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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Matt Perkins

Oregon State University

Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology

1007 Agriculture & Life Sciences Building
Corvallis, OR  97331  

perkimat@science.oregonstate.edu

Project List:

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf-2 (ECOGIG-2)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG)

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 6

2018

McFarlin, K. M., Perkins, M. J., Field, J. A., & Leigh, M. B. (2018). Biodegradation of Crude Oil and Corexit 9500 in Arctic Seawater. Front. Microbiol., 9, 1788.

2017

Perkins, M. J., Joye, S. B., & Field, J. A. (2017). Selective quantification of DOSS in marine sediment and sediment-trap solids by LC-QTOF-MS. Anal Bioanal Chem, 409(4), 971–978.

2016

Place, B. J., Perkins, M., Sinclair, E., Barsamian, A. L., Blakemore, P. R., & Field, J. A. (2016). Trace analysis of surfactants in Corexit oil dispersant formulations and seawater. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 273–281.
Zhang, Z., Avij, P., Perkins, M. J., Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Field, J. A., Valsaraj, K. T., et al. (2016). Combined Experimental and Molecular Simulation Investigation of the Individual Effects of Corexit Surfactants on the Aerosolization of Oil Spill Matter. J. Phys. Chem. A, 120(30), 6048–6058.

2015

Kleindienst, S., Seidel, M., Ziervogel, K., Grim, S., Loftis, K., Harrison, S., et al. (2015). Chemical dispersants can suppress the activity of natural oil-degrading microorganisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 112(48), 14900–14905.

2014

Barsamian, A. L., Perkins, M., Field, J., & Blakemore, P. R. (2014). Regioselective syntheses of [13C]4-labelled sodium 1-carboxy-2-(2-ethylhexyloxycarbonyl)ethanesulfonate and sodium 2-carboxy-1-(2-ethylhexyloxycarbonyl)ethanesulfonate from [13C]4-maleic anhydride. J. Label Compd. Radiopharm, 57(5), 397–401.

Conference Presentations - 8

2015

Malkin, S., Harrison, S., Saxton, M., Loftis, K., Battles, J., Seidel, M., et al. (2015). Do Chemical Dispersants Impede or Hasten Microbial Degradation of Hydrocarbons in Surface Waters? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Perkins, M. J., Robel, A. E., Joye, S. B., & Field, J. A. (2015). DOSS: Spatial and temporal trends in GOM sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.

2014

Joye, S. B., Seidel, M., Medeiros, P., Hunter, K., Grim, S., Sogin, M., et al. (2014). Chemical dispersants used in oil spill response alter microbial community composition and evolution but not microbial activity. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Perkins, M. J., & Field, J. A. (2014). Corexit in Gulf of Mexico Sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Perkins, M. J., & Field, J. A. (2014). Changes in the mass percent contribution of the individual Corexit surfactants during the generation of a dispersed-oil-WAF. In SETAC North America. Vancouver, BC : 11/9/2014-11/13/2014: Poster.
Perkins, M. J., & Field, J. A. (2014). Laboratory microcosm aerobic and anaerobic degradation of Corexit surfactants. In SETAC North America. Vancouver, BC : 11/9/2014-11/13/2014: Poster.
Perkins, M. J., Robel, A., & Field, J. A. (2014). Persistence of DOSS in GOM sediment. In SETAC North America. Vancouver, BC : 11/9/2014-11/13/2014.

2013

Perkins, M. J. (2013). Dispersant: New Developments in Science and Technology Implications to Deep-Sea Oil Releases. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.