Current projects





Project title: Initiating a New Collaboration between East Carolina University and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu: Post-Glacial Variations in the East Asian Monsoon. P.I Stephen Culver (East Carolina University, USA). Period: 1/1/2012 - 6/30/2013. Amount: $49,974. Funding Agency: National Science Foundation



Project title: Coastal response to SLR - A Multidisciplinary Investigation of Coastal System Response to Sea-Level Rise, Climate Dynamics, and Geomorphic Change. P.I David Mallinson (East Carolina University, USA). Period: 01/09/2011-09/30/2014. Amount: $399,923. Funding Agency: National Science Foundation, OCE - MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS.



Project title: WESTLOGs - Recent evolution of Portuguese W coast ESTuaries: high resolution studies from marshes geoLOGical recordS. Co-PI with Francisco Fatela (University of Lisbon). Period: 01/01/2010-12/31/2012. Amount: $ 217,500. Funding Agency: Fundacao para la Ciencia e la Tecnologia (Portugal).



Previous research projects





Project title: TANYA - Natural and antropic Environmental transformation of the camtabrian marshes: adaptation to the climate change. Co-PI with Alejandro Cearreta (University of the Basque Country) Period: 01/10/2009-12/31/2012. Amount: $ 117,000. Funding Agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (Spain).



Project title: ETORTEK and HAREA RESEARCH GROUP - Multidisciplinary Research K-EGOKITZEN II: Climate Change and Adaptation (Coastal Environment), Strategic Research in the framework of the Etortek Programme, Basque Government, 2010-2012 and HAREA: Research Group on Coastal Geology, Basque Government. Co-PI with Alejandro Cearreta (University of the Basque Country) Period: 01/10/2010-09/30/2012. Amount: $ 140,000. Funding Agency: Basque Government (Spain).



Project title: Contributions to the Virginia Coast Reserve - Long Term Ecological Research V (Supplement). P.I. (at ECU): Enrique Reyes (East Carolina University, USA).Period: 01/10/2010-09/30/2011. Amount: $ 10,000. Funding Agency: National Science Foundation.



Project title: Environmental changes over the last two centuries: Geochemical signal Collaborative Project Harea Research Group (UPV/EHU) /Geological Sciences (ECU). Harea Research Group. 2010-2011. $ 3,500.

Project title: Geological sea-level reconstructions to supplement instrumental data in SW Europe, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards. 2009. $ 5,000.

Project title: Climatic Change: Impact and adaptation (ETORTEK): Research Group Harea-Coastal Geology: 2009. $ 142,700.

Project title: New high-resolution sea-level proxy development from salt-marsh sediment and integration in multiproxy reconstructions: 2009-2010. $ 3,000.

Project title: Coastal wetlands temporal development in the Basque coast: past, present and future: 1996-1999. P.I.: Alejandro Cearreta (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Project title: Environmental recovery of the Bilbao estuary: 1999-2002. P.I.: Jose Ignacio Saiz-Salinas (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Project title: Microfossil Indices of Chemical Pollution in Tidal Marshes: Application to the St. Jones River Reserve (Delaware NERR): 2004-2005. P.I.: Ronald E. Martin (University of Delaware, USA)

Project title: Microecology and Littoral Dynamics: definition of multi-proxies applicable to Quaternary paleogeographical and paleoclimatic reconstruction – MicroDyn: 2005-2008. P.I.: Francisco Fatela (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)

Project title: ESF-EUROCORES 'Paleo-Salt' (WP7: Ecology constrains on salinity proxies in benthic foraminifera): 2006-2009. P.I.: Frans Jorissen (Université d'Angers, France)

Project title: Unesco 06/08 Historical evolution of the Urdaibai marshes: marsh reclamation, regeneration and response to the climatic change: 2007-2008. P.I.: Alejandro Cearreta (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Project title: HAREA: Coastal geology research group. GIU06/10: 2007-2009. P.I.: Alejandro Cearreta (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Project title: Integrated Actions Spain-Portugal: 2008-2009. P.I.: Alejandro Cearreta (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Project title: Consequence of the climatic change: sea-level rise and impact in the coast: 2008. P.I.s: Eduardo Leorri (Society of Science Aranzadi) and Alejandro Cearreta (University of the Basque Country, Spain).

Project title: Environmental transformation of the Bilbao estuary: 2008-2009. P.I.: Eduardo Leorri (Society of Science Aranzadi).