2019 Faculty Initiative Fund Awardees

Tier I Proposal Awards:

Getu Hailu – Innovative Solutions for Sensible Thermal Storage Systems in Cold Climates - $76,000
Diane Hirshberg – The Role of Education in Supporting Self-Determined Sustainable Development in Alaska - $90,000
Nicole Misarti – Solving a growing problem in marine carbon stable isotope research - $75,000

Matthew Wooller – Tracking the foot-steps of an ancient mammoth in Alaska: A project promoting inter-university state-of-the-art and innovative research - $30,000
Yin Zhang – Polymer-Alternating-Solvent Injection: A New Enhanced Oil Recovery Method for Alaska North Slope Heavy Oils - $29,969
Yongwon Kim – Significance of non-growing season CO2 emission in tundra and boreal forest soils of Alaska - $19,000
Sonia Nagorski – Novel investigation into the magnitude of plastic pollution in coastal southeast Alaska - $18,000
Hattie Harvey – Project SAID: Serving Alaska’s Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: An Inter-University and Community Collaboration - $29,000
Angela Bowers – Integrating Macro-algae Culture into Alaska Salmon Enhancement Aquaculture: A Resource for Teaching with Ecological and Economical Benefits for Alaska - $25,300
Jingqiu Mao – Rural Alaska Air Quality with Big Data Analysis - $30,000
Derek Sikes – Creation of a DNA Barcode Library for Alaska’s Freshwater Aquatic Arthropods to Facilitate Research and Education - $29,451

William Howard – Development of Two Types of Platinum-Based Drugs for Destroying Human Leukemia Cells - $10,000
Herminia Din – Our Plastic Ocean vs. Our Clean Ocean - $9,750
Kevin Berry – Risky Business: Implications of Decisions Under Uncertainty for Environmental Policy - $9,535
Scott Goddard – The mega-analysis of sequential experimental data in engineering research - $9,395
Han Donker – What are the Corporate Values of Alaska Native Businesses? - $9,400