Research and Proposals

• Proposal at Oak Ridge National Lab in visiting faculty program (VFP) -spring 2023 "Identification of Genes that may be involved in Heavy Metals Uptake and Tolerance in Populus trichocarpa"

• Proposal at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in visiting faculty program (VFP) - summer 2023 "Using Nerium oleander, Pennisetum purpureum (Elephant Grass), and Salix alba Species to Remove Heavy metals and Broaden Applicability of Rock Amendments for C Sequestration"

• Microbial modeling related to heavy metal's effect, such as Arsenic, on enzyme activities and the growth of microbes in soil 

• Modeling and predictions of air quality by applying the HYSPLIT model to calculate the source of the pollutants and their emission hourly and daily. 

• Conservation of some endangered plant genera using In vivo, in vitro propagation and molecular markers: Antoniadis Botanical Gardens, a case study. Funded from Agricultural Research and Development Fund (ARDF), 2010 – 2014. 

• Phytoremediation uptake models for calculating the pollutant source as heavy metals and others inside the parts of the plant. 

• Experienced with the Wind Erosion Prediction System Model (WEPS).