ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
WATER TREATMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funded Projects
Low-cost and high frequency quantification of watershed nutrient export in warming winters
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Award amount: $250,000
Funding Agency: Gund Institute of Environment
Duration: 01/15/22-12/31/24
Diagnostics and mitigation of life support system biofilms using magnetic nanoparticles
Role: Principal Investigator
Award amount: $750,000
Funding Agency: NASA EPSCoR
Duration: 12/01/21-11/30/24
PFAS behavior in solid waste combustion treatment at landfills
Role: Principal Investigator
Award amount: $215,000
Funding Agency: Environmental Research & Educational Foundation
Duration: 09/01/21-08/31/23
A continued investigation into microbial alteration of extraterrestrial regolith simulates for cementation and induced cohesion in support of NASA's in situ resource utilization efforts
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Award amount: $25,000
Funding Agency: Vermont Space Grant Consortium
Duration: 09/01/21-08/31/22
Phase III: Mobile phosphorus removal and recovery system
Role: Principal Investigator
Award amount: $300,000
Funding Agency: Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food & Markets (VAAFM)
Duration: 06/01/21-12/31/22
Resilient soils for resilient farms: an integrative approach to assess, promote and value soil health for small- and medium-size farms
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Award amount: $75,000
Funding Agency: USDA- ARS
Duration: 06/01/20-01/15/21
Phase I&II: Pilot scale phosphorus removal and recovery from wastewater
Role: Principal Investigator
Award amount: $105,000
Funding Agency: Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food & Markets (VAAFM)
Duration: 01/01/18-12/31/20
MRI- Acquisition of tip-enhanced nano Raman spectroscopy microscope for soft matter research and education
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Award amount: $456,504
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Duration: 09/01/19-12/31/22
Low cost & high frequency quantification of soil nutrients in ecosystems undergoing global change
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Award amount: $50,000
Funding Agency: Gund Institute for Environment
Duration: 09/01/19-12/31/21
Wastewater surveillance for COVID-19
Role: Principal Investigator
Award amount: $6,000
Funding Agency: UVM OVPR
Duration: 09/01/20-12/31/22
Testing a responsible innovation approach for integrating precision agriculture (PA) technologies with future farm workers and work
Role: Senior Personnel (microsensors)
Award amount: $1,500,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Duration: 09/01/20-08/31/23
Influence of microbial membranes on biofilm formation, scaling reactions, and production chemistry in engineered energy systems
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Award amount: $750,000
Funding Agency: Department of Energy
Duration: 09/01/18-08/31/21
Background concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in surface soils of Vermont
Role: Principal Investigator
Award amount: $40,000
Funding Agency: Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
Duration: 09/01/17-08/31/18
Water-Energy-Health Nexus
Role: Principal Investigator
Award amount: $75,000
Funding Agency: UVM College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Duration: 09/01/17-08/31/18
The peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter weighted anchor: metal leaching kinetics in physiological media
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Award amount: $49,890
Funding Agency: UVM Medical Center Foundation
Duration: 09/01/17-08/31/18
Degradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (POFA and PFOS) in groundwater using advanced oxidation processes
Role: Principal Investigator
Award amount: $30,000
Funding Agency: UVM REACH
Duration: 09/01/16-08/31/17
Novel non-chemical method for fouling control in forward osmosis system
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Award amount: $41,000
Funding Agency: UVM Larner College of Medicine
Duration: 09/01/16-08/31/17
Designing biofilms on nano-enabled surfaces using low-frequency electrical fields
Role: Principal Investigator
Award amount: $3,000
Funding Agency: UVM Office of Vice President for Research (OVPR) Express
Duration: 09/01/16-08/31/17
