Funding

Current Support

  1. “PFI-TT: High-Yield Production and Processing of Boron Nitride Particles for Biomedical Applications,” National Science Foundation (NSF).

  2. “STTR Phase IIB: High Brightness Fluorophores for Bioscience Applications,” National Science Foundation (NSF) via StabiLux Biosciences, Inc.

Other Funded Support

  1. “STTR Phase I: COVID-19 – High-Brightness Fluorescent Probes for Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction,” National Science Foundation (NSF) via StabiLux Biosciences, Inc.
  2. “Hetero-junctions of Boron Nitride and Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Characterization,” The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
  3. “MRI: Acquisition of a High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope for In Situ Microscopy Research and Education,” National Science Foundation (NSF).
  4. “Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Boron Nitride Nanostructures,” National Science Foundation (NSF).
  5. “STTR Phase II: High Brightness Fluorophores for Bioscience Applications,” National Science Foundation (NSF) via StabiLux Biosciences, Inc.
  6. “Far Red Fluorophores with Tunable Brightness,”Michigan Technological University Research Excellence Fund-Commercialization Milestone Grants (REF-CMG).

  7. “STTR Phase I and Ib: High Brightness Fluorophores for Bioscience Applications,” National Science Foundation (NSF) via StabiLux Biosciences, Inc.

  8. “High-Brightness Fluorophores with Specific Binders,” Michigan Translational Research & Commercialization (M-TRAC) Program For Applied Advanced Materials 2015
  9. “New Fluorophore Carriers for Biomedical Applications,” Michigan Technological University Research Excellence Fund-Technology Commercialization Grants (REF-TC).
  10. “I-Corps: High Brightness Fluorescence Reagents for Biomedical Applications,” National Science Foundation (NSF).
  11. “High Yield Synthesis of High Quality Boron Nitride Nanotubes,” University of Michigan, Michigan Initiative for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MIIE).
  12. “Technology Transfer Talent Network (T3N),” University of Michigan.
  13. “STTR Phase I: High yield production of boron nitride nanotubes for advanced heat management in sustainable technologies.” National Science Foundation (NSF) via Nano Innovations (NI).
  14. “Electronic properties of functional boron nitride nanotubes,” The Department of Energy, the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
  15. “Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Crystallined Boron Nitride Nanotubes Individual Boron Nitride Nanostructures,” The Department of Energy, the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINTs) at Sandia National Laboratory.
  16. “I-Corps: High Quality Boron Nitride Nanotubes,” National Science Foundation (NSF).
  17. “A New Perspective on Energy-Harvesting Nanowires: The Role of Chemistry and Structures of Nanowires,” National Science Foundation (NSF).
  18. Research Excellence Fund (REF) – Technology Commercialization Grants: High Yield Synthesis of Boron Nitride Nanotubes, July 2011-August 2012.
  19. “Confined Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes,” Physical Optics
  20. “Boron Nitride Nanostructures as the Next Generation Heat-Sink Materials,” Rockwell Collins.
  21. “Exploring Transport Properties of Nanotube Heterojunctions,” The Department of Energy, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
  22. “Synthesis and Characterization of Pure and Doped Boron Nitride Nanotubes,” The Department of Energy, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
  23. “Structural and compositional study of doped boron nitride nanotubes,” the Electron Microscopy Center at Argonne National Laboratory.
  24. “MRI: Acquisition of an In-Situ AFM/STM-TEM System for Interdisciplinary Nano-Research and Education at Michigan Tech,” National Science Foundation (NSF).
  25. “Synthesis and Characterization of Individual Boron Nitride Nanostructures” The Department of Energy, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT).
  26. “CAREER: Synthesis, Characterization and Discovery of Frontier Carbon Materials,” National Science Foundation (NSF).
  27. “Hetero-Junctions of Boron Nitride and Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Characterization,” The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
  28. “Argonne National Laboratory Guest Graduate Student Appointment”, Argonne National Laboratory.
  29. “Research and Infrastructure Development-Center for Nanomaterials Research Phase 3,” The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) / Army Research Laboratory (ARL).
  30. “Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Bacteria,” The United States Department of Agriculture.
  31. “The First Book on Boron Nitride Nanotubes and Related Nanostructures,” Michigan Tech faculty scholarship grants.
  32. “Molecular Nanomaterials for Device Applications,” The Department of the Army (DOA) / The City College of New York (CCNY).
  33. Michigan Tech Research Excellent Funds- Seed Grants: Initiative Research on Frontier Carbon Materials, July 2002-June 2003.
  34. Michigan Tech Research Excellent Funds- Mentoring Grant: Integrating Nanotechnology and Microengineering for High Power Density Three-dimensional Microbatteries, July 2004-June 2005.
  35. NASA Michigan Space Consortium Grants (undergraduate fellowships).
  36. MTU Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF).
  37. “Controlling Nanostructures of CVD-Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes,” The Department of Energy, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
  38. “Growth and Characterization of Pure and Doped Boron Nitride Nanotubes,” The Department of Energy, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).