Research Grants

NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINNST)

“Dams, nutrients, and water quality: The application of remote sensing and machine learning for detection and prediction of algal blooms in Chesapeake Bay Watershed reservoirs”
Role: PI (Future Investigator)
Amount: $150,000

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

“Using Automated Remote Sensing and Deep Learning to Small Reservoir Identification and Water Quality Modeling in Lake Michigan Watersheds”
Role: PI (Graduate Research Investigator)
Amount: $7,000

Fellowships

• Los Alamos National Laboratory Applied Machine Learning Graduate Research Fellowship, 2023
• NOAA-CUAHSI National Water Center Innovators Program Summer Institute Fellowship, 2022
• ConnecticutView Remote Sensing Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2016

Awards

• Best Presentation in the Earth and Space Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory Student Symposium, 2023
• Second Place, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Graduate Student Research Showcase, Pennsylvania State University, 2022
• First Place of Ph.D. Proposal, E. Willard Miller Award in Geography, Pennsylvania State University, 2022
• Ann C. Wilson Graduate Fellowship, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, 2022
• Second Place, Association of American Geographers (AAG) Remote Sensing Specialty Group (RSSG) Student Illustrated Paper Competition, 2022
• HydroML Symposium Student Travel Grant, 2022
• Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Sponsored Jointed Aquatic Sciences Meeting Travel Grant, 2022
• Grand prize, American Geographical Union (AGU) Michael H. Freilich Student Data Visualization Competition, 2021
• Marilyn L. Fogel Student Research Fund in Biogeosciences, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, 2021
• Earth and Environmental Systems Institute Graduate Scholarship, Pennsylvania State University, 2021
• Coastal and Estuarine Research Student Participant Award, Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation (CERF) Conference, 2021
• Ruby S. Miller Endowment for Geographic Excellence, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, 2021
• Provost’s Graduate Research Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2019
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Travel Grant, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2019
• CUAHSI Student Travel Grant, 2018
• Beijing Outstanding College Graduates, 2016
• Outstanding Graduates of China Agricultural University, 2016
• Outstanding Student Scholarship, China Agricultural University, 2012–2015