El Masri Lab Research

GRANTS AND RESEARCH AWARDS:

2022-25, PI, funding from NSF($297,890). Title:" MRI: Acquisition of Gas fluxes and Analyzers to Strengthen Interdisciplinary Research and Education at Murray State University "

2022-23, co-PI, funding from NASA EPSCoR ($100,000). Title: "Assessment of the Effects of Algal Blooms and Storms on Mangrove forests: Implications for carbon fluxes across the land‐ocean interface"

2021-23, PI, funding from DOE ($299,846). Title:" Methane dynamics described through vegetation-soil interactions in bald cypress and other bottomland hardwood forests".

2021-22, c-PI, funding from USGA-104b ($34,612). Title:" Exploring the links between soil moisture, O2, CO2, and long-term P cycle along forested river valley bottoms in western Kentucky, USA"

2020-21, PI, funding from NASA EPSCoR ($41,000). Title: "Assessing the Impacts of Physiological and Environmental controls on the Accuracy of WUE: Linking Field Observations, Satellite Imagery, and Land Surface Model"

2018-20, co-PI, funding from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($15000). Title: "Determining the drivers of native hardwood regeneration in an alluvial floodplain to inform the restoration of post oak flatwoods".

2017-18, PI, funding from NASA EPSCoR ($50,000). Title:" A long-term Monitoring network in Kentucky: Linking climate change to carbon and water use efficiencies, and soil properties".

2017-18, PI, funding from Murray State University Provost office CISR grant ($3000). Title :" Quantifying soil influences on forest ecohydrology in western Kentucky".

2016-17, PI, funding from Murray State University Provost office CISR grant ($3100). Title:" Evaluating links between eastern deciduous tree phenology and climate".

2015-16 PI, funding from Murray State University Provost office CISR grant ($3000). Title: “Influence of Environmental Variables on the Seasonal Development of LAI”.

2014-15 PI, funding from Kentucky View mini grant ($3000). Title: “Examining the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Soil Moisture in Kentucky Using a Land Surface Model, Remote Sensing and Observational Data”.

2006 – 07 PI, funding from USGS through Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI)($4500). Title: “Estimation of Water Quality Parameters for Lake Kemp Texas Derived From Remotely Sensed Data.”.

Current Projects:

1- Methane dynamics described through vegetation-soil interactions in bald cypress and other bottomland hardwood forests .

2- Assessing the Impacts of Physiological and Environmental controls on the Accuracy of WUE: Linking Field Observations, Satellite Imagery, and Land Surface Model

3- Evaluating links between eastern deciduous tree phenology and climate

4- Influence of Environmental Variables on the Seasonal Development of LAI in Western Kentucky.

Past Projects:

1- Modeling Evapotranspiration based solely on remote sensing data

2- Land surface models Carbon and water use efficiency

3- A long-term Monitoring network in Kentucky: Linking climate change to carbon and water use efficiencies, and soil properties

To learn about our research please visit the below pages:

1. Remote Sensing of vegetation functions and structure

2. Soil-vegetation interactions: site measurements, satellite observations and Land surface models

3. Phenology