
Gold, Avram (1% non-EPA)
Jaoui, Mohammed (1% non-EPA)
Zhang, Zhenfa (1% non-EPA)
NERL
S14TF0072
(1) Transport of Nanoparticles with Dispersant through Biofilm
Coated Drinking Water Sand Filters
Water Research, 47:6457-6466
(2) Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Transport
and Retention of Nanoparticle in Saturated Sand Filters
J. Hazardous Materials, 244-245:251-25
Sahle-Demessie, Endalkachew (50%)
LI, Zhen (25% non-EPA)
Hassan, Ashraf Aly (15% non-EPA)
Sorial, George (10% non-EPA)
(3) Transport and Deposition of nano-size Ce02 through
porous media, experimental studies and mathematical
modeling
Water Research, 45:4409-4418
NRMRL
B-7
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Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award — Total of 20
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14SI0074
(1) An Approach for Integrating Toxicogenomic Data in Risk
Assessment: The Dibutyl Phthalate Case Study
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 271(3):324-335
(2) Use of Genomic Data in Risk Assessment Case Study: I.
Evaluation of the Dibutyl Phthalate Male Reproductive
Development Toxicity Data Set
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 271(3):336-348
(3) Use of Genomic Data in Risk Assessment Case Study: II.
Evaluation of the Dibutyl Phthalate Toxicogenomic Data Set
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 271(3):349-362
Euling, Susan (27%)
Makris, Susan (17%)
Benson, Robert (9%)
Chiu, Weihsueh A. (5%)
Kim, Andrea S. (5%)
Thompson, Chad M. (5%)
White, Lori (5%)
Wilson, Vickie S. (4%)
Gray, Jr., L. Earl (4%)
Sen, Banalata (4%)
Keshava, Nagalakshmi (2%)
Hester, Susan (2%)
Keshava, Channa (2%)
Foster, Paul M.D. (4% non-EPA)
Ovacik, Meric A. (2% non-EPA)
Androulakis, Ioannis P. (1% non-EPA)
Gaido, Kevin W. (1% non-EPA)
Lerapetritou, Marianthi (1% non-EPA)
NCEA
B-8
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Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) — Total of 29
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14EP0003
(1) Shifting Cultivation, Forest Fallow, and Externalities in
Ecosystem Services: Evidence from the Eastern Amazon
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management,
61(1):95-106
Klemick, Heather (100%)
(2) Constraints or Cooperation? Determinants of Secondary
Forest Cover Under Shifting Cultivation
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 40(3):471-487
NCEE
S14EP0004
Comparing Distributions of Environmental Outcomes for
Regulatory Environmental Justice Analysis
Maguire, Kelly (50%)
Sheriff, Glenn (50%)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public
Health, 8:1707-1726
NCEE
S14EP0005
The Spatial Extent of Water Quality Benefits in Urban Housing
Markets
Land Economics, 87(4):628-644
Walsh, Patrick J. (50%)
Milon, J. Walter (25% non-EPA)
Scrogin, David O. (25% non-EPA)
NCEE
S14ER0009
Classification and Accuracy Assessment for Coarse Resolution
Mapping within the Great Lakes Basin, USA
Iiames, Jr., John S. (80%)
Lunetta, Ross S. (20%)
Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 79:1015-
1026
NERL
S14ER0012
Plankton Community Respiration, Net Ecosystem Metabolism,
and Oxygen Dynamics on the Louisiana Continental Shelf:
Implications for Hypoxia
Continental Shelf Research, 52:27-38
Murrell, Michael (50%)
Stanley, Roman S. (30%)
Lehrter, John C. (10%)
Hagy, Jr., James D. (10%)
NHEERL
S14ER0013
Estimating Benefits in a Recovering Estuary: Tampa Bay,
Florida
Russell, Marc (80%)
Greening, Holly (20% non-EPA)
Estuaries and Coasts, DOI 10.100:
NHEERL
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Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) — Total of 29
