| UC MEXUS Grants Programs 2000 | |
Mildred Mathias Award
George E. Brown, Jr. Award
UC MEXUS awarded eighteen grants totaling $113,529 to UC graduate students for research toward their dissertation. Grant recipients, departments, home campuses, faculty advisors, and project titles are listed below.
Narda Alcantara-Valverde, School of Social Sciences, Irvine (Douglas R. White). Kinship and Friendship Networks in Mexican Politics: Between Elite Interlocking and Faction Formation.
Arthur L. Corea-Mason, Anthropology, Berkeley (Nelson Graburn). "Eski-Mex" Identities in Transition.
Rebecca E. Dolhinow, Geography, Berkeley (Allan Pred). Borderlands Justice: Women's Leadership in the Colonias of Dona Ana County, New Mexico.
Kenneth F. Greene, Political Science, Berkeley (Ruth Berins Collier). Shaping Democracy: Party Strategy and Political Representation in Mexico.
Karen V. Holliday, Anthropology, Irvine (Leo R. Chávez). Botanicas in Orange County: A Therapeutic or Risky Healthcare Alternative for the Latino. (SCR 43)
Kathleen A. Lytle, History, Los Angeles (Eric Monkkonen). Cowboys and Mexicans: the U.S. Border Patrol and the Evolution of a 20th Century Indian War, 1924-1954. (SCR 43)
Ernesto Salazar Martínez, Film & Television, Los Angeles (Chon Noriega). Latina/o film festivals and Latina/o independent film practices: An Alter-Native mode of cultural production. (SCR 43)
Konane M. Martínez, Anthropology, Riverside (Michael Kearney). Health Beyond Borders: Mixtec Utilization of Clinical Health Care. (SCR 43)
Margarita Mauro Herrera, Agronomy and Range Science, Davis (Paul Gepts). Wild Bean Populations as a Source of Genes to Improve the Yield of Cultivated Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
Gabriel R. Nemogá, Human and Community Development, Davis (Stephen B. Brush). Variation of Pharmacopoeias of Immigrant People in the Tropical Forest of Calakmul.
Lina Y. Newton, Political Science, Irvine (Helen Ingram). The Success of Laws that Fail: U.S. Immigration Policy and the Social Construction of Mexican Immigration. (SCR 43)
Matthew D. O'Hara, History, San Diego (Eric Van Young). Dividing the Flock: Race and Religious Symbolism in Mexico, 1740-1867.
Catha Paquette, History of Art and Architecture, Santa Barbara (Ramon Favela). Mexican Art at New York's Museum of Modern Art, 1935-1954.
Haley M. Seif, Anthropology, Davis (Roger Rouse). A "New Beginning"? The Incorporation of Mexican (Im)migrant Labor, Trade and Foreign Capital in California Legislative Politics.
Gabriela M. Soto Laveaga, History, San Diego (Eric Van Young). Root of Discord: Commoditization of Barbasco and the Mexican People, 1968-1998.
Debora R. Vargas, Sociology, Santa Cruz (Herman S. Gray). Las Tracaleras: Tejanas, Tex-Mex Music, and the (En)Gendering of Tejano Cultural Production. (SCR 43)
Jennifer L. Watts, Animal Science, Davis (Douglas E. Conklin). Measuring the Flux of Nitrogen Uptake in Natural Phytoplankton Assemblages in a Subtropical Estuary near La Paz, Baja California Sur.
Randall J. Williams, Literature, San Diego (Rosaura Sánchez). Immigration Prisons: Detention and Resistance in the Borderlands. (SCR 43)
UC MEXUS is pleased to announce the award of fourteen grants totaling $209,531 for the 2000 grant competition supporting faculty research. The grant recipients are listed below, including principal investigators, departments, home campuses, and project titles. “SCR 43” refers to California Senate Concurrent Resolution 43, which inspired funding made available by the Office of the President of the University through the UC Committee on Latina/Latino Research for research, proposal development, creative activity, and dissertation research in the area of Chicana/Chicano Studies.
Judith F. Baca, César E. Chávez Center, Los Angeles. Mexican/Chicano Mural Database. (SCR 43)
Marla C. Berns, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara. "Just Another Poster?" Chicano Graphic Arts in California. (SCR 43)
Lisa M. Catanzarite, Sociology, San Diego. Earnings Determination in Brown-Collar Occupations across Metropolitan Labor Markets.
