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Water Research at The University of Toledo 2 Table of Contents University of Toledo 2017 Water Task Force Membership List……………………….. 5 State of Ohio Water Research Funding Sponsors Ohio Department of Higher Education Initiatives—Round One……………... 11 Ohio Department of Higher Education Initiatives—Round Two……………... 12 Federal Water Research Funding Sponsors Great Lakes Protection Fund……………………………………………………. 13 National Aeronautics and Space Administration……………………………….14 NASA Glen Research Center & NASA Langley Research Center………….. 15 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…………………………… 16 National Science Foundation…………………………………………………… 20 Ohio Lake Erie Commission……………………………………………………. 22 Ohio Water Development Authority……………………………………………. 23 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…………………………………………………. 24 U.S. Department of Energy…………………………………………………….. 25 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency……………………………………….. 26 U.S Fish and Wildlife Service………………………………………………….. 31 U.S. Forest Service……………………………………………………………... 33 U.S. Geological Survey…………………………………………………………. 34 The University of Toledo Contact Information…………………………………………. 37 3 4 The University of Toledo Water Task Force 2017 NAME AND EMAIL TITLE AND DEPARTMENT AREA OF EXPERTISE April Ames Assistant Professor Environmental and [email protected] Public Health and Occupational Health Public Preventive Medicine Health Exposure Assessment Risk Assessment Apul, Defne Associate Professor Infrastructure Diversity [email protected] Civil Engineering Life Cycle Assessment Embedded Energy of Water System Water-Food-Energy Nexus Becker, Richard Associate Professor Water Resource Availability [email protected] Environmental Sciences Watershed Modeling UAV, Airborne and Satellite Hy- perspectral and Radar Imaging GRACE Gravity for Global Wetlands Water Quality Remote Sensing Bridgeman, Tom Associate Professor Harmful Algal Blooms [email protected] Environmental Sciences Great Lakes Ecology Dead Zones Lake Nutrient Dynamics Calzonetti, Frank Vice President of Research Energy Facilities [email protected] Office of Research and Regional Development Sponsored Programs Czajkowski, Kevin Professor Remote Sensing/GIS [email protected] Geography & Planning Atmospheric Sciences Hydrology Land Cover 5 NAME AND EMAIL TITLE AND DEPARTMENT AREA OF EXPERTISE Dwyer, Daryl Associate Professor Improving nearshore health [email protected] Environmental Sciences (reductions of Escherichia coli and nutrients) at Maumee Bay State Park by restoration of wetlands and riparian areas Using real time environmental data to predict the occurrences of bacteria and microcystin for Lake Erie and inland lakes Using bioberms and bioswales within Toledo and along Swan Creek and the Ottawa River to capture nutrients and toxic con- taminants from surface and sub- surface sources Egan, Kevin Associate Professor Environmental economics [email protected] Economics Non-Market Valuation Benefit-Cost Analysis Citizen’s willingness to pay for water quality improvements Fisher, Tim Chair & Professor Geomorphology [email protected] Environmental Sciences Glacial and Quaternary Geology Quaternary History of the Great Lakes Gottgens, Hans Associate Chair & Professor Wetlands ecology and [email protected] Environmental Sciences management Human impacts on rivers and streams Gruden, Cyndee Associate Professor Storm Water Management [email protected] Civil Engineering Water Quality Water Sensors Haller, Steven Associate Professor Microcystin [email protected] Cardiovascular Medicine Hepatotoxicity Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Huntley, Jason Associate Professor MC-LR Degradation [email protected] Medical Microbiology Biofilm and Immunology Microbiology Gene Expression 6 NAME AND EMAIL TITLE AND DEPARTMENT AREA OF EXPERTISE Isailovic, Dragan Associate Professor LC-MS Quantification of [email protected] Chemistry & Biochemistry Microcystins Mass Spectrometry and Fluorescence Detection Techniques for the Identification and Quantification of Molecules in Wa- ter and Biological Samples Kennedy, David Assistant Professor Microcystins and Human Health [email protected] Cardiovascular Medicine Hepatotoxicity Kilbert, Kenneth Professor of Law and Law [email protected] Director Harmful Algal Blooms Legal Institute of the Great Lakes Lawrence, Patrick Associate Dean & Professor Water resource planning and poli- [email protected] Geography & Planning cies with focus on Maumee water- shed Lake Erie & The Great Lakes River Restoration Wetland Planning Ten Mile Creek/Ottawa River Levison, Bruce Assistant Professor Microcystins and