The table is intended to include all current CFWE faculty research, and is inclusive of projects that have received private or extramural funding within the past year or are in some phase of research activity.
| PI/Co-PI | Sponsor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Maggard | USDA | Building Wealth Thru Transition Of Heirs Property Owners To New Agricultural &Forestry Production |
| Adam Maggard | USDA/ Clemson | Promoting Climate-Smart &Resilient Forestry In The Se U |
| Ajay Sharma | NFWF/Appalachicola Riverkeeper | Evaluation of restoration actions in freshwater sloughs along Apalachicola River |
| Ajay Sharma | NASA | ICESat-4D: Mapping post-hurricane forest recovery dynamics in Southern Forests |
| Ajay Sharma | USDA NIFA | RapidFEM4D: A web-based mapping platform for rapidly assessing the impacts and near-term recovery of Hurricane Ian on forest ecosystems in Florida |
| Ajay Sharma | AU ACES | Southern Pine Resilience: Adapting to Increased Salinity in Changing Coastal Environments |
| Allie McCreary | AU OVPR | Climate change resiliency along the Gulf Coast: How tourism providers perceive impacts & adaptation strategies |
| Aniruddha Belsare | USDA | Improving Cwd Surveillance Of Captive Deer Facilites In Tx Using Model-Informed Adaptive Mgt Approach |
| Aniruddha Belsare | N/A | Investigating helminth communities and anthelmintic resistance at the domestic-wild interface in Alabama |
| Aniruddha Belsare | Safari Co Intnl Mgt | Model-Informed Chronic Wasting Disease Mgt: Assessing Relative Risk Of Chronic Wasting Disease From Public Activities |
| Anthony Abbate | US/ARMY | Pollenator |
| Brian Via | USDA/FORESTRY | Auburn Timber Collaborative |
| Brian Via | Smithbucklin | Commercial Implementation Of Soy Flour Substituted Resins For Wood Composite Panels |
| Brian Via | Smithbucklin | Commercial Implementation Of Soy Flour Substituted Resins For Wood Composite Panels |
| Brian Via | NSF/University Idaho | Developing A Circular Bio-Based Framework For Architecture, Engineering &Construction Thru Additive Manufacturing |
| Brian Via | Leonardo Tech/US DOE | Division Director Programmatic Support Technical Directive |
| Brian Via | US EFC | Downed Timber Research |
| Brian Via | USDA/Forestry | Downed Timer Research |
| Brian Via | USDA | Fia Biomass Carbon Study |
| Brian Via | Leonardo Tech/US DOE | Material exspenses for the above research |
| Brian Via | DOD | Resistance Functions for Clt-Only CLt Panels under two-way Action with effectes of Fenestration & Panel-to- Panel |
| Brian Via | ASP | Use Of Soy Flour In Engineered Wood Products In Ala |
| Bruce Lockaby | USDA | Impacts Of Wild Hogs On Water Quality-Year 2 |
| Burak Aksoy | USDA | Manufacturing Of Bioactive Materials From Biomass As Functional Feed Additives For Aquatic Animal |
| Burak Aksoy | Eppley Foundation/AU/Rochester Institute of Technology | Plant-based bio-binder for printing inks: Agricultural waste valorization |
| Burak Aksoy | United Soybean Board | Soybean Hull-Based Barrier Coatings for Packaging Applications |
| Burak Aksoy | Kimberly Clark Corporation/AU | Utilization of Industrial Wipe Fibers in Asphalt as a fiber source |
| Christopher Anderson | NAS | Gulf Adaptation Design Studio |
| Christopher Anderson | US Treasury/Dauphin Sea Lab | Assessing Function &Vulnerability Of Forested Wetlands In Mobile-Tensaw-Apalachee River Delta |
