Strengthening and Expanding Regional CEC Initiatives to Promote Research-to-Application Partnerships

This project expands upon two previous efforts to focus on research-to-application partnerships and expanding existing efforts.

Project Support

This project is supported by a grant from the NOAA National Sea Grant Office, award NA24OARX417C0591-T1-01. Leveraging the previous Southeast efforts, that included the release of a request for proposals to address the identified priorities, we were able to fund two additional projects that were submitted to the FY2023 competitive research competition.

Supported Research Projects

Jim Anderson, Ph.D., Director, James C. Kennedy Waterfowl and Wetlands Conservation Center, Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, Clemson University

Elucidating Patterns of Microplastic and PFAS Contamination Using Alligators to Explore Exposure and Fate of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Wetlands

Steven Murawski, Ph.D., Professor, University of South Florida

Does Variability in Coastal Hydrology Affect the Sources and Concentration of CECs in a Large Estuarine System in Florida?

Project Team

Stephanie Otts, J.D., M.S.E.L.
National Sea Grant Law Center Director
sshowalt@olemiss.edu
(662) 915-7714

Catherine Marie Janasie
National Sea Grant Law Center Senior Research Counsel
cjanasie@olemiss.edu
(662) 915-7775

Brooke Saari
SCSGC Coastal Environmental Quality Program Specialist
brooke.saari@scseagrant.org
(843) 953-6406

Lola Renauer
SCSGC Contaminants of Emerging Concern Graduate Assistant
lola.renauer@scseagrant.org
(843) 953-2078