Norman Ellstrand, Botany and Plant Sciences, Riverside. Biodiversity in Maize and Teosinte in Mexican Populations: Screening for Molecular Markers to Measure Genetic Variation and Gene Flow.
Steven D. Gaines, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara. Environmental Suitability Across Geographic Ranges of Marine Intertidal Invertebrates.
Arturo Gómez-Pompa, Botany & Plant Sciences, Riverside. A Biodiversity Survey of Poorly-Known Taxa from Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Kevin J. Middlebrook, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, San Diego. Export Production, Economic Development ,and the Future of Mexico's Maquiladora Industry.
Calvin O. Qualset, Genetic Resources Conservation Program, Davis. Threat Analysis and Genetic Conservation of a Restricted and Binational Species: Monterey pine (Pinus radiata D. Don).
Peter T. Raimondi, Biology, Santa Cruz. Field Guide to the Common Marine Plants of the Gulf of California.
Michael P. Smith, Human & Community Development, Davis. Transnational "Public-Private Partnerships": A Case Study of the "Mi Comunidad" Program. (SCR 43)
James D. Vigil, Center for the Study of Urban Poverty, Los Angeles. Migrant Urban Adaptation in Chiapas: Families and Children Undergoing Change.
Luis P. Villareal, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Irvine. Virological Basis of Prostate Cancer.
J. Giles Waines, Botany & Plant Sciences, Riverside. Evaluation of Oaxacan Landrace Wheats. [Mildred Mathias Award Winner]
Devra A. Weber, History, Riverside. A Mutuality of Interests: Essays on the History of Mexican Immigrants and Grass Roots Organizing across the U.S.-Mexican Border, 1900 to 2000. (SCR 43)
The Small Grants competition is held three times a year to support special, one-time, short-term needs of researchers undertaking projects related to UC MEXUS goals. Listed here are the principal investigators, departments, home campuses, and project titles of the recipients.
R. Paul Singh, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Davis. Use of Internet in Teaching Food Science and Engineering.
Theodore H. Bullock, Neurosciences, San Diego. Completion of MS on Event-Related Brain Potentials in Invertebrates.
Robert M. Hayes, School of Education & Information Studies, Los Angeles. Staffing Patterns in Academic & Research Libraries.
Jacobo Sefamí, Spanish & Portuguese, Irvine. Nación y Visiones Multidisciplinarias: México Literatura y Arte.
Norman C. Ellstrand, Botany and Plant Sciences, Riverside. Characterization of Naturally Sympatric and Allopatric Populations of Teosinte with Maize: Implications for the Risk of Extinction by Hybridization.
Giacomo Bernardi, Biology, Santa Cruz. Genetic diversity of an isolated population of striped surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, at Punta Banda, Baja California Norte.
María Luz Cruz-Torres, Anthropology, Riverside. Manejo Integral del Sistema de Producción de Camarón en Sonora, México.
Patrick V. Kirch, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley. Tzintzuntzan, Mexico: The Photographs of George Foster.
Arthur Rubel, Anthropology, Irvine. Medical & Lay Knowledge of TB in Mexican Clinicians.
Stephen T. Russell, Human & Community Development, Davis. Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Among Latinas.
David L. Sedlak, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Berkeley. Fate and Transport of Wastewater-Derived Chemical Contaminants in the Mezquital Valley.
J. Edward Taylor, Agricultural & Resource Economics, Davis. In Situ Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources in Mexico.
The third year of the UC MEXUS-CONACYT Grants competition showed a remarkable increase in proposal submissions. Out of ninety-seven proposals, UC MEXUS and CONACYT awarded grants to forty-two projects totaling $1,000,875. The principal investigators, departments, home UC campuses and Mexican institutions, and project titles of the grant recipients are listed below.
Daniel W. Anderson, Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology, Davis; Virgilio Arenas Fuentes, Centro de Ecología y Pesquerías, Universidad Veracruzana. Population and feeding ecology of three seabird species in the Gulf of California and its relation to commercial fisheries/Ecología poblacional y de la alimentación de tres especies de aves marinas del Golfo de California y su relación con las pesquerías comerciales.