| Latif Kalin | US Treasury/Dauphin Sea Lab | Assessing Function &Vulnerability Of Forested Wetlands In Mobile-Tensaw-Apalachee River Delta |
| Christopher Anderson | NAS | Gulf Scholars Program |
| Christopher Anderson | NOAA | Iija Perdido Watershed |
| Christopher Anderson | US Treasury/Dauphin Sea Lab | Integrating Multi-Scale Observations, Machine Learning And Systems Modeling For Monitoring, Assessing And Predicting Multiple Stresses And Coastal Resilienc |
| Christopher Anderson | NAS | Natl Academies Sciences Studio Design Course |
| Christopher Anderson | NOAA/USM | Resilient Oyster Industry Community Of Practice For Ms & A |
| Christopher Anderson | NOAA/USM | Resilient Oyster Industry Community Of Practice For Ms & Al-State Match Portion |
| Christopher Anderson | NOAA/USM | USM-8006883-01.01-AO-71 AU-PSC-Partcipant funding for the above project |
| Christopher Lepczyk | FWS | Evaluation Of Eviromental Pollution Data To Inform Decision Making For Migratory Birds Of The Southeast Us |
| Daowei Zhang | USDA/Forestry | FS-22-JV-11330180-064-PSC-Partcipants account for above research |
| Daowei Zhang | USDA/Forestry | Mitigating Climate Change Thru Forest Carbon Sequestration Programs |
| Heather Alexander | USDA/Forestry | Mitigating Climate Change Thru Forest Carbon Sequestration Programs |
| Lana Narine | USDA/Forestry | Mitigating Climate Change Thru Forest Carbon Sequestration Programs |
| Zhaofei Fan | USDA/Forestry | Mitigating Climate Change Thru Forest Carbon Sequestration Programs |
| Denise Cole | SFI | SFI-5000-174-2023-PSC-Participants Cost for the research listed above |
| Denise Cole | SFI | Thinking Outside The Bark: We Show Our Faces In All The Different Green Spaces |
| Georgios Arseniou | CFWE | Studying Urban Forest Carbon Stocks with the Use Novel Laser Scanning Technology |
| Hao Chen | USDA/NIFA | Debottlenecking fiber production Field eva of Low-LigninPoplar Varieties for Pulp Industries |
| Hao Chen | USFS | Safeguarding Endangered Southeaster U.S. Oaks Through Micropropagation |
| Hao Chen | USDA | Transcriptional regulation of stem cell self-renewal and differentiation for wood formation |
| Heather Alexander | USDA/Forestry | Assessing Carbon Sequestration &Wildfire Risk Across Open-To-Closed Forest Gradients To Guide Restoration &Foster Resilience In Eastern Us Forests |
| Heather Alexander | Tall Timbers Research Station/USDA Forest Service | Beyond Burning: Constructing A Mechanistic Understanding Of Prescribed Fire In The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem |
| Heather Alexander | NSF | Fire Influences On Forest Recovery &Associated Ecosystem Feedbacks In Arctic Larch Forests |
| Heather Alexander | USDA/USFS | Functional Ecology Of Pyrophytes And Mesophytes Of Upland Mixed Forests |
| Heather Alexander | Jones Center at Ichauway | JWJ ECO RESCH CTR-GRAD STDN-ALM |
| Heather Alexander | BLM Joint Fire Science Program | Linking Understory Community Functional Traits &Fire Behavior In Two Fire-Department Forest Types |
| Heather Alexander | Austin Peay St Univ | Study Of Carbon Sequestration Connected To Grassland Restoration In Tn |
| Janna Willoughby | ADCNR | Al Estuarine Bottlenose Dolphin Protection: Enhancement &Educatio |
| Janna Willoughby | Alaska Fish and Game | Assessing The Genetic Relationships Of The Mulchatna Caribou Herd |
| Janna Willoughby | ADCNR | Coastal Al Sea Turtle Protection: Enhancement &Education |
| Janna Willoughby | AAES | Mosquito movements and population interactions influence disease risks |
