GRANTS

 

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2007-09  Sanitary District of Decatur Grant to conduct a biotic assessment of water quality in a stretch of the Sangamon River receiving effluent from the Sanitary
              District of Decatur. $175,588 (Co-Principle Investigator)
    


2006-09  Illinois Department of Natural Resources State Wildlife Grant to develop a multi-metric habitat index for wadeable streams.  $200,000 

2007-08 Illinois Department of Natural Resources Grant to investigate using geomorphology to predict fish assemblages in Illinois streams. $2,000

2007-08 Illinois Department of Natural Resources Grant to assess the validity of valley segments as determinants of stream habitat quality . $2,000

2006-07 Illinois Department of Natural Resources Grant to investigate the effects of flow rates on macroinvertebrate communities in Illinois streams. $2,000


2005-06 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Grant to conduct an intensive basin survey on the Kaskaskia River. $28,576

2005-06 Illinois Department of Natural Resources Grant to investigate the effectiveness of artificial riffles in Illinois streams. $2,000

2005-06 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Grant to conduct an intensive basin survey on the Embarras River. $16,576
 
2005-07 Sanitary District of Decatur Grant to conduct a biotic assessment of  the Sangamon River receiving effluent from the Sanitary District of Decatur. $108,352
 
2004-05 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Grant to conduct an intensive basin survey on the Illinois River. $18,576
 
2004-05 Sanitary District of Decatur Grant to conduct a biotic assessment of water quality in a stretch of the Sangamon River receiving effluent from the Sanitary District of
             Decatur. $105,242 (Co-Principle Investigator)

 
2002-04  National Science Foundation REU Grant to examine the ecology, behavior and physiology of exotic species. $164,786 (Co-Principle Investigator)
 
2002-03 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Grant to conduct an intensive basin survey on the Kaskaskia River. $22,673    
 
2001-03  Sanitary District of Decatur Grant to conduct fish population determination and quantitative habitat assessment on the Sangamon River. $88,500
             (Co-Principle Investigator)

 
2000-01 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs Renewable Energy Resources Program grant to investigate alternative energy use in Illinois. $15,118
 
1998-01  Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation 2000 grant to investigate the response of channel characteristics and fish populations to the installation of a
             Bendway Weir Field: Embarras River near Greenup. $52,800 (Co-Principle Investigator) 

 
1999-00   Illinois Department of Natural Resources grant to determine the Illinois River Turtle Community. $4,000  
 
1998-99  Sanitary District of Decatur Grant to conduct fish population determination and quantitative habitat assessment on the Sangamon River. $41,900
             (Co-Principle Investigator) 

 
1998-99  National Science Foundation REU Grant to conduct Conservation Biology in the Agricultural Midwest. $104,000 (Co-Principle Investigator) 
 
1998-99 Illinois Department of Natural Resources grant to determine the Illinois River Turtle Community. $3,500 (Co-Principle Investigator) 
 
1996-97  Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Grant to conduct fish population determination and   quantitative habitat assessment on the Embarras River. $23,000
 
1990-94   Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Research Fellowship to examine the effects of environmental perturbations on Bluegill Life History traits.  $50,000. 
 
1992-94  Department of Energy Research Fellowship to examine the effects reservoir draw-down conditions on a fish community. $20,000. 
 
1993  Department of Energy Set Aside Grant to examine the spatial distribution of harvester ant in an old field.  $4,000. 
 
1982-84  Oak Ridge Associated Universities travel contract to study the thermoregulatory behavior of bluegill  Lepomis macrochirus in a thermally stressed
              ecosystem. $12,000.

 

Internal:


2006        Eastern Illinois University College of Sciences Visiting Scholars Grant to sponsor a talk on aging.  Presented by Dr. Steve Austed, University of Texas. $500.00

2002-03  Eastern Illinois University College of Sciences Visiting Scholars Grant to sponsor a talk on sociobiology and the evolution of sex.  Presented by Dr. William
             Shields, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. $1,000.00

 
2002-03 Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Grant to examine the effects of  land use/land cover on abiotic factors and heterotrphic microorganisms in
             a freshwater stream system. $3,000

 
2001-02 Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Grant to examine the effects of aquatic habitat fragmentation on nutrient spiraling and primary
             productivity. $3,600.00

 
2001 Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Summer Grant to examine the effects of aquatic habitat fragmentation on dispersal rates and genetic
        diversity of darters. $4,000.00

 
2001 Eastern Illinois University College of Science Seed Grant to investigate the phylogeny of the sunfish family $1200.00.
 
2000-01   Eastern Illinois University College of Sciences Visiting Scholars Grant to sponsor a talk on diamondback terrapins.  Presented by Dr. Willem Roosenburg,
              Ohio University. $400.00 

 
2000–01 Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Grant to examine the effects of habitat  fragmentation on fish developmental stability. $2,736. 
 
2000 Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Summer Grant to examine the effects of      varying degrees of aquatic habitat fragmentation on
       macroinvertebrate communities. $4,000.00 

 
1999-00  Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Grant to examine the examine the effects of stream habitat fragmentation on fish growth rates. $3,500 
 
1999  Eastern Illinois University College of Sciences Visiting Scholars Grant to sponsor a talk on habitat fragmentation in urban areas.  Presented by Dr. Margaret
         Brittingham, Penn State University. $1,100.00 

 
1998  Eastern Illinois University, Untenured Small Grant to evaluate a non-destructive method for  determining lipid stores in aquatic organisms. $300.00 
 
1999  Eastern Illinois University College of Sciences Visiting Scholars Grant to sponsor a talk on bluegill adaptive morphology.  Presented by Dr. Tim Ehrlinger, University
         of Wisconsin Milwaukee $700.00  

 
1998 Eastern Illinois University College of Sciences Visiting Scholars Grant to sponsor a talk on habitat fragmentation in the tropics.  Presented by Dr. Robert Bierregaard
        of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. $700.00  

 
1998 Eastern Illinois University College of Science Seed Grant to develop a technique for determining DNA breakage in aquatic organisms. $900.00 
 
1997 Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Summer Grant to examine the use of Total Body Electric Conductivity as a Fisheries Management
        tool. $2,500  

 
1996-97 Eastern Illinois University Graduate School Grant to fund a seminar series on the effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity. $1,000  
 
1996  Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Summer Grant to examine the effects of  land use practices on stream biotic integrity. $2,500 
 
1995-96 Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Grant to examine the association of   DNA damage to concentrations of heavy metals in bluegills. $3,600  
 
1994-95 Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Grant to examine the effects of flow  regime and juvenile abundance on the assemblage structure of
            stream fishes.  $4,000.  

 

Teaching:


2002-03   Eastern Illinois University Foundation Redden Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate    Instruction to purchase limnology sampling equipment. $1,500
 
2002 Eastern Illinois University Technology-Enhanced and Delivered Education Grant to investigate the use of PDA technology to diverse curriculum.  $5,115.
 
2001 Eastern Illinois University Technology-Enhanced and Delivered Education Grant to enhance the general education course Environmental Life Sciences. $3,971.45
 
2001 Eastern Illinois University Foundation Redden Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction to purchase aquatic sampling equipment. $1,000 
 
2000  Eastern Illinois University Foundation Redden Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction to purchase instructional software. $1,000 
 
1996-97 Eastern Illinois University Foundation Redden Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction to purchase aquatic sampling equipment. $500 

 

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