Research Projects & Grants

College/University

  • Mechanisms underlying charged particle-induced disruption of CNS function, Role: Principal Investigator, University of California, Irvine, (07/2015 - 09/2018) Status: Closed
  • The Role of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation on Synaptic Function After Space Radiation, Role: Principal Investigator, University of California, San Francisco, (01/2014 - 01/2018) Status: Closed

Federal

  • Biosentinel: A Biosensor in Space, Role: PD/PI, NASA Ames Research Center, (11/2018 - 11/2022) Status: Closed
  • Responses of the Nervous System to Chronic Low Dose Charged Particle Irradiation, Role: PD/PI, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (04/2018 - 12/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Sensing, Signaling and the Role of Aer-2-Regulated Chemosensory Systems, Role: Consultant, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (05/2016 - 04/2022) Status: Closed
  • Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA), Role: Principal Investigator, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (11/2014 - 11/2020) Status: Closed
  • DoubleBreak: A Biosensor in Space, Role: Principal Investigator, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (06/2014 - 09/2018) Status: Closed
  • Cooperative Research in Proton Space Radiation, Role: Investigator, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (01/2011 - 06/2013) Status: Closed
  • (NSCOR): Carcinogenesis and Central Nervous System Risks from Space Radiation, Role: Principal Investigator, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (01/2010 - 06/2016) Status: Closed
  • Cooperative Research in Proton Space Radiation, Role: Co-PD/PI, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (01/2010 - 12/2010) Status: Closed
  • Low Dose Ionizing Radiation Modulates Immune Function, Role: Principal Investigator, Department of Energy, (09/2009 - 02/2015) Status: Closed
  • Cooperative research in proton space radiation, Role: Co-PD/PI, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (10/2008 - 12/2009) Status: Closed
  • Epigenetic Control of Radiogenic Damage Processing in C. elegans, Role: Principal Investigator, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (01/2008 - 06/2012) Status: Closed
  • Cooperative research in proton space radiation, Role: Co-PD/PI, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (10/2006 - 09/2008) Status: Closed
  • Cooperative research in proton space radiation, Role: PD/PI, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (10/2005 - 09/2009) Status: Closed
  • Progressive Alterations of Central Nervous System Structure and Function are Caused by Charged Particle Radiation, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (01/2004 - 12/2009) Status: Closed
  • Progressive Alterations of Central Nervous System Structure and Function are Caused by Charged Particle Radiation, Role: PD/PI, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (01/2004 - 12/2009) Status: Closed
  • Cooperative Research Agreement on Proton Space Radiation NCC9-149, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (10/2003 - 09/2004) Status: Closed
  • Response of thyroid functional tissue units to space like radiation fields., Role: Key, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (09/2002 - 08/2005) Status: Closed
  • Cooperative research in proton space radiation, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (01/2002 - 04/2006) Status: Closed
  • Effect of low dose rate proton irradiation chromosome aberrations in human lymphocytes, Role: PI, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (09/2000 - 09/2001) Status: Completed

For Profit Organization

  • Central Nervous System Subject Matter Expert, Role: PD/PI, KBRwyle, (02/2021 - 09/2025) Status: Awarded

Internal

  • NASA Task Seed Money Account, Role: Principal Investigator, LLU Dept. of Radiation Medicine, (10/2008 - 06/2010) Status: Closed

Non-Profit Organization

  • Center for Research on Cardiac and Vascular Effects of Space Radiation, Role: Principal Investigator, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, (06/2014 - 05/2017) Status: Closed
  • Space Radiation and Bone Loss: Lunar Outpost Mission Critical Scenarios and Countermeasures, Role: PD/PI, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, (10/2007 - 10/2011) Status: Closed