Table is not inclusive of all active SFWS research projects, but is representative of those which received private or extramural funding within the past year.
| PI/COPI NAME | PI/COPI | PROJECT TITLE | SPONSOR | FED. AGENCY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander, Heather | COPI | Development of a spatially-explicit model to improve longleaf regeneration | Alabama Agriculture Experimental Station | |
| Alexander, Heather | COPI | Impacts of hurricane-fire interactions in coastal habitats on estuarine-terrestrial carbon dynamics and restoration management | Alabama Coastal Area Management Program | |
| Alexander, Heather | PI | Functional ecology of pyrophytes and mesophytes of upland mixed forests. | USDA Forest Service | |
| Alexander, Heather | PI | Characterizing zones of influences of overstory trees under different fire management strategies. | Jones Center at Ichauway | |
| Alexander, Heather | PI | Understanding mechanism of prescribed fire in longleaf pine and associated forest types | Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy and USDA Forest Service | |
| Alexander, Heather | PI | Collaborative Research: Fire Influences on Forest Recovery and Associated Climate Feedbacks in the Siberian Arctic. | National Science Foundation | |
| Anderson, Christopher | PI | Hydrologic and community dynamics associated with tidal freshwater forested wetlands along the lower Apalachicola River | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | USDC-NOAA |
| Aspinwall, Mike | PI | How do temperature adaptation and acclimation regulate photosynthetic and respiratory temperature responses in switchgrass? | USDA - NIFA-National Institute of Food & Agriculture | |
| Barlow, Rebecca | PI | Forestry program inventory and support | DOD - US Army - Corps of Engineers | |
| Ditchkoff, Stephen | PI | Impacts of wild pigs on wildlife and the environment | USDA - APHIS-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | |
| Ditchkoff, Stephen | COPI | Community Based Wildlife Management in Eswatini | Auburn Intramural Grant Program | |
| Ditchkoff, Stephen | COPI | National Damage Assessment for the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program (FSCP) | USDA-NRCS - Natural Resource Conservation Service | |
| Dunning, Kelly | PI | A participatory study on how policy makers and marginalized communities in the American South consume and act on scientific information in the context of COVID-19 | NSF-National Science Foundation | |
| Dunning, Kelly | COPI | A coupled natural-human framework for risk assessment of coastal communities from land-use and climate change | NAS - National Academy of Sciences | |
| Dunning, Kelly | PI | Valuing Reef Ecosystem Services: Centering Community Voices to Mitigate Hazards | Natural Hazards Center Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mitigation Matters Award | |
| Dunning, Kelly | COPI | Balancing the lifecycle of energy with the quality of life needs associated with clean air and water, climate change, and physical activity | Sloan Foundation | |
| Dunning, Kelly | PI | Community Based Wildlife Management in Eswatini | Auburn Intramural Grant Program | |
| Dunning, Kelly | PI | How does coral reef conservation impact resilience of communities in low income areas? | National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR (UC Boulder) | |
| Dunning, Kelly | PI | Early Career Research Fellowship | NAS - National Academy of Sciences | |
| Eckhardt, Lori | PI | Forest Health Cooperative | Industry Sponsored | |
| Eckhardt, Lori | PI | Sudden oak death (Phytophthora ramorum) detection survey (stream sampling) | USDA - Forest Service | |
| Enebak, Scott | PI | Southern Forest Nursery Management Cooperative | Industry Sponsored | |
| Enebak, Scott | COPI | Sudden oak death (Phytophthora ramorum) detection survey (stream sampling) | USDA - Forest Service | |
| Fan, Zhaofei | COPI | Combining multispectral imagery, airborne lidar and field inventory for invasive species management in Alabama’s coastal areas | Alabama Agriculture Experimental Station | |
| Fan, Zhaofei | PI | Development of a spatially-explicit model to improve longleaf regeneration | Alabama Agriculture Experimental Station | |
| Fan, Zhaofei | PI | Integrating FIA/FHM data with site-specific studies to evaluate the effect of site, stand factors and extreme environmental stresses on oak decline to develop mitigation methods of oak decline in the east United States | USDA Forest Service | |
| Fan, Zhaofei | COPI | Tree growth modulated interactively by multi-drivers and its climate sensitive mechanism of Mongolian pine natural forests on the latitude gradient | Natural Science Foundation of China | |
