UNBC professor has received over $800,000 in funding for oil spill response in Canada.
PRINCE GEORGE—University of Northern British Columbia Engineering Professor Dr. Jianbing Li’s has received renewed funding for his groundbreaking research in marine oil spill response.
Dr. Li’s reasearch is focused on developing innovative methods of separating the oil from the water using equipment that can be placed on a vessel at sea. If successful, This will allow the decontamination process to take place on site, releasing the clean water back in the ocean, minimizing the environmental impact of oil spills and providing a more sustainable and cost effective approach to cleaning up marine ecosystems.
“Our lab has been developing and testing improved oil/water separation and wastewater disposal technologies under different spill conditions,” says Dr. Li. “This funding will greatly help us to advance our oil spill response solution through technological innovation and multi-partner collaboration.”
The renewed funding funding from the Government of Canda’s Multi-Partner Research Initiative (MPRI) through the Ocean Protection Plan will provide $830,000 in funding over four years.