Research Interests
Design, analysis and application of remediation, waste-to-energy and decentralized sanitation processes, including novel reactors and processes for air, water and solid wastes treatment.
Selected Grants
Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2029Mongolian Center for Environmental & Occupational Health - U.S. Subaward
Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas Medical Branch · 2022 - 2027Supercritical water oxidation for PFAS destruction
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2024 - 2026Development of a bacterial-algal-zooplankton process for conversion of agricultural waste into aquaculture feed
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Auburn University · 2020 - 2025Development, Testing and Integration of a Safety System for the IntraVascular Membrane Oxygenator Catheter
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2024 - 2025Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2029Mongolian Center for Environmental & Occupational Health - U.S. Subaward
Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas Medical Branch · 2022 - 2027Supercritical water oxidation for PFAS destruction
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2024 - 2026Development of a bacterial-algal-zooplankton process for conversion of agricultural waste into aquaculture feed
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Auburn University · 2020 - 2025Development, Testing and Integration of a Safety System for the IntraVascular Membrane Oxygenator Catheter
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2024 - 2025Assessment of air emissions from swine waste lagoons pre and post anaerobic digestion installation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cavanaugh & Associates, P.A. · 2021 - 2024Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) for Complete PFAS Destruction
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program · 2020 - 2024Biogas Utilization in North Carolina Opportunities and Impact Analysis
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2019 - 2023Techno-Economic Evaluation of Supercritical Water Oxidation for Landfill Leachate and Condensate Management
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Research and Education Foundation · 2020 - 2022REU Site for Meeting the Grand Challenges in Engineering
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2017 - 2022A biotrickling filter to upgrade biogas with simultaneous siloxane and H2S removal
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by GTI · 2019 - 2021Testing concentrated PFAS treatment by supercritical water oxidation (SCWO)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by 374Water · 2020 - 2021Biogeochemical Framework to Evaluate Mercury Methylation Potential During in-situ Remediation of Contaminated Sediments
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2014 - 2021Thermophilic biofiltration of volatile organic vapors
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Arauco North America, Inc. · 2019 - 2019Technical Evaluation and Optimization of the Mobile Septage Treatment Unit and Pit Life Extender
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation · 2017 - 2018Neighborhood-Scale Treatment of Fecal Sludge by Supercritical Oxidation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation · 2013 - 2018Bench-Scale Testing of a Novel Liquid and Solid Treatment System for Decentralized Sanitation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Three Bird Swan Consulting Group · 2016 - 2018Linking oxygen and bacterial ecology in necrotizing enterocolitis
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Hartwell Foundation · 2015 - 2018Ultra-High Throughput Animal Waste Treatment Using Supercritical Water Processing
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2015 - 2017Use of Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes for Water Treatment
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Shaw Group Inc. · 2013 - 2015Bioavailability and Methylation Potential of Mercury Sulfides in Sediments
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program · 2010 - 2014External Relationships
- 374Water, Inc
- RN Advanced Stream Systems Ltd.
- Tuv Sud Singapore
- VQ Biomedical
- Viridi Energy, LLC
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