Projects

  • National Science Foundation. M. M. Whitney (PI). Impacts of coastal corners on river plume behavior and wind-driven freshwater transports. [07/28/2026-07/27/2029]
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. M. M. Whitney (PI). Assessing and Improving the Representation of Riverine Influences on Large Marine Ecosystems in Regional MOM6 Models. [09/01/2024-08/31/2027]
  • Connecticut Sea Grant Program. M. M. Whitney (PI), C. Matassa (PI). Quantifying Larval Connectivity Patterns and Variability among Natural Oyster Beds along the Connecticut Coast. [02/01/2024-01/31/2027]
  • National Science Foundation. M. M. Whitney (PI). Icelandic Coastal Current interactions with peninsulas, bays, winds, and ocean currents controlling freshwater export and retention. [04/01/2023-03/31/2027]
  • Environmental Protection Agency, Long Island Sound Study. M. M. Whitney (PI) and P. Linderoth. Tracking Pathogen Pathways and Fecal Bacteria Patterns for Public Beaches Suffering with Poor Water Quality Grades and Closures. [03/01/2023-06/15/2026]
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Long Island Sound Futures Fund. M. M. Whitney (PI). Marine Debris Education and Prevention with High-School Students in a Long Island Sound Environmental Justice Community. [06/01/2023-08/31/2025]
  • Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation. M. M. Whitney (PI). Confronting beach bacteria problems with innovative field analysis, outreach, and stewardship. [04/01/2023-10/01/2024]
  • University of Connecticut – Research Excellence Program. M. M. Whitney (PI), Observing Icelandic River-Water Pathways from River Mouths through the Ocean. [07/01/2020-12/31/2022]
  • Environmental Protection Agency, Long Island Sound Study. P. Vlahos (PI), M. M. Whitney (Co-PI) and J. Vaudrey (Co-PI). Alkalinity of Long Island Sound Embayments (ALISE). [03/01/2021-02/28/2023]
  • University of Connecticut – Scholarship Facilitation Fund. M. M. Whitney (PI), Tracking Iceland’s Rivers through Ocean Fisheries. [01/01/2020-12/31/2020]
  • National Science Foundation. K. Colle (U. Maine, Lead-PI), K. Huguenard (U. Maine Co-PI), D. MacDonald (U. Mass. Dartmouth PI), M. M. Whitney (UConn PI). Collaborative Research: Mixing of river water into the coastal ocean and the role and structure of the outer edge of the discharge. [04/15/2018-03/21/2023]
  • Environmental Protection Agency, Long Island Sound Study. P. Vlahos (PI), M. M. Whitney (Co-PI) and J. Vaudrey (Co-PI). Long Island Sound Respire Program. [03/01/2019-02/28/2022]
  • Environmental Protection Agency, Long Island Sound Study. M. M. Whitney (PI) and P. Vlahos (Co-PI). Nutrient and Carbon Fluxes through Long Island Sound, Linking River Sources to Impacted Areas. [03/01/2017-02/28/2020]
  • Connecticut Sea Grant Program. P. Vlahos (PI) and M. M. Whitney (Co-PI). Net Carbon and Nitrogen Export of Long Island Sound. [05/01/2016-01/31/2018]
  • Connecticut Sea Grant Program. M. M. Whitney (PI), J. E. Ward (Co-PI), K. DeRosia-Banick (Co-PI). Modeling Vibrio parahaemolyticus outbreaks in commercial shellfish areas in western Long Island Sound. [12/01/2014-11/30/2017]
  • South Central Regional Council of Governments. J. O’Donnell (PI) and M. M. Whitney (Co-PI). Road Flooding in Coastal Connecticut. [09/01/2016-06/30/2017]
  • Connecticut Sea Grant. M. M. Whitney (PI). Ocean Drifters. [5/15/2014-9/1/2014]
  • University of Connecticut Avery Point Campus. M. M. Whitney (PI). Ocean Drifters. [5/15/2014-9/1/2014]
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, Mystic Seaport, M. M. Whitney (Voyager), 38th Voyage of the historic whaling ship Charles W. Morgan (July 2014). [4/1/2014-9/1/2014]
  • United Illuminating. E. Aganostou (PI), M. Astitha (Co-PI), and M. M. Whitney (Co-PI). Center of Excellence on Storm Hazards Mitigation & Power System Resilience. [4/01/2014-3/31/2016]
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). M. M. Whitney (PI) and J. Edson (Co-PI). Sea Breezes and Estuary-Shelf Response in Areas with Spatial Sea Surface Temperature Variability and Complex Coastal Geometry. [01/10/2013-1/09/2018]
  • Connecticut Sea Grant Program. M. M. Whitney (PI) and P. Vlahos (Co-PI). Measuring and Predicting the Fate and Transport of Perfluorinated Contaminants Entering the Long Island Sound from Municipal Wastewater in the Housatonic Watershed. [02/01/2012-01/31/2015]
  • Department of Energy. Bryan, F. (NCAR PI), J. Dennis (NCAR Co-PI), P. MacCready (UW PI), M. M. Whitney (UConn PI). Collaborative Project: Improving the representation of coastal and estuarine processes in Earth system models. [09/01/2011-08/31/2016]
  • Dominion Foundation. P. Vlahos (PI), M. M. Whitney (Co-PI), C. Tobias (Co-PI), W. F. Bohlen (Co-PI), and I. Babb (Co-PI). Undergraduate education using real-time marine environmental observational systems. [08/27/2011-08/26/2012]
  • University of Connecticut Foundation Kitchings Fund. P. Vlahos (PI), M. M. Whitney (Co-PI), C. Tobias (Co-PI), W. F. Bohlen (Co-PI), and I. Babb (Co-PI). Match for Undergraduate education using real-time marine environmental observational systems. [12/15/2011-08/26/2012]
  • Connecticut Sea Grant. P. Vlahos (PI), M. M. Whitney (Co-PI), C. Tobias (Co-PI), W. F. Bohlen (Co-PI), and I. Babb (Co-PI). Match for Undergraduate education using real-time marine environmental observational systems. [08/27/2011-12/15/2011]
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): M. M. Whitney (PI). CAREER: The Influence of Distributed River Inputs and Coastal Embayments on Dynamics in Large Estuaries. [06/15/2010-06/14/2017]
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): M. M. Whitney (UConn PI), D. Codiga (URI PI), and D. Ullman (URI Co-PI). Collaborative Research: Investigating tidal influences on subtidal estuary-coast exchange using observations and numerical simulations. [09/01/2008-08/31/2012]
  • University of Connecticut – Large Faculty Research Grant Program. M. M. Whitney (PI). Simulations and Observations of Water Properties and Circulation within the Thames River Estuary. [06/01/2006-05/31/2007]
  • Connecticut Sea Grant Program. P. Vlahos (PI), M. M. Whitney (Co-PI), C. Koerting (Co-PI), and R. Whitlatch (Co-PI). Seed Funding for the Assessment and Remediation of the Thames River Estuary. [03/01/2006-07/1/2006]