| Janna Willoughby | Tall TIMBERS | Translocation effects on genetic variation in the Red Cockaded Woodpecker |
| Janna Willoughby | NSF | Understanding the Dynamics of Integrated Climate, River, Trout, Tourism, and Policy Systems |
| Jean Fantle-Lepczyk | US/ARMY | Bat & Bird Surveys |
| Jonathon Valente | ADCNR | Effects of State Sponsored Habitat Mgt on Ala Wildlife Communities |
| Janna Willoughby | ADCNR | Effects of State Sponsored Habitat Mgt on Ala Wildlife Communities |
| Lana Narine | ADCNR | Effects of State Sponsored Habitat Mgt on Ala Wildlife Communities |
| Jonathon Valente | ADCNR | White tailed Deer Population |
| Aniruddha Belsare | ADCNR | White tailed Deer Population |
| Kelly Dunning | NOAA | Climate Data Decision-Support Dashboard For Natl Marine Sanctuary Mgt &Participatory Adaptation Planning |
| Kelsey McCune | MAX PLANCK INST | Comparison Of Fl Scrub-Jay &Blue Jay Behavior Across Human Modified &Natural Habitats |
| Lana Narine | NASA/TX A&M | From Photon Clouds To Gridded Vegetation Products With Icesat-2 |
| Lana Narine | NASA/TX A&M | Icesat-2 Sci Team: Lidar Photons &Machine Learning For Deriving Vegetation Biophysical Parameters |
| Lana Narine | Corps Network | Using Multispectral Imagery &Airborne Lidar Data To Eval Americorps' Resilient Ecosystem Mgt |
| Allie McCreary | Corps Network | Using Multispectral Imagery &Airborne Lidar Data To Eval Americorps' Resilient Ecosystem Mgt |
| Latif Kalin | NOAA | Building Resilience For Oysters, Blue Crab &Spotted Seatrout To Environmental Trends &Variability In Gulf Of Mexico |
| Latif Kalin | USDA | Coupling Swat & Wetqual For Improved N, P, & C Processing In Wetland Dominated Agricultural Watersheds |
| Latif Kalin | USDA | FutureFARM Vietnam: Sustainable Agriculture Solutions for Climate Resilience |
| Latif Kalin | USDA | Strengthening Environmental Data Science in the Black Belt region through undergraduate scholarships, curriculum development, and experiential learning |
| Lana Narine | USDA | Strengthening Environmental Data Science in the Black Belt region through undergraduate scholarships, curriculum development, and experiential learning |
| Latif Kalin | EPA | Wetland Hydrology & Carbon Flux Modeling |
| Li An | NSF | Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) 17: A Symposium That Advances the Science of ABM |
| Li An | NSF | Impacts of Ecosystem Service Payments in Coupled Natural and Human Systems |
| Li An | NSF | People, Place &Payments In Complex Human-Environment Systems |
| Lori Eckhardt | USDA/Forestry | Auburn Implementation Of The Sudden Oak Death Detection Survey |
| Lori Eckhardt | USDA | Biological Invasion Detection Via Sentinel Garden In ALA |
| Lori Eckhardt | USDA/Forestry | Mitigating Needle Blight: A Growing Economic Threat To Pine Forests |
| Lana Narine | USDA/Forestry | Mitigating Needle Blight: A Growing Economic Threat To Pine Forests |
| Janna Willoughby | USDA/Forestry | Mitigating Needle Blight: A Growing Economic Threat To Pine Forests |
| Zhaofei Fan | USDA/Forestry | Mitigating Needle Blight: A Growing Economic Threat To Pine Forests |
| Maria Peresin | NSF Regional Engines | Advancing Carbon-Neutral Crop Technologies To Develop Sustainable Consumer Good |
| Maria Peresin | ADECA | Building Tomorrow: Developing Bio-based Construction Materials for a Sustainable Future |
| Maria Peresin | P3Nano US Endowment for Forestry and Communities | Cellouse Based Prills for Green Sustainabilty |
