NSF 21-591. Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiation Initiative
(CRII), CRII: SCH: Developing a new hybrid interactive machine learning software tool
for cancer researchers, 2022 - 2026 ($174,716), Principal Investigator (PI)
NSF 21-574. Engineering Research Initiation (ERI), ERI: A New Spatial Image Analysis
of the Tumor Microenvironment for Cancer Immunotherapy, 2022 - 2024 ($199,198), Principal
Investigator (PI)
W81EWF-22-SOI-0021. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers(USACE) Engineer Research and Development
Center (ERDC). Delivering Scalable Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Prevention and Management
Technologies for Freshwater Ecosystems for the Ohio River. Determining Environmental
Triggers of Harmful Algal Blooms and Toxin Production for the Purposes of HAB Prediction,
Detection, and Management (HAB-PDM) in flowing waters, Senior personnel, 2022 - 2025
($1.5M)
Weisberg Faculty Research Award (Junior), Marshall University 2022
Summer Research Award, Predicting heterogeneous cellular regions of tumor microenvironment
in whole slide images using deep learning, Marshall University 2022
Creative Discovery and Research Scholar Award, A comprehensive survey of deep learning
algorithms in digital pathology, Mentor, Marshall University Spring 2023
Creative Discovery and Research Scholar Award, Interactive multimodal cancer data
integration on histopathology and radiology, Mentor, Marshall University Spring 2023
Creative Discovery and Research Scholar Award, A study of deep learning models on
semantic image segmentation to enhance the accuracy of a breast cancer diagnosis,
Mentor, Marshall University Summer 2022
Creative Discovery and Research Scholar Award, A study of predicting the behavior
of walking insects using deep learning techniques, Mentor, Marshall University Spring
2022
Cross-disciplinary Research Facilitation Grant, Exploring and forecasting of Harmful
Algae Blooms (HABs) in the Ohio River using artificial intelligence, multiple-PI,
Marshall University 2021 - 2022
John Marshall University Scholar Award, Quantitative spatial analysis of tumor cells
via collaborative deep transfer learning, Marshall University 2021
Summer Research Award, Developing an unsupervised learning tool for whole slide image
analysis, Marshall University 2020
Cross-disciplinary Research Facilitation Grant, Developing a Novel Machine Algorithm
for Murine Brain Section, multiple-PI, Marshall University 2019 - 2020
Google Cloud Platform Research Grant, Investigating the interactive machine learning
tool with the deep-learned features, PI, Google 2019 ($5,000)
Dissertation Award, Georgia State University 2016
Second Century Initiative (2CI) Presidential Fellowship, Georgia State University
2015
Brain and Behavior Fellowship, Georgia State University 2013, 2014
