ACTIVE GRANTS:
Aixin Hou, Irv Mendelssohn, and Sean Graham. Coastal Science Assistantship to support a graduate student for three years. LDNR. $74,400. 8/2008-5/2011.
Aixin Hou. Short-term and long-term impacts of Hurricane Katrina on Lake Pontchartrain ecosystem. NASA/Stennis Space Center. $88,122. 2/1/07-6/30/08.
Irv Mendelssohn, Sean Graham, and Aixin Hou. Comparative functional assessment of differential sediment slurry applications to rapidly subsiding brackish marshes. CICEET. $268,498. 7/1/07-6/30/10.
Roy Joseph Martin, Michael Keenan, Marlene Janes, Aixin Hou, Hee-Sung Bae, Claudia Husseneder, and Donald Day. Molecular characterization of gut microflora of rats red a prebiotic, resistant starch. Biotechnology AgCenter Interdisciplinary Team (BAIT) Program 2008-2009. $40,000.
Aixin Hou. Mercury concentrations in sediment and fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico. NOAA. $14,000. 7/1/2007-6/30/2008.
Sibel Ates, Brian Fry, Gene Turner, and Aixin Hou. Northern Gulf Institute Public Health and Stressors. NOAA. $202,481. 2/1/2007-1/31/2010.
Aixin Hou. Quantifying Nir gene fragments and determining fungal denitrification in riparian forests of the lower Mississippi River valley. US Department of Interior. $54,260. 10/1/05-9/30/08.
Nina Lam, Kelley Pace, James LeSage, and Richard Campanella. Collaborative Research: Modeling Business Return Amid Post-Disaster Uncertainties: New Orleans After Katrina. National Science Foundation. Award Total: $622,412. LSU portion: $356,474. 11/01/07-10/31/10.
Nina Lam, Kelley Pace, James LeSage, and Richard Campanella. Collaborative Research: Modeling Business Return in New Orleans After Katrina: Its Implications for Gulf of Mexico Economic Recovery. Gulf of Mexico Regional Sea Grant Program. Award Total: $199,982. LSU portion: $132,148. 02/01/08 – 01/31/10.
Nina Lam, Wei Liang. Doctoral Dissertation Research: An integrated Agent-Based Microsimulation Model for Hurricane Evacuation in New Orleans. National Science Foundation. $7,809. 03/15/08 – 09/15/09.
Nina Lam, Wenxue Ju. Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Genetic Bayesian Approach for Texture-Aided Urban Land Use/Cover Classification. National Science Foundation. $11,816. 07/01/07-01/31/09.
Nina Lam, Richard Campanella, and Kelley Pace. Decision-Making Among Businesses in post-catastrophe uncertainty: How economic geographies re-form in New Orleans. National Science Foundation. $125,616. 11/01/05-10/31/07.
Kam-biu Liu, Sam Bentley, Nina Lam, and others. Paleotempestology of the Caribbean Region: A multi-proxy, multi-site study of the spatial and temporal variability of Caribbean hurricane activity. Inter-American Institute (IAI) for Global Change Research. $698,300. 04/01/06-04/01/11.
Kam-biu Liu, Nina Lam, and William Platt. Effects of Past and Recent Hurricanes on Gulf Coast Ecosystems: Implications for Future Climate Changes. DOE National Institute for Climate Change. $77,000. 04/0108 – 08/31/09.
Nina Lam. Understanding and Measuring Regional Economic Development Using an Integrated Spatial Data Mining Approach. Economic development assistantship to support a PhD student for four years. Funded by LSU Office of Research and Graduate Studies. 08/05 -08/09. Total: $100,000.
Ed Laws. An Adaptive Food Web Model for the Epipelagic and Mesopelagic. National Science Foundation. $306,394. 08/15/04-07/31/08.
Ed Laws, Paul LaRock. Collaborative Re¬search: A Critical Examination of the Relation¬ship Between Marine Phytoplankton, Growth rates, and Phosphate Concentrations: Monon or Not. National Science Foundation, 2007-2010, $239,098.
Ed Overton. Determination of Net Flux of Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds at the Air Water Interface in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Minerals Management Service/CMI. $145,059. 09/01/04-06/30/08.
Ed Overton. TO 20: NOAA Marine Debris Survey Sediment Sample Analysis. NOAA. $30,268. 07/01-07-04/30/08.
Ed Overton. TO 17: TB DBL-152 Oil Spill. NOAA. $1,523. 11/11/05-01/01/08.
Ed Overton. TO 18: Citgo Lake Charles Refinery Oil Spill. NOAA. $10,500. 07/01/06-01/01/08.
Ed Overton. TO 19: Mississippi River Abandoned Waste Oil/Sludge Barge. NOAA. $8,000. 08/18/06-01/01/08.
Ed Overton. TO 22: Investigation of Littleneck Clam Status in PWS. NOAA. $20,248. 09/01/07-01/31/08.
Ed Overton. TO 23: Puerto Rico Spill. NOAA. $5,000. 09/07/07-10/11/07.
Ralph Portier. Development of Risk Based Protocols for Removal of Flowline and Pipeline. American Petroleum Institute. $119,520. 06/07/07-12/31/08.
Margaret Reams, Nina Lam. Socio-Economic Responses to Coastal Land Loss and Hurricanes: Measuring Resilience among Outer Continental Shelf Related Coastal Communities in Louisiana. US Minerals Management Service. $209,472. 09/01/07 – 08/31/09.
Margaret Reams. Gulf Coast Subsidence and Wetland Loss: A Synthesis of Recent Research. U.S. Minerals Management Service. $67,031. 01/15/08 – 06/14/09.
Margaret Reams. Policy Adaptations in Response to Large-Scale Wildfires: Lessons from States at Higher Risk. US Forest Service. $30,000. 08/27/07 – 06/30/09.
Margaret Reams. Socio-Economic Influences on Wildfire Emergency Response Plans in Wildland-Urban Interface Communities. US Forest Service. $18,000. 08/28/06 – 08/20/08.
Margaret Reams. A Continuing Review and Analysis of Sub-federal Risk Mitigation Policies in Wildlands Experiencing Residential Expansion. US Forest Service. $252,216. 07/1/01 – 5/31/08 ($67,625 for the period 3/1/05 – 5/31/08).
Margaret Reams, Abby Tyrna. Watershed Wonders and Rain Garden Project: Wetlands Education for 5th Grade Science Students in East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools. Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) $1,000. 3/13/07 – 7/31/07. (Conducted class room instruction and constructed artificial wetland at Bernard Terrace and Brookstown Elementary Schools during October and November, 2007.)
Michael Wascom. Legal Research Assistance for the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office. LA Oil Spill Coordinator Office – Office of the Governor. $149,802. 07/01/07-06/30/10.
