Projects
Funding: EPA Innovative Solutions for Improving Water Quality and Strengthening Local Economies in the Gulf of America Watershed program – $999,999
Duration: July 2026 – June 2029
Collaborators:
Dengjun Wang (PI, University of Florida)
Alan Wilson (co-PI, Auburn University)
PJ Waters (co-PI, Auburn University)
Changying Li (co-PI, University of Florida)
Nasser Najibi (co-PI, University of Florida)
Jikai Zhao (co-PI, Kansas State University)
Title: Harmful algal blooms: Prevalence and control measures for the domestic fish and shellfish industries
Funding: USDA – Agricultural Research Service – $944,574
Duration: July 2025 – June 2029
Collaborators:
Benjamin Beck (USDA ARS)
Funding: USDA Institute for Bioenergy, Climate and Environment – $444,559
Duration: July 2024 – June 2027
Collaborators:
Dengjun Wang (PI, University of Florida)
Title: Chemical strategies to control algal bloom & support sustainable aquaculture growth & development
Funding: USDA – Agricultural Research Service – $2,211,287
Duration: June 2023 – May 2028
Collaborators:
Benjamin Beck (USDA ARS), Tham Hoang (Auburn University), Luke Roy (Auburn University), and Anita Kelly (Auburn University)
Title: Harmful algal blooms: Prevalence and control measures for the domestic fish and shellfish industries
Funding: USDA – Agricultural Research Service – $2,599,565
Duration: June 2020 – August 2026
Collaborators:
Benjamin Beck (USDA ARS)
Past Projects
Funding: Auburn University Mission Enhancement Fund – $380,000
Duration: 2022-2024
Collaborators:
Tham Hoang (PI), Joseph Tomasso, Dengjun Wang, Ann Ojeda, Shiqiang Zou, Priscila Lotsch, David Blersch, Jessica Davis, and Jim Stoeckel (Auburn University)
Funding: Northwest Florida Water Management District – $80,355
Duration: October 2023 – April 2024
Title: Elucidating phosphorus loading and bioavailability in catfish ponds for sustainable aquaculture
Funding: AAES ARES – AgR SEED Grant program – $50,000
Duration: September 2022 – August 2024
Collaborators:
Dengjun Wang (PI, Auburn University)
Funding: National Science Foundation (MRI program) – $100,002
Duration: September 2010 – September 2011
Collaborators:
Tony Moss (PI), Ken Halanych (co-PI), and Mark Liles (co-PI) (Auburn University)
Tool: Portable FlowCAM
Title: Toxic cyanobacterial blooms and fish farming
Funding: Auburn University Agricultural Experimental Station – $54,650
Duration: October 2007 – September 2008
Collaborators:
Jesse Chappell (co-PI, Auburn University)
Funding: National Science Foundation (Ecology program) – $125,545 (total $411,728)
Duration: March 2009 – February 2014
Collaborators:
Orlando “Ace” Sarnelle (co-PI, Michigan State University)
Title: Forecasting toxic cyanobacterial blooms throughout the southeastern U.S.
Funding: USGS – National Institutes for Water Resources – $247,891
Duration: September 2011 – August 2014
Collaborators:
Russell Wright (co-PI, Auburn University) and Kevin Schrader (co-PI, USDA)
http://wilsonlab.com/bloom_network/
Algal bloom forecasting website – https://wilsonlab.com/bloom_network/forecasting.html
Title: Forecasting the ecological health of coastal waters in Alabama and China
Funding: Ocean University China – Auburn University Joint Center for Aquaculture and Environmental Science – $75,000
Duration: January 2017 – December 2017
Collaborators:
Xing Fang (co-PI, AU Civil Engineering)
Title: Do toxic cyanobacteria threaten Alabama’s drinking water reservoirs?
Funding: AAES AgR-SEED program – $50,000
Duration: October 2016 – September 2018
Collaborators:
Dennis Harrison (co-PI, Alabama Department of Environmental Management)
Title: Biomanipulation as a tool to enhance aquaculture through the management of toxic cyanobacteria
Funding: USDA – NIFA Aquaculture program – $261,613
Duration: September 2017 – August 2020
Collaborators:
Luke Roy (co-PI, Fisheries)
Funding: Ocean University China – Auburn University Joint Center for Aquaculture and Environmental Science – $74,575
Duration: October 2019 – September 2021
Collaborators:
Li Li (co-PI, Ocean University)
Funding: AWRRI USGS section 104 program – $25,000
Duration: September 2021 – August 2022
Collaborators:
Dengjun Wang (PI, Auburn University) and Jim Stoeckel (co-PI, Auburn University)
Funding: AAES AgR-SEED program – $149,546
Duration: September 2021 – August 2023
Collaborators:
Stephanie Rogers (PI, Auburn University), Yin Bao (co-PI, Auburn University), and Edna Fernandez-Figueroa (co-PI, Auburn University)
Funding: USDA – NIFA AFRI Energy and Environment program – $434,658
Duration: May 2020 – April 2024
Collaborators:
Brendan Higgins (PI, Biosystems Engineering) and Rishi Prasad (co-PI, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences)
Funding: National Science Foundation (Dimensions of Biodiversity program) – $1,999,994
Duration: August 2018 – September 2024
Collaborators:
Dave Hambright (OU PI) and Lee Krumholz (co-PI) (University of Oklahoma), Hans Paerl (UNC PI, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and Morgan Steffen (JMU PI, James Madison University)
Title: REU Site: Warm-water aquatic ecology
Funding: National Science Foundation (REU program) – $358,834
Duration: September 2017 – August 2023
Website: http://wilsonlab.com/reu/
Title: Biomanipulation as a tool to enhance aquaculture through the management of toxic cyanobacteria
Funding: USDA – NIFA Aquaculture program – $261,613
Duration: September 2017 – August 2020
Collaborators:
Luke Roy (co-PI, Fisheries)
Title: Making to Advance Knowledge, Excellence, and Recognition in STEM (MAKERS)
Funding: National Science Foundation (S-STEM program) – $2,034,382
Duration: October 2016 – September 2022
Collaborators:
Overtoun Jenda (PI, Auburn University) and others at Tuskegee University, Oakland University, and Alabama A&M University
Funding: Auburn University Water Center – $67,636 (total $500,000)
Duration: June 2008 – May 2010
Collaborators:
Bill Deutsch (PI) and many others (Auburn University)
Funding: Auburn University Hatch program – $50,000
Duration: October 2008 – September 2010
Collaborators:
Jim Stoeckel (co-PI, Auburn University)
Product: models useful for forecasting algal and cyanobacterial blooms
