Research Interests
Identifying genetic adaptation mechanisms resulting from anthropogenic contaminant exposure; developing biosensors capable of pathogen and contaminant detection in water and air; studying the impact of emerging contaminants on aquatic microbial ecology; and the development of novel techniques for controlling pathogen proliferation
Selected Grants
Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2029NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027University Training Program in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 2027Convergence RAISE: Harnessing Extracellular Vesicle Mediated Interkingdom Communication
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023COVID Sampler: a wastewater collection technology optimized for pathogen surveillance at the building scale
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2021 - 2022Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2029NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027University Training Program in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 2027Convergence RAISE: Harnessing Extracellular Vesicle Mediated Interkingdom Communication
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023COVID Sampler: a wastewater collection technology optimized for pathogen surveillance at the building scale
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2021 - 2022Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2021NRT: Integrative Bioinformatics for Investigating and Engineering Microbiomes (IBIEM)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2021Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2008 - 2021Chemical evolution and plant-microbe degradation of petroleum in saline marsh plants and soils
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Tulane University · 2016 - 2019Cooperative Program in Nanomaterials Hazard and Exposure Assessment Traineeships (NanoHEAT)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 2015 - 2018Investigating the Role of Genetically Modified Crop Transgenes in the Proliferation of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2018REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2018Exploring The Interface Between Genomics, Transcriptomics and Metabolomics for Environmental, Agricultural and Health Applications
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2015 - 2016REU: Research Experience for Undergraudates on Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2010 - 2014CAREER: Genetic Adaptation in Soils Resulting from Microbial Exposure to Anthropogenic Contaminants
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2014Fate of Biosolid Derived Organic Contaminants in Soils and Effects on Soil Microbial Communities
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2013To Support the WERC Design Contest
Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 2007 - 2012Studying Exposure to Biological Indoor Air Contaminants in North Carolina: An Interactive Research Project for Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Students
Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 2006 - 2007External Relationships
- Association for Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
- Elsevier Inc.
- Hong Kong Grant Research Council
- National University of Singapore
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