Superfund Research Program
Currently Funded Individual Research Grants (R01) Programs
These grants were funded under RFA-ES-20-004: Optimizing Natural Systems for Remediation: Utilizing Innovative Materials Science Approaches to Enhance Bioremediation (R01). To learn more about these research projects, see this SRP fact sheet and news story.
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Florida State University
Enhancing Bioremediation of Groundwater Co-contaminated by Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds and 1,4-Dioxane Using Novel Macrocyclic Materials
Project Leaders: Youneng Tang, Yuexiao Shen (Texas Tech University)
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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Oregon State University
Development of Passive and Sustainable Cometabolic Systems to Treat Complex Contaminant Mixtures by Encapsulating Microbial Cultures and Slow Release Substrates in Hydrogels
Project Leaders: Lewis Semprini, Michael R. Hyman, Willie Ernest Rochefort
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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Princeton University
Enhancing transport and delivery of ferrihydrite nanoparticles via polymer encapsulation in PFAS-contaminated sediments to simulate PFAS defluorination by Acidimicrobium sp. Strain A6
Project Leaders: Peter Jaffe, Bruce E. Koel
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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SUNY at Buffalo
Model-aided Design and Integration of Functionalized Hybrid Nanomaterials for Enhanced Bioremediation of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)
Project Leaders: Diana S. Aga, Ian Bradley, Nirupam Aich, Carla A. Ng (University of Pittsburgh)
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Efficient Bioremediation of Environmentally Persistent Contaminants with Nanomaterial-Fungus Framework (NFF)
Project Leaders: Susie Dai, Joshua S. Yuan (Texas A&M University), Gregory V. Lowry (Carnegie Mellon University)
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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University of California-Riverside
Synergistic Material-Microbe Interface towards Faster, Deeper, and Air-tolerant Reductive Dehalogenation
Project Leaders: Yujie Men, Chong Liu (University of California-Los Angeles)
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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University of Iowa
Elucidating mechanisms for enhanced anaerobic bioremediation in the presence of carbonaceous materials using an integrated material science and molecular microbial ecology approach
Project Leader: Timothy E. Mattes
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Leveraging the Chemo-Physical Interaction of Halorespiring Bacteria with Solid Surfaces to Enhance Halogenated Organic Compounds Bioremediation
Project Leaders: Upal Ghosh, Kevin R. Sowers, Amar Wadhawan (ARCADIS)
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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University of Massachusetts
A Novel Strategy for Arsenic Phytoremediation
Project Leaders: Om Parkash Dhankher, Venkataraman Dhandapani, Jason C. White, Baoshan Xing
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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Yale University
Understanding and Enhancing PFAS Phytoremediation Mechanisms Using Novel Nanomaterials
Project Leaders: Vasilis Vasiliou, Christy Haynes (University of Minnesota), Jason White (Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station)
Funding Period: 2021-2025