Mentor: John Breen (Providence College) Project Location Providence College Project Description We are exploring luminescence displacement assays for phosphate in seawater. Our work is based on the well established phosphate binding chemistry involving molecules containing two closely spaced dipicolylamine (DPA) ligands each binding a zinc ion. In this work we are assessing the sensitivity of […]
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IO-9: Nanostructured Electrochemical Sensor for Seawater Nutrients Detection
Mentor: Bernard Munge (Salve Regina University) Project Location Salve Regina University Project Description Nanostructured sensor surfaces consisting of novel Carbon black-gold nanoparticles will be fabricated and coupled to flow cell sample delivery system for electrochemical detection of PO43- NO3- and NO2- in seawater samples. This project aims to advance the EPSCoR C-AIM research themes: “What […]
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Mentor: Kristofer Gomes (University of Rhode Island) Project Location University of Rhode Island-Bay Campus Project Description Narragansett Bay represents an important ecological and economic resource within Rhode Island and has been the subject of increased monitoring efforts, including as part of the Rhode Island Coastal Ecology Assessment Innovation and Modeling (RI C-AIM) project. This project […]
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Mentor: Baylor Fox-Kemper (Brown University) Project Location Brown University Project Description The Fox-Kemper Research group at Brown University is working with URI scientists to model the Narragansett Bay to Block Island Sound, Martha’s Vineyard, Fishers Island and up into the estuaries of the Providence River. The goal of their research is to create the OSOM […]
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Mentor: Brice Loose (University of Rhode Island) Project Location University of Rhode Island – Bay Campus Project Description This project will evaluate the capacity of microfluidics to individuate, enumerate, and visualize microplastics in the environment, using an in-line methodology that can sample continuously from environmental waters to produce a high-resolution census of microplastic particles. Microfluidic […]
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Mentor: Lindsay Green-Gavrielidis (Salve Regina University) Co-Mentor(s): Carol Thornber (University of Rhode Island), Lucie Miranda (University of Rhode Island) Project Location Salve Regina University Project Description Testing materials for resistance to biofouling is essential to advance the collection of data in the marine environment, since biofouling can impact the functioning of sensors within a few […]
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Mentor: Lauren Rossi (Roger Williams University) Project Location Roger Williams University Project Description The assessment of nutrient and pollutant ions within aqueous/ saline solutions is an important goal aimed toward determining the health of Narragansett Bay. Various Schiff base proligands have been synthesized and reacted with metal salts, to form organometallic complexes. Based upon these […]
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Mentor: David Banks-Richardson (University of Rhode Island) Co-Mentor(s): Ying Zhang (University of Rhode Island) Project Location University of Rhode Island – Kingston Project Description Next-generation sequencing technologies, including shotgun metagenomics, have shed light on the previously unknown inner workings of microbial communities. From 2017 to 2020, our laboratory has collected 68 shotgun metagenomes representing the […]
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Mentor: Jeffrey Markert (Providence College) Project Location Providence College Project Description Coastal New England has been forever changed by human activities. Industrial waste, introduced species, climate change, development, fisheries, and commerce all impact the waters of Narragansett Bay and adjacent estuaries. To me as an environmentalist, this is both frightening and depressing. I feel a […]
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Mentor: Vinka Craver (University of Rhode Island) Co-Mentor(s): Carol Thornber (University of Rhode Island), Lucie Miranda (University of Rhode Island), Lindsay Green-Gavrielidis (Salve Regina University) Project Location University of Rhode Island – Kingston Project Description This project is part of a larger collaborative project involving marine biologists and engineers to test underwater sensor materials for […]
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