Success Stories

Research Council Research Grants, Texas A&M University-San Antonio "Collaborative Development of Alternative Animal-free Models for Infection and Immunology Research." (January 2020-December 2020) $10,000 (Smyth and Mares).
- An invertebrate model using Galleria mellonella to study the innate immune response to Staphylococcus haemolyticus. Chris Anthony Mares, Rebecca McGehee, Davida Smyth. The Journal of Immunology, Volume 210, Issue Supplement_1, May 2023, Page 71.17, DOI
Research Council Research Grants, Texas A&M University-San Antonio "Scoping the Potential Groundwater Contamination of Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substrates from Fire Training Sites in San Antonio." (January 2020-December 2020) $10,000 (PI).
- Thimons, S.; S. Saxena, W. Den. 2021. Defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by UV-Fenton process. Paper presented at the American Chemical Society Spring National Conference (Virtual). ACS: Defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by UV-Fenton process
Research Council Research Grants, Texas A&M University-San Antonio "Can natural microbial attenuation of contaminated groundwater in South Bexar County be a solution for safer drinking water?" (January 2020-December 2020) $10,000 (co-PI).
- Abongwa, P.T. and W. Den (2021). "Evolution of a Deep Fluid in a Surficial Environment Using Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Sulfur: Case of the Transitional Section of the Edwards Aquifer," Water, Air, Soil Pollution 232, 213. DOI