Elizabeth A. Bray, Botany & Plant Sciences, Riverside; Neftali Ochoa-Alejo, Ingeniería Genética de Plantas, CINVESTAV-Unidad Irapuato. Identification of Chili (Capsicum annuum L.) Genes Required for Drought Tolerance/Identificación de genes requeridos para la tolerancia a sequía en chile (Capsicum annuum L.).
William P. L. Carter, Center for Environmental Research & Technology, Riverside; Rafael Villaseñor-Gutiérrez, Subdirección de Protección Ambiental, Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo. Collaborative Environmental Chamber and Modeling Studies for Evaluating Effects of Emissions on Air Quality in Mexico City/Estudios de Colaboración sobre Cámaras de Esmog y Modelación para Evaluar los Efectos de Emisiones sobre la Calidad del Aire en la ciudad de México.
Robert Coe, Earth Sciences, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Santa Cruz; Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. An Integrated Paleomagnetic Study along the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt/Estudio Paleomagnético Integrado a lo Largo de la Faja Volcánica Transmexicana.
Margarita Currás-Collazo, Neuroscience, Riverside; Martha M. León-Olea, División de Neurociencias, Instituto Mexicano de Psiquiatría. Role of PACAP in the neuroendocrine functions of magnocellular nuclei of the hypothalamus/Papel del péptido de la pituitaria, activador de la adenilato ciclasa (PACAP) en la función neuroendocrina de los núcleos magnocelulares.
Bruce Dunn, Materials Science and Engineering, Los Angeles; Alberto Alvarez-Castillo, Ingeniería Química y Bioquímica, Instituto Tecnológico de Zacatepec. Synthesis and characterization of Mesoporous Materials/Síntesis y Caracterización de Películas Delgadas.
James A. Estes, Biology, Santa Cruz; Gustavo Hernández-Carmona, Desarrollo de Tecnologías, CICMAR – IPN. Community dynamics of sublittoral algae along California, USA, and Baja California/Dinámica de la comunidades de algas sublitorales a lo largo de la costa Pacífico de California, USA y Baja California.
John Faulkner, Marine Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego; Ludwig C. A. Naegel, Depto. de Desarrollo de Tecnologías, CICIMAR – IPN. The Secretion from the Hypobranchial Gland of the Marine Gastropod Plicopurpura pansa (Gould, 1853): Analysis and Pharmalogical Properties/La secreción de la glándula del hipobranquial de gasterópodo marino, Plicopurpura pansa (Gould, 1853): análisis y calidad farmacológico.
Lewis Feldman, Plant & Microbial Biology, Berkeley; Gladys Iliana Cassab, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México–Cuernavaca. The role of the root cap and the quiescent center in auxin metabolism, synthesis and distribution/re-distribution in the root/El papel de la cofia en el metabolismo, síntesis y distribución/redistribución de auxinas en la raíz.
Yvette Flores-Ortiz, Chicana/o Studies, Davis; Enriqueta Váldez Curiel, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Guadalajara. Couple Interaction and Partner Violence in Mexican Men and Women/Interacción de Parejas y Violencia en Hombres y Mujeres Mexicanos.
Paul Gertler, Haas School of Economics, Berkeley; Stefano M. Bertozzi, Unidad de Economía de la Salud, Instituto Nacional de la Salud. Socio-economic determinants of adolescent sexual risk behavior/Determinantes socioeconómicos de comportamientos sexuales de riesgo de adolescentes.
Robert L. Gilbertson, Plant Pathology, Davis; Rafael Rivera-Bustamante, Ingeniería Genética, CINVESTAV – Irapuato. Investigation of Tissue Tropisms of Whitefly-transmitted Begomoviruses using Fluorescently-tagged Viral Reporter Systems/Investigaciones de tropismo tisular de begomovirus transmitidos por mosquita blanca usando sistemas reporteros virales marcados fluorescentemente.
David J. Gumpf, Plant Pathology, Riverside; Juan Jasso Argumedo, INIFAP – Centro de Investigaciones Regional Sureste. Establishment and Evaluation of Virus-Free Citrus in Yucatan, Mexico/Establecimiento y Evaluación de Cítricos Libres de Virus en Yucatán, México.
