Three faculty members at the University of California, Davis, have been awarded Fulbright Scholar Grants to teach and conduct research in Mexico, Germany and Spain during the 1992-93 academic year. The Council for International Exchange of Scholars awarded the grants to James I. Grieshop, a lecturer and specialist in community education development in the Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences; Winston Ko, a physics professor; and Frank G. Zalom, a Cooperative Extension entomologist. Grieshop will use his grant to conduct research among the Mixtec, an indigenous people of Oaxaca, Mexico. The goal of his research is the identification of what the Mixtec regard as risks or threats to their well-being in the work environment. According to Grieshop, situations regarded as hazardous by workers in the United States, such as exposure to pesticides or the operation of heavy machinery, might not be considered dangerous by the Mixtec. Ko's award will help fund his sabbatical year in Germany, where he will begin experiments on the new Hadron Electron Ring Accelerator, the world's first electron-proton collider. HERA uses one subatomic particle -- an electron -- to probe the inner structure of another subatomic particle -- a proton -- to find the basic constituents of matter. Using electrons probing stationary protons, physicists already have determined that protons (one of the basic building blocks of an atom's nucleus) are composed of even smaller components known as quarks and gluons. Ko is particularly interested in exploring the substructure of gluons, which is only possible at HERA's high energy levels. Zalom, who is director of the UC Davis-based Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project, will conduct research at The Institut de Recerca i Technologia Agroalimentaries in Barcelona, Spain, from September through July. He will study the biology of the Mediterranean fruit fly, which is native to Spain and is a recurring threat to agricultural crops in California. He also will do research on biological controls of the sweet potato whitefly on tomato plants. -more- 2-2-2 Fulbright Grants 1992 The UC Davis faculty members are among the approximately 1,800 recipients of the grants who will travel abroad during the 1992 academic year. The grants are awarded annually to American students, teachers and scholars to study, teach and conduct research in more than 130 countries around the world, and to foreign nationals to conduct similar activities in the United States. Recipients are selected on the basis of academic and professional qualifications, plus their ability and willingness to share ideas and experiences with people of other countries.