Funded Research Projects

2020-2025 | 12 funded projects | $8,003,711

Driving interdisciplinary solutions through global partnerships, advancing sustainability and resilience across water, energy, food, and climate systems.

Research and Engagement projects

Ongoing funded projects

PI,

2025

The evolving role of universities in the AI era: Opportunities for improving AI literacy through micro-credentials and interdisciplinary curriculum design, Microsoft AI Economy Institute, $85,000 (2025)

Co-PI,

2023-2026

Global Center on Climate Change and Water Energy Food Health Systems, National Institutes for Health, $1,173,517 (2023-2026) – Project Number: 1P20TW012709-01

Senior Personnel,

2022-2024

AccelNet-Design: Soil and Land Management for Food & Water Security, Adaption and Mitigation to Climate Change, National Science Foundation$249,968 (2022-2024) – Award Number:2201335 | Project webpage

Senior Personnel,

2022-2027

AccelNet-Implementation: US-Africa Sustainable Food Systems through Water-Energy- Food Nexus Networking (SustainFood), National Science Foundation$2,000,000 (2022-2027) – Award Number:2201446 | Project webpage

Senior Personnel,

2023-2024

NSF Engines: Type I: The Permian Energy Technology and Resilience Alliance (PETRA): Expanding Resilience of Energy Communities through Technology and Social Research, National Science Foundation$1,000,000 (2023-2024) – Award Number: 2303637 

Co-PI,

2022-2023

Global Center on Climate Change and Water Energy Food Health Systems, National Institutes for Health, $1,173,517 (2023-2026) – Project Number: 1P20TW012709-01

Past projects

Senior Personnel,

2022-2023

NSF Convergence Accelerator Track G: PETS: Programmable Zero-Trust Security for Operating Through 5G Infrastructure, NSF Convergence Accelerator, National Science Foundation, $750,000 (2022-2023) – Award Number:2226339

Collaborator,

2017-2023

INFEWS/T3: Decision Support for Water Stressed FEW Nexus Decisions (DS-WSND), National Science Foundation$2,431,217 (2017-2023) – Award Number:1739977 | Project webpage

Senior Personnel,

2021-2022

NSF Convergence Accelerator Track G: PETS: Programmable Zero-Trust Security for Operating Through 5G Infrastructure, NSF Convergence Accelerator, National Science Foundation, $750,000 (2022-2023) – Award Number:2226339

Co-PI,

2020-2021

A projection Tool based on the Water, Energy, Food Nexus and Migration interdependencies – towards a Migration Index. Texas A&M Energy Institute Seed Grants Program$15,000 (2020-2021).

Co-PI,

2019-2020

Pilot Study on Evapotranspiration and Trade-offs in the Water-Energy Food Nexus in Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)$99,480 (2019-2020).

Co-PI,

2020-2022

FORWARD: Toward Resilient and Food Secure Communities in the Face of Global Threats. Texas A&M Global Engagement Grants$50,000 (2020-2022).

Other projects