Walter and Lalita Janke Innovations in Sustainability Science Research Fund

2016 Janke Funded Projects

The five funded projects for 2016 were:

• Myeongsub (Mike) Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor in FAU’s Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, will receive $50,000 for “Microfluidics for Methane Production and Carbon Storage in Deep Underground Reservoirs.”
• Jessica Dell, a graduate student, and adviser Brian Benscoter, Ph.D., both in FAU’s Department of Biological Sciences, will receive $5,000 for “Do Shrubs Compromise the Resilience of Peatland Carbon Storage in the Florida Everglades?”
• Hongbo Su, Ph.D., assistant professor in FAU’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, will receive $5,000 for “Monitoring soil and water salinity for South Florida by the integration of remote sensing observations and in situ measurements.”
• Matthew Sirianni, graduate student, and adviser Xavier Comas, Ph.D.,both in FAU’s Department of Geosciences will receive $5,000 for “The effect of increased salinity in peat soils from the Everglades: Implications for biogenic gas production and release under a sea level rise scenario.”
• Tiffany Roberts Briggs, Ph.D., assistant professor in FAU’s Department of Geosciences, will receive $5,000 for “Evaluating the relationship between beach morphodynamics and critical sea turtle nesting habitat in South Florida: Determining the potential implications of storm activity and sea-level rise.” 

Please contact Dr. John Baldwin at jbaldwin@fau.edu for more information about this fund. Learn more about the Janke Fund .