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As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year. 

EMSL projects displayed on the EMSL web site project page reflect project abstracts and information migrated to this page before April 30, 2024. To review current and past EMSL user projects, visit EMSL Science Central.™ 

 

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Regulatory dynamics of microbial communities

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
H Wiley
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This is a proposal to conduct work in EMSL in support of the Foundational Scientific Focus Area (FSFA) research program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. This large-scale research program…

Iron mineral and chromium reduction by Cellulomonas spp.

Lead Institution
Montana State University
Principal Investigator
Robin Gerlach
Project type
Exploratory Research
The Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE) at Montana State University (MSU) in collaboration with the Center for Multiphase Environmental Research (CMER) at Washington State University (WSU) and the…

Developing an Initial Framework for a Regional Earth System Model

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Lai-Yung Ruby Leung
Project type
Exploratory Research
Predicting climate change at the regional scale is critically important for assessing climate change impacts and developing strategies for mitigation and adaptation. Regional climate models (RCMs)…

Evaluating the role of DsrC as a key protein in dissimilatory sulfur metabolism

Lead Institution
Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica
Principal Investigator
Ines Pereira
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The dissimilatory reduction of sulfur compounds is one of the earliest energy metabolisms detected on Earth, at ~3.5 billion years ago. Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) are prominent among sulfur…

Computational Molecular Modeling of Microbial Iron Reduction

Lead Institution
University of Texas at El Paso
Principal Investigator
James Kubicki
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The remediation of contaminated soil and water systems is an $8 billion annual industry in the U.S. The development of accurate contaminant transportation models and effective bioremediation systems…

Overall warn syngas cleanup

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Liyu Li
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Gasification of biomass to syngas followed by catalytic synthesis of hydrocarbons or oxygenates provides a feasible strategy to meet the increasing demand for transportation fuels. This syngas has…

Fundamental Studies of Heterogeneous Photocatalysis on Model TiO2 Surfaces

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Henderson
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The objective of this project is to provide the field of heterogeneous photocatalysis with unique insights into the molecular-level properties of photocatalytic transformations through joint…

Controlled Doping of TiO2 for Visible Light Photoactivity

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Henderson
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The ambition of supplementing the nation's energy needs through solar photocatalytic water splitting is a far from being realized with current photocatalytic materials. TiO2-based materials …

Regulated proteolysis and bystander effects in radiation

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Springer
Project type
Exploratory Research
Growing evidence suggests that the number of cells adversely influenced by radiation exposure is greater that those receiving a direct radiation hit. We hypothesize that radiation-induced bystander…

Computational study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives

Lead Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Principal Investigator
So Hirata
Project type
Exploratory Research
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) constitute a large class of conjugated pi-electron systems that are key molecular species in many branches of chemistry, such as, interstellar, combustion,…

Hydrogen Adsorption Characterization of Carbon Supported Catalyst

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Feng Zheng
Project type
Exploratory Research
A carbon-supported catalyst was developed at PNNL for processing biobased feedstock by hydrothermal reactions. The dispersion of catalyst metal on the support needs to be measured using the hydrogen…