- Target Validation of mosquito Aedes aegypti G protein-coupled receptors (Vector Biology: Insect-Vectored Seed Grant).
- Cattle Fever Tick Rhipicephalus microplus and Black legged tick, Ixodes scapularis: Validation of neuropeptide G protein-coupled receptors (NIFA-AFRI)
- Assays for analysis of G protein-coupled receptors function: calcium bioluminescence, fluorescence, dual-injection, HTS (high-throughput screening) (Vector Biology: Insect-Vectored Seed Grant)
- CDC Western Gulf Center of Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases: AIM 1. Insecticide Resistance Management (CDC-WGCVBD)
- Heliothines (Helicoverpa zea and Heliothis virescens) in Texas cotton: resistance to insecticides (Cotton Incorporated)
- Red Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta: receptors involved in reproduction, feeding and caste differentiation. (NSF-IOS; Texas Invasive Ants Seed Grant Program- Texas A&M AgriLife Research)