Research Grants since 2002 (Lead Principal Investigator on all)

United States National Science Foundation (NSF)

·Origin of high magnetic remanence in fault pseudotachylytes; EAR-0228818, $110,452; 2003-2004

·Fabric and seismic anisotropy within the lithospheric mantle: Magnetic/petrofabric studies of shear zones in the New Caledonia ophiolite; EAR-0337458, $61,899; 2004-2006

·Acquisition of a vibrating sample magnetometer for the Rock Magnetism Laboratory at SIU; EAR-0521558, $156,960 (+ $5,200 supplement); 2005-2008

·Magma dynamics in sill and dike systems: Constraints from magnetic fabrics and paleomagnetism in the Karoo Large Igneous Province; EAR-0738725, $163,851; 2008-2010

·Identification of magnetic sources in the upper mantle; EAR-1345105, $225,000; 2014-2017

·GSA Penrose Conference on Layered Mafic Intrusions; EAR-1621858, $20,000; 2016

·Acquisition of a tabletop SEM / EDS system at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette; EAR-2041040, $162,850; 2021

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)

·Expedition 335 - Superfast Spreading Rate Crust 4; $65,000; 2010-2012

·Expedition 352 - Izu-Bonin-Mariana fore arc; $65,000; 2014-2016

·Expedition 368 - South China Sea Rifted Margin; $70,000; 2018-2020

·Expedition 368/368X - South China Sea Rifted Margin; $7,010; 2019-2020

·Expedition 396 - Mid-Norwegian Continental Margin Magmatism; $95,204; 2021-2022

Other grants

·SIU: Seed funding - Testing the "Clutch Tectonics" model; $10,000; 2003

·Illinois State Geological Survey: Hicks Dome fabrics; $5,000, 2005

·National Geographic Society: The strength of the oceanic lithosphere; $16,800; 2006-2007

·SIU: Undergraduate Research Grant - Magma flow pattern in the Karoo LIP; $7,900; 2011

·SIU: Seed funding - Long wavelength satellite magnetic anomalies; $40,000; 2012

·SIU: Identification of magnetic sources in the upper mantle (match); $25,000; 2014-2015

·ULL: Applications of Hyperspectral Microscope and Macro-Imaging Systems in Earth Science; $10,000; 2023-2024