Awards & Funding

35. NSF-CHE CDSMA-A, “Collaborative Research: Soft Interfaces and Charge Separation Stabilization” (PI, 9/2021-9/2024), collaborator – David Limmer, UC Berkeley

34. Hoover Foundation, Ohio, Microplastics and Climate Change (PI, 2022-2024)

33. DOE BES Separation Science, “Non-Equilibrium Nucleation of Rare Earth Metals at Aqueous Interfaces ”  (PI, 9/2021-8/2023)

32. DOE BES CPIMS (and GEO) 2nd renewal, “Controlling aqueous-interfacial phenomena of redox-active ions with external electric fields” (PI, 9/2021 – 8/2024)

31. NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology “Deconvoluting the Components of Enceladus’ Icy Plume through Convolutional Neural Networks ” (Graduate student Nicole North 3 Year grant; 9/2021-8/2024)

30. NSF CAICE Phase IIb: Center for Aerosol Impact on Chemistry and the Environment, PI Kim Prather (UCSD Chemistry), coPI Vicki Grassian (Univ Iowa Chemistry), + many others ($20M over another 5 years for the entire center) (9/2018-9/2023)

29. DOE BES CPIMS and GEO renewal, “Controlling aqueous-interfacial phenomena of redox-active ions with external electric fields” (PI, 9/2018 – 8/2021)

28. DOE BES CPIMS (Condensed phase interfacial molecular science), “Controlling aqueous-interfacial phenomena of redox-active ions with external electric fields” (PI, 9/2016-8/2018)

27. NSF INFEWS Collaborative project with Amar Flood at Univ of Indiana, “Understanding structure and organization of receptors at water interfaces for discover of phosphate recognition design principles” (CoPI/subaward, 9/2016-8/2020)

26.NSF CAICE Phase II: Center for Aerosol Impact on Climate and the Environment, PI Kim Prather (UCSD Chemistry), coPI Vicki Grassian (Univ Iowa Chemistry), + many others ($20M over 5 years for the entire center) (9/2013-8/2018)

25. NIH, R21, Cancer Margin Detection using Infrared Spectroscopy and Surface Plasmonics, CoPIs James Coe (OSU Chemistry) and Charles Hitchcock (OSU Pathology), (PI, 4/2012-4/2014)

24.  DOE-BES GEO: Geochemistry of Interfaces: From Surfaces to Interlayers to Clusters, in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratory, NM and Univ of Texas, Austin  PI, 11/2012-11/2015

 23. NSF-Chemistry Grant (environmental div.) – Water organization at environmental interfaces by phase-sensitive sum frequency; 7/2011-7/2014)

22. DOE-BES – Geosciences grant – Oxide/water interfaces and ions…renewed grant; Collaborators: Louise Criscenti, Sandia Nat’l Lab, NM and Lynn Katz, Univ. Texas @ Austin, Civil Eng (PI, 11/2009-11/2012)

21. OSD, Army Aviation Directorate- Polymer degradation on metals, CoPI with Gerald Frankel, Materials Science & Engineering Dept., Fontana Corrosion Center (2009-2012)

20. NSF-Chemistry Grant (analytical and surface science div.) – Lipid head group solvation and water structure; PI, 3/2008-3/2011)

19. CWC (Climate, Water, and Carbon) SEED Grant – Long path spectroscopy for atmospheric measurements of trace gases and aerosols; GRA funding (Beekman, Calder, Herbei, Allen; 2007/2008)

18. OSD, Mandaree Enterprise Corp.- funding/Grant – Atmospheric corrosion processes, CoPI with Gerald Frankel, Materials Science & Engineering Dept., Fontana Corrosion Center (2008-2011)

17. NSF – SGER (small grant for exploratory research) – A Difference Frequency Microscope (PI, 2007-2008)

16. NSF Instrumentation Funding – Cyber- enabled IR/Raman microscopes (Dutta, Coe, Allen, Ozkan,Badjic; 2007)

15. Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award (2007)

14. Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award and funding – (2006-2008)

13. ACS PROGRESS/Dreyfus Lectureship Award Nominations (2005/2006 & 2006/2007)

12. An Empowered Woman Award awarded by Columbus Public Schools’ Young Women’s Empowerment Conference (2006)

11. Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, award and funding (2005-2007)

10. DOE-BES – Geosciences grant – Oxide/water interfaces and ions… (Collaborators: Louise Criscenti, Sandia Nat’l Lab, NM and Lynn Katz, Univ. Texas @ Austin, Civil Eng; 11/2003-11/2006 and 11/2006-11/2009)

9. NSF-GEO Atmospheric Sciences grant – Alkyl halides, acids and water (2004-2007)

8. ACS PRF type-G grant – CO2 clathrate formation (2003 – 2006)

7. Beckman Young Investigator Award and funding – Lung lining structure… (2003-2006)

6. NSF-CHE CAREER Award and grant – Sulfuric acid, ammonium sulfate, bisulfate, and water, and atmospheric aerosol processing(2002-2007)

5. Dreyfus Environmental Postdoctoral Fellowship grant – Atmospheric reaction at aqueous surfaces, ozone and hydroxyl (2005-2007)

4. NSF-CHE Environmental Molecular Science Institute grant – Aromatics at liquid surfaces (2000-2006)

3. Research Innovation Award and grant, Research Corp. – Acid and water structure at aqueous surfaces (2002-2004)

2. Ohio State OMA (Office of Minority Affairs) Professional Mentor Award (2000-2001)

1. Ohio State SEED grant (2000-2002)