1. Survival of Escherichia coli on Soil Particle Surface in Opaeula Watershed of Oahu, Hawaii. 1/01/09-12/30/11. Funding source: USDA NRI.

2. EAGER: Understand the Concentration Dynamics of Fecal-specific Chemical and Bacterial Markers in a Tropical Sewershed. Tao Yan (PI), Chittaranjan Ray (co-PI), 1/01/10-12/30/11. Funding source: NSF.

3. Molecular evolution of antibiotic resistance in soil exposed to anthropogenic factors. 09/01/2010~08/30/2012. Funding source: United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation.

4. A novel upflow geofilter system for the cost-efficient removal of fecal bacteria from stream water, 06/01/10-01/31/11. Funding source: UH Sea Grant College Program.

5. Improving MSL removal of bacterial pathogens from swine wastewater, Russ Yost (PI), Tao Yan (co-PI), 09/01/10-08/31/12. Funding source: USDA T-STAR project.

6. Survival of Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Waterborne Pathogens in Hawaiian Beach Sand. 03/01/11-2/28/13. Funding source: Hawaii Department of Health.

7. Rapid Detection of Sewer Pipeline Problems Using Bacterial DNA Markers and Q-PCR Technology. 02/01/11-01/31/14. Funding source: US EPA (STAR).

Compeleted Projects:

1. Determination of the Relationship between Biodiversity and Trophic State of the Wahiawa Reservoir. 3/01/08-2/28/09. $20,000. Funding source: USGS WRRIP (Hawaii).

2. Partition and differential survival of fecal indicators and pathogens between sand and water of tropical beaches, 6/01/09-12/30/10. $144,554.00. Funding source: WERF.