Projects

The fate of lysis products of picocyanobacteria contributes to marine humic-like chromophoric dissolved organic matter [funded - NSF Marine Chemistry, 2018 - 2022, with Dr. Feng Chen, IMET]

Collaborative Research: Fundamental Understanding of the Environmental Fate of Disinfection By-Products Arising from Desalination Plants [funded- NSF Environmental Engineering, Environmental Chemical Sciences, 2017 - 2021, with Dr. Susan Richardson, University of South Carolina]

- Collaborative Research: Ultrahigh-Resolution Analyses of Organic Constituents in Shale Well Fluids and their Environmental Persistence [funded- NSF Environmental Engineering, 2016 - 2019, with Dr. Paula Mouser at the Ohio State University]

- Phlorotannins - An important source of marine chromophoric dissolved organic matter? [funded - NSF Marine Chemistry, 2015 - 2018, with Dr. Neil Blough, University of Maryland, College Park]

- Development of organic tracers for seeping septic tanks [funded - SeaGrant, 2016 - 2018, with Dr. Lora Harris and Dr. Andrew Heyes of CBL]

- Sulfurization of dissolved organic matter in sediments [funded - ACS Petroleum Grant, 2015 - 2017]

- Western Maryland pre-shale gas development baseline monitoring of organics [funded - Maryland DNR, 2013 - 2016]

- Viruses, algae, and the wild world of dissolved organic matter [funded 2014 - 2015, IMET Seed Grant]

- Molecular diversity of marine dissolved organic matter analyzed by ultrahigh resolution electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

- High molecular weight disinfection by-products

- Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) characterization using combined approaches of ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry and excitation emission matrix fluorescence (EEM) spectroscopy including Parallel Factor Analysis (PARAFAC)

- Molecular characterization and reactivity of dissolved organic sulfur (DOS) and dissolved organic nitrogen (DON)

- DOM in extreme environments such as present in Yellowstone hot springs