Center for Food Systems and Sustainability

Research and Extension

Lead P.I.	Project Title	Funded Amount
Dr. Nicole Donofrio	Effects of Local Terroir on Hop Quality from Opposite Coasts	$12.985
Ms. Karen Gartley	Upgrade of Soil Testing Laboratory Instrumentation to Improve Accuracy, Efficiency and Throughput of Samples	$30,000
Dr. McKay Jenkins	A Master Naturalistic Certification Program for the State of Delaware	$40,000
Dr. Gordon Johnson	Developing a System for Releasing Lima Bean Cultivars from the University of Delaware Breeding Program	$8,740
Dr. Kalmia Kniel	Repurposing of Poultry Houses for Safe and Sustainable Indoor Vegetable and Herb Production	$40,000
Dr. Alyssa Koehler	Developing Extension Networks to Identify and Characterize Diaporthe sp. in Mid-Atlantic Soybean Production	$29,500
Dr. David Owens	Pesticide Susceptibility Surveys of Key Arthropod Pests of the Delaware Watermelon Industry	$10,502
Dr. Cynthia Paris	Lab School Greenhouse Sustainability and Community Engagement Project	$7,460

Lead P.I.	Project Title	Funded Amount
Dr. Jules Bruck	Documenting Coastal Hazards and Sea-Level Rise Impact Statewide	$39,960
Dr. Daniel Cha	Converting Food Waste to Energy through Sequential Aerobic Digestion	$39,997
Dr. McKay Jenkins	A Master Naturalistic Certification Program for the State of Delaware	$5,000
Dr. Yan Jin	Leaf Surface Properties and Bacterial Disease Tolerance: Using Lima Bean as a Model	$40,633.40
Ms. Anna Wik	Edible Forest Garden Design, Installation, and Associated Curriculum Development at University of Delaware’s “Children’s Campus”	$39,964.90
Dr. Changqing Wu	Conversion of Potato Peel Waste to Value-Added Chemicals	$40,000