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Office of Research and Economic Development RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020 Major Sponsored Programs and Faculty Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity University of Nebraska–Lincoln This booklet highlights successes in research, scholarship and creative activity by University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty during the fiscal year running July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020. It lists investigators, project titles and funding sources on major grants and sponsored awards received during the year; fellowships and other recognitions and honors bestowed on our faculty; books published by faculty; performances, exhibitions and other creative activity; and patents and licensing agreements issued. Based on your feedback, the Office of Research and Economic Development expanded this publication to include peer-reviewed journal articles and conference presentations and recognize students and faculty mentors participating in the Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience Program (UCARE) and the First-Year Research Experiences program (FYRE). While metrics cannot convey the full story of our work, they are tangible measures of impact. Nebraska achieved a record $317 million in total research expenditures in FY 2019, a 26% increase over the past decade. Thanks to your efforts, our university is making progress toward its goal of approaching $450 million in research expenditures by 2025. Husker researchers are stimulating economic growth through university-sponsored industry activity. Nebraska Innovation Campus created 1,657 jobs statewide and had a total Bob Wilhelm economic impact of $324.1 million in FY 2019. NUtech Ventures brought in $6.6 million in Vice Chancellor for Research licensing income in FY 2020. The University of Nebraska system now ranks 65th among the and Economic Development top 100 academic institutions receiving U.S. patents, jumping 14 spots from 2019. I am proud of the Nebraska Research community for facing the challenges of 2020 with grit and determination. Our researchers quickly adapted to develop solutions for an evolving pandemic — all while working apart and keeping themselves and their families safe. As an institution, we made a commitment to embrace an anti-racism journey and work toward racial equity. Advancing conversations and developing lasting solutions is among the most important work we can do as scholars. Against the backdrop of the pandemic, rising racial and social tensions, and natural disasters, Nebraska researchers worked diligently to address other pressing issues, such as obesity and related diseases, nanomaterials, agricultural resilience and the state’s STEM workforce. Let’s continue looking forward to what we can accomplish together. Thank you for participating in the grand challenges process and helping identify the wicked problems that Nebraska has unique expertise to solve. Soon, ORED will unveil a Research Roadmap that outlines how our campus will develop research expertise; enrich creative activity; bolster commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion; enhance economic development; and much more. Amidst the uncertainty of 2020, I remain confident in our faculty’s talent and commitment. I am pleased to present this record of accomplishments. Bob Wilhelm CONTENTS 3 Awards of $5 Million or More 8 Awards of $1 Million to $4,999,999 19 Awards of $250,000 to $999,999 46 Early Career Awards 49 Arts and Humanities Awards of $250,000 or More 52 Arts and Humanities Awards of $50,000 to $249,999 53 Arts and Humanities Awards of $5,000 to $49,999 54 Patents 58 License Agreements 60 Creative Activity 62 Books 64 Recognitions and Honors 70 Journal Articles 97 Conference Presentations 111 UCARE and FYRE Projects 126 Glossary 1 I am proud of the Nebraska Research community for facing the challenges of 2020 “ with grit and determination. Brank, Eve Center on Children, Families and the Law Awards of $5 Million or More Training on Family and Policy Services Active awards, July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020 $11,268,815 ................................DHHS-ACF through * Indicates new in 2019–2020 Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services 1/1/18 – 12/31/21 Olson, Kathryn ........... Center on Children, Families and the Law Bevins, Rick Psychology/ Eve Brank, professor of psychology and director Rural Drug Addiction Research Center of the Center on Children, Families and the Law Rural Drug Addiction Research Center (CCFL), and Kathryn Olson, research assistant $11,854,178 .......................................NIH-NIGMS professor and assistant director of CCFL, lead 4/5/19 – 2/29/24 this effort to develop and deliver training to Khan, Bilal . Sociology/Rural Drug Addiction Research Center child and family