1. The University of Southern Mississippi, Start-up package.

2. Dean's Research Initiative Program, College of Science and Technology, The University of Southern Mississippi.

3. NSF-MRSEC (USM) Projects.

4. NSF OISE-0535467 (With Dr. Milka Neshkova from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences).

5. Aubrey Keith Lucas & Ella Ginn Lucas Endowment for Faculty Excellence Award, University of Southern Mississippi, 2008.

6. NSF CAREER Award (2010).