Support & Recognition
Fundings & News
Competitive federal awards, state agency grants, and prominent national news coverage documenting our ongoing research on persistent pollutants.
Major Grants
Funding from EPA, DOE, NSF, and state environmental foundations
$1.2M
2021-2024
Children's chemical exposures from soil and dust
EPA-STAR
$700,000
2024-2026
Study novel MOFs as promising sorbents for PFAS removal from groundwater
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
$375,000
2025-2027
Integrated Watershed Monitoring and Predictive Modeling for PFAS Transport in Water Systems
EPA Region 4
$70,000
2023, co-PI
Research on solid and hazardous waste management
Hinkley Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
$50,000
2024-2025
PFAS content in biosolids and composts produced at wastewater treatment plants
Hinkley Center
$60,000
2023-2026
Collaborative Research on High Entropy Alloy Electrocatalysts
National Science Foundation (NSF Award)
$20,000
2022
Firefighter Cancer Initiative chemical exposure assessments
State of Florida / UM Firefighter Cancer Initiative
Student Award
2025–26
Student award Preetika Chand
ForEverglades Research Enhancement Grant
Recent Media Coverage
Television broadcasts and investigative journalism featuring our findings
Television & News
FIU receives $1.2 million from EPA to study children's chemical exposure
Science News
Toxic 'forever chemicals' found in tap water raise questions for scientists
Environmental News
Florida oysters found to have toxic "forever chemicals"
Miami Herald
Chemicals taint Biscayne Bay oysters - Miami Herald coverage
CBS News
Forever Chemical accumulation in deer and fish - CBS News
FIU News
"It's literally raining 'forever chemicals' in Miami" - FIU News (2024)
Research found PFAS in Miami's rainwater, showing atmospheric transport of these pollutants
NBC Miami
"How some South Florida cities are tackling forever chemicals in water" - NBC Miami (2024)
Coverage of local water treatment efforts and new national drinking water standards for PFAS