Carole Hickman, Integrative Biology, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley; Tobias Schwennicke, Geología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. Pleistocene and recent marine invertebrate communities in the Southern Baja California Peninsula:Change of biodiversity through time/Comunidades de Invertebrados Marinos del Pleistoceno y Recientes en el Sur de la Península de Baja California Sur: Cambio de Biodiversidad a través del Tiempo.
Isao Kubo, Environmental Science, Policy & Management, Berkeley; José S. Calderón Pardo, Productos Naturales, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Insect Phenoloxidase Inhibitors/Inhibidores de la Fenoloxidasa de Insectos.
Armand A. Kuris, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, Santa Barbara; Victor Manuel Vidal Martínez, Recursos del Mar, CINVESTAV-IPN Unidad Mérida. The Role of Parasites in the Invasion Success of Introduced Fish Species of Mexico and the United States/El papel de los parásitos en el éxito invasivo de los peces introducidos en México y los Estados Unidos.
Katja Lindenberg, Chemistry & Biochemistry, San Diego; Antonio F. Sarmiento Galán, Instituto de Matemáticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca. Energy Localization and Energy Propagation in Nonlinear Arrays/Localización y Propagación de Energía en Arreglos no Lineales.
Carol J. Lovatt, Botany & Plant Sciences, Riverside; Samuel Salazar-García, Campo Experimental Santiago Ixcuintla, INIFAP. Productivity and Net Income of ‘Hass’ avocado can be increased by manipulating vegetative and reproductive growth: Part I. Use of tree phenology to time application of plant growth regulators for more effective and reliable results/Mejoramiento de la productividad y rentabilidad del aguacate ‘Hass’ mediante la manipulación del crecimiento vegetativo y reproductivo: Parte I. Uso de la fenología del árbol para programas la aplicación de reguladores del crecimiento para obtener resultados más efectivos y confiables.
William J. Lucas, Plant Biology, 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. [George E. Brown, Jr., Award Winner]
Dmitri A. Maslov, Biology, Riverside; Diego González Halphen, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. NADH dehydrogenase (Complex 1) in kinetoplast-mitochondria of trypanosomatid protozoa/La NADH deshidrogenasa (Complejo I) de los cinetoplastos-mitocondrias de los protozoarios tripanosomátidos.
Mark R. Matsumoto, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Bourns College of Engineering, Riverside; Javier Siqueiros, Centro de Investigación en Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Water purification using low grade or waste heat and renewable environmentally clean energy.
Bernard P. May, Animal Science, Davis; L. Gerardo Herrera M., Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Feeding Ecology and Conservation status of the endemic Baja California fishing bat/Ecología alimentaria y estado de conservación de murciélago pescador endémico de Baja California.
Zuhair A. Munir, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Davis; J. D. Oscar Barceinas-Sánchez, Depto. de Investigación, Centro de Tecnología Avanzada, A.C. In Situ Synthesis of Si-SiC-Fe Composites by Self-Propagating Combustion Induced by Field-Activated SPS Process: Feasibility Study of Fabrication of Non-Asbestos Brake Material Systems/Sínteses in Situ de un Composito Si-SiC-Fe por Combustión Autopropagada Inducida por un Proceso de Campo-Activado SPS: Estudio de Factibilidad de Fabricación de Sistemas de Materiales de Frenado Base No-Asbesto.
Mary I. O’Connor, Institute for Social, Behavioral, & Economic Research, Santa Barbara; José Luis Molina Hernández, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Religious Conversion as a Transnational Process: Mexico and the U.S./La Conversión Religiosa como Proceso Binacional: México y Los Estados Unidos.
Paul J. Ponganis, Center for Marine Biotechnology & Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego; Tania Zenteno-Savin, Acuacultura y Biotecnología Marina, Centro de Investigaciones del Noroeste, S.C. Antioxidant defenses in diving birds and mammals/Defensas antioxidantes en aves y mamíferos que bucean.
Philip Power, Chemistry, Davis; Miguel Angel Muñoz Hernández, Centro de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. New Molecular Models of Group 13 Phosphate Materials with Ligands that Incorporate Amine, Phosphonate and Silanol Functionalities.
