Selected Funded Activities

• Reassessing the Composition of Venus’ Atmosphere using Pioneer Venus Mass Spectra. NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES-24), Solar System Workings (80NSSC24K0929), PI, $668k (06/01/24-05/31/27).
• Reassessing the Composition of Venus’ Atmosphere (2). NASA NExSS, Rocky Planet Habitability: Insights from Solar System Climate Dynamics through Time (80NSSC22K1316), PI, $44k (05/01/22-01/31/23)
• Reassessing the Composition of Venus’ Atmosphere (1). NASA NExSS, Rocky Planet Habitability: Insights from Solar System Climate Dynamics through Time (80NSSC21K1176), PI, $35k (08/01/21-02/01/22)
• Metabolic Profiling of Cleanroom-Associated Microorganisms. NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES-18), Planetary Protection Research (80NSSC20K0744), PI, $418k ($268k for PI at CPP; $150k for Co-I at JPL) – (03/10/20-03/09/23),
• Community Metabolomics Along a Permafrost Age Gradient. NASA Astrobiology-Minority Institute Research Support Fellowship, PI, $25,000 (05/12/16), funded.
• Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Support Program, Cal Poly Pomona, 4 Weighted Teaching Units, (AY 2016-2017), funded.
• Planetary Protection: Policy Development, Implementation Issues, and Societal Concerns. NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES), Consultant, $8,550 (4/12/15), funded.
• Faculty Professional Development Mini-Grant, Cal Poly Pomona, $1000 (Jan. 2015), funded.
• NASA Spaceward Bound: Lassen Volcanic National Park, PI, $14,950 California State University, Math and Science Teacher Initiative (2014-2015), funded.
• Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Support Program, Cal Poly Pomona, 8 Weighted Teaching Units, (AY 2014-2015), funded.
• Integrated bioinformatics learning modules for biochemistry. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Contributor (2014-2020), funded.
• NASA Spaceward Bound: Mojave. California State University, Math and Science Teacher Initiative, PI, $13,200 (2013-2014), funded.
• NASA Spaceward Bound: Mojave, California State University, Math and Science Teacher Initiative, PI, $15,000 (2012-2013), funded.
• Planetary Protection: Policy Development, Implementation Issues, and Societal Concerns, NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES), Consultant, $58,000 (10/19/12), funded.
• NASA Spaceward Bound: Mojave. California State University, Math and Science Teacher Initiative, PI, $16,000 (2011-2012), funded.
• Planetary Protection: Policy Development, Implementation Issues, and Societal Concerns, NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES), Communications Consultant, $112,000 (06/22/11), funded.
• NASA Spaceward Bound: Mojave. California State University, Math and Science Teacher Initiative, PI, $20,000 (2010-2011), funded.
• Characterization of Acinetobacter radioresistens 50v1, an extremophile isolated from the Mars Odyssey Orbiter. NASA Astrobiology Institute-Minority Institute Research Support Sabbatical Fellowship, PI, $35,500 (04/08/09), funded.
• NASA LIFT OFF: NASA Learning Inspires Fundamental Transformations by Opening Future Frontiers for High School Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education, NASA K12 Grants Opportunity, Co-I & Institutional PI, $1,409,903 (03/31/09), funded.
• Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Award, Cal Poly Pomona, $11,000, (03/13/09), funded.
• NASA Spaceward Bound: Mojave. California State University, Math and Science Teacher Initiative, PI, $25,000 (2009-2010), funded.
• Lanthanide chelates for phosphotyrosine detection. Faculty Seed Grant, California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB), PI, $13,500 (01/2007), funded.
• Purification of catalase from radioresistens 50v1. Summer Contract Award, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, $5000 (06-08/2006), funded.
• Sponsored Research Award, Amedicina LLC (FAU 2004-18), $39,843 (11/04), funded.
• Summer Sabbatical Research, Wilkes Honors College, $10,000 (Summer 2004), funded.