| Maria Peresin | USDA NIFA | Cellulose Nanocrystals: A Versatile Platform For The Detection Of Allergens &Emerging Contaminants |
| Maria Peresin | USDA/Forest Products Lab | Chemical Characterization Of Wet Soy Adhesives |
| Maria Peresin | USDA Block Grant | Controlled Pesticide Release W Cellulose Based Prills For Green Sustainability |
| Maria Peresin | NSF/University Idaho | Developing A Circular Bio-Based Framework For Architecture, Engineering &Construction Thru Additive Manufacturing |
| Maria Peresin | Industry Sponsor | Lab Scale Flame Spread &Fire Retardancy Test Method Dvlmt |
| Maria Peresin | NSF | NSF-DMR-2047762-PSC-Participants Account for above research |
| Maria Peresin | P3Nano US Endowment for Forestry and Communities | Production Of Compostable Horticulture Plant Containers Using Biochar From Downed Timber |
| Maria Peresin | P3Nano US Endowment for Forestry and Communities | Revalorization &Ultilization Of Downed Timber Into Sustainable Composite Materials For Food Packaging |
| Maria Peresin | AAES PAR | Soy-based prills for horticulture applications |
| Maria Peresin | Wood Biobased Composites Center | Understanding Fundamental Influences Of Wood Extractives On Wood Adhesion |
| Maria Peresin | NSF CAREER | Unlocking The Potential Of Natural Polymers For Efficient Removal Of Emeerging Contaminants From Drinking Water |
| Marissa Jo Daniel | RPI | Assessing Axle Load Tolerances on Log Trucks in Alabama |
| Marissa Jo Daniel | RPI | Assessing PM2.5 Effects on Alabama's Forest Industry |
| Mark Smith | ASWWC/AL Soil & water Conserv CNTL | Soil & waterSpatial Ecology &Crop Depredation Patterns Of Wild Pigs In Agricultural Landscapes Conserv CNTL |
| Mark Smith | ASWWC/AL Soil & water Conserv CNTL | Economics Of Feral Swine Control On Agricultural Land |
| Mark Smith | USDA | Eval Avian Depredation Of Baitfish &Catfish Aquaculture Farms |
| Mark Smith | USDA/MSU | Eval Bird Depredation Of Traditional &Non-Traditional Species On Aquaculture Farms |
| Mark Smith | USDA | Eval of the Avian Depredation on Baitfish & Catfish Aquaculture Farms |
| Mark Smith | USDA/Forestry | Stdt Coop For Wildlife Habitat & Platn Mgmt & Monitoring, Gis Mapping, & Invasive Species Control |
| Lana Narine | USDA/Forestry | Stdt Coop For Wildlife Habitat & Platn Mgmt & Monitoring, Gis Mapping, & Invasive Species Control |
| Richard Cristan | US EFC | Downed Timber Research |
| Robert Gitzen | ADCNR | Effects Of State-Sponsored Habitat Mgt On Ala'S Wildlife Communities |
| Robert Gitzen | ADCNR | Wtrfowl Abundance in the ALA TN River Valley: Hunting Pressure Effects & Assesment of Operational Monitoring Survey Alternatives |
| Sanjiv Kumar | USDA/NIFA | Interactive Deep Learning Platform &Multi-Source Data Integration For Improved Soil Moisture Forecasting |
| Sanjiv Kumar | USDA | Strengthening Environmental Data Science Program In Black Belt Region Thru Undergraduate Scholarships, Curriculum Dvlmt &Experiential Learning |
| Sanjiv Kumar | USDA/NIFA | USDA-2020-67021-32476-PSC-Participants Account for above research |
| Sanjiv Kumar | USDA | USDA-2023-70003-41354-PSC-Participant Cost |
| Shannon Brewer | ADCNR | ADCNR-CFWS OPERATIONS-D1 |
| Stephen Ditchkoff | BIAH/Boehinger Ingelheim Anl Health | Comparative Dynamics Of Oral Rabies Vaccine Baits At Al Field Sites |
| Stephen Ditchkoff | USDA | Continue Dvlmt Of One Health Collaboration |
| Stephen Ditchkoff | US/ARMY | Deer Density &Health Surveys |
