RESEARCH PROJECTS
2024 - 27 Climate Resilience Center: Advancing Development and Climate-Resilient Adaptation Practices via Community-Driven Urban Transformation in St. Louis, Missouri. U.S. Department of Energy, $1,000,000 (Co-PI with Orun Aydin (PI), Sara Coffin, Ben de Foy, Elizabeth Hasenmueller, Emily Hite, Vasit Sagan, Enbal Shacham).
2021 - 24 REU Site: Wetland science in the modern world. National Science Foundation, $300,757 (Co-PI with Tony Dell (PI), National Great Rivers Research and Education Center).
2016 - 20 Collaborative Research: HydroClim: Empowering aquatic research in North America with data from high-resolution streamflow and water temperature GIS modeling. National Science Foundation, $1,630,619 [PI with Darren Ficklin (PI), Indiana University and Hank Bart (PI), Tulane University].
2017 - 20 Collaborative Research: Improving high performance super computer aquatic ecosystem models with the integration of real-time citizen science data. National Science Foundation, $510,282. [Co-PI with Darren Ficklin (PI), Indiana University, Chris Lowry (PI), University of Buffalo, and Damon Hall (Co-PI), Saint Louis University].
2016 - 20 Non-market value of watershed management enhancements: An integration of hydro-ecologic and economic assessments. USDA, $499,534. [Co-PI with Maria Chu (PI) and Amy Ando (Co-PI), University of Illinois].
2019 - 20 Genomic investigation of gut microbiome associations in freshwater fish assemblages. Living Earth Collaborative, $21,450 (with Fangqiong Ling, Washington University in St. Louis).
2018 - 19 Developing the Bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus) as a model for studying genomic
responses of freshwater species to urban environments. Living Earth Collaborative, $29,777 (with Wes Warren, Washington University in St. Louis).
2016 - 19 Predicting impacts of land use and climate change on the hydrology and aquatic habitat in the Meramec River Basin. The Nature Conservancy. $199,981. [PI with Wasit Wulamu (Co-PI), SLU and Maria Chu (Co- PI), University of Illinois].
2016 - 18 Evaluation of brining as a chloride best management practice in the St. Louis Region. Environmental Protection Agency Urban Waters Program. $58,793.
2015 - 17 Integrating climate data with hydrologic and ecological niche models to predict impacts of climate change for threatened and endangered species in the Mobile River Basin. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $272,314 (with Darren Ficklin, Indiana University and Damon Hall, Saint Louis University)
2014 - 15 DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Accounting for spatial autocorrelation in species distribution models using a Bayesian framework: consequences for predictions across space and time. National Science Foundation, $19,621. [PI with Melissa Anthony (Co-PI)].
2013 - 15 DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Hydrological characteristics, trophic interactions, and fish assemblage structure in temperate stream systems. National Science Foundation, $19,419. [PI with Sophia Niu (Co-PI)].
2011 - 13 Impacts of climate and land use changes on flooding in urbanized human and natural systems. Saint Louis University STEM-Plus Award, $117,271. [PI with Joanna Ganning (Co-PI), Wasit Wulamu (Co-PI), and Zaitao Pan (Co-PI)].
2010 - 11 Climate and local adaptation to temperature and flow regimes in the Bluntnose Minnow (Pimephales notatus). President’s Research Fund, Saint Louis University. $24,165.
2009 - 14 CAREER: Development of GIS applications for the study of aquatic biodiversity: assessing environmental factors regulating fish assemblages across multiple scales. (PI) National Science Foundation, $584,951.
2009 - 12 Combining climate model predictions, hydrological modeling, and ecological niche modeling algorithms to predict the impacts of climate change on aquatic biodiversity. (PI) Environmental Protection Agency, Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Consequences of Global Change for Water Quality program. $246,149.
2008 - 11 Assessing and reducing the threat of flood disasters and ecosystem destruction along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers using satellite data, flow measurements and climate models. Kemper-Stupp Foundation, $250,000. [Co-PI with Tim Kusky (PI), William Dannevik (Co-PI), Zaitao Pan (Co-PI), Wasit Wulamu (Co-PI)]
2005 - 06 Island-Net (Phase I): a web accessible database for the integration and study of global taxonomic and environmental data on islands. (PI) National Science Foundation, $50,000.
2002 - 05 Role of large woody debris in restoring stream ecosystem function in managed U.S. forests. USDA - NRI, $375,000. [Co-PI with Jen Tank (PI) and Gary Lamberti (Co-PI)].
2002 - 04 Macroecological patterns in a model taxonomic group: integration of ecological, phylogenetic, and historical data from Caribbean Anolis lizards. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Informatics, National Science Foundation, $100,000.
2000 - 01 Factors influencing evolutionary and ecological patterns of body size in North American freshwater fishes. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, $5,439.
1998 Fishes of the Essequibo River, Guyana, 90 years after Eigenmann’s expedition. National Geographic Society, $24,650. (with Larry Page, Mark Sabaj, and Jon Armbruster)
1994 The effects of urbanization and pollution on the home range and movements of brown trout, (Salmo trutta), in Valley Creek, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Trout Unlimited, $2,000.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (DEB-0844644, DEB-1404187, DEB-1311179, DBI-1564896)
2024 - 27 Climate Resilience Center: Advancing Development and Climate-Resilient Adaptation Practices via Community-Driven Urban Transformation in St. Louis, Missouri. U.S. Department of Energy, $1,000,000 (Co-PI with Orun Aydin (PI), Sara Coffin, Ben de Foy, Elizabeth Hasenmueller, Emily Hite, Vasit Sagan, Enbal Shacham).
