Grants and Contracts

• ARO DURIP • 2017 • $ 152,215

Acquisition of High Sensitivity Instruments to Enhance Advanced Recognition of Photocatalytic Activity of Composite Materials as CWA Deactivation and Detection Media

• NSF QEMT • 2016 • $ 637,715

Acquisition of Nanofrazor 

• NYC DEP • 2014 – 2017 • $ 1,182,924

Study of Granular Activated Carbons

• ARO • June 13- March 17 • $ 450,000

Insight Into Multifunctional Reactive Adsorbents: Engaging Chemistry, Porosity, Photo-activity and Conductivity into Decontamination Process

• EPA • Dec 11- Dec. 14 • $499,746

Sewage and industrial sludge based composite adsorbents for removal of contaminants from drinking water sources    

• NSF • Oct 2011-Sept 2014 •  $ 263, 600

Collaborative research: nano-engineered MOF-graphene materials- new perspectives for reactive adsorption and catalysis    

• ARO –DURIP • 2011-2012 • $ 220,000

Acquisition Of High Sensitivity Instruments To Enhance The  Study Of Reactive Adsorption On Nanoengineered Materials And Their Application In Filters And Gas Sensors    

• Micromeritics Instrument Corporation • 2011-present • $98,000

ASAP 2050

• NYC DEP • May 10-Dec. 13 • $1,100,200

Study of Granular Activated Carbons  

• ARO • Feb.10-Jan. 13 • $370,000

Nanoengineered Carbon-Based Materials For Reactive Adsorption of Toxic Industrial Compounds

• NSF • Oct.09- Sept. 12 • $292,000

Investigation of Factors Affecting Adsorption Capacity and Selectivity of Activated Carbon in Highly Efficient Desulfurization of Diesel Fuel

• NSF • April 08-March 11 • $177,927

Removal of Toxic Gases by Intercalation and Reactive Adsorption  

• NYC DEP • May 08-May 10 • $672,000

Study of Granular Activated Carbons

• NYSERDA • April 06-March 07 • $50,000

Adsorption of Biogas on Industrial Sludge Derived Adsorbents  

• ARO • Oct.05-Oct.09 • $370,000

Sorbents and Mechanisms of Removal  

• NYC DEP  • May 05-May 07 • $562,000

Study of Granular Activated Carbons

• NYSERDA • Feb 04-June04 • $41,000

Sewage Sludge Enriched Adsorbents for Removal of Acidic Gases   

• CRDF (USA- Moldova) • March 02-Apr.04 • $5,800

Activated Carbons for Water Treatment  

• NATO (Collaborative Linkage Grant: USA-Spain-Ukraine) • April 01-May 04 • $ 25,000

Adsorption of hydrogen sulfide on Nitrogen Modified Activated carbons 

• NYC DEP • May 02-May 05 • $476,490

Study of Granular Activated Carbons  

• Synagro Corporation • Oct. 01-Sept. 02 • $ 11,000

Terrene® Modified with Spent Oil as a Precursor for Efficient Adsorbents for H₂S and SO₂ removal.  

• E.I. de Pont de Nemours and Company • Feb.01-Jan.02 • $ 15,000

Determination of Surface pK_a Distributions using Titration Methods in Polar and Non Polar Solvents

• PRF • Sept.00-Aug.04 • $60,000

The Mechanism of Methyl Mercaptan Adsorption/Oxidation on Activated Carbons

• Graduate Research Technology Initiative • 1999 • $50,000

Evaluation of the levels of Contaminants and Pollutants in Water and Air in New York

• CUNY Collaborative Incentive Grants program • Sept.99-Aug.01 • $32,000

Activated Carbons Obtained from New York City Municipal Sludge as Sorbents for Sulfur Dioxide

• NYC DEP • May 99-May 02 • $682,896

Study of Granular Activated Carbons                         

• NASA (PAIR) • (associate investigator) • June 98-June 01

Remote Sensing and Environmental/Climate Research

• NYC DEP • Jan. 98-Jan. 99 • $272,319

Study of Granular Activated Carbons

• National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences • Fall 1997

Travel grant to Ukraine to start collaboration with Ukrainian Academy of Sciences