Current research and training projects
Title:
Engineering a cost-effective biochar-surfactant system for
sorption and degradation of PFAs in drinking water and
groundwater in Alabama
Funding:
AWRRI USGS section 104 program - $25,000
Collaborators:
Dengjun Wang PI, Auburn University) and
Jim Stoeckel
(co-PI, Auburn University)
Duration:
March 2021 - February 2022
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Title:
Harmful algal blooms: Prevalence and control measures for
the domestic fish and shellfish industries
Funding:
USDA - Agricultural Research Service - $535,000
Collaborator:
Benjamin Beck (USDA ARS)
Duration:
June 2020 - May 2025
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Title:
Development of a bacterial-algal-zooplankton process for
conversion of agricultural waste into aquaculture feed
Funding:
USDA - NIFA AFRI Energy and Environment program - $434,658
Collaborators:
Brendan Higgins (PI, Biosystems Engineering) and
Rishi Prasad
(co-PI, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences)
Duration:
May 2020 - April 2024
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Title:
Elucidating the causes and controls of off-flavor episodes
in aquaculture in China and the southeastern US
Funding:
Ocean University China - Auburn University Joint Center for
Aquaculture and Environmental Science - $74,575
Collaborator:
Li Li (co-PI, Ocean University)
Duration:
October 2019 - September 2021
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Title:
Dimensions of Biodiversity: Collaborative Research: Phylogenetic, genetic,
and functional diversity of the cyanobacterial bloom
interactome from local to global scales
Funding:
National Science Foundation (Dimensions of Biodiversity
program) - $1,999,994
Collaborators:
Dave Hambright (OU PI) and
Lee Krumholz (co-PI) (University of Oklahoma),
Hans
Paerl (UNC PI, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and
Morgan Steffen (JMU PI, James Madison University)
Duration:
August 2018 - September 2023
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Title:
REU Site: Warm-water aquatic ecology
Funding:
National Science Foundation (REU program) - $358,834
Website:
http://wilsonlab.com/reu/
Duration:
September 2017 - August 2021
(first program - August 2010 - October 2014 - $292,141)
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Title:
Making to Advance Knowledge, Excellence, and Recognition in
STEM (MAKERS)
Funding:
National Science Foundation (S-STEM program) - $2,034,382
Collaborators:
Overtoun Jenda (PI,
Auburn University)
and others at Tuskegee University, Oakland University, and
Alabama A&M University
Duration:
October 2016 - September 2022
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Title:
NSF INCLUDES: South East Alliance for Persons with
Disabilities in STEM (SEAPD-STEM)
Funding:
National Science Foundation (INCLUDES program) - $285,769
Collaborators:
Overtoun Jenda (PI,
Auburn University)
and many others at 21 universities and colleges throughout
the southeastern US and Washington, DC.
Duration:
October 2016 - April 2022
Past projects
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Title:
Biomanipulation as a tool to enhance aquaculture through the
management of toxic cyanobacteria
Funding:
USDA - NIFA Aquaculture program - $261,613
Collaborator:
Luke Roy (co-PI, Fisheries)
Duration:
September 2017 - August 2020
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Title:
Do toxic cyanobacteria threaten Alabama's drinking water
reservoirs?
Funding:
AAES AgR-SEED program - $50,000
Collaborator:
Dennis Harrison (co-PI, Alabama Department of Environmental
Management)
Duration:
October 2016 - September 2018
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Title:
Forecasting the ecological health of coastal waters in
Alabama and China
Funding:
Ocean University China - Auburn University Joint Center for
Aquaculture and Environmental Science - $75,000
Collaborators:
Xing Fang (co-PI, AU
Civil Engineering)
Duration:
January 2017 - December 2017
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Title: Forecasting toxic cyanobacterial blooms throughout the
southeastern U.S.
Funding:
USGS - National Institutes for Water Resources - $247,891
Website: http://wilsonlab.com/bloom_network/
Collaborators:
Russell Wright (co-PI, Auburn University) and
Kevin Schrader (co-PI, USDA)
Duration:
September 2011 - August 2014
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Title:
Collaborative Research: Consequences of consumer adaptation for
ecosystem responses to fertilization and food-web perturbations
Funding:
National Science Foundation (Ecology program) - $125,545 (total
$411,728)
Collaborator:
Orlando "Ace" Sarnelle (co-PI, Michigan State
University)
Duration:
March 2009 - February 2014
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Title:
Toxic cyanobacterial blooms and fish farming
Funding:
Auburn University Agricultural Experimental Station - $54,650
Collaborator:
Jesse Chappell (co-PI, Auburn University)
Duration:
October 2007 - September 2008


In May
2008, I described a recent field experiment to Auburn University
Executive Vice President, Donald Large, President Dr. Jay Gogue,
and past Fisheries Department Head, Dr. David Rouse.
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Title:
MRI RAPID: Acquisition of a FlowCAM for concurrent analysis of
marine and estuarine hydrocarbon particles, microbes, and
microinvertebrate assemblages
Funding:
National Science Foundation (MRI program) - $100,002
Tool:
Portable FlowCAM
Collaborators:
Tony Moss (PI),
Ken Halanych
(co-PI),
and
Mark Liles (co-PI)
(Auburn University)
Duration:
September 2010 - September 2011
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Title:
Bloom-chasing: Establishing a monitoring network for toxic
cyanobacterial blooms in Alabama's freshwater systems
Funding:
Auburn University Hatch program - $50,000
Collaborator:
Jim Stoeckel (co-PI, Auburn University)
Duration:
October 2008 - September 2010
Product: models useful for
forecasting algal and cyanobacterial blooms
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Title:
Bridging the gap between science, people, and policy for
sustainable watershed management in the Tallapoosa River basin
and beyond
Funding:
Auburn University Water Center - $67,636 (total $500,000)
Collaborators:
Bill Deutsch (PI) and many others (Auburn University)
Duration:
June 2008 - May 2010

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