GoMRI
Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)

Project Member Institutions

Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

Administration

David England
Administrative Staff
Angela McKinnell
Administrative Staff

Discovery Hall Programs

Tina Miller-Way
Co-Principal Investigator,
Outreach Point of Contact

Education & Outreach

Rachel McDonald
Outreach Team

University of South Alabama Programs

Sydney Acton
Research Staff
Scott Alford
Research Staff
Will Ballentine
Research Staff
Dorothy (Dottie) Byron-David
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator,
Outreach Team
Just Cebrian
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Cy Clemo
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Kelly Dorgan
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Sarah Frankenberg
Research Staff
Josh Goff
Research Staff
Jessica K. Gwinn
Research Staff
Sharon Havard
Research Staff
Kenneth L. Heck
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Deryn Hill
Research Staff
Lei Hu
Project Data Point of Contact,
Task Data Contact
Erin Kiskaddon
Research Staff
Jeffrey Krause
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Katie Kubicki
Research Staff
Emelia Marshall
Research Staff
Alexandra Rodriguez
Research Staff
Whitney Scheffel
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Nick Sinks
Research Staff
Dominik Valdez
Research Staff
John Valentine
Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Kelsey Volgel
Research Staff
Alison Yee
Research Staff

Florida Atlantic University

Department of Biological Sciences

Elizabeth Salewski
Research Staff

Florida Gulf Coast University

Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences

Samantha Blonder
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Allison Bury
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Adam Catasus
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Jesse Elmore
Undergraduate Student
Emma Fain
Undergraduate Student
Megan Feeney
Graduate Student - Master's Level,
Undergraduate Student
Taylor Hancock
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Michael Lindsey
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Michael L. Parsons
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Rachel Smolinski
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Hidetoshi Urakawa
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Kaitlyn Wagner
Undergraduate Student

Louisiana State University

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Charles W. Martin
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Mississippi State University

Coastal Research & Extension Center

J. Marcus Drymon
Co-Principal Investigator

Northeastern University

Marine and Environmental Sciences

Robyn Zerebecki
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Marine Science Center

Anne Randall Hughes
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Amelia Weiss
Research Staff

Rutgers University

Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences

Jason Latham
Research Staff
Haramaty Liti
Research Staff
Kimberlee Thamatrakoln
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Siena College

Department of Biology

Sarah Berke
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Andrea Boraski
Undergraduate Student
Shelby Budai
Undergraduate Student
Tess Caffray
Undergraduate Student
Erin Keller
Undergraduate Student
Erica Weldin
Undergraduate Student

The University of Alabama

Department of Biological Sciences

Patrice Crawford
Research Staff
Nikaela Flournoy
Post-Doc,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Alice Kleinhuizen
Research Staff
Behzad Mortazavi
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Suja Rajan
Post-Doc
Patricia Sobecky
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Derek Tollette
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level

University of Florida

Nature Coast Biological Station

Charles W. Martin
Co-Principal Investigator

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Biology Department

Stephanie Smith
Undergraduate Student

University of South Alabama

Department of Marine Sciences

Clayton Bennett
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Kelly Boyle
Post-Doc
Liesl Cole
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
J. Marcus Drymon
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Kara Gadeken
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Alexander Leynse
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Aaron Macy
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Alice Ortmann
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Ryan Parker
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Sean Powers
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Alison Robertson
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Emily Seubert
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Trey Spearman
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Lynn Wilking
Research Staff

University of South Florida

Department of Integrative Biology

Susan Bell
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Stephen Hesterberg
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Derrick Hudson
Research Staff
Erin Kiskaddon
Graduate Student - Master's Level
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org