Preparing Drinking Water Utilities on Beaver Lake Reservoir to Meet Disinfection Byproduct Regulations, Arkansas Water Resource Center, $53,374, March 2012 – February 2013. (Fairey, P.I., Zhang, Co-P.I.)
Assessing Sources of Nitrosamine Precursors in Drinking Water Treatment Plants, Arkansas Water Resource Center, $29,170, March 2013 – February 2014. (Zhang, P.I., Fairey, Co-P.I.)
The Impact of Microbial Activity in Water Treatment Processes under the Change of Pre-Oxidation Regime at Beaver Water District, Beaver Water District, $10,835, May 2013 – September 2013. (Zhang, P.I.)
Advancing Algal Biofuel Production: Cultivating Algal Biofilm Using Wastewater Effluent, Arkansas Biosciences Institute, $22,837, July 2013 -May 2014. (Zhang, P.I.)
Development of Best Management Practices for Turbidity Control during Rainfall Events at Highway Construction Sites using Polyacrylamide (PAM), $156,193, July 2013-June 2015. (Fairey, P.I., Zhang, Co-P.I.)
Tailoring Activated Carbons for Enhanced Adsorption of Disinfection Byproduct Precursors, Tulsa Metropolitan Utility Authority, $156,000, September 2013 – August 2015. (Fairey, P.I., Zhang, Co-P.I.)
Removal of Endocrine Disrupters from Wastewater Streams, MAST Center (sponsor: Garver USA), $150,000, October 2013 – September 2016. (Wickramasinghe, P.I., Zhang, Co-P.I., Qian, Co-P.I.)
Ammonia Removal in Massard Wastewater Treatment Plant, SURF grant, Arkansas Department of Higher Education, $4,000, January 2014 – August 2014. (Zhang, P.I.)
SEC Travel Grant, $2,500, March 2014. (Zhang, P.I.)
Microbial Community under the changing pre-oxidation regime at Beaver Water District, Arkansas Water Resource Center, $6,000, March 2014 – February 2015. (Zhang, P.I.)
Assessing total nitrosamine formation and speciation in drinking water treatment plants, Arkansas Water Resource Center, $24,600, March 2014 – February 2015. (Fairey, P.I., Zhang, Co-P.I.)
Methods Comparison of Nucleic Acid Extraction from Environmental Samples Using Next Generation Sequencing, Provost’s Research Grants, $1,500, December 2014 – June 2015. (Zhang, P.I., Carbonero, Co-P.I.)
New Methods of Microalgae Quantification in Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel Production, SURF grant, Arkansas Department of Higher Education, $4,000, January 2015 – December 2015. (Zhang, P.I.)
Investigating Fate of Engineered Nanoparticles in Wastewater Biofilms, Arkansas Water Resource Center, $5,000, March 2016 – February 2017. (Zhang, P.I.)
Tailored Collaboration: Assessing Fluorescence and UV Sensors for Detecting Disinfection Byproduct Precursors, Nitrification Episodes, and Red Water Events in Distribution Systems, Water Research Foundation, $99,950 (cost sharing: 167,491), June 2016 – May 2019. (Fairey, P.I., Zhang, Co-P.I.)
Investigating Interactions between Engineered Nanoparticles and Biofilms, ERISF (COE Seed Funding), University of Arkansas, $19,802, July 2016 – June 2017. (Zhang, P.I., Greenlee, Co-P.I.)
Investigating Impact of Lead Service Lines in Drinking Water Distribution Systems at the City of Tulsa, Tulsa Metropolitan Utility Authority, $93,944, July 2016 – June 2018. (Zhang, P.I.)
An Overlooked Source of N-nitrosamine Precursors: Examining the Role of Biofilm in Chloraminated Drinking Water Systems, National Science Foundation, $331,806, Aug 2016 – July 2019. (Zhang, P.I., Fairey, Co-P.I.)
Assessing Auto Flocculation of Microalgae in Wastewater Treatment, SURF grant, Arkansas Department of Higher Education, $4,000, January 2017 – December 2017. (Zhang, P.I.)
Methods Development for Single Nanoparticle ICP-MS, Provost’s Research Grants, $1,500, December 2016 – June 2017. (Zhang, P.I., Pollock, Co-P.I., Chen, Co-P.I.)
Investigating Impact of Lead Service Lines in Drinking Water Distribution Systems at the City of Tulsa, Arkansas Water Resources Center, $5,000, March 2017 – February 2018. (Zhang, P.I.)
An In Situ Approach to Harmful Algal Blooms: Simultaneous Treatment of Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in Natural Water Sources Using Catalytic Nanoparticle-Fiber Nets, Arkansas Water Resources Center, $24,996, March 2018 – February 2019. (Greenlee, P.I., Zhang, co-P.I.)
In situ and simultaneous treatment of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxin, SURF grant, Arkansas Department of Higher Education, $4,000, January 2018 – December 2018. (Zhang, P.I.)
Catalyst Embedded Nanoporous Material for the Remediation of Energetic Compounds, CatalyzeH2O LLC, $210,000, May 2020 – April 2022. (Greenlee, P.I., Zhang, co-P.I.)
Mechanisms, kinetics and toxicity of microcystin-LR biodegradation by free and immobilized enzymes, Arkansas Water Resources Center, $25,000, March 2020 – Feb 2021. (Greenlee, P.I., Zhang, co-P.I.)
In Situ Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation: Net Design to Enhance Coagulation and Photocatalytic Degradation Mechanisms, Honors Research Grant, University of Arkansas, $3,000, January 2020 – December 2020 (Zhang, P.I., Greenlee, Co-P.I.)
Using SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater as a Surveillance Tool for Covid-19 Monitoring, State of Arkansas, $39,600, July 2020 – December 2020 (Zhang, P.I.)
Examining Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fate and Transport in Surface Waters, American Cleaning Institute, $5,000, October 2020 – January 2021 (Zhang, P.I.)
Elucidating the fate of intra- and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural reuse water, USDA, $500,000, December 2020 – November 2023 (Zhang, P.I., Wang, Co-P.I., Savin, Co-P.I.)
Demonstration of Photocatalytic Net for In Situ Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation, Arkansas Water Resources Center, $33,200, September 2021 – August 2022. (Zhang, P.I., Greenlee, co-P.I.)
Elucidating the Fate and Implication of SARS-CoV-2 in Domestic Wastewater, Arkansas Water Resources Center, $34,219, September 2021 – August 2022. (Zhang, P.I.)
Advancing Molecular Research Using Droplet Digital PCR, Arkansas Biosciences Institute, $125,010.1, July 2022 – May 2023. (Zhang, P.I.)
Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Reuse Water, Arkansas Water Resources Center, $10,000, September 2022 – August 2023. (Zhang, P.I.)
