Grants:

Integrated Beach Sanitary Surveys Using qPCR Tools (2011-2013) Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), $250,000 (Co-Investigator)

Building Beach Managers Capacity for Using Rapid Tools (2011-1013) Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), $225,000 (Co-Investigator)

Virus Quantification for Pollution Source Identification (2010-2012) Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), $217,553 (Sole Investigator)

Advanced Membrane Technologies for a Sustainable Future (2010-2013) Strategic Partnership Grant, MSU, $400,000 (Co-Investigator)

Quantification of Enteric Viruses in the Chicago River (2009-2010) University of Illinois at Chicago (Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago) , $106,624 (Sole Investigator)

Water Utility Framework for Responding to Emerging Contaminant Issues (2008-2010) Water Research Foundation (WRF), former AWWArf, $150,000 (Primary Investigator)

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

Containment Lysimeter Flow Regime Verification and Instrumentation for Evaluating the Trasport of Viruses and Indicators in Shallow Groundwater (2008-2009) Center for Water Sciences, MSU, $10,000 (Co-Investigator)

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

Fellowship Program in Microbial Risk Assessment for Public Security, Safety and Health (2008-2011) Department of Homeland Security (DHS), $490,813 (Co-Investigator)

Evaluation of Membrane Bioreactor Efficiency in Removing and Inactivating Viral Pathogens (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/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

Research Assistantships (1995-2000) 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



Student Awards/Fellowships:

Mariya Munir (2011) Outstanding MS Student Award, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University

Emily Sokol (2011) Summer Internship for Engineering Undergraduates, Michigan State University

Kelvin Wong (2009) Outstanding PhD Student Award, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University

Brandon Onan (2009) Summer Internship for Engineering Undergraduates, Michigan State University

Fred Simmons (2008-2010) Fellowship in Microbial Risk Assessment, US Department of Homeland Security

Fred Simmons (2008) Summer Internship for Engineering Undergraduates, Michigan State University

Rebecca Hullman (2008) Fellowship for Water Quality and Treatment Study, American Water Works Association-MI Section