SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS

· Non-destructive mapping of seagrass habitats using semi-analytical models and hyperspectral remote sensing techniques: the Chandeleur Islands of coastal Louisiana and Mississippi, EPA, $329,241 (in review)

· A Non-destructive approach for mapping the spatial distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation in Lake Pontchartrain using hyperspectral remote sensing techniques, Coastal Restoration and Enhancement Through Science And Technology (CREST) Louisiana, $72,961 (in review)

· Responses of Louisiana coastal waters to nutrient loading from the Mississippi River: Algorithm development, mapping, and monitoring from satellite data, Louisiana Board of Regents, $156,675 (in review)

· Measuring 2005 land loss in the Pontchartrain Basin using high resolution color infrared aerial photography at a scale of 1/12,000: Hurricane impact, National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), $89,128; August 2007 – August 2008.

· Mapping, quantifying, and predicting current and future invasive plant species spread along the North Platte River corridor In Nebraska (with S. Narumalani), U.S. Department of Agriculture

(USDA), $45,000; October 2005 – September 2007.

· Natural resources mapping of Camp Ashland Training Site, Ashland, NE, using high density LIDAR (with S. Narumalani), Nebraska Army National Guard, $69,000; January 2006 –

December 2006.