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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Katie Vella

Nova Southeastern University

Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

8000 North Ocean Drive
Dania Beach , FL  33004  

katevella1@gmail.com

Project List:

Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - Master's Level, GoMRI Scholar

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1

2015

Hamilton, B., Dean, C., Kurata, N., Vella, K., Soloviev, A., Tartar, A., et al. (2015). Surfactant associated bacteria in the sea surface microlayer: Case studies in the Straits of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 41(2), 135–143.

Conference Presentations - 4

2014

Hamilton, B., Kurata, N., Vella, K., Dean, K., Soloviev, A., Shivji, M., et al. (2014). DNA Analysis of Surfactant and Oil Associated Bacteria in the Sea Surface Microlayer. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.

2013

Kurata, N., Vella, K., Soloviev, A., Matt, S., Tartar, A., Shivji, M., et al. (2013). Surfactant-Associated Bacteria in the Near Surface Layer of the Ocean. In European Geosciences Union General Assembly. Vienna, Austria, April 7-13, 2013: Poster.
Kurata, N., Vella, K., Tartar, A., Matt, S., Shivji, M., & Soloviev, A. (2013). Assessing Lagrangian coherent structures and uncertainties using RELO ensemble system in the Gulf of Mexico. In American Meteorolical Society Annual Meeting. Austin, TX, January 6-10, 2013.
Soloviev, A., McGauley, M., Matt, S., Shivji, M., Tartar, A., Kurata, N., et al. (2013). Air-sea Gas Exchange: Low and High Wind Speed Extremes. In Air-Sea Gas Flux Workshop. Brest, France, September 23-27, 2013.