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14ER0014
(1) Density Dependent Functional Forms Drive Compensation
in Populations Exposed to Stressors
Ecological Modeling, 265:149-157
Raimondo, Sandy (100%)
(2) Incorporating Temperature-driven Seasonal Variation in
Survival, Growth, and Reproduction Models for Small Fish
NHFFRI
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 4469:101-112
S14ER0015
Approach to Developing Numeric Water Quality Criteria for
Coastal Waters: A Transition from SeaWiFS to MODIS and
MERIS Satellites
Schaeffer, Blake (70%)
Hagy, James D. (20%)
Stumpf, Richard P. (10% non-EPA)
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 7(1): 1-18
NHFFRI
S14ER0016
(1) Comparison of Cropland and Forest Surface Temperatures
Across The Conterminous United States
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/Peer reviewed, 166-
167:137-143
(2) Empirical Analysis of The Influence of Forest Extent on
Annual and Seasonal Surface Temperatures for the Continental
United States
Wickham, James D. (70%)
Wade, Timothy G. (20%)
Riitters, Kurt H. (10% non-EPA)
Global Ecology and Biogeography/Peer reviewed, 22(5) :620-
629
NERL
S14HE0018
Assessing Spatial and Temporal Variability of VOCs and PM-
components in Outdoor Air During the Detroit Exposure and
Aerosol Research Study (DEARS)
Atmospheric Environment, 61:159-168
Bereznicki, Sarah (50%)
Sobus, Jon (25%)
Williams, Ronald (11%)
Vette, Alan (9%)
Stiegel, Matthew (5% non-EPA)
NERL
S14HE0025
Dietary Intakes of Pesticides based on Community Duplicate
Diet Samples
Science of the Total Environment, 468-469:785-790
Melnyk, Lisa Jo (45%)
Xue, Jianping (15%)
Michael, Larry C. (25% non-EPA)
Brown, G. Gordon (5% non-EPA)
McCombs, Michelle (5% non-EPA)
Nishioka, Marcia (5% non-EPA)
NERL
B-10
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Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) — Total of 29
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14HE0028
Climate Change-Related Temperature Impacts on Warm
Season Heat Mortality: A Proof-of-Concept Methodology
Using BenMAP
Environmental Science & Technology/Original Article,
45:1450-1457
Voorhees, A. Scott (65%)
Fann, Neal (8%)
Fulcher, Charles (7%)
Dolwick, Patrick (5%)
Hubbell, Bryan (5%)
Bierwagen, Britta (5%)
Morefield, Philip (3% non-EPA)
OAR
S14IR0033
Why and How to Combine Evidence in Environmental
Assessments: Weighing Evidence and Building Cases
Suter II, Glenn Walter (50%)
Cormier, Susan Marie (50%)
Science of the Total Environment, 409:1406-1417
NCEA
S14MM0035
Diagnosis of Potential Stressors Adversely Affecting Benthic
Communities in New Bedford Harbor, MA (USA
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management/peer
reviewed, 8(4):685-702
Ho, Kay (35%)
Pelletier, Marguerite (20%)
Campbell, Daniel (20%)
Burgess, Robert M. (10%)
Johnson, Roxanne L. (10%)
Rocha, Kenneth J. (5%)
NHFFRI
S14MM0038
(1) Molecular detection of Campylobacter spp. in California
gull (Larus californicus) excreta
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77:5034-5039
(2) Molecular Detection of Campylobacter spp. and Fecal
Indicator Bacteria during the Northern Migration of Sandhill
Cranes(Grus canadensis) at the Central Platte River
Lu, Jingrang (55%)
Santo Domingo, Jorge W. (15%)
Ashbolt, Nicholas J. (15%)
Ryu, Hodon (5% non-EPA)
Griffith, John F. (5% non-EPA)
Vogel, Jason R. (5% non-EPA)
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79:3762-3769
NERL
S14MM0039
(1) Comparison of gull feces-specific assays targeting the 16S
rRNA gene of Catellicoccus marimammalium and
