Grants:

Water Utility Framework for Responding to Emerging Contaminant Issues (2008-2009) American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AWWArf), $150,000 (Primary Investigator)

Tools for Site-Specific Biosolids Risk Assessment and Communication Plans (2008-2010) Water Environmental Research Foundation (WERF), $600,000 (Co-Investigator)

Fate of Selected Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water and Wastewater Chlorination (2008-2010) IRGP-MSU, $39,000. (Primary Investigator)

Fellowship Program in Microbial Risk Assessment for Public Security, Safety and Health (2008-2011) Department of Homeland Security, $490,000. (Co-Investigator)

Removal of Viruses and Pharmaceuticals with Membrane Bioreactors Treating Wastewater (2007-2008) Center for Water Sciences, MSU, $10,000. (Primary Investigator)

Emerging Waterborne Viruses in Michigan Waters: Development of DNA-Based Detection Tools for Surveillance and Assessing Risk (2006-2008) Center for Water Sciences, MSU, $134,800. (Primary Investigator)

Environmental Fate, Resistance Development and Toxicity of Pharmaceuticals in Natural and Engineering Systems (2006-2008) Center for Water Sciences, MSU, $148,000. (Co-Investigator)



Awards and Scholarships:

White Paper Award (2008) Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Prize for Poster Presentation (2000) Wisconsin Water Association

Vilas Award for Ph.D. Dissertators (2000) University of Wisconsin-Madison

Scholarship (1994-1997) Alexander Onassis Public Benefit Foundation

Scholarship (1994) NATO (declined by recipient due to conflict of schedule)

Scholarship (1993-1994) Vardinogianio Foundation

Awards (1988, 1991) Greek Federal Scholarships Foundation



Group Awards and Scholarships:

Fellowship for Water Quality and Treatment Study (2008) MI Section AWWA (advisee Rebecca Hulman)

Summer Fellowship (2006) Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University (advisee Kelvin Wong)