Extreme events, watershed loadings, and climate change: implications for the management and long term health of the Green Bay, Lake Michigan ecosystem. Co-Principal Investigator with Kevin Fermanich (UW-Green Bay) and J. Val Klump (UW-Milwaukee). Funding Source: University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program. Award: $240,000. 2014-2016. [Pending Project]

Cellulosic biofuel production on the margins of the Corn Belt: opportunity for
environmental benefits and economic diversification in low relief, seasonally wet fields. Co-Principal Investigator with Mathew Dornbush (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. Award: $196,223. 2014-2016. [Pending Project]

Extended and Novel Monitoring of Climate, Nutrient and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Green Bay Ecosystem. Co-Principal Investigator with J. Val Klump (UW-Milwaukee). Funding Source: University of Michigan Water Center. Award: $19,100. 2013. [Current Project]

Quantum Dot Phosphor Synthesis. Co-Principal Investigator with Charles Gibson (UW-Oshkosh). Funding Source: University of Wisconsin Prototype Development Fund. Award: $9,307. 2013. [Current Project]

An evaluation of the distribution and sources of dissolved strontium in the groundwater of Eastern Wisconsin, with a focus on Brown and Outagamie Counties. Co-Principal Investigator with John Luczaj (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: State of Wisconsin Joint Solicitation for Groundwater Research & Monitoring Program. Award: $31,710. 2012-2013. [Current Project]

Great Lakes Observing System [GLOS] enhanced tributary monitoring to support AOCs and LaMPs – lower Green Bay component. Co-Principal Investigator with J. Val Klump (Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), John Kennedy (Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District), and Tracy Valenta (Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District). Funding Source: US EPA. Award: $31,467. 2010-2011. [Completed Project]

Development of platinum-free catalysts for photocatalytic fuel cell applications. Co-Principal Investigator with Kenneth Smith (Cool Science, LLC). Funding Source: UW System Wisconsin Small Company Advancement Program (WISCAP). Award: $131,362. 2011-2012. [Completed Project]

UV bandwidth evaluation of photocatalytic PEM hydrogen fuel cells. Co-Principal Investigator with Kenneth Smith (UW-Stout, Discovery Center). Funding Source: University of Wisconsin System Applied Research Grant Program. Award: $12,971. 2010-2011. [Completed Project]

Fabrication and evaluation of photocatalytic PEM hydrogen fuel cells. Co-Principal Investigator with Kenneth Smith (UW-Stout, Discovery Center). Funding Source: University of Wisconsin System Applied Research Grant Program. Award: $49,998. 2010-2011. [Completed Project]

Closing the achievement gap in introductory science courses at UW-Green Bay. Co-Principal Investigator with Angela Bauer-Dantoin and Shawn Robinson (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: University of Wisconsin System Diversity Grant Program. Award: $30,428. 2010-2011. [Completed Project]

Conversion of high strength volatile fatty acids to methane-rich biogas. Principal Investigator: Mark Heffernan, Bioproducts Engineering. Subcontract to UWGB: Co-Principal Investigator with John Katers (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: Wisconsin Energy Independence Fund. Award: $140,000. 2008-2010. [Completed Project]

Developing a culture of opportunity for minority science students at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Co-Principal Investigator with Amy Wolf, Robert Howe, and Angela Bauer-Dantoin (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: National Science Foundation: Wisconsin Alliance for Minority Partnership (WiscAMP) Program. Award: $23,600. 2009. [Completed Project]

Assessing levels and potential health effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in groundwater associated with karst areas in Northeast Wisconsin. Co-Principal Investigator with Angela Bauer-Dantoin and Kevin Fermanich (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: State of Wisconsin Joint Solicitation for Groundwater Research & Monitoring Program. Award: $43,063. 2008-2009. [Completed Project]

Raising graduation rates of minority science students through Junior and Senior level research experiences. Co-Principal Investigator with Amy Wolf, Robert Howe, and Angela Bauer-Dantoin (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: National Science Foundation: Wisconsin Alliance for Minority Partnership (WiscAMP) Program. Award: $23,600. 2008-2009. [Completed Project]

Del Monte corn processing waste management study. Co-Principal Investigator with John Katers (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: Midwest Food Processors Association, Inc. Award: $29,885. 2008. [Completed Project]

Extraction of hemicellulose sugars from wood waste (from construction and demolition activities) to produce ethanol for fuel. Co-Principal Investigator with David Hollenberg and Franklin Chen (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: University of Wisconsin System Solid Waste Research Program. Award: $27,274. 2007-2008. [Completed Project]

Investigation of ultrasonic stimulation of supercritical and near supercritical carbon dioxide treatment of wood for the extraction of hemicelluloses. Co-Principal Investigator with Franklin Chen and David Hollenberg (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: University of Wisconsin System Applied Research Grant Program. Award: $21,070. 2007-2008. [Completed Project]

High solids two-phase anaerobic conversion of food wastes. Principal Investigator: Mark Heffernan, Bioproducts Engineering. Subcontract to UWGB: Co-Principal Investigator with John Katers (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: Biobased Industry Opportunity (BIO) Implementation Grant Program. Award: $90,000. 2006-2007. [Completed Project]

Anaerobic photocatalysis for the conversion of glycerol, a biodiesel synthesis byproduct. Principal Investigator. Funding Source: Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. Award: $5,018. 2006-2007. [Completed Project]

Mapping and characterization of springs in Brown and Calumet Counties. Co-Principal Investigator with Kevin Fermanich and Ronald D. Stieglitz (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: State of Wisconsin Joint Solicitation for Groundwater Research & Monitoring Program. Award: $13,800. 2005-2006. [Completed Project]

Biogas generation from a Wisconsin dairy farm using gas-phase anaerobic photocatalysis. Co-Principal Investigator with John F. Katers (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: University of Wisconsin System Applied Research Grant Program. Award: $44,796. 2004-2005. [Completed Project]

Development of magnetoelastic resonance-based chemical sensors for the measurement of gas-phase organic compounds. Principal Investigator. Funding Source: Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. Award: $17,225. 2004-2005. [Completed Project]

Biogas generation from a Wisconsin dairy farm using anaerobic catalysis and/or photocatalysis. Co-Principal Investigator with John F. Katers (UW-Green Bay). Funding Source: Focus on Energy: Renewable Energy Program. Award: $60,080. 2003-2004. [Completed Project]

Enhanced experimental methods for measuring inorganics in water using a micromachined DC plasma instrument. Co-Principal Investigator with Marc A. Anderson (UW-Madison) and Yogesh B. Gianchandani (University of Michigan). Funding Source: University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program. Award: $370,574. 2002-2005. [Completed Project]

Photocatalytic oxidation of gas-phase compounds in confined areas: investigation of multiple component systems. Principal Investigator. Funding Source: Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. Award: $10,042. 2002-2003. [Completed Project]

Acquisition of ion chromatograph at UW-Green Bay. Funding Source: UW-Green Bay Laboratory Modernization Fund. Award: $13,043. 2002. [Completed Project]