Streptococcus spp
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78(6): 1909-1916
(2) Development and evaluation of a qPCR assay targeting
fecal pollution of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis)
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78:4338-45
Santo Domingo, Jorge W. (50%)
Lu, Jingrang (7%)
Ashbolt, Nicholas J. (1%)
Ryu, Hodon (26% non-EPA)
Elk, Michael (4% non-EPA)
Hill, Stephen (2% non-EPA)
Toledo-Hernandez, Carlos (2% non-EPA)
Gonzalez-Nieves, Joel (2% non-EPA)
Khan, Izhar (2% non-EPA)
Griffith, JohnF. (1% non-EPA)
Vogel, Jason R. (1% non-EPA)
Edge, Thomas A. (1% non-EPA)
Chavez-Ramirez, Felipe (1% non-EPA)
NRMRL
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Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) — Total of 29
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14MM0040
(1) Push-through Direct Injection NMR: An Optimized
Automation Method Applied to Metabolomics
Analyst, 137:2226-2232
Teng, Quincy (30%)
Ekman, Drew R. (25%)
Collette, Timothy W. (20%)
Huang, Wenlin (20% non-EPA)
(2) Impacts of 17a-Ethynylestradiol Exposure on Metabolite
Profiles of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Liver Cells
Aquatic Toxicology, 130-131:184-191
NERL
S140R0042
(1) Depletion of the protective aluminum hydroxide coating in
Ti02-based sunscreens by swimming pool water ingredients
Chemical Engineering Journal, 191:95-103
(2) Statistical evaluation of Al(OH)3 layer damage on Ti02
nanoparticles in the presence of swimming pool and sea water
Al-Abed, Souhail (50%)
Virkutyte, Jurate (40% non-EPA)
Dionysiou, Dionysios D. (10% non-EPA)
Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 14(4): 1-9
NRMRL
S140R0043
Pollutant Emissions and Energy Efficiency under Controlled
Conditions for Household Biomass Cookstoves and
Implications for Metrics Useful in Setting International Test
Standards
Environmental Science & Technology, 46:10827-10834
Jetter, James J. (30%)
Hays, Michael (15%)
Yelverton, Tiffany (5%)
DeCarlo, Peter (5% non-EPA)
Zhao, Yongxin (25% non-EPA)
Smith, Kirk R. (15% non-EPA)
Khan, Bernine (5% non-EPA)
NRMRL
S14RA0046
Scientific Considerations for Evaluating Cancer Bioassays
Conducted by the Ramazzini Institute
Environmental Health Perspectives, 121(11-12): 1253-1263
Gift, Jeffrey S. (39%)
Caldwell, Jane C. (29%)
Jinot, Jennifer (19%)
Evans, Marina V. (5%)
Cote, Ila (4%)
Vandenberg, John J. (4%)
NCEA
S14RA0052
Macroscopic to Microscopic Scales of Particle Dosimetry:
From Source to Fate in the Body
Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health / Peer reviewed, 5(2): 169-
187
Solomon, Paul A. (55%)
Bennett, Deborah H. (15% non-EPA)
Phalen, Robert F. (10% non-EPA)
Gehr, Peter (7% non-EPA)
Mendez, Loyda B. (5% non-EPA)
Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara (2% non-
EPA)
Clift, Martin (2% non-EPA)
Brandenberger, Christina (2% non-EPA)
Muhlfeld, Christian (2% non-EPA)
NERL
B-12
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Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) — Total of 29
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14RA0058
Application of Enteric Viruses for Fecal Pollution Source
Tracking in Environmental Waters
Environmental International, 45:151-164
Wong, Kelvin (40%)
Molina, Marirosa (15%)
Fong, Theng-Theng (30% non-EPA)
Bibby, Kyle (15% non-EPA)
NERL
S14RM0060
Nature of the Interlayer Environment in an Organoclay
Optimized for Sequestration of Dibenzo-p-Dioxin
Environmental Science and Technology, 46:9584-9591
Barth, Edwin F. (50%)
Johnston, Cliff (30% non-EPA)
Chattopadhyay, Sandip (10% non-EPA)
Boyd, Stephen (5% non-EPA)
