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Funding

Total Funding $7.12 M

NSF                           USDA                                             ACS

Figure: National Science Foundation       Figure: US Department of Agriculture                                Figure: American Chemical Society

Ohio Development Services AgencySugar Bush Foundation

       Figure: Ohio Department Service Agency                       Figure: Sugar Bush Foundation            Figure: USAID

Active Projects 

  1. Remediation of Alexandrium, Pyrodinium, and Karenia along with their Toxins by PAC-Modified Biochar, NOAA U.S. HAB CTI, Reza(PI), Turingan, and Lovko (Mote), 09/2024 – present, $200 K.
  2. Partnership: Sustainable bio-based high value fire retardant additive derived from agricultural byproducts, USDA-NIFA-AFRI, Quadir (NDSU-PI), Toufiq Reza (FIT PI), 08/2024 - present, $800 K.
  3. EARTHSHOT: Biological routes for synthesizing the industrial platform chemical, propylene, from deconstructed lignin waste and captured carbon dioxide produced during lignin valorization into bio-oil, DOE-Office of Science, North (OSU-PI), Reza (FIT-PI), 12/2023- present, $2.1 M, $750 K (FIT budget)
  4. PARTNERSHIP: Sustainable hydrothermal manure management practice to improve nutrient use efficiency for enhanced agroecosystem services, USDA-NIFA-AFRI, Khanal (OSU-PI), Reza (co-PI), 08/2023- present, $800 K
  5. Controlling Pyrodinium Outbreaks of Tampa Bay Estuary by Low-Cost Biochar, 08/2022 – 07/2024, Toufiq Reza (PI), Fire, Lovko (Mote), $104 K
  6. Prevention and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms in St. Lucie Estuary by Low-cost Sargassum-derived Biochar, EPA-R4-South Florida Geographic Initiative, 02/2022 – 01/2025, Toufiq Reza (PI), Fire (FIT), Encomio (UF), Ellis (GCS LLC.), $330 K
  7. Controlling Pyrodinium Outbreaks in the Indian River Lagoon Estuarine System (IRLES) using Low- cost Biochars, Florida Sea Grant Office, 12/2021-11/2023, Toufiq Reza (PI), Fire (FIT), Sadmani (UCF), $187 K
  8. Engineered Solutions for Prevention and Control of Eutrophication using Novel Biosorbents, USDA-NIFA-ARFI, Toufiq Reza (PI) Aich-UB (co-PI), Sharma-OU (co-PI), $450 K
  9. INFEWS/T2: Organic Waste Lifecycles at the interface of Food, Energy, Water Systems (OWL-FEWs), 10/2019-present, NSF, Derek Kauneckis (PI), M. Toufiq Reza (co-PI), $2 M

Completed Projects

  1. Renewable Hydrogen Generation with Carbon Recycling (ReHyCaRe) from Biogenic Residues of Bangladesh, USAID, Kirtania- BUET (PI), Saha – BAU (co-PI), Islam- DU (co-PI), Reza (co-PI), $174 K
  2. Development and Optimization of Mild Hydrothermal Preprocessing for High Ash Biomass into Pelletized Biorefinery Feedstocks, 03/2019- present; S. Department of Agriculture, M. Toufiq Reza (PI), $1 M.
  3. Simultaneous Adsorption of Red Tide and Brevotoxins by Low-Cost Clay-Biochar Complex, 08/2022 – 07/2023, Toufiq Reza (PI), Fire, Lovko (Mote), $105 K
  4. Thermodynamics and Kinetics of BTX Phase Transfer from Alkanes to Phosphonium-based Deep Eutectic Solvents: Experimental Studies and Computational Modeling, 08/2019-present, ACS-PRF-DNI, M. Toufiq Reza (PI), $110K.
  5. Novel Hydrothermal Upgrading of Coal Refuse-Biomass Blend into High Quality Solid Fuel, 04/2018-08/2019, Ohio Coal Development Office, M. Toufiq Reza (PI), $156,105
  6. Novel CO2-SO2 Co-capture Process by Deep Eutectic Solvents, 07/2017-08/2018, Ohio Development Service Agency, M. Toufiq Reza (PI), $93,000
  7. Value-added products from rural wastes, 06/2020-05/2021, Sugar Bush Foundation, M. Toufiq Reza (PI), $50,000
  8. Reclaiming abandoned lands with co-production of biofuels and high value bioproducts, Ohio University Innovation Strategy Award, Sarah Davis (PI), M. Toufiq Reza (Co-PI), $20,000
  9. OHIO Multistage FGD Wastewater Sensor: Application of Ion Selective Electrode (ISE) based sensor modules for real-time multi-points water quality monitoring of Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) wastewater, 01/2017- 01/2019, Ohio Coal Development Office, M. Toufiq Reza (PI), $160,000
  10. Gasification of biocarbons produced from hydrothermal carbonization of manure, 08/2016- 06/2018, Western Sun Grant Initiative prime US Department of Agriculture, M. Toufiq Reza (PI), $60,000
  11. Ohio Coke based Carbon Quantum Dots for Supercapacitor, 01/2017- 06/2019, Ohio Coal Development Office, John Staser (PI), M. Toufiq Reza (co-PI), $160,000
  12. Preventing a Bust: Innovations for Sustainable & Enhanced Economic Outcomes from Shale, 05/ 2016- 12/2018, Innovation Award, Ohio University, David Bayless (PI), M. Toufiq Reza (co-PI), $1,600,000
  13. Value-added products from rural wastes, 06/2019-05/2020, Sugar Bush Foundation, M. Toufiq Reza (PI), $35,000
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