Peter T. Raimondi, Organismal & Population Biology, Santa Cruz; Alejandro Cabello Pasini, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Archives of Global Climate Change: A Novel Use of Coralline Red Algae for Reconstructing Annual to Centennial Scale Environmental Variability/Comprendiendo el Cambio Climático Global: Una Forma Nueva de Usar a las Algas Rojas Coralinas para Entender Paleoclimas.
Raymond L. Rodríguez, Section of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Davis; Rubén López-Revilla, Biología Celular, CINVESTAV-IPN. Expression of a synthetic gene encoding the Escherichia coli heat labile enterotoxin subunit B (LTB) in carrot cells.
Philip W. Rundel, Organismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution, Los Angeles; R. Hugo Lira Saldivar, Agroplásticos, Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada. Phenotypic and Genotypic Plasticity of Larrea tridentata Extracts and Their Relationship with Biocidal Activity and Influence on Seed Germination/Plasticidad Fenotípica y Genotípica de Larrea tridentata y Relación con su Actividad Biocida y en la Germinación de Semillas.
Kazuhiro Shiozaki, Section of Microbiology, Davis; Jesús Aguirre, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. The Role of the Prrl Response regulator in the Oxidative Stress Response of Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Aspergillus nidulans/El papel del regulador de la respuesta Prrl en la respuesta al estrés oxidativo de Schizosaccharomyces pombe y Aspergillus nidulans.
Patricia S. Springer, Botany & Plant Sciences, Riverside; Cristina Gehibié Reynaga-Peña, Ingeniería Genética, CINVESTAV – Irapuato. Identification of genes involved in plant-pathogen interactions using Ustilago maydis and Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system/Identificación de genes relacionados con interacciones planta-patógeno usando Ustilago maydis y Arabidopsis thaliana como sistema modelo.
Bozidar Stojadinovic, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Berkeley; Alonso Fernández, CIIDIR, Instituto Politécnico Nacional-Oaxaca. Design, construction and characterization of a comfortable, low cost housing prototype resistant to earthquakes, hurricanes and fire/Diseño, construcción y caracterización de un prototipo de casa cómoda, económica, resistente a terremotos, huracanes y fuego.
Nancy Stoller, Community Studies, Santa Cruz; Esperanza Tuñon Pablos, Sociología, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. Interaction of Social Forces with Sexual Practices Contributing to the Spread or Prevention of STI-AIDS: Rural Women’s Agency in Chiapas, Mexico/Interacción de Fuerzas Sociales con Prácticas Sociales que Contribuyen a la Propagación o Prevención de ITS-SIDA: Agencia de Mujeres Campesinas en Chiapas, México.
J. Edward Taylor, Agricultural & Resource Economics, Davis; Miguel Martínez-Ramos, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Xate-palm extraction in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve: an interdisciplinary perspective/Cosecha de xate en la Reserva de la Biósfera de Montes Azules: una perspectiva multidisciplinaria.
Bernie R. Tershy, Institute of Marine Sciences, Santa Cruz; Jorge Urban-Ramírez, Biología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. Determination of Fin Whale Residency Patterns in order to Prioritize Conservation Areas in the Gulf of California/Determinación de los Patrones de Residencia del Rorcual Común para Priorizar Areas de Conservación en el Golfo de California.
Duncan Thomas, Economics, Los Angeles; Luis N. Rubalcava, Economía, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C. Mexican Family Life Survey. Collection and Analysis of Panel, Multi-purpose Data/Encuesta Nacional sobre Niveles de Vida de los Hogares. Recolección y Análisis de los datos a partir de una Encuesta de Tipo Longitudinal y Multitemática.
Aaron Tornell, Economics, Los Angeles; Gonzalo Castañeda, Economía, Universidad de las Américas – Puebla. Performance of Mexican firms and their banking linkages/El desempeño de las empresas mexicanas y sus vínculos bancarios.
Lev Tsimring, Institute for Nonlinear Science, San Diego; Alexander N. Pisarchik, Lasers, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica. Research and Development of Novel Methods for Controlling Nonlinear Dynamics and its Applications/Investigación y desarrollo de nuevos métodos para el control de dinámica no lineal y sus aplicaciones.
Roberto Villaverde, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Irvine; Manuel Aguirre Gándara, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Study to Explore the Effectiveness of Steel Elements as the Main Component in Aseismic Roof Isolation System/Estudio para explorar la efectividad de ovalos de acero como parte principal en un sistema antisísmico de techo.