2021 - 24 REU Site: Wetland science in the modern world. National Science Foundation, $300,757 (Co-PI with Tony Dell (PI), National Great Rivers Research and Education Center).
2016 - 20 Collaborative Research: HydroClim: Empowering aquatic research in North America with data from high-resolution streamflow and water temperature GIS modeling. National Science Foundation, $1,630,619 [PI with Darren Ficklin (PI), Indiana University and Hank Bart (PI), Tulane University].
2017 - 20 Collaborative Research: Improving high performance super computer aquatic ecosystem models with the integration of real-time citizen science data. National Science Foundation, $510,282. [Co-PI with Darren Ficklin (PI), Indiana University, Chris Lowry (PI), University of Buffalo, and Damon Hall (Co-PI), Saint Louis University].
2016 - 20 Non-market value of watershed management enhancements: An integration of hydro-ecologic and economic assessments. USDA, $499,534. [Co-PI with Maria Chu (PI) and Amy Ando (Co-PI), University of Illinois].
2019 - 20 Genomic investigation of gut microbiome associations in freshwater fish assemblages. Living Earth Collaborative, $21,450 (with Fangqiong Ling, Washington University in St. Louis).
2018 - 19 Developing the Bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus) as a model for studying genomic
responses of freshwater species to urban environments. Living Earth Collaborative, $29,777 (with Wes Warren, Washington University in St. Louis).
2016 - 19 Predicting impacts of land use and climate change on the hydrology and aquatic habitat in the Meramec River Basin. The Nature Conservancy. $199,981. [PI with Wasit Wulamu (Co-PI), SLU and Maria Chu (Co- PI), University of Illinois].
2016 - 18 Evaluation of brining as a chloride best management practice in the St. Louis Region. Environmental Protection Agency Urban Waters Program. $58,793.
2015 - 17 Integrating climate data with hydrologic and ecological niche models to predict impacts of climate change for threatened and endangered species in the Mobile River Basin. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $272,314 (with Darren Ficklin, Indiana University and Damon Hall, Saint Louis University)
2014 - 15 DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Accounting for spatial autocorrelation in species distribution models using a Bayesian framework: consequences for predictions across space and time. National Science Foundation, $19,621. [PI with Melissa Anthony (Co-PI)].
2013 - 15 DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Hydrological characteristics, trophic interactions, and fish assemblage structure in temperate stream systems. National Science Foundation, $19,419. [PI with Sophia Niu (Co-PI)].
2011 - 13 Impacts of climate and land use changes on flooding in urbanized human and natural systems. Saint Louis University STEM-Plus Award, $117,271. [PI with Joanna Ganning (Co-PI), Wasit Wulamu (Co-PI), and Zaitao Pan (Co-PI)].
2010 - 11 Climate and local adaptation to temperature and flow regimes in the Bluntnose Minnow (Pimephales notatus). President’s Research Fund, Saint Louis University. $24,165.
2009 - 14 CAREER: Development of GIS applications for the study of aquatic biodiversity: assessing environmental factors regulating fish assemblages across multiple scales. (PI) National Science Foundation, $584,951.
2009 - 12 Combining climate model predictions, hydrological modeling, and ecological niche modeling algorithms to predict the impacts of climate change on aquatic biodiversity. (PI) Environmental Protection Agency, Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Consequences of Global Change for Water Quality program. $246,149.
2008 - 11 Assessing and reducing the threat of flood disasters and ecosystem destruction along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers using satellite data, flow measurements and climate models. Kemper-Stupp Foundation, $250,000. [Co-PI with Tim Kusky (PI), William Dannevik (Co-PI), Zaitao Pan (Co-PI), Wasit Wulamu (Co-PI)]
2005 - 06 Island-Net (Phase I): a web accessible database for the integration and study of global taxonomic and environmental data on islands. (PI) National Science Foundation, $50,000.
2002 - 05 Role of large woody debris in restoring stream ecosystem function in managed U.S. forests. USDA - NRI, $375,000. [Co-PI with Jen Tank (PI) and Gary Lamberti (Co-PI)].
2002 - 04 Macroecological patterns in a model taxonomic group: integration of ecological, phylogenetic, and historical data from Caribbean Anolis lizards. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Informatics, National Science Foundation, $100,000.
2000 - 01 Factors influencing evolutionary and ecological patterns of body size in North American freshwater fishes. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, $5,439.
1998 Fishes of the Essequibo River, Guyana, 90 years after Eigenmann’s expedition. National Geographic Society, $24,650. (with Larry Page, Mark Sabaj, and Jon Armbruster)
1994 The effects of urbanization and pollution on the home range and movements of brown trout, (Salmo trutta), in Valley Creek, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Trout Unlimited, $2,000.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (DEB-0844644, DEB-1404187, DEB-1311179, DBI-1564896)