services specialists consistent Tyler, Kimberly .....Sociology/Rural Drug Addiction Research Center with federal and state statutes and policy. With The Rural Drug Addiction Research Center the support of the Nebraska Department of was created in April 2019 as a National Health and Human Services and the Administration for Children and Institutes of Health Center of Biomedical Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Research Excellence, or COBRE. Under the program encompasses development and delivery of child protection leadership of Rick Bevins, Chancellor’s and safety training for child protection and safety workers in Nebraska. Professor of psychology, the center’s mission is to advance understanding of causes, impacts Cahoon, Edgar Biochemistry/Center for Biotechnology/ and interventions related to rural drug Center for Plant Science Innovation/ addiction in the Midwest, a geographic area that has been Nebraska Center for Redox Biology historically understudied. Designed to be interdisciplinary and RII Track-1: Center for Root and Rhizobiome Innovation (CRRI) data-driven, the research links pre-clinical studies to field-based $10,062,433 ...................................... NSF-EPSCoR behavioral, neural, social, clinical, translational research and 6/15/16 – 5/31/21 dissemination. Adamec, Jiri ...............Biochemistry/Center for Biotechnology/ Center for Plant Science Innovation/ Bloom, Kenneth Physics and Astronomy Nebraska Center for Redox Biology U.S. CMS Operations at the LHC Clemente, Thomas . Agronomy and Horticulture/ $6,257,263 ..................... NSF through Princeton University Center for Biotechnology/ 1/1/12 – 12/31/21 Center for Plant Science Innovation/ Nebraska Center for Redox Biology Ken Bloom, professor of physics and astronomy, Drijber, Rhae . Agronomy and Horticulture/ coordinates the U.S. contingent of the Center for Biotechnology/ international research team conducting Center for Plant Science Innovation/ experiments using the Large Hadron Collider Nebraska Center for Redox Biology (LHC) at CERN, the European Organization for Griep, Mark . Chemistry/Center for Biotechnology/ Nuclear Research in Switzerland. This grant Center for Plant Science Innovation/ from the National Science Foundation enables Nebraska Center for Redox Biology the UNL team to support the current High- Helikar, Tomas .............Biochemistry/Center for Biotechnology/ Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) upgrade project. Center for Plant Science Innovation/ Nebraska Center for Redox Biology Herr, Joshua ............Plant Pathology/Center for Biotechnology/ Center for Plant Science Innovation/ Nebraska Center for Redox Biology Moriyama, Etsuko .... Biological Sciences/Center for Biotechnology/ Center for Plant Science Innovation/ Nebraska Center for Redox Biology AWARDS OF $5 MILLION OR MORE 3 Russo, Sabrina ....... Biological Sciences/Center for Biotechnology/ Graef, Michelle Center on Children, Families and the Law Center for Plant Science Innovation/ Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development Nebraska Center for Redox Biology $15,235,500 . .DHHS-ACF Schachtman, Daniel . Agronomy and Horticulture/ 9/30/16 – 9/29/21 Center for Biotechnology/ Ells, Mark . Center on Children, Families and the Law Center for Plant Science Innovation/ Paul, Megan ............. Center on Children, Families and the Law Nebraska Center for Redox Biology Stephenson, Kate ......... Center on Children, Families and the Law Schnable, James . Agronomy and Horticulture/ Center for Biotechnology/ The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has Center for Plant Science Innovation/ launched the Quality Improvement Center for Nebraska Center for Redox Biology Workforce Development with a five-year, $15 van Dijk, Karin .............Biochemistry/Center for Biotechnology/ million grant to the Center on Children, Center for Plant Science Innovation/ Families and the Law from the U.S. Department Nebraska Center for Redox Biology of Health and Human Services Administration Walia, Harkamal .................... Agronomy and Horticulture/ for Children and Families-Children’s Bureau. Center for Biotechnology/ Under the leadership of Michelle Graef, Center for Plant Science Innovation/ associate professor in the Center on Children, Families and the Law, Nebraska Center for Redox Biology this multidisciplinary project studies and tests promising strategies to Weber, Karrie ...............................Biological Sciences/ help child welfare agencies recruit and retain staff workers. Nebraska Earth and Atmospheric Sciences/ collaborates with three national child welfare consultants and Center for Biotechnology/ researchers at the University of Colorado, Denver; University of Center for Plant Science Innovation/ Louisville; and University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The center draws on Nebraska