2000-2007
The George E. Brown, Jr. Award was established in 2000 for the top-ranked proposal in the UC MEXUS-CONACYT competition that best reflects Brown's commitment to strengthening U.S.-Mexico relations via the support of binational collaborative research and academic development. The award commemorates Brown's contributions over eighteen terms as U.S. Representative from California's 42nd Congressional District and his recent service as a member of the UC MEXUS Presidential Advisory Committee from 1996 until his death in 1999. Working with the Institute, Brown was instrumental in the establishment of the U.S.-Mexico Foundation for Science in 1991 and in the development of a UC MEXUS research focus on border environmental issues, particularly in relation to shared water resources and the Salton Sea. The award includes supplemental funding for activities related to furthering academic ties among UC and Mexican colleagues.
2000
William J. Lucas, Plant Biology, UC Davis
Roberto Ruíz-Medrano, Biotecnología y Bioingeniería, CINVESTAV- Irapuato
Analysis of Pumpkin Phloem Sap Transcripts Induced by Viral Infection: Tool for the Study of Long-distance Signaling and Supracellular Regulation
Análisis de Transcritos de Avia Inducidos durante Infección Viral: Estudio sobre su Posible Papel en Transducción de Señales a Larga Distancia y en Regulación Supracelular
2001
Daniel Schlenk, Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside
Jaqueline García-Hernández, Aseguramiento de Calidad y Aprovechamiento de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarollo - Unidad Guaymas
Effects of contaminants present in the Colorado River delta on nest success of Yuma clapper rails (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) and burrowing owls (Speotyto cunicularia)
Efectos de los contaminantes presentes en el delta del Río Colorado en el éxito de anidación del palmoteador de Yuma (Rallus longirostris yumanesis) y la lechuza llanera (Speotyto cunicularia)
2002
Andrei M. Shkel, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UC Irvine
Enrique Soto, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Physiological Requirements Feasibility Study and a Prototype of Vestibular Implant using 3-axes MEMS gyroscopes
Requerimientos fisiológicos estudio de factibilidad y frototipo de implante vestibular utilizando giroscopios MEMS de 3 ejes
2003
Maria Luz Cruz Torres, Anthropology, UC Riverside
Casey Walsh, Ciencias Sociales y Políticas, Universidad Iberoamericana
Water Agriculture and Society in the Mexico-U.S. Borderlands: The Political Ecology of the Bravo/Grande and Colorado River Deltas
Agua Agricultura y Sociedad en la Frontera Mexico-Estados Unidos: La Ecologia Política de las Deltas de los Ríos Bravo/Grande y Colorado
2004
Paul Koch, Earth Sciences Department, UC Santa Cruz
David Aurioles, Fisheries and Marine Biology, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas
Stable Isotope Changes in Sea Lion Teeth: Relationships to Long-Term Changes in Feeding Habits and Ecosystem Perturbations in the Gulf of California
Cambios en isotopos estables en dientes de lobo marino: Relaciones entre cambios en la alimentacion y perturbaciones del ecosistema en el Golfo de California
2005
Jay Lund, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis
Leopoldo Mendoza-Espinosa, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Market-Based Water Management and Reuse for Agricultural, Urban, and Environmental Uses in Baja California
Manejo y Reuso del Agua Basados en Mecanismos de Mercado para Uso Agrícola, Urbano y Ambiental
2006
Yeshaiahu Fainman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego
Alfred U'Ren, Division de Física Aplicada, CICESE
Nonlinear nanophotonic components for optimized entangled photon pair generation
Componentes nanofotónicos no-lineales para la generación optimizada de parejas de fotones enlazados
2007
Mónica Medina, School of Natural Sciences, UC Merced
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnología, UNAM
Calcification in reef building corals: A functional genomics approach
Calcificación en corales arrecifales: Un enfoque de genómica funcional