Active Grants

3. Development of novel water-energy-food-ecosystem (WEFE) mini-complex based on a standalone renewable energy aquaponic agriculture desalination system, The U.S.-Egypt Science and Technology Joint Fund, 2023 – 2026 (co-PI/PI: Dr. Md Shamim Ahamed)

2. Conservation hatchery operation for delta smelt refuge population maintenance and support, Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, 2020 – 2025 (Principal Investigator)

1. UC Davis Longfin Smelt Culture Development Program (LFSCDP), California Department of Water Resources, 2021 – 2024 (co-PI/PI: Dr. Nann Fangue)

Completed Grants

19. Quantifying genetic and epigenetic variation in delta smelt that may enable adaptation to future environments, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Proposition 1, 2020 – 2023 (co-PI/PI: Dr. Andrew Whitehead)

18. The molecular basis of hatchery adaptation in delta smelt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2020 – 2023 (co-PI/PI: Dr. Amanda Finger)

17. The significance of turbidity in safeguarding delta smelt from predation: growth, development, behavior and predation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2019 – 2023 (co-PI/PI: Dr. Anne Todgham)

16. Improving the survival of delta smelt larval single-family groups in a conservation hatchery, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2019 – 2022 (Principal Investigator)

15. Defining the fundamental niche of longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys): physiological mechanisms of environmental tolerance, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Proposition 1, 2018 – 2022 (co-PI/PI: Dr. Richard Connon)

14. Longfin smelt culture and marking method development, California Department of Water Resources, 2019 – 2021 (Principal Investigator)

13. Determination of delta smelt spawning behavior using cultured fish to inform future spawning habitat restoration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2017 – 2021 (Principal Investigator)

12. Testing of wakasagi hatching frames for delta smelt spawning, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2019 – 2021 (Principal Investigator)

11. Contaminant effects on two California fish species and the food web that supports them, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Proposition 1, 2016 – 2021 (co-PI/PI: Dr. Richard Connon)

10. Assessment of domestication selection in captive populations of delta smelt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2019 – 2020 (Principal Investigator)

9. Determination of the refractory period between batch spawns for delta smelt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2018 – 2020 (co-PI/PI: Dr. Swee Teh)

8. Development of an adaptive reintroduction plan for the delta smelt, California Department of Water Resources, 2016 – 2020 (co-PI/PI: Dr. Amanda Finger)

7. Delta smelt research and refuge population development, Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, 2015 – 2020 (Principal Investigator)

6. Delta smelt refuge population and culture facility renovation and expansion, Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, 2016 – 2019 (Principal Investigator)

5. Longfin smelt culture and marking, California Department of Water Resources, 2016 – 2018 (Principal Investigator)

4. Evaluation of natural marks for cultured delta smelt, Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, 2014 – 2017 (Principal Investigator)

3. Delta smelt refugium and recovery investigations, Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, 2010 – 2015 (Principal Investigator since 5/29/2015)

2. Assessing tagging-related mortality and tag retention in adult delta smelt for use in field studies, State and Federal Contractors Water Association, 2014 – 2015 (Principal Investigator)

1. Development of water dispersible granules, a safer pesticide formulation, SBIR Taiwan, 2005 (Principal Investigator)