Human Health [email protected] Pediatrics Hepatotoxicity Lipscomb, Glenn Chair and Professor Reverse Osmosis [email protected] Chemical and Environmental Membranes Engineering Filtration Messer, Bill Professor Neuroscience [email protected] Pharmacology Reid, Neil Professor Regional Development [email protected] Geography and Planning Industrial Change Director Jack Ford Urban Affairs Center Ruch, Randall Associate Professor Liver Toxicology [email protected] Biochemistry and Cancer Carcinogenesis Biology Rai, Saatvika Assistant Professor Climate Change [email protected] Political Science Environmental Policy 7 NAME AND EMAIL TITLE AND DEPARTMENT AREA OF EXPERTISE Seo, Youngwoo (Young) Associate Professor, Water Treatment Processes [email protected] Civil Engineering; Chemical and Water Distribution Systems Environmental Developing Water Quality Engineering Monitoring Sensors Biofilm Control/Pathogen Disinfection Snyder, Brenda Senior Research Associate Cyanobacteria [email protected] Environmental Sciences Conventional Water Treatment OEPA Drinking Water Regulations Drinking Water Laboratory Solocha, Andrew Associate Professor Economic Impact [email protected] Finance Assets at Risk Input-Output Models Trease, Brian Assistant Professor [email protected] Mechanical, Industrial and Man- ufacturing Engineering Valigosky, Michael Assistant Professor Environmental Health [email protected] Public Health and Public Health Preventative Medicine Remediation Contamination Storm and Waste Water Management Viamajala, Sridar Associate Professor Quantifying phototrophic growth [email protected] Chemical and Environmental and lipid-accumulation kinetics as Engineering they are influenced by simultane- ous interactions between light (quality and irradiance), carbon dioxide con- centrations, pH, temperature and nutrients; Strategies for economical down- stream conversion of algal lipids to biodiesel (fatty acid alkyl esters) Influence of nutrient (C, N and P) speciation on algal growth and lipid content. 8 Water Research at The University of Toledo 9 10 Ohio Department of Higher Education Research Initiatives Round One Matching Focus Area Project Title ODHE Funds PI Last Name Funds Blooms: Sources HAB Detection, Mapping and Warning $248,297 $118,950 Bridgeman and Movement Network: Maumee Bay Area Investigation of water treatment alternatives in $199.998 $191,306 Seo the removal of microcystin-LR Transport and Fate of Cyanotoxins in Drinking $106,209 $126,231 Seo Water Distribution Systems Produce Safe Drinking Water Investigation of ELISA and interferences for the $75,011 $107,409 Isailovic direction of Cyanotoxins Development of Microcystin Detoxifying $55,000 $78,740 Huntley Water Biofilters Method Development for Detecting Toxins in $55,000 $70,621 Hensley Biological Samples Protect Public Health Impact of pre-existing liver disease on $55,000 $213,588 Kennedy microcystin hepatotoxicity Maumee Basin Lake Erie HABs Stakeholder Educate and Engage $66,501 $134,391 Lawrence Informed Decision Making Support System TOTAL $661,218 $1,041,236 11 Ohio Department of Higher Education Research Initiatives Round Two Project Title ODHE Funds Matching Funds PI Last Name Characterizations of recreational exposure to Cyanotoxins $21,213 $54,655 Ames in Western Lake Erie HAB Avoidance: Vertical Movement of Harmful Algal $208,145 $211,072 Bridgeman Blooms in Lake Erie Discovery of Enzymes and Pathways Responsible for $95,216 $119,392 Huntley Microcystin Degradation Evaluating Home Point-of-Use Reverse Osmosis $99,328 $146,143 Lipscomb Membrane Systems for Cyanotoxin Removal TOTAL $423,902 $531,262 12 Funding Awarded by the Great Lakes Protection Fund FY 2009—FY 2017 Project Title: An Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure for the Decentralized Sensing, Modeling, and Control of Urban Stormwater Principal Investigator: Cyndee Gruden Funding Total: $122,254 This project seeks to remediate the adverse impacts of large precipitation events to urban water systems by building and evaluating a real-time, decentralized stormwater management infrastructure. Researchers contend that green infrastructure efforts (rain gardens, bioswales, underground storage and buffer tanks, rain barrels, etc.) should be supplemented with intelligent and active control, to leverage real-time meteorological, hydrologic, and hydraulic sensor data to enable the adaptive and intelligent management of future stormwater systems. 13 Funding Awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration FY 2009—FY 2017 Project Title: HICO Identification of Harmful Algal Blooms Principal Investigator: Richard Becker Funding Total: $187,257 The Great Lakes provide drinking