Building a Regional Network to Study the Influence of Climate Change on Contaminants of Emerging Concern
The geographical scope of this project is focused on South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and includes both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of Florida. We aim to support research that will address priorities defined through our literature gap analysis, legal scan, and advisory committee discussions.
Project Support
This project is supported by a grant from the National Sea Grant Office and NOAA. Following the completion of a gap analysis and legal scan in Year 1, we released a Request for Proposals to address the priorities identified in our Primer.
The competitive research opportunity was open from October 2023 through January 2024.
Supported Research Projects
Till J.J. Hanebuth, Ph.D., Professor, Coastal Carolina University
Proposal Name: Rising water tables and increasing river flooding changing the transport pattern and fate of PFAS in the lower Winyah watershed (WinyahFlu)
Leslie Hart, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Charleston
Proposal Name: Climate factor influences, spatiotemporal variability, and bottlenose dolphin health related to phthalate exposure measured over 30 years in Sarasota Bay, Florida (1993-2023)
Ching-Hua Huang, Ph.D., Turnipseed Family Chair and Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Proposal Name: Impact of Drinking Water Treatment on the Fate of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) and Precursors in Wastewater Reuse Application
Xiaoyu Xu, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist, University of Georgia
Proposal Name: Develop a Community-Based Participatory Approach to Evaluate the Dietary Exposure of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in an Underrepresented Community
Project Team
Brooke Saari
SCSGC Coastal Environmental Quality Program Specialist
brooke.saari@scseagrant.org
(843) 953-6406
Katy Austin Smith
GASG Water Resources Specialist
klaustin@uga.edu
(912) 262-3338
Catherine Marie Janasie
National Sea Grant Law Center Senior Research Counsel
cjanasie@olemiss.edu
(662) 915-7775
Lola Renauer
SCSGC Contaminants of Emerging Concern Graduate Assistant
lola.renauer@scseagrant.org
(843) 953-2078
Advisory Committee
Bill Strosnider – University of South Carolina, Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences
Ryann Rossi – St. Andrew & St. Joseph Bays Estuary Program, Florida State University Panama City
Chip Robinson – Georgia Interfaith Power and Light
Marilyn Hemingway – Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce
Jennifer Kline – Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Resources Division
Chaquetta Greene – South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Environmental Justice Associate
Elizabeth Booth – Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Watershed Protection Branch
Cheryl Cail – American Rivers
Lisa Fraley-McNeal – Center for Watershed Protection
Ed Wirth – NCCOS/Hollings Marine Lab
Lisa Krimsky – Florida Sea Grant
Ray Holberger – South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Sue Ebanks – Savannah State University
Stephanie Showalter-Otts – National Sea Grant Law Center Director