Research Grants

Total Active Funding: $2,761,212

Darkening the Arctic: Bioalbedo Feedbacks from Snow and Ice Algae

  • NSF-SNSF Joint Call, Arctic System Sciences | $400,000

    Role: US-PI | Period: 2026 – 2030

Hyperspectral mapping of ice algae on the Greenland Ice Sheet and potential feedbacks from aerosol nutrient deposition

  • NASA PACE-Science | Award #80NSSC25K0415 | $857,704

    Role: Lead PI | Period: 2026 – 2030

Coastal Antarctic Snow Algae and Light Absorbing Particles: Snowmelt, Climate and Ecosystem Impacts

  • NSF-CAREER OPP | Award #2046240 | $1,303,508

    Role: Single PI | Period: 2022 – 2029

RAPID: Impacts of Deposition from Smoke-derived Black Carbon on the Greenland Ice Sheet and the Greater Arctic Cryosphere due to Transport from Record Setting Canadian Wildfires

  • NSF OPP Arctic System Sciences | Award #2336072 | $200,000

    Role: Single PI | Period: 2023 – 2024

Completed Grants

Total Completed Funding: $946,542

Autonomous retrieval of impurity-laden Arctic sea ice samples and hyperspectral surface properties through innovative robotics

  • NSF-EAGER Arctic Observing Network | Award #2218834 | $299,922

    Role: Lead PI | Period: 2022 – 2026

Quantifying Impact of Light Absorbing Aerosols upon Sea Ice in the Changing Arctic Climate

  • NASA Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Sciences | Award #80NSSC20K1261 | $312,244

    Role: Institutional PI | Period: 2020 – 2024

Commercial Sensor Evaluation for Detection and Mapping of Snow Algae(includes 2022–2023 Augmentation)

  • NASA Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition | Award #80NSSC21K1166 | $249,509

    Role: Lead PI | Period: 2021 – 2023

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: ‘Polar Space and Place’: Using GIS and Interactive environments to bring Polar science to the classroom

  • NSF-OPP | Award #2021543 | $54,867

    Role: Institutional PI | Period: 2020 – 2023

Snow Algae and Black Carbon Contributions to Surface Albedo Reduction of Snow and Glacier Surfaces in the Nooksack River Basin

  • Washington Water Research Center | $30,000

    Role: Single PI | Period: 2020

Cumulative Total Funding: $3,707,754