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FUNDED (>$10 million total)

(2014)

Quantification of Fecal Bacteria Removal by Micro-zooplankton

Grazing in Stormwater BMPs, UNC WRRI, Mallin and Cahoon, $58,272

(2012)

Vulnerability of coastal central sewer systems to sea level rise, UNC Sea Grant, $5,800 + graduate

stipend

(2011)

Evaluating the invasive seaweed, Gracilaria vermiculophylla, as a source of plant growth promoter

compounds, UNC Sea Grant ($5040), L.B. Cahoon and B.R. Toothman

Bacterial consortia in swine waste lagoons: The role of purple phototrophic bacteria and anaerobic

ammonium oxidation (anammox) in odor control and natural products synthesis. NC Pork Council

(Cahoon and Song, $25,000; Year 3)

Evaluating high primary production in the surf zone: expanding the toolbox, CMS Pilot Project,

$25,000, with Craig Bailey

(2010)

MRI: Acquisition of an LC/MSn (Ralph Mead, PI, LBC co-PI, among many others, 187,884) NSF,

CHE - MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION

Response to BP Oil Spill: Baseline Beach Sampling for North Carolina (Cahoon, Lankford and

Alphin, $6000, Sea Grant)

Bacterial consortia in swine waste lagoons: The role of purple phototrophic bacteria and anaerobic

ammonium oxidation (anammox) in odor control and natural products synthesis. NC Pork Council

(Cahoon and Song, $25,000; Year 2)

(2009)

Bacterial consortia in swine waste lagoons: The role of purple phototrophic bacteria and anaerobic

ammonium oxidation (anammox) in odor control and natural products synthesis. NC Pork Council

(Cahoon and Song, $25,000; Year 1)

Biodiesel production from hog lagoon microbial communities, NC Biotechnology Center (Song and

Cahoon, $31,000)

Key parameters for assessing beach functionality, UNC Sea Grant (Cahoon, Posey, Leonard, Lankford,

and Alphin, $14,357 + $23,395 + $21,762, year 2)

Environmental assessment of Calabash Creek (Stanaland LLC, $10,052)

Using PCR-based methods to assess microbial contamination from swine CAFOs in surface and

groundwaters, UNC WRRI (Song, Cahoon and Mallin, $50,000)