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Summary of funded contracts and grants:
I have been principal investigator on 12 competitive grants totaling $698,005, co-principal investigator or collaborator on an additional 9 grants totaling $764,068, and faculty advisor on 8 grants to students totaling $13,803 (total amount = $1,475,876).
Grants as Principal Investigator
1. Modification of Procedure for Pesticide Environmental Risk Assessment
Sponsor: Maine Board of Pesticides Control
Funding: $14,230
Duration: 1989-1990
2. Managing Dairy Waste Using Constructed Wetlands and Composting
Sponsor: Northeast Region SARE/ACE
Funding: $110,000
Duration: 1996-1998
3. Wetlands for the Treatment of Dairy Effluent: Monitoring and Evaluation
Sponsor: Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Funding: $64,530
Duration: 1996‑1998
4. Water Quality Assessment at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Experimental Dairy Farm
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
Funding: $8,000
Duration: 1997-1999
5. Vegetation and Pretreatment Technologies for Constructed Wetlands to Treat Dairy Waste
Sponsor: Competitive Grants Program, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources/MAES/MCES, University of Maryland
Funding: $50,000
Duration: 1997‑1999
6. Preliminary Study of Water Quality Effects of Manure Composting
Sponsor: Central Maryland Research and Education Center, University of Maryland
Funding: $500
Duration: 1998
7. Wetlands for the Treatment of Dairy Effluent: Assessment of Water Quality and Vegetation
Sponsor: Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Funding: $43,030
Duration: 1998‑1999
8. Effects of Hurricane Lili on Forested Wetlands in the Bahamas
Sponsor: Hummingbird Cay Foundation
Funding: $58,350
Duration: 1999-2000
9. Effects of Sediment and Nutrients on Plant Diversity and Species Composition of Tidal Freshwater Wetlands of the Nanticoke River Bioreserve
Sponsor: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Nature Conservancy Ecosystem Research Program
Funding: $184,317
Duration: 1999-2003
10. Vegetation and Soil Characteristics of Restored Tidal Freshwater Wetlands at Kingman Lake, Washington, DC
Sponsor: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Geological Survey
Funding: $104,014
Duration: 2000-2004
11. Constructed Wetlands for Shoreline Erosion Control: Field Assessment and Data Management
Sponsor: Maryland Department of the Environment and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Funding: $34,148
Duration: 2004-2006
12.Responses of species-rich tidal freshwater wetlands to sea level rise: a mesocosm study
Sponsor: Maryland Water Resources Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey
Funding: $26,886
Duration: 2007-2008
Grants as Co-Principal Investigator or Collaborator
1. Disturbance and Species Dominance in Plant Communities of Low Salinity Tidal Marshes
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology (Dissertation Improvement Grant)
Funding: $5,800
Duration: 1994-1996
Role: Ph.D. student under supervision of Dr. Irving Mendelssohn
2. Integrated Manure Management on Dairy Farms for Conservation of Natural Resources and Profitability
Sponsor: Fund for Rural America, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Funding: $380,000
Duration: 1998-2000
Role: Cooperator with Barbara Glenn, Jack Meisinger, and Bob Wright
3. Environmental Benefits and Costs of a Voluntary Riparian Forest Buffer Program in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Sponsor: Fund for Rural America, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Funding: $205,000
Duration: 1997-1999
Role: Co-Principal Investigator with Gary Felton, Ian Hardie, Loretta Lynch, Estelle Russek-Cohen, and Robert Tjaden
4. Integrating Biological and Engineering Analysis in the Classroom
Sponsor: Instructional Improvement Grant, University of Maryland
Funding: $3,500
Duration: 1998-1999
Role: Co-Principal Investigator with Paul Schreuders
5. Optimizing Contaminant Removal in Constructed Wetlands by Maximizing Oxygen Supply to the Plant Rhizosphere
Sponsor: Competitive Grants Program, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources/MAES/MCES, University of Maryland
Funding: $40,000
Duration: 2001-2003
Role: Co-Principal Investigator with Jennifer Becker
6. Leaf-scale hyperspectral reflectance models for determining the nitrogen status of freshwater wetlands
Sponsor: Maryland Water Resources Research Center (USGS)
Funding: $29,957
Duration: 2004-2005
Role: Co-Principal Investigator with David Tilley
7. Hyperspectral reflectance of freshwater tidal emergent macrophytes as a remote sensing tool for assessing wetland nitrogen status
Sponsor: Maryland Sea Grant
Funding: $49,854
Duration: 2004-2005
Role: Co-Principal Investigator with David Tilley
8. Detection of heavy metals in emergent wetland macrophytes using hyperspectral radiometry
Sponsor: Maryland Agriculture Experiment Station (USDA)
Funding: $20,000
Duration: 2005-2006
Role: Co-Principal Investigator with David Tilley
9. Salinity effects on using hyperspectral radiometry to determine leaf nitrogen of emergent wetland macrophytes
Sponsor: Maryland Water Resources Research Center (USGS)
Funding: $29,957
Duration: 2006-2007
Role: Co-Principal Investigator with David Tilley
Grants to Supervised Students
1.. Jacob K. Goldhaber Award for Student Travel to Conference
Sponsor: Graduate School, University of Maryland
Funding: $1,000 (for Ellen DeRico and Ernest Clarke)
Duration: 1998
2. Relationships Between Nutrient Levels and Plant Communities in Tidal Freshwater Marshes of Urban and Rural Watersheds
Sponsor: Society of Wetland Scientists, Student Research Grant Scholarship Program
Funding: $980 (for Katherine Kamminga, undergraduate student)
Duration: 1998-1999
3. Jacob K. Goldhaber Award for Student Travel to Conference
Sponsor: Graduate School, University of Maryland
Funding: $250 (for John Adornato, M.S. student)
Duration: 1998
4. Evaluating Ecosystem Health in Tidal Freshwater Marshes
Sponsor: Biodiversity Conservation Research Fund, The Nature Conservancy, Maryland and District of Columbia Chapter
Funding: $3,828 (for Michael Egnotovich, Ph.D. student)
Duration: 2001-2002
5. Ilene H. Nagel Travel Grants for Students
Sponsor: Graduate School, University of Maryland
Funding: $900 ($225 each for research trip to south Florida for Jessica Peterson, Tim Culbertson, Mary Pittek, and Scott Lynch, M.S. students)
Duration: 2002
6. Jacob K. Goldhaber Award for Student Travel to Conference
Sponsor: Graduate School, University of Maryland
Funding: $200 (for Jessica Peterson, M.S. student)
Duration: 2002
7. Influence of Seed Bank and Environmental Factors on the Diversity of the Herbaceous Plant Communities of Freshwater Tidal Swamps
Sponsor: Biodiversity Conservation Research Fund, The Nature Conservancy, Maryland and District of Columbia Chapter
Funding: $2,023 (for Jessica Peterson, M.S.. student)
Duration: 2002-2003
8. Plant diversity in coastal marshes: the importance of the fresh-brackish transition zone
Sponsor: Biodiversity Conservation Research Fund, The Nature Conservancy, Maryland and District of Columbia Chapter
Funding: $4,622 (for Peter J. Sharpe, Ph.D. Student)
Duration: 2006-2007 |
