FUNDED PROJECTS
National Science Foundation, EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track 2, “Reversing disproportionate impacts of hydroclimatic extremes in water-rich regions via justice-minded research and collaborative planning,” 2024-2028 (co-P.I.).
National Science Foundation, Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change, "New Analyses of Paleo-Seasonality and Climate Variability Using Fossil Wood," 2019-2023 (P.I.). [Including Directorate of Geosciences-Veterans Education and Training Supplement (GEO-VETS), 2022-2023].
Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, Departmental Enhancement Program, "Acquisition of a Gas Analysis System Integrated to Materials Characterization Suite for in situ Research in Chemistry," 2021-2022 (co-P.I.).
National Science Foundation, Infrastructure and Facilities, "Acquisition of a tabletop SEM / EDS system at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette," 2021-2022 (co-P.I.).
National Science Foundation, Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change, "Development of new high-resolution pCO2 records for quantifying Earth system climate sensitivity," 2016-2020 (P.I.).
National Science Foundation, Water Sustainability and Climate, “A surface water management framework to counterbalance groundwater withdrawals in wetter regions of the U.S.,” 2014-2017 (Senior Personnel).
U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division, “Fundamental research on the fractionation of carbon isotopes during photosynthesis: new interpretations of terrestrial organic carbon within geologic substrates,” 2013-2016 (P.I.).
National Science Foundation, Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology, "Paleoclimate analysis of a Miocene Arctic forest from the Kolyma River Basin, Northeastern Russia," 2013-2015 (P.I.).
Board of Regents Support Fund, Enhancement Program, “Acquisition of a pyrolysis instrument to characterize organic carbon in support of a shale gas resource education and research initiative,” 2013-2015 (co-P.I.).
US Geological Survey, Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit National Network, “Forest hydrology and accretion modeling to evaluate the impacts of Hurricane Sandy,” 2013-2014, (co-P.I.).
U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative, “Reconstructing past Hawaiian precipitation using stable carbon isotope analysis of Māmane trees,” 2011-2013 (P.I.).
National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant, “Microbial survival in salt from Death Valley and Saline Valley, CA.” 2007-2008 (P.I.).
National Science Foundation, Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change, "New Analyses of Paleo-Seasonality and Climate Variability Using Fossil Wood," 2019-2023 (P.I.). [Including Directorate of Geosciences-Veterans Education and Training Supplement (GEO-VETS), 2022-2023].
Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, Departmental Enhancement Program, "Acquisition of a Gas Analysis System Integrated to Materials Characterization Suite for in situ Research in Chemistry," 2021-2022 (co-P.I.).
National Science Foundation, Infrastructure and Facilities, "Acquisition of a tabletop SEM / EDS system at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette," 2021-2022 (co-P.I.).
National Science Foundation, Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change, "Development of new high-resolution pCO2 records for quantifying Earth system climate sensitivity," 2016-2020 (P.I.).
National Science Foundation, Water Sustainability and Climate, “A surface water management framework to counterbalance groundwater withdrawals in wetter regions of the U.S.,” 2014-2017 (Senior Personnel).
U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division, “Fundamental research on the fractionation of carbon isotopes during photosynthesis: new interpretations of terrestrial organic carbon within geologic substrates,” 2013-2016 (P.I.).
National Science Foundation, Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology, "Paleoclimate analysis of a Miocene Arctic forest from the Kolyma River Basin, Northeastern Russia," 2013-2015 (P.I.).
Board of Regents Support Fund, Enhancement Program, “Acquisition of a pyrolysis instrument to characterize organic carbon in support of a shale gas resource education and research initiative,” 2013-2015 (co-P.I.).
US Geological Survey, Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit National Network, “Forest hydrology and accretion modeling to evaluate the impacts of Hurricane Sandy,” 2013-2014, (co-P.I.).
U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative, “Reconstructing past Hawaiian precipitation using stable carbon isotope analysis of Māmane trees,” 2011-2013 (P.I.).
National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant, “Microbial survival in salt from Death Valley and Saline Valley, CA.” 2007-2008 (P.I.).
