NASA EPSCoR 2023 RID Awards
The Impacts of Western US Wildfire Smoke on Clouds, Radiation, and Precipitation in the Central US
Prediction of Wildfires Smoke Emissions using Machine Learning Algorithms
Plants in Space: terraforming Martian regolith to optimize organic matter decomposition…
Can Earth’s oxygen factory survive the radiation on Mars? Investigating the effect of Mars-relevant radiation exposure on Algae
Developing a luminescence-based tool for dating raised beach ridges in the high Arctic…
Adsorbed ozone in terrestrial deserts and on Mars
Investigating ion-radical collisions by emulating interstellar environment in the laboratory
NASA EPSCoR 2022 RID Awards
Dr. Paul Oh (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Tele-Presence Infrastructure – Robots and Agents
Dr. Ali Saidi-Mehrabad (Desert Research Institute)
Viruses of Earth’s Continental Deep Subsurface…
NASA EPSCoR 2021 RID Awards
Eakalak Khan
UNLV
Identification and Development of Task Specific Deep Eutectic Solvents for the Dissolution Silica from Lunar Regolith
Meghan Collins
DRI
Living Snow in the Sierra Nevada
Leena Cycil
UNLV
Examining the Impact of Light Intensities and Wavelengths on Algae Growth with Space Biology Implications
Jeongwon Park
UNR
Nanotechnology Enabled Sensors for Characterizing Martian Dust Properties
NASA EPSCoR 2017 RID Awards
NASA EPSCoR 2016 RID Awards
NASA EPSCoR 2015 RID Awards
Dr. Paul Oh (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Tele-Presence Infrastructure – Robots and Agents
Dr. Ali Saidi-Mehrabad (Desert Research Institute)
Viruses of Earth’s Continental Deep Subsurface…
NVSGC 2023 Rapid Research Response (R3) Awards
NVSGC 2022 Rapid Research Response (R3) Awards
NVSGC 2021 Rapid Research Response (R3) Awards
Eakalak Khan
UNLV
Biomimicry of the Growth of a Desert Plant as an Approach for Extractions of Phosphorus and Minerals from Martian Regolith
Brian Hedlund
UNLV
Thermophilic Biomass Recycling by Novel Chloroflexi to Support NASA Spaceflights
Elisabeth Hausrath
UNLV
Renewal of Life on Mars Algae Cultivation for Long-term Food and Oxygen Production
High Energy Battery Materials at Low Temperatures for Future NASA Missions (2019-2022)
Principal Investigator: Feifei Fan (UNLV)
Co-Investigators: Dev Chidambaram (University of Nevada, Reno), Xiaoliang Wang (Desert Research Institute), Qiang Zhu (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
NASA Collaborators: Claire Fortenberry (GRC), Marit Meyer (GRC), and Paul Mudgett (JSC)
Life in Salts: a Multidisciplinary Investigation of Microorganisms and Biosignatures in the Death Valley Salt Pan (2018-2021)
Advanced Transport Technologies for NASA Thermal Management/Control Systems (2015-2018)
Building Capacity in Interdisciplinary Snow Sciences for a Changing World (2014-2017)
Advanced Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Sensors for Aerospace Robotic Applications (2013-2018)