Tim White, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley; Carlos Serrano Sánchez, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Human Body and Death in Teotihuacán/El Cuerpo Humano y la Muerte en Teotihuacán.
Christopher Woodruff, Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies, San Diego; René Zenteno, Centro de Estudios Estratégicos, ITESM-Guadalajara. The Birth and Growth of Firms in Mexican Industry/Origen y Evolución de las Empresas en la Industría Mexicana.
Patricia Zavella, Chicano/Latino Research Center, Santa Cruz; María Eugenia de la O, CIESAS-Occidente. Migrant Mexican Women in Transnational Context: Work, Family and Grassroots Political Activities/Migrantes Mexicanas en Contextos Transnacionales: Trabajo, Familia y Actividades Político-Comunitarias.
The Mildred Mathias Award was established in 1997 to commemorate Professor Mathias’ lifelong commitment to excellence in science and her contributions as a member of the UC MEXUS Advisory Committee from 1986 until her death in 1995. Mathias, professor emeritus in botany at UC Los Angeles, also served as chairwoman of the UC Natural Reserve System. The award includes supplemental funding for activities related to advancing research ties with Mexican collaborators.
Year 2000 Recipient
The George E. Brown, Jr. Award was initiated this year for the top-ranked proposal 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.
Year 2000 Recipient
Grants Advisory Committees for the 2000 Grants Competitions
On behalf of all the faculty and students involved with UC MEXUS and UC MEXUS-CONACYT programs, we thank the grants advisory committee members for the time and thought they have contributed to our peer review and award process.
UC MEXUS Grants Advisory Committee:
Arnold J. Bauer, History, UC Davis; Stanley H. Brandes, Anthropology, UC Berkeley; Eloisa de Leon, Artist in Residence, UC MEXUS; Jonathan A. Fox, Latin American & Latino Studies, UC Santa Cruz; Carl Gutierrez-Jones, English, UC Santa Barbara; Brian Haley, Anthropology, SUNY-Oneonta; Barbara Herr Harthorn, Director, Social Science Research Development, UC Santa Barbara; Raul A. Hinojosa-Ojeda, NAID Center, UC Los Angeles; William J. Lucas, Plant Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, UC Davis; Martin Medina Martínez, Estudios Urbanos y del Medio Ambiente, Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Henry Mark Page, Marine Science Institute, UC Santa Barbara; Luis Mota-Bravo, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, UC Irvine; John Rotenberry, Director, UCR Natural Reserve System, Biology, UC Riverside; Daniela Spenser, Historia, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social; Raymond L. Williams, Spanish, UC Riverside; Patricia Zavella, Community Studies, UC Santa Cruz
UC MEXUS-CONACYT Grants Advisory Committee:
Noráh Barba Behrens, Coordinación de Posgrado en Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Donald Buth, Organismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution, UC Los Angeles; Raúl Castro Escamilla, Departamento de Sismología, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada; Ofelia Cervantes Villagomez, Decanatura de Asuntos Internacionales, Universidad de las Americas – Puebla ; Michael T. Clegg, Dean, College of Natural & Agricultural Science, UC Riverside; Mario González Espinoza, Coordinador - Unidad de San Cristóbal, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur; Keith Griffin, Economics, UC Riverside; Fausto Hernandez Trillo, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Económicas, A.C.; Eusebio Juaristi y Cosio, Departamento de Química, CINVESTAV-IPN; Kam-Biu Luk, Physics, UC Berkeley; Carlos Montaña Carubelli, Jefe, División de Estudios de Posgrado, Instituto de Ecología, A.C.; Jesús Paniagua Michel, Director, Division of Oceanology, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada; Oscar Próspero García, Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Arthur Rubel, Family Medicine, UC Irvine; Rodolfo Ruibal, Biology, UC Riverside; Fernando Salmerón Castro, Sociología, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social; Jorge Fernando Toro Vázquez, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí; Neal Van Alfen, Dean, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, UC Davis; Glen Wade, Electrical & Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara; J. Giles Waines, Director, Botanic Gardens & Herbarium, and Professor, Botany & Plant Sciences, UC Riverside; Carl K. Winter, Food Science & Technology, UC Davis; Jeffrey I. Zink, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC Los Angeles.