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