| Gallagher, Thomas | COPI | Forest Residue Logistics | USDA - NIFA - National Institute of Food & Agriculture | |
| Gallagher, Thomas | PI | Downed timber research - Forestry | USDA - Forest Service | |
| Gilbert, John | COPI | Wildland Firefighter Apprenticeship Program (WFAP) delivery site - Task Order #02, FA11 | USDA - Forest Service | |
| Gitzen, Robert | COPI | NWTF: Effects of early growing season prescribed fire on eastern wild turkeys in the Talladega National Forest | National Wild Turkey Federation | |
| Gitzen, Robert | PI | Waterfowl abundance in the Alabama Tennessee river valley: Hunting pressure effects and assessment of operational survey monitoring alternatives | ADCNR - Alabama Dept of Conservation & Natural Resources | USDI-FWS |
| Gulsby, William | PI | Implications of mid-rotation pine plantation treatments for wildlife habitat and stand profitability: A research prospectus on campus | ADCNR - Alabama Dept of Conservation & Natural Resources | USDI-FWS |
| Gulsby, William | PI | NWTF: Effects of early growing season prescribed fire on eastern wild turkeys in the Talladega National Forest | National Wild Turkey Federation | |
| Gulsby, William | COPI | Waterfowl abundance in the Alabama Tennessee river valley: Hunting pressure effects and assessment of operational survey monitoring alternatives | ADCNR - Alabama Dept of Conservation & Natural Resources | USDI-FWS |
| Hall, Richard | COPI | A coupled natural-human framework for risk assessment of coastal communities from land-use and climate change | NAS - National Academy of Sciences | |
| Kalin, Latif | COPI | A coupled natural-human framework for risk assessment of coastal communities from land-use and climate change | NAS - National Academy of Sciences | |
| Kalin, Latif | COPI | Agricultural water security through sustainable use of the Floridan aquifer: An integrated assessment of economic and environmental impacts | University of Florida | USDA-NIFA |
| Kalin, Latif | COPI | Building resilience for oysters, blue crab and spotted sea trout to environmental trends and variability in the Gulf of Mexico | University of South Alabama | USDC-NOAA |
| Kalin, Latif | PI | Coupling SWAT and WetQual for improved N, P, and C processing in wetland dominated agricultural watersheds | USDA - NIFA - National Institute of Food & Agriculture | |
| Kalin, Latif | PI | Linking watershed nutrient loads to Laizhou Bay water quality indicators: Development and validation of stressor-response models | Ocean University of China | |
| Kalin, Latif | PI | Wetland hydrology and nutrient modeling | Pegasus Technical Services, Inc. | EPA |
| Kumar, Sanjiv | COPI | A coupled natural-human framework for risk assessment of coastal communities from land-use and climate change | NAS - National Academy of Sciences | |
| Kumar, Sanjiv | PI | FACT: Interactive deep learning platform and multi-source data integration for improved soil moisture forecasting | USDA - NIFA-National Institute of Food & Agriculture | |
| Kush, John | COPI | Effects of vegetation management in southeastern United States electric transmission line right of ways on pollinating insects | EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute | |
| Lockaby, Graeme | COPI | Impacts of wild pigs on wildlife and the environment | USDA - APHIS-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | |
| Lockaby, Graeme | COPI | Measuring impacts of wild pig removal in Alabama | Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee | USDA-NIFA |
| Loewenstein, Edward | PI | Ecological forest monitoring at Fort Benning | DOD - US Army | |
| Maggard, Adam | COPI | Forest inventory basics for family forest landowners, a handbook for landowners | Bradley/Murphy Forestry & Natural Resources Extension Trust | |
| Maggard, Adam | COPI | Forestry program inventory and support | DOD - US Army - Corps of Engineers | |
| Martin, Joel | PI | Wildland Firefighter Apprenticeship Program (WFAP) delivery site - Minimum guarantee | USDA - Forest Service | |
| McGowan, Conor | PI | Coop Ag. No 1434-01HQRU1550 for operation for AL Cooperative Research Unit | ADCNR - Alabama Dept of Conservation & Natural Resources | USDI-USGS |
| Morse, Wayde | PI | Use of R3 Recommended Actions in Strategic Planning to Address Minority Freshwater Fishing Participation | ADCNR: Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division | |
| Morse, Wayde | COPI | A coupled natural-human framework for risk assessment of coastal communities from land-use and climate change | NAS - National Academy of Sciences | |
