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Collin Ward

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Project List:

The State-of-the-Art Unraveling of the Biotic and Abiotic Chemical Evolution of Macondo Oil: 2010-2018.

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 6

2020

Ward, C., Reddy, C., & Overton, E. (2020). Why Sunlight Matters for Marine Oil Spills. Eos, 101.
Ward, C. P., & Overton, E. B. (2020). How the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill reshaped our understanding of crude oil photochemical weathering at sea: a past, present, and future perspective. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 22(5), 1125–1138.

2019

Ward, C. P., Sharpless, C. M., Valentine, D. L., Aeppli, C., Sutherland, K. M., Wankel, S. D., et al. (2019). Oxygen Isotopes (δ18O) Trace Photochemical Hydrocarbon Oxidation at the Sea Surface. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46(12), 6745–6754.

2018

Aeppli, C., Swarthout, R. F., O'Neil, G. W., Katz, S. D., Nabi, D., Ward, C. P., et al. (2018). How Persistent and Bioavailable Are Oxygenated Deepwater Horizon Oil Transformation Products? Environmental Science & Technology, 52(13), 7250–7258.
Ward, C. P., Armstrong, C. J., Conmy, R. N., French-McCay, D. P., & Nelson, R. K., Carmichael, C.A., Reddy, C.M., Aeppli, C., Kellerman, M.Y., Valentine, D.L. (2018). Photochemical Oxidation of Oil Reduced the Effectiveness of Aerial Dispersants Applied in Response to the_Deepwater Horizon Spill. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 5(5), 226–231.
Ward, C. P., Sharpless, C. M., Valentine, D. L., French-McCay, D. P., Aeppli, C., White, H. K., et al. (2018). Partial Photochemical Oxidation Was a Dominant Fate of_Deepwater Horizon Surface Oil. Environ. Sci. Technol., 52(4), 1797–1805.

Conference Presentations - 8

2018

Armstrong, C. J., Ward, C. P., & Reddy, C. M. (2018). Photochemical oxidation reduces the efficacy of chemical dispersants applied in response to oil spills. In 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition. New Orleans, LA : 03/18/18-03/22/18: Poster.
Reddy, C. M., & Ward, C. P. (2018). The production of spillphatenes following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. In 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition. New Orleans, LA : 03/18/18-03/22/18.
Ward, C. P. (2018). Why sunlight matters for oil spills in the ocean. In American Chemical Society Fall Meeting. Woods Hole, MA : 08/19/2018 - 08/23/2018.
Ward, C. P., Armstrong, C. J., French-McCay, D. P., Conmy, R., & Reddy, C. M. (2018). Photochemical oxidation reduces the efficacy of aerial dispersants applied in response to oil spills. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Ward, C. P., Reddy, C. M., & Cory, R. M. (2018). Evaluating the magnitude of partial photo-oxidation of organic carbon in sunlit surface waters. In 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition. New Orleans, LA : 03/18/18-03/22/18.
Ward, C. P., Sharpless, C. M., Aeppli, C., Valentine, D. L., French-McCay, D. P., White, H., et al. (2018). Partial photochemical oxidation was a dominant fate of Deepwater Horizon surface oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Ward, C. P., & Reddy, C. M. (2017). Assessing the contribution of photochemical processes to the formation of oxidized hydrocarbons following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Insights from preliminary laboratory experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Ward, C. P., & Reddy, C. M. (2017). Characterizing the role of photochemical processes in the oxidation of hydrocarbons released during the Deepwater Horizon disaster. In 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition. San Francisco, CA : 04/02/17-04/06/17.