| Stephen Ditchkoff | USDA | Effectivness of ASF Red Book Strategies for Eradicating Controlling Localized Wiild Pig Population |
| Stephen Ditchkoff | USDA | Spatial Disturbance Of Turkeys |
| Stephen Ditchkoff | ADCNR | Zoonotic Disease Initiative Proj |
| Janna Willoughby | ADCNR | Zoonotic Disease Initiative Proj |
| Thomas Gallagher | USDA/Forestry | Carbon Estimates In Harvest Operations |
| Lana Narine | USDA/Forestry | Carbon Estimates In Harvest Operations |
| Thomas Gallagher | USDA/Forestry | Downed Timer Research |
| Thomas Gallagher | USDA | Leveraging Tech To Enhance Rural Ala'S Leading Ag Industries |
| Lana Narine | USDA | Leveraging Tech To Enhance Rural Ala'S Leading Ag Industries |
| Timothy Shearman | Jones Center | Graduate assisting for Morne Le Roux-Cost |
| Todd Steury | ADCNR | Black Bears 24 N |
| Todd Steury | US Fish & Wildlife | Forest Mgt, Assessment, Inventory & Applied Silvicultural Activities On R-4 Refuges |
| Wayde Morse | USDA/FORESTRY | Establishing A Nation-Wide System For Long-Term, Reliable, Scalable Socio-Economic Monitoring Of Human Interactions With Public &Private Land |
| Wayde Morse | USDA/UGA | Indentifying & Overcoming Barriers To Increase Participation Of Underdeserved Landowners In The Conservation Reserve Program In The Black Belt Of The Southern Us |
| Wayde Morse | USDA/ NCSU | Lessons For Recovery:Evaluating The Impacts Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On The Forest-Based Rural Economy In The Southern Us |
| Wayde Morse | Jones Center | Private Land Conservation Across Us For Resch, Ed And Rec |
| William Gulsby | AL ST Chapter of Natl Wild Turkey Federation | 3rd Party Support For Wild Turkey Gobbling &Fertility Study |
| William Gulsby | AL Wildlife | Wild Turkey Gobbling &Fertility Study |
| Yucheng Peng | NIST | Advancing The Circular Polymer Economy Thru Multitiered Workforce Dvlmt In Polymer Metrology |
| Yucheng Peng | USDA/Forestry | Biochar For Carbon Sequestration &Heavy Metal Adsorption |
| Yucheng Peng | US EFC | Downed Timber Research |
| Yucheng Peng | USDA/Forestry | Downed Timer Research |
| Yucheng Peng | USDA/Forestry | Mitigation Of Heavy Metal Contamination On Mined Lands By The Application Of Biochar |
| Yucheng Peng | US EFC | Scalable Production Process Dvlmt To Manufacture Biochar Using Downed Timber For Industrial Wastewater Treatmen |
| Yucheng Peng | NSF | Supercritical Extraction For The Elimination Of End-Of-Life Plastics |
| Zhaofei Fan | USDA/Forestry | Eval Mechanisms Of Chinese Tallowtree Spread In Fire-Managed Forest Ecosystems In Se Us |
| Zhaofei Fan | USDA/Forestry | Integrating Fia-Fhm Data With Site-Specific Studies To Eval Effect Of Site, Stand Factors &Extreme Environmental Stresses On Oak Decline |
| Hao Chen | USFS | Developing Furel Reducing Woody Biomass for Biochar Byproducts to Mitigate Fire Risks |
| Chen Ding | USFS | Developing Furel Reducing Woody Biomass for Biochar Byproducts to Mitigate Fire Risks |
| Yaoqi Zhang | USFS | Developing Furel Reducing Woody Biomass for Biochar Byproducts to Mitigate Fire Risks |
| Zutao Yang | NSF | Integrated Systems Modeling For Sustainable Few Nexus Under Multi-Factor Global Changes: Innovative Comparison Between Yellow And Miss River Basins |
| Zutao Yang | US Treasury/Dauphin Sea Lab | Integrating Multi-Scale Observations, Machine Learning And Systems Modeling For Monitoring, Assessing And Predicting Multiple Stresses And Coastal Resilience |