| Morse, Wayde | PI | Revisiting and Revitalizing the National Survey on Recreation and the Environment [NSRE] | USDA Forest Service: Pacific Northwest Research Station | |
| Morse, Wayde | PI | Evaluating the promise and potential impacts of R3 efforts targeting college students | North Carolina State University | USDA-FWS |
| Narine, Lana | PI | Combining multispectral imagery, airborne lidar and field inventory for invasive species management in Alabama's coastal areas | Alabama Agriculture Experimental Station | |
| Narine, Lana | COPI | Forestry program inventory and support | DOD - US Army - Corps of Engineers | |
| Pan, Susan | SP | NSF US-Africa Collaborative Research Network in Mathematical Sciences | NSF - National Science Foundation | |
| Pan, Susan | COPI | NSF INFEWS U.S.-China: Integrated systems modeling for sustainable FEW Nexus under multi-factor global changes: Innovative Comparison between the Yellow River and Mississippi River Basins | NSF - National Science Foundation | |
| Pan, Susan | COPI | Addressing Resiliency to Climate Related Hazards and Disasters Through Data Informed Decision Making | NSF - National Science Foundation | |
| Peng, Yucheng | PI | Manufacturing of polypropylene composites with improved toughness using nanocellulose | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station - Production Agriculture Research | |
| Peng, Yucheng | PI | Downed timber research - Forestry | USDA - Forest Service | |
| Peresin, Soledad | COPI | Cellulose Nanocrystals: A Versatile Platform for the Detection of Allergens and Emerging Contaminants | AFRI-NIFA | |
| Peresin, Soledad | COPI | Advanced biosensors from forest product and agricultural resources | ADECA - Alabama Dept of Economic & Community Affairs | |
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Development of soybean hulls-based beads for controlled release fertilizers | PAR Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, AU | |
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Antimicrobial cellulose-based systems for E.coli removal from water bodies | Auburn University Undergraduate Research Fellowships | |
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Investigation of potential flocculation/coagulation strategies to treat contaminants in concrete washwaters | CADC Seed Grant-IGP, Auburn University | |
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | CAREER: Unlocking the potential of natural polymers for efficient removal of emerging contaminants from drinking water | National Science Foundation | |
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Cellulose nanomaterials from downtimber to facilitate fertilizer and pesticide application in forestry and agriculture | USDA - Forest Service | |
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Dewatering of nanocellulose suspensions | ||
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Bio-based long lasting Insecticidal nets for malaria control | ||
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Fundamental study on soy-based proteins denaturalization | ||
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Silk-based proteins/nanocellulose composite materials for water remediation and tissue engineering scaffold | ||
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Electrodeposition of bio-based polymers on aluminum foams for tissue engineering scaffolds | ||
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Method for fire retardancy determination on wood-based panels | ||
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Lignin nanoparticles-based coatings for UV-protection of mass timber products | ||
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Cellulose-based hydrogels development for removal of dyes, metal ions and emerging contaminants | ||
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Biodegradable polymers-nanocellulose composite films for food packaging applications | ||
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Nanocellulose-based adhesives systems for wood composites | ||
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Enhancing the involvement of minorities in environmental science education | ||
| Peresin, Soledad | PI | Pectins as rheology modifiers in resol resins | ||
| Peresin, Soledad | COPI | Bio-based materials to improve ELISA detection for Anopheles mosquitoes and their potential to develop cost-effective sustainable paper assays | ||
| Shepard, James | PI | CESU: Forest management, assessment, inventory and applied silvicultural activities on R-4 refuges | USDI - FWS - Fish & Wildlife Service | |
