| Project Title |
Principal Investigator |
Institution |
| Lake cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom mapping and analysis platform (CHAB-MAP) |
Nathan Torbick, Ph.D. |
Applied Geosolutions, LLC |
| Climate impact on coastal ecosystem methylmercury: human exposure implications |
Celia Chen, Ph.D. |
Dartmouth College |
| Immunotoxicity in humans with lifetime exposure to ocean pollutants |
Philippe Grandjean, Ph.D. |
Harvard School of Public Health |
| Development of novel toxin detection methodologies applicable to marine and freshwater systems |
Judy Westrick, Ph.D. |
Lake Superior State University |
| Development of user-friendly fluorescence based assays for marine toxins |
Jennifer McCall, Ph.D. |
Seatox Research Inc |
| Does in utero exposure to domoic acid cause temporal lobe epilepsy? |
Paul Scott Buckmaster, D.V.M., Ph.D. |
Stanford University |
| Mechanisms of reproductive, developmental, and early life stage impacts of marine oil spills |
Andrew Whitehead, Ph.D. |
University of California, Davis |
| Understanding natural production of polybrominated toxins and pollutants |
Vinayak Agarwal, Ph.D. |
University of California, San Diego |
| Time-sensitive collection and analysis of a marine-derived toxic event |
Theresa Gaasterland, Ph.D. |
University of California, San Diego |
| Structure and function of ABC transporters to understand persistence of global marine pollutants |
Amro Hamdoun, Ph.D. |
University of California, San Diego (Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| Total Synthesis of [15N] - Cylindrospermopsin for monitoring fresh water safety |
Armen Zakarian, Ph.D. |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Pathogenesis of life threatening Box Jellyfish envenomation and Irukandji Syndrome |
Angel A. Yanagihara, Ph.D. |
University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Domoic acid neurotoxicity in Native Americans |
Lynn Grattan, M.D. |
University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| Translation regulation of gene expression in toxic dinoflagellates |
Rosemary Jagus, Ph.D. |
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
| Development of novel detection and prediction algorithms for Microcystis blooms |
Timothy Moore, Ph.D. |
University of New Hampshire |
| Factors modifying the toxicity of methylmercury in a fish-eating population |
Philip Davidson, Ph.D. |
University of Rochester |
| In situ sensing system for the selective and sensitive detection of biological toxins in HABs |
Hyeok Choi, Ph.D. |
University of Texas, Arlington |
| A novel antibody based biomarker for toxicity of chronic domoic acid exposure |
David Marcinek, Ph.D. |
University of Washington |
| Developmental neurotoxicity of domoic acid in a nonhuman primate model |
Thomas Burbacher, Ph.D. |
University of Washington |
| Linking limnology to cyanotoxins in drinking water using buoy sensors and auto-sampling |
Todd Miller, Ph.D. |
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
