Great Lakes Air Deposition Program

Sponsored Projects
Below is a list of projects currently sponsored by the GLAD Program:

Dioxin Monitoring in Air Collected near the Great Lakes
Principal Investigator: Ronald A. Hites, Ph.D.
Institution: Indiana University
Project start date: April, 2004
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Evaluation of the extent and transport capabilities of PAHs within the Lake Erie watershed
Principal Investigator: Michelle Homan, Ph.D.
Institution: Gannon University
Project start date: April, 2004
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Enhanced Rates of Mercury Methylation from Sulfate Deposition: A Whole Wetland Experiment
Principal Investigator: Daniel R. Engstrom, Ph.D.
Institution: Science Museum of Minnesota
Project start date: April, 2004
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Bioavailability and reactivity of atmospheric mercury in surface waters of the Great Lakes Region
Principal Investigator: Christopher Babiarz, Ph.D.
Institution: University of Wisconsin
Project start date: April, 2004
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Measurement of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Atmospheric Concentrations and Fluxes in Lake Superior using MCCDs
Principal Investigator: Judith Perlinger, Ph.D.
Institution: Michigan Tech. University
Project start date: April, 2004
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Source Apportionment of PBTs and Speciated PM Affecting The Great Lakes through Atmospheric Deposition
Principal Investigator: Stephanie Buehler, Ph.D.
Institution: Battelle
Project start date: April, 2004
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Monitoring Atmospheric Mercury Species in the Great Lakes
Principal Investigator: Gerald J. Keeler, Ph.D.
Institution: University of Michigan
Project start date: April, 2004
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Deposition & Ambient Concentrations of PBTs (PCBs, OCs, PBDEs & Dioxins/Furans) in Support of the Lake Ontario Air Deposition Study (LOADS)
Principal Investigator: James Pagano, Ph.D.
Institution: State University of New York at Oswego
Project start date: May, 2005
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Development and Evaluation of Passive Samples for Persistent, Bioaccumulative Toxic Pollutants (PBTs)
Principal Investigator: Thomas Holsen, Ph.D.
Institution: Clarkson University
Project start date: May, 2005
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Source Profiles and Estimates for PCB Air Emissions From Electrical Transformers-II
Principal Investigator: William Mills, Ph.D.
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Project start date: May, 2005
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Great Lakes Charter Captain Mortality Study
Principal Investigator: Lynda Knobeloch, Ph.D.
Institution: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
Project start date: April, 2006
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Monte Carlo Based Multi-Media Fate Model for the Great Lakes Ecosystem
Principal Investigator: Mario Citra, Ph.D.
Institution: Syracuse Research Corporation, Environmental Science Center
Project start date: April, 2006
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Emissions of Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs) from Industrial and Commercial Sources in the Great Lakes Region
Principal Investigator: Stuart Batterman, Ph.D.
Institution: University of Michigan School of Public Health
Project start date: April, 2006
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Sources of Atmospheric Mercury Deposited in the Great Lakes: Receptor vs. Source Oriented Modeling
Principal Investigator: Gerald J. Keeler, Ph.D.
Institution: University of Michigan Air Quality Laboratory
Project start date: April, 2006
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Accumulation and High Resolution Event-scale Washoff of Mercury Species from Urban Systems
Principal Investigator: Brian Branfireun, Ph.D.
Institution: University of Toronto at Mississauga
Project start date: April, 2006
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Development of a Great Lakes Screening Model for Emerging Chemicals
Principal Investigator: Deborah Swackhamer, Ph.D.
Institution: University of Minnesota
Project start date: April, 2006
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Modeling Fine PM, PAHs and Mercury Over the Great Lakes Airshed Using CMAQ
Principal Investigator: Sherri Mason, Ph.D.
Institution: State University of New York at Fredonia
Project start date: April, 2006
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Assessing Methods of Alleviating Impacts from Mercury on Human Health and the Environment in the Great Lakes Basin
Principal Investigator: Kevin Crist, Ph.D.
Institution: Ohio University
Project start date: April, 2006
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Measurement and Modeling of PBT Transport in Lake Superior
Principal Investigator: Judith Perlinger, Ph.D.
Institution: Michigan Technological University
Project start date: April, 2006
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Changes in Mercury Methylation in a Boreal Wetland Previously Enriched in Sulfate: Synergistic Effects of Atmospheric Deposition and Water-level Fluctuations
Principal Investigator: Daniel R. Engstrom, Ph.D.
Institution: Science Museum of Minnesota
Project start date: April, 2007
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Urban Sources and Loadings of Toxics to Lake Ontario from an Integrated Measurements and Modeling Approach
Principal Investigator: Miriam Diamond, Ph. D.
Institution: University of Toronto
Project start date: April, 2007
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Development of Techniques to Directly Measure Mercury Dry Deposition
Principal Investigator: Thomas Holsen, Ph.D.
Institution: Clarkson University
Project start date: April, 2007
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Speciated Atmospheric Mercury: Sources and Transport Across Southern Lake Michigan
Principal Investigator: Gerald J. Keeler, Ph.D.
Institution: University of Michigan Air Quality Laboratory
Project start date: April, 2007
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Toxic Air Emissions From Outdoor Wood Fired Boilers
Principal Investigator: Sukh Sidhu, Ph.D.
Institution: University of Dayton Research Institute
Project start date: April, 2007
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