Research Interests
Aquatic chemistry and geochemistry, trace element environmental chemistry, nanogeoscience, mercury biogeochemistry, water-particle surface processes.
Selected Grants
Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2029Characterization of Coal Mine Drainage Wastes to Inform the Extraction Potential of Critical Metals
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2024 - 2027Water Quality for Fisheries: PFAS and Heavy Metal Contamination in North Carolina Farm Raised and Wild Caught Oyster Populations
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Coastal Carolina Riverwatch · 2024 - 2026Customized Approaches for Evaluating and Reducing Chemical Exposures from Home Building Materials
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Housing and Urban Development · 2022 - 2025Field Studies to Collect Farm Raised and Wild Caught Oyster Populations for Analysis of Chemical Pollutants
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Coastal Carolina Riverwatch · 2024 - 2025AOI 1: Characterization of Arsenic and Selenium in Coal Fly Ash to Improve Evaluations for Disposal and Reuse Potential
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2019 - 2024Convergence RAISE: Harnessing Extracellular Vesicle Mediated Interkingdom Communication
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023Development of Predictive Capabilities for Mercury Bioavailability and Methylation Potential in Aquatic Ecosystems
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory · 2021 - 2022Application of Biosorption for REE Recovery from Coal Byproducts
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory · 2018 - 2021Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2008 - 2021Support to Applied Field Research Initiative at Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Immobilization of Elemental Mercury in Contaminated Soils via Mercury Sulfide Formation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory · 2016 - 2021Biogeochemical Framework to Evaluate Mercury Methylation Potential During in-situ Remediation of Contaminated Sediments
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2014 - 2021Net Methylation Potential of Mercury Sulfides for Different Groups of the Methylating Microbial Community
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2018 - 2020SusChEM: Collaborative Research: Coal Ash Wastes as a Resource for Critical and Strategic Elements
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2020AOI 1: Predicting Trace Element Partitioning and Fate for Coal-Fired Power Plants Under Steady and Non-Steady State Operations
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Carnegie Mellon University · 2018 - 2019Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2013 - 2019Support for the 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Science: Water
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2018 - 2019Cooperative Program in Nanomaterials Hazard and Exposure Assessment Traineeships (NanoHEAT)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 2015 - 2018Earth Metal Extraction for Clean Technologies
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory · 2018 - 2018REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2018Impact of El Nino on Environmental Mercury and Human Exposure
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018Workshop to Integrate of Research and Policy of Environmental Mercury Contamination in Ecosystems
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2017 - 2018AOI 1: Novel Membrane and Electrodeposition-Based Separation and Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Combustion Residues
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2016 - 2018Nanoscale Mercury Sulfide-Organic Matter Interactions and Implications for Solubility and Biomethylation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2011 - 2017Novel Technologies to Improve the Management of Environmental Resources in the Global Marketplace
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2016 - 2016Linking measurements of mercury uptake in DGTs with bioavailability to methylating microorganisms at the South River Site, Virginia
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Texas Tech University · 2014 - 2016Collaborative Research: Characterization of Contaminants and Isotopic Tracers Associated with Coal Combustion Products
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2012 - 2016Legacy impacts of coal combustion residues on freshwater ecosystems in North Carolina
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Water Resources Research Institute · 2015 - 2016Influence of Chelating Ligands for the Aggregation, Dissolution and Bioavailability of Soluble Nanomaterials
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2011 - 2015Studies in Support of South River VA Remedial Planning
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Texas Tech University · 2014 - 2014REU: Research Experience for Undergraudates on Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2010 - 2014Bioavailability and Methylation Potential of Mercury Sulfides in Sediments
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program · 2010 - 2014Mercury and Metal Contamination from Historical Mining at South American Urban Communities
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 2011 - 2013FEMMES 2012 (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering and Science)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mary Duke Biddle Foundation · 2011 - 2012Occurrence and Stabilization of Colloidal and Nanoparticulate Mercury Sulfides
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2010 - 2012To Support FEMMES 2008 (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering and Science)
Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 2007 - 2011Environmental effects of the coal ash spill and remediation at Kingston TN
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2010FEMMES 2009 (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering and Science)
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mary Duke Biddle Foundation · 2008 - 2009FEMMES 2008 (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering, and Science)
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mary Duke Biddle Foundation · 2007 - 2008External Relationships
- American Chemical Scociety
- Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Foundation
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
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