Cory Rusinek (Chemistry and Biochemistry) was awarded $315,000 from Batelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC for his project titled, "Long-term monitoring of pertechnetate and other radionuclides in groundwater using passive sampling and a novel electrochemical sensor." The funding comes from the , which provides competitive financial assistance for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) engaged in research supporting the needs of the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management. This is the second round of funding for this project, bringing the total received for the research to $607,500.
