Current Awards
Collaborative Research: Testing for nutrient limitation in alpine snow algae ecosystems. NSF, DEB, Ecosystem Science, Role: Co-PI (PI: Jim Elser). 01/01/2022 - 12/31/24.
NSFGEO-NERC:Collaborative Research: Chemistry and Biology under Low Flow Hydrologic Conditions Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet Revealed through Naturally Emerging Subglacial Water. NSF, Arctic Natural Systems, Role: Co-PI (PI: Kathy Licht). 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2024.
Collaborative Research: EAGER: Developing tools to assess the evolutionary implications of partial clonality in alpine snow algae. NSF, DEB, Evolutionary Processes, Role: Co-PI (PI: S. Krueger-Hadfield). 03/31/2021 - 03/30/2023.
Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Cyanobacteria. NSF, Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry. Role: PI. 06/01/2019 to 05/31/2022.
Collaborative research: Cyanobacteria, Nitrogen Cycling, and Export Production in the Laurentian Great Lakes. NSF, Division of Ocean Sciences, Chemical Oceanography. Role: CoPI (PI: J. Werne). 03/15/2020 to 02/28/2023.
The distribution and activity of metabolically diverse anoxygenic phototrophs across geochemical gradients in hydrothermal systems. NASA Exobiology. Role: PI. 01-01-2020 to 12/31/2022.
Between a rock and a frozen place: Cold-based glacial chemical alteration of volcanic bedrock as an analog for Mars. NASA Solar System Workings. Role: Collaborator. (PI: A. Rutledge). 01/01/2020 to 12/31/2022.
Collaborative Research: Quantifying the contribution of alpine glacier meltwater to mountain-block recharge using microbiological markers and environmental isotopes. NSF, Division of Earth Sciences, Hydrologic Sciences. Role: Co-PI (PI: M. Frisbee). 07/15/2019 to 06/30/2022.
Think Globally, Sequence Locally: Enhancing Research and Teaching at Itasca Biological Station by Establishing On-Site Long Read Sequencing Capacity. Itasca Seed Grant. PI. Role: PI. 05/01/2019 to 04/30/2021.
Past Awards
Characterizing the Link Between Algal Bloom Biomass and Methane Production in Ohio Reservoirs. Ohio Water Resources Center (USGS). Role: Co-I (PI: I. Buffam). 03-01-2017 to 02-28-2018.
Contaminated Water and the Collapse of the Ancient Maya: Microbiome and Geochemical Analyses of Reservoir Sediments from Tikal. NSF-Archaeology. Role: Co-I (PI: D. Lentz). 07-01-2016 to 06-30-2017.
Life on ice - The role of microbiota in glacier ice worm adaptation and biogeography. University of Cincinnati - University Research Council. Role: PI. 03/01/2016 - 02/28/2017.
The Role of Biology in Planetary Evolution: Microbial Primary Production in Proterozoic Oceans. NASA Astrobiology Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship. 2013-2015.
Collaborative Research: Testing for nutrient limitation in alpine snow algae ecosystems. NSF, DEB, Ecosystem Science, Role: Co-PI (PI: Jim Elser). 01/01/2022 - 12/31/24.
NSFGEO-NERC:Collaborative Research: Chemistry and Biology under Low Flow Hydrologic Conditions Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet Revealed through Naturally Emerging Subglacial Water. NSF, Arctic Natural Systems, Role: Co-PI (PI: Kathy Licht). 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2024.
Collaborative Research: EAGER: Developing tools to assess the evolutionary implications of partial clonality in alpine snow algae. NSF, DEB, Evolutionary Processes, Role: Co-PI (PI: S. Krueger-Hadfield). 03/31/2021 - 03/30/2023.
Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Cyanobacteria. NSF, Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry. Role: PI. 06/01/2019 to 05/31/2022.
Collaborative research: Cyanobacteria, Nitrogen Cycling, and Export Production in the Laurentian Great Lakes. NSF, Division of Ocean Sciences, Chemical Oceanography. Role: CoPI (PI: J. Werne). 03/15/2020 to 02/28/2023.
The distribution and activity of metabolically diverse anoxygenic phototrophs across geochemical gradients in hydrothermal systems. NASA Exobiology. Role: PI. 01-01-2020 to 12/31/2022.
Between a rock and a frozen place: Cold-based glacial chemical alteration of volcanic bedrock as an analog for Mars. NASA Solar System Workings. Role: Collaborator. (PI: A. Rutledge). 01/01/2020 to 12/31/2022.
Collaborative Research: Quantifying the contribution of alpine glacier meltwater to mountain-block recharge using microbiological markers and environmental isotopes. NSF, Division of Earth Sciences, Hydrologic Sciences. Role: Co-PI (PI: M. Frisbee). 07/15/2019 to 06/30/2022.
Think Globally, Sequence Locally: Enhancing Research and Teaching at Itasca Biological Station by Establishing On-Site Long Read Sequencing Capacity. Itasca Seed Grant. PI. Role: PI. 05/01/2019 to 04/30/2021.
Past Awards
Characterizing the Link Between Algal Bloom Biomass and Methane Production in Ohio Reservoirs. Ohio Water Resources Center (USGS). Role: Co-I (PI: I. Buffam). 03-01-2017 to 02-28-2018.
Contaminated Water and the Collapse of the Ancient Maya: Microbiome and Geochemical Analyses of Reservoir Sediments from Tikal. NSF-Archaeology. Role: Co-I (PI: D. Lentz). 07-01-2016 to 06-30-2017.
Life on ice - The role of microbiota in glacier ice worm adaptation and biogeography. University of Cincinnati - University Research Council. Role: PI. 03/01/2016 - 02/28/2017.
The Role of Biology in Planetary Evolution: Microbial Primary Production in Proterozoic Oceans. NASA Astrobiology Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship. 2013-2015.