UF-CTA Affiliated Faculty:
Effective date |
Amount |
Funding agency |
Project title |
Role |
2006-2007 |
$49,900 |
SFWMD |
Influence of prescribed fire on phosphorus speciation in ash and redistribution in water and sediment. South Florida water management district |
PI |
2007 |
$25,000 |
SFWMD |
Literature review on calcium carbonate biogeochemistry and its effects on phosphorus removal in natural and constructed wetlands |
Co-Pi |
2006-2007 |
$87,589 |
USDA |
Sustainable water resource management: U.S.-India collaborative research and education |
Investigator |
2006-2008 |
$1,030,400 |
EPA, FEDCS, SFWMD, SWFWMD, SRWMD |
Implementation of BMPs for Florida vegetable and row crops |
Co-Pi |
2003-2007 |
$1,244,387 |
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians |
Miccosukee flow-proportional monitoring project |
PI |
2005-2008 |
$238,000 |
USDA/ |
Improving water quality at the watershed level by targeting high-return stakeholders |
Co-Pi |
2005-2008 |
$29,000 |
USGS |
Chemical analysis for developing midge bioassessment methods for evaluating Everglades marsh water quality |
PI |
2005-2006 |
$49,000 |
SFWMD |
Characterization and analyses of water quality data in the Indian River Lagoon. South Florida Water Management District |
PI |
2005-2007 |
$128,000 |
SJRWMD |
Lateral subsurface water flow in |
Co-Pi |
2005 |
$26,152 |
USAID |
Cover crops in natural resources improvement and tree crops sustainability under tropical agro-forestry systems in South America |
PI |
2005-2007 |
$75,662 |
USDA/ |
Foliar acid application to prevent iron deficiency in tropical fruit crops grown in calcareous soils |
Co-Pi |
2004-2007 |
$150,000 |
USDA/ |
Development of a system approach to organic greenhouse herb production for protected agriculture in a mild weather climate |
Co-Pi |
2004-2007 |
$23,000 |
USDA/ARS |
Tropical cover crops for plant-parasitic nematode suppression in southern Florida |
Co-Pi |
2004-2005 |
$5,500 |
Florida Tomato Committee |
Development and demonstration of practical drip-irrigation application of fumigants to reduce emissions, worker exposure, and costs of tomato production in Miami-Dade County |
Co-Pi |
2004-2005 |
$135,000 |
SFWMD |
Soils and hydroperiod analysis in the floodplains of the Loxahatchee River Watershed |
PI/Co-PI |
2004-2005 |
$19,000 |
SFWMD |
The effects of salinity and altered hydrology on the growth, survival and restoration of baldcypress seedlings |
PI |
2004-2006 |
$470,249 |
USGS/ |
Development of a procedure for using selected water quality model components with existing hydrologic models |
Co-Pi |
2004-2006 |
$118,750 |
FDEP |
Developing and field testing a design model for runoff phosphorus filtering with vegetative filter strips |
Co-Pi |
2003-2005 |
$104,187 |
USDA/ |
Micronutrient evaluation of highly weathered soils of the tropics |
Co-Pi |
2003-2004 |
$12,351 |
USDOI |
Analyses and evaluation of water, soil, and plant samples from Everglades National Park |
PI |
2003-2005 |
$73,737 |
SFWMD |
Using zeolite as a soil amendment to improve water quality in C-111 basin |
PI |
2003-2006 |
$26,000 |
USDA |
Chemistry and gaseous loss of nitrogen in different soils and production systems |
PI |
2003-2004 |
$18,351 |
USDOE |
Analyses of calcareous soils from Marshall Island for DOE dose assessment and radioecology program |
PI |
2003-2005 |
$179,776 |
USDA/ |
Development of sustainable vegetable production systems for south Florida and Virginia based on use of cover crops and precision irrigation. |
Co-Pi |
2003-2004 |
$75,000 |
South Dade Soil and Water Conservation District |
Study of Frog Pond hydrology and water quality modifications introduced by the CERP detention pond implementation |
Co-Pi |
Teaching Interests (with focus on Tropical Agriculture)
My official assignment includes research and extension but not teaching. Nevertheless, I am very actively involved in advising and mentoring undergraduate interns, graduate students, and postdoctoral research associates. I regard my teaching and mentoring activity as a great privilege and an important responsibility. It affords me the opportunity to work with very bright and talented young people who will hold important positions in future years.
Extension/Outreach Interests (with focus on Tropical Agriculture)
My extension program includes 1) implementing fertilizer BMPs; 2) increasing uses of cover crops and soil organic amendments; and 3) educating clienteles on water quality concepts and technology of monitoring and analysis.
International Activities (with focus on Tropical Agriculture)
Lead and/or collaborated in international programs/projects and write grant proposals:
- Received SENREM (Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management) Planning Award $27,000 in 2005.
- Submitted full proposal to SENREM for $1,100,000 in 2006.
- Involved in US India Agricultural Knowledge Initiative $75,000 in 2006-2007.
Organized or participated in international workshops and other trainings:
- Workshop in Mexico: Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas. 2005, 2007
- Examiner for an undergraduate student thesis, University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule Osnabruck), Germany, July 1, 2005.
- Training sessions in China: South Central Forestry University, China, 2005, Hunan Academy of Forestry, China 2005, Shandong Agricultural University, China, 2003.
- International Visitor Leadership Program- Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection, U.S. Department of State, Homestead, Fl, May 9, 2006.
Courtesy Professorship
- Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China. 1999-present.
Attend International Conferences:
- The 9th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, Beijing, China, July 15-19, 2007.
- The 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Philadelphia, PA, July 9, 15, 2006.
- The 15th International Plant Nutrition Colloquium (XV IPNC), Beijing, China, Sept. 14-19, 2005.
- The International Symposium on Phytoremediation and Ecosystem Health, Hangzhou, China, Sept. 10-13, 2005.
- The 41st Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society, July 10 – 16, 2005, Gosier, Guadeloupe (French West Indies)
- Africando, The Foundation for Democracy in Africa. Miami, FL, Sept. 16, 2004. http://www.democracy-africa.org/africando2004/speeches/LiPresent.pdf
- The 7th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace elements. Uppsala, Sweden, June 15-19, 2003.
- The Annual meeting of Interamerican Soc. Trop. Hort. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Oct. 7-11, 2002.
Hosted international visitors:
- Hosted 97 professors, scientists, and students from Anguilla, China, Columbia, Costa Rico, Germany, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, and Trinidad since 2002.