Grants
Current Funding:
2023-2026 NSF: IRES Track I: United States-Nepal Collaborative Research for Climate, Water and Environmental Biotechnology (CWEB) PI: $300k
2023-2028 NSF: NRT ACCESS (AI for Changing Climate and Environmental Sustainability) PI: $3million
2022-2024 EPA : A cross-regional, cross-laboratory investigation of viral pathogens and surrogates in wastewater for non-potable reuse, PI at MSU $150k
2021-2023 NSF : RAPID Impact of flooding on groundwater quality following Hurricane Ida, PI $50,000
2020-2024 Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater, NIH NIAID, R21, PI, $416k
https://www.morgan.edu/news/morgan-named-a-center-of-excellence-in-wbe
Completed Grants;
2021-2022 COR-Tulane WBE in correctional facilities, PI , $10,000
2021-2022 USGS- Occurrence and genotype characterization of Naegleria fowleri in public water systems, PI, $25k
2020-2021 P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet, PI, $25k
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-grants-32-student-teams-innovative-technology-projects
2020-2022 EPA Region 6 Water Quality Monitoring and Education in New Orleans East through a Community-based Citizen Science Program $40k https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2020-10/documents/ejcps_roject_summaries_2020.pdf
2020-2021 Experiences being Pregnant during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Co-I $25k
2021-2022 NOAA Sea Grant White Spot Snydrome virus in crawfish, PI, $170k
2020-2022 Integrated Research and Engagement Source Area-Based Monitoring, Modeling and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Pontchartrain (SAM3HAB), LA Sea Grant, $199k, PI(at Tulane)
2020-2023 A Multi-Factor Investigation to Reduce Effluent from Residential Aerated Treatment Units and Increase Understanding of the Conditions and Biota of Receiving Waters ,US EPA Gulf of Mexico, $464,939 , Co-PI
2018-2021 Community Engagement Louisiana: Home Wastewater-centric Interdisciplinary Project to Improve Water Quality. LPBF, US Environmental Protection Agency, $174,759.
2019-2023 Enhancement of Coastal Louisiana Research and Workforce Infrastructure by Building on the Expertise of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Technology Established at Nicholls and Tulane Universities, $$687,509 , LABoard of Regents, Co-PI
2019-2021 Environmental influences on pregnancy outcomes after Hurricane Michael, $433,069, NIEHS, Co-I
2019-2020 Assessing Exposures to Arsenic and Other Inorganic Chemicals in Unregulated Private Wells in Southern Louisiana: Implications to Human Health, LACATS, $30,000, Co-PI
2018-2021 Impact of saltwater intrusion on groundwater microbiome, $119,835, LA Board of Regents
2018-2020 Water quality monitoring in New Orleans East, New Orleans East Lagoon Maxent Community Stewardship, The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), $45,000.
2018-2019 Understanding the dynamics of water resources and their impact on drinking water quality of unregulated wells around Lake Pontchartrain, COR, $10,000 Tulane University
2018-2019 CELT Award for Faculty Mentored Undergraduate Research, CELT, Tulane University, $5900
2018-2019 LA Sea Grant UROP Award, $3000