| Smith, Mark | PI | Avian depredation impacts to farmed shrimp in Alabama | USDA - APHIS-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | |
| Smith, Mark | COPI | Impacts of wild pigs on wildlife and the environment | USDA - APHIS-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | |
| Smith, Mark | PI | National Damage Assessment for the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program (FSCP) | USDA - NRCS - Natural Resource Conservation Service | |
| Smith, Mark | PI | Measuring impacts of wild pig removal in Alabama | Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee | USDA-NRCS |
| Steury, Todd | PI | Integrating engineering theory and biological measures to model stress resilience, damage, and fitness-related consequences | NSF-National Science Foundation | |
| Steury, Todd | PI | Examination of black bear reproduction ecology in Alabama; use of denning habitat, den structure and cub recruitment | ADCNR - Alabama Dept of Conservation & Natural Resources | USDI-FWS |
| Tian, Hanqin | COPI | Building capacity for the DOISoutheast Climate Science Center to co-produce actionable science focused on global change impacts to natural resources (Hosting the Southeast Climate Science Center) | North Carolina State University | USDI-USGS |
| Tian, Hanqin | PI | Can Asia feed its people? Constraints from resources, technology and economy in the context of global climate change | Carnegie Corp. of New York | |
| Tian, Hanqin | PI | CHRP2016: Predicted impacts of climate change on the success of alternative management actions in the Chesapeake Bay using multiple community models in support of hypoxia management decision-making | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | USDC-NOAA |
| Tian, Hanqin | COPI | Hosting the Southeast Climate Science Center | North Carolina State University | USDI-USGS |
| Tian, Hanqin | PI | NGOMEX 2016: Using Linked Models to Predict the Impacts of Hypoxia on Gulf Coast Fisheries Under Scenarios of Watershed and River Management | NOAA/LSU | |
| Tian, Hanqin | PI | INFEWS U.S.-China: Integrated systems modeling for sustainable FEW nexus under multi-factor global changes: Innovative comparison between the Yellow River and Mississippi River Basins | NSF - National Science Foundation | |
| Tian, Hanqin | PI | Quantifying nitrous oxide emissions from Chinese aquaculture systems | Ocean University of China | |
| Via, Brian | PI | Downed timber research - Forestry | USDA - Forest Service | |
| Via, Brian | PI | Liquid and supercritical CO2 extraction of sludge | Leonardo Technologies, Inc. | DOE |
| Via, Brian | PI | Soy flour subsitution in particleboard and fiberboard | SmithBucklin Corporation | |
| Via, Brian | PI | Use of soy flour in engineered wood products in Alabama | Alabama Soybean Producers (ALFA) | |
| Willoughby, Janna | PI | Are malaria vectors evolving behavioral shifts in response to our treatment efforts? Analysis of current effects and predictions for future mitigation measures | ||
| Willoughby, Janna | PI | Models, parameters, and data choices influence how genomic data from non-model organisms informs extinction risk | ||
| Willoughby, Janna | PI | Linking field and molecular data to understand mate choice: blue tooth tracking backpacks and whole genome sequencing | ||
| Willoughby, Janna | PI | A participatory study on how policy makers and marginalized communities in the American South consume and act on scientific information in the context of COVID-19 | NSF | NSF |
| Willoughby, Janna | COPI | Quantifying the genomic effects of migrants in small populations: when should we be worried about genome swamping? | ||
| Willoughby, Janna | PI | How can we effectively use epigenomic data and in ecology? | ||
| Willoughby, Janna | PI | What determines fitness in banner-tailed kangaroo rats? Integration of runs of homozygosity, remote sensing, and modeling | NSF | NSF |
| Willoughby, Janna | PI | Assessing the genetic relationship of the Mulchatna (Alaska) caribou herd | Alaska Department of Fish and Game | |
| Willoughby, Janna | PI | Development of a banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis) reference genome | ||
| Willoughby, Janna | PI | Interaction of environmental, genomic, and epigenomic determinants of fitness | Auburn Research Support Program | |
| Willoughby, Janna | PI | Comparison and modeling of survey approaches to monitor wildlife population abundance | ||
| Willoughby, Janna | COPI | A participatory study on how policy makers and marginalized communities in the American South consume and act on scientific information in the context of COVID-19 | NSF-National Science Foundation |
