Research Grants

Research Grants

Active Awards

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

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

Lead PI | 2025 – 2029

NSF-CAREER OPP-2046240 | $1,303,508 

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

Single PI | 2022 – 2028

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

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

Lead PI | 2022 – 2024

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

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 

Single PI | 2023 – 2024

Previous Awards

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

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

Institutional PI | 2020 – 2024

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

 Commercial Sensor Evaluation for Detection and Mapping of Snow Algae (includes 2022-2023 Augmentation) Lead PI | 2021 – 2023

NSF-OPP #2021543 | $54,867 

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

Institutional PI | 2020 – 2023

Washington Water Research Center | $30,000 

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

Single PI | 2020