Khan, Bushra (5% non-EPA)
NRMRL
S14SI0061
(1) Relating Ecosystem Services to Domains of Human Well-
Being: Foundation for a U.S. Index
Ecological Indicators, 28:79-90
(2) Development of Relative Importance Values as
Contribution Weights for Evaluating Human Wellbeing: An
Ecosystem Services Example
Human Ecology, 41(4):631-641
Smith, Lisa (28%)
Harwell, Linda (22%)
Summers, Kevin (18%)
Case, Jason (25% non-EPA)
Smith, Heather (7% non-EPA)
NHFFRI
S14TF0064
Solute Transport in Solution Conduits Exhibiting Multi-Peaked
Breakthrough Curves
Journal of Hydrology / Print and Online Journal, 440-441:26-
335
Field, Malcolm S. (80%)
Leij, Feike J. (20% non-EPA)
NCEA
S14TF0067
(1) Air quality variability near a highway in a complex urban
environment
Atmospheric Environment, 64:169-178
(2) RLINE: A Line Source Dispersion Model for Near-Surface
Releases
Atmospheric Environment, 77:748-756
(3) Estimating near-road pollutant dispersion: a model inter-
comparison
Transportation Research Part D, 25:93-105
Isakov, Vlad (15%)
Heist, David (15%)
Perry, Steven (15%)
Snyder, Michelle (12%)
Baldauf, Richard (12%)
Hagler, Gayle (3%)
Kimbrough, Sue (3%)
Shores, Richard (3%)
Owen, Robert Chris (3%)
Venkatram, Akula (12% non-EPA)
Black, Kevin (1% non-EPA)
Brixey, Laurie (1% non-EPA)
Arunachalam, Saravanan (1% non-EPA)
Petersen, William (1% non-EPA)
Carruthers, David (1% non-EPA)
Hood, Christina (1% non-EPA)
Stacker, Jenny (1% non-EPA)
NERL
B-13
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Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) — Total of 29
Nom.
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers
EPA Authors and Nominating
Organization
S14TF0070
(1) Determining the Spatial and Seasonal Variability in
OM/OC Ratios across the United States Using Multiple
Regresssion
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, ll(6):2933-2949
Simon, Heather (45%)
Bhave, Prakash V. (30%)
Swall, Jenise (15%)
Frank, Neil (5%)
Malm, William C. (5% non-EPA)
(2) Simulating the Degree of Oxidation in Atmospheric
Organic Particles
Environmental Science & Technology, 46(1):331-339
OAQPS
S14TF0071
Assessing the Long Term Impact of Phosphorus Fertilization
on Phosphorus Loadings Using AnnAGNPS
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public
Health, 8(6):2181-2199
Yuan, Yongping (55%)
Bingner, Ronald L. (15% non-EPA)
Locke, Martin A. (10% non-EPA)
Stafford, Jim (10% non-EPA)
Theurer, Fred D. (10% non-EPA)
NERL
S14TF0073
Fate and transport of elemental copper (CuO) nanoparticles
through porous media in the presence of organic materials
Su, Chunming (50%)
Jones, Edward (50% non-EPA)
Water Research, 46:2445-2456
NRMRL
S14ER0075
Control of Pituitary Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Synthesis
and Secretion by Thyroid Hormones During Xenopus
Metamorphosis Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH):
Measurement of Intracellular, Secreted, and Circulating
Hormone in Xenopus Laevis and Xenopus Tropicalis
General and Comparative Endocrinology, 173(3):428-437
Degitz, Sigmund J. (25%)
Sternberg, Robin (20%)
Korte, Joseph J. (18%)
Hornung, Michael (5%)
Serrano, Jose (5%)
Tietge, Joseph E. (5%)
Thoemke, Kara R. (10% Non-EPA)
Korte, Lisa (3% Non-EPA)
Lillegard, Kathryn E. (3% Non-EPA)
Moen, Scott M. (3% Non-EPA)
Olson, Jessica M. (3% Non-EPA)
NERL
Key to Acronyms used in the above Tables
CRL - Chicago Regional Laboratory
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
B-14
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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
B-15
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