Active Research Projects:

• Storage, reactivity, and bioavailability of mercury in managed forests – Balancing mercury toxicity and wildfire risks through effective fuel reduction techniques, USDA NIFA, $498,500 USD (2018 – 2022). PIs: Chow AT, Tsui M, and Hagan D.
• MRI: Acquisition of a soil greenhouse gas flux measurement system to support research in coastal ecology and sustainable agriculture.” NSF – Division of Biological Infrastructure, $230,597 (2018).  PIs: O’Halloran T, Whitmire S, Van Bloem S, Ye RZ, Chow AT.
• Hurricane-mediated alteration of microbial mercury methylation in coastal wetlands. NSF – Low Temperature Geobiology & Geochemistry, $48,926 USD (2017 - 2018). PIs: Tsui M, Chow AT, and Bao S.
• Fuel reduction techniques as effective forested watershed management practices against wildfire: Drinking water quality aspects. USEPA National Priorities: Systems-Based Strategies to Improve The Nation’s Ability to Plan and Respond to Water Scarcity and Drought Due to Climate Change. $1,260,408 USD (2015 - 2018). PIs: Karanfil T and Chow AT.
• Collaborative Research: Halocarbon biogeochemistry in coastal wetland ecosystems - Exploring the transition between forested wetland to salt marsh. NSF Low Temperature Geobiology & Geochemistry, $487,464 USD (2015 - 2018). PIs: Chow AT, Conner WH, Rhew R, Myneni S.
• Retreat of tidally influenced freshwater forested wetlands in the Southeast: Biogeochemical Investigations and Field Support.  USGS / US Department of the Interior, $199,995 USD (2014 - 2019). PIs: Conner WH and Chow AT

Past Research Projects:

• Impacts of prescribed fire on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon production and contaminant phototransformation reactions in Coastal Plain. U.S. Department of Agriculture – National Institute of Food and Agriculture, $499,000 USD (2014 - 2017). PIs: Chow AT, Wang GG, Trettin C, Dahlgren RA, and Wong PK.
• Forest fire alters disinfection byproduct precursor exports from forested watersheds. Joint Fire Science Program, $273,426 USD (2014 - 2017). PIs: Chow AT, Dahlgren RA, Wang G, Trettin C, and Diaz Francisco.
• Long term legacy of the 2002 Hayman Fire on water quality and treatability. Joint Fire Science Program, $174,065 USD (2014 - 2017). PIs: Chuck Rhoades and Chow AT.
• RAPID: Extreme flooding mobilized natural organic matter from forested wetlands – Implication of mercury and carbon cycling in coastal blackwater rivers,” NSF Geobiology and Low Temperature Geochemistry, $49,961 USD (2016 – 2017). PIs: Chow AT, Karanfil T, Bao S, Tsui.
• Ecological stress in coastal ecosystems: Exploring the influences of sea level rise and urban development. EarthWatch Institute, $33,437 USD (2015). PIs: Chow AT and Conner WH.
• RAPID: Inputs of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon to drinking water sources from the Yosemite Wildlife. NSF Environmental Engineering, $49,770 USD (2013-2014). PIs: Chow AT and Dahlgren RA
• Dissolve and particulate anthropogenic organic pollutants in the coastal environments of the Southeastern US. National Park Services, $16,817 USD (2012 – 2014). PI: Chow AT.
• Defining Significant Nexus with Navigable Waters for Small, Relatively Isolated Wetlands in the Piedmont Ecoregion. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $293,368 USD (2011 – 2013). PIs: Pitt A, Baldwin R, Chow AT, and Yarrow G.
• Clemson vanishing firefly project: Using a mobile phone app as education and research tools for sustainability. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency P3 Student Competition Award, $15,000 USD (2013-2014). PIs: Chow AT, Chong JH, Pargas P, Cook M, and White D.
• Balancing Bacteria and Disinfection Byproduct Contaminations in Municipal Water Supply. Hong Kong Research Grant Council, $99,420 USD (2010-2013). PIs: Wong PK and Chow AT
• Power Field Monitoring Equipment using Detritus Materials in Forested Wetlands. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $9,994 USD (2010). PIs: Chow AT and Conner WH.
• Formation of Disinfection Byproducts from Bacteria Cellular Materials. Natural Science Foundation – China, $50,000 USD (2007 – 2009). PIs: Chow AT and Wong PK.
• Formation of Disinfection Byproducts from Source Waters in South China. Guangdong Province Science and Technology Funds – China, $5,500 USD (2007-2008). PIs: Chow AT and Wong PK.
• Distribution, Natural Habitats, and Exploitation of Freshwater Turtles in Guangdong Province, South China. PI, Hong Kong Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, $20,500 USD (2007 – 2009). PIs. Chow AT and Gong SP
• An Outstanding Young Scholar Award – Talent-recruiting program. Xinghua Talent Project / 985 Engineering Project, China, $100,000 USD (2006). PI: Chow AT.
• Health impacts of mercury and selenium accumulation in California sea lions. Co-PI, the Morris Animal Foundation, $8,100 USD (2005 – 2006). PIs: Mazet JA and Chow AT.
• Water quality in aquatic facilities with marine mammals – Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. National Swimming Pool Foundation, $4,000 (2004 – 2005). PI: Chow AT
• Professors of the Future - an Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award. National Institutes of Health through UC Davis and San Francisco State University, $180,000 USD (2003 – 2006). PI: Chow AT.
• Soil-water chemistry in Hong Kong Wetland. Co-PI, the University Research Expedition Program at UC Davis, $4,000 (2000). PIs: Gao SD and Chow AT.