Geobacter Project University of Massachusetts Geobacter Project

Current Research Support as Principal Investigator

  • Microbial Fuels Cells
    Office of Naval Research
  • Nanowires, Capacitors, and Other Novel Outer-Surface Components Involved in Electron Transfer to Fe(III) Oxides in Geobacter Species.
    U.S. Department of Energy
  • Molecular Strategy to Estimate Rates of Anaerobic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation in Contaminated Marine Sediments.
    Office of Naval Research
  • Genome-Based Models to Optimize In Situ Bioremediation of Uranium and Harvesting Electrical Energy from Waste Organic Matter.
    U.S. Department of Energy
    University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Genomatica Inc., TIGR(JCVI), Univ of TN, UCSD, U Toronto, Argonne National Laboratories
  • Engineering Geobacter sulfurreducens for Enhanced Electrical Energy Generation.
    STTR NSF Phase II- NSF Agreement No. NSF-2-20061001
    National Science Foundation
    Genomatica Inc., University of Massachusetts
  • Molecular Analysis of Rates of Metal Reduction and Metabolic State of Geobacter Species During In Situ Uranium Bioremediation.
    U.S. Department of Energy
  • Coupling In Silico Microbial Models with Reactive Transport Models to Predict the Fate of Contaminants in the Subsurface.
    U.S. Department of Energy
    University of Massachusetts, University of Toronto
  • Optimization of Microbial Fuel cells via Genetic Engineering and Development of New Anode Surfaces
    Toyota Technical Center