CREST-Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Investigating Non-Biofouling (NB) Membrane Materials as Forward Osmosis (FO) Membranes to Remediate from Saltwater Intrusion Las Cucharillas

CREST 博士后研究奖学金：研究非生物污垢 (NB) 膜材料作为正渗透 (FO) 膜以修复盐水入侵 Las Cucharillas

• 批准号: 2112502
• 负责人: Jessika Pazol
• 金额: $ 18.88万
• 依托单位: Pazol, Jessika
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2112502&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CREST; Postdoctoral; Research; Fellowship; Investigating

The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology-Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (CREST-PRF) track within the CREST program supports beginning CREST Center investigators with significant potential and provides them with training and research experiences that will broaden perspectives, facilitate interdisciplinary interactions and establish them in positions of leadership within the scientific community. This CREST-PRF project is aligned with the research focus of the CREST Center for Innovation Research and Education in Environmental Nanotechnology at the University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras Campus. The goal of this research is for the post doctoral fellow to investigate water remediation treatment from salinity intrusion via a desalination method based on novel polymers. The proposed work has the potential to increase understanding about the waters in the Las Cucharillas community. The proposed work intends to study salinity intrusion into water aquifers through a detailed examination of water remediation treatment from salinity intrusion via a desalination method using novel polymers. A specific aim of the research is to synthesize materials with non-biofouling features that may be used in seawater environments. An environmentally friendly zwitterionic poly(carboxybetainmethacrylate) (PCBMA) based polymer will be studied and characterized. This utilization of this hydrophilic polymer has the potential to have water purification applications which may prevent organic matter attachment. This proposed method has the potential to preserve the island groundwater sources and associated natural ecosystems. The successful implementation of this project has the potential to yield significant information to advance understanding regarding the use of hydrophilic polymers via emerging polymeric grafting techniques.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

科学与技术卓越研究中心博士后研究奖学金（CREST- prf）项目支持具有重大潜力的CREST中心研究人员，并为他们提供培训和研究经验，以拓宽视野，促进跨学科互动，并使他们在科学界处于领导地位。这个CREST- prf项目与波多黎各大学彼德拉斯校区的CREST环境纳米技术创新研究和教育中心的研究重点保持一致。这项研究的目标是让博士后研究通过基于新型聚合物的海水淡化方法来修复盐度入侵的水。拟议的工作有可能增加对拉斯库查利亚斯社区水域的了解。提出的工作旨在通过使用新型聚合物的脱盐方法对盐度入侵的水修复处理进行详细检查，研究含盐量对含水层的入侵。该研究的一个具体目标是合成可用于海水环境的具有非生物污染特征的材料。研究了一种环境友好型两性离子聚甲基丙烯酸羧基甜菜素（PCBMA）聚合物。这种亲水性聚合物的利用具有潜在的水净化应用，可以防止有机物附着。这种建议的方法有可能保护岛上的地下水资源和相关的自然生态系统。该项目的成功实施有可能产生重要的信息，通过新兴的聚合物接枝技术促进对亲水聚合物使用的理解。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。