GoMRI
Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)

Project Member Institutions

Accelerating Recovery after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Response of the Plant-Microbial-Benthic Ecosystem to Mitigation Strategies Promoting Wetland Remediation and Resilience

Atkins North America, Inc.

Atkins North America Sciences

Rebecca W. Berzinis
Research Scientist
Stