CURRENT

  • Title: Mechanisms of nature‐inspired nanoparticle‐catalyzed phosphorus recycling from nucleic acids with product trapping (Seed Funding)
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde.
    • Source: Northwestern International Institute of Nanotechnology
    • Program: Seed funding
    • Dates: 15Jan2024-14Jan2026

  • Title: Quantitative Analysis of Metabolic Segregation of Lignin Deconstruction and Catabolism in Outer Membrane Vesicles of Soil Pseudomonas species
    (DE-SC0022181)
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde. Co-PIs: Neha Kamat (Northwestern University), Gregg Bekham (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
    • Source: Department of Energy
    • Program: Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research Program
    • Dates: 1Sep2021-31Aug2024

  • Title: Probing bacterial platforms with natural metabolic versatility for processing plastics derivatives (Seed funding)
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde.
    • Source: Northwestern Trienens Center for Sustainability and Energy
    • Program: Seed Funding
    • Dates: 1Jan2024-31Dec2024

  • Title: CAS-MNP: Molecular Probing Surface Reactivity Dynamics of Native versus Photo-Oxidized Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Environmental Aqueous Media
    (CHE-2109097)
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde.
    • Source: National Science Foundation
    • Program: Co-funded by Environmental Chemical Sciences (Primary) and Environmental Engineering (secondary)
    • Dates: 1Jul2021-30SJun2024

  • Title: Catalytic Kinetics and Mechanisms in Phosphorus Recycling from Ribonucleotide Structures by Iron Oxide Minerals
    (DE-SC0021172)
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde
    • Source: Department of Energy
    • Program: Basic Energy Sciences, Geosciences Program
    • Dates: 15Sep2020-14Sep2023

  • Title: Elucidating and Computing Metabolic Networks for Co-Valorization of Cellulose and Lignin Derivatives
    (CBET-2022854)
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde
    • Source: National Science Foundation
    • Programs: Co-funded by Cellular and Biochemical Engineering Program and Systems and Synthetic Biology Program
    • Dates: 1Jul2020-30Jun2023

    COMPLETED

    Extramural

  • Title: CAREER: Metabolomics-Enabled Approaches to Advance Characterization of Organic Matter Trapping in Natural and Engineered Matrices
    (CBET-1653092; CBET-2041669)
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde
    • Source: National Science Foundation
    • Programs: Co-funded by Environmental Engineering (primary) and Environmental Chemical Sciences (secondary)
    • Dates: 1May2017-30Apr2022
  • Title: Collaborative Proposal: INFEWS N/P/H2O: Supramolecular Recognition in the Biocatalytic Transformation of Organic Phosphorus-Containing Environmental Matrices
    (CHE 1709626])
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde; Co-PI: Deb Jaisi (U. of Delaware)
    • Source: National Science Foundation
    • Program: Environmental Chemical Sciences
    • Dates: 1Aug2017-31Jul2020; no-cost extension: 1Aug2020-31Dec2021
  • Title: Characterizing and Mitigating Glyphosate Herbicide Mobilization in Agroecosystems
    • PI: Brian Richards. Co-PIs: Ludmilla Aristilde; Tammo Steenhius
    • National Institute of Food and Agriculture
    • Dates: 1Jan2018-31Dec2020

  • Title: Dynamics of Phosphorus-Cycling Enzymes at Aqueous-Mineral Interfaces.
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde
    • Source: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
    • Dates: 1Oct2016-30Sept2019
  • Title: EAGER: A Novel Approach for Molecular-Scale Probing of Hierarchical Organic Assemblies at Mineral Interfaces (CHE-1646815).
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde
    • Source: National Science Foundation–Environmental Chemical Sciences, Low-Temperature Geobiology and Geochemistry, and Environmental Engineering
    • Dates: 1Aug2016-31July2019
  • Title: Reassessing Glyphosate Herbicide Mobility and Impacts in the Northeastern US.
    • PI: Brian Richards (Cornell U.); Co-PIs: Ludmilla Aristilde (Cornell U.), Anthony Hay (Cornell U.), Rebecca Schneider (Cornell U.), Tammo Steenhius (Cornell U.).
    • Source: Academic Venture Fund by the Cornell Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
    • Dates: 1Jul2015-31Dec2017
  • Title: Tracking Molecular Transformations of Organic Matter in Water Treatment Processes.
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde
    • Source: New York State Water Resources Institute and Department of Environmental Conservation
    • Dates: 1Apr2016-31Dec2017
  • Title: Biological Fate of Herbicides in Agricultural Soils
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde
    • Source: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
    • Dates: 20Mar2013-30Sept2016
  • Title: Research Starter Grant: Metabolic Pathways in Bacterial utilization of Hemicellulosic Sugars (MCB-1337292).
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde
    • Source: National Science Foundation–Systems and Synthetic Biology.
    • Dates: 1Apr2013-31Mar2014
  • Title: Computational studies of catalytic dynamics in beta-glucosidases in response to changes in aqueous environments
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde
    • Source: National Science Foundation–Extreme Environment in Science and Engineering (XSEDE) Supercomputing Facility
    • Fields of Science: Biochemistry and Molecular Structure and Function
    • Allocations: 480,000 SUs (time on LSU Cluster); 5,000 GB (Storage)
    • Dates: 1Jul2015-30Jun2016
  • Title: Early Career: Upgrade of a D8 Advance X-Ray Diffractometer with Capillary and Humidity Temperature Stages for Suspension and Hydrated Powder Measurements, Technical Support, and Outreach for Research (EAR-1343063).
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde
    • Source: National Science Foundation-Earth Sciences Division, Instrument Grant
    • Dates: 15Jul2014-31December2016

    Intramural

  • Title: Multistate Hatch:Agrochemical Impacts on Human and Environmental Health: Mechanisms and Mitigation

    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde
    • Source: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
    • Dates: 1Oct2017-30Jun2019
  • Title: Promoting Marginal Land Use through Sensing of the Rhizosphere under Shifting Water Availability.

    • PI: Taryn Bauerle (Cornell U.); Co-PIs: Ludmilla Aristilde (Cornell U), Larry Smart (Cornell U), Abraham D. Stroock (Cornell U).
    • Source: Academic Venture Fund by the Cornell Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
    • Dates: 1Jul2017-30Jun2019
  • Title: Annotation of Molecular Structures in Natural Organic Matter.
    • PI: Ludmilla Aristilde
    • Source: President’s Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) Affinito-Stewart Grant
    • Dates: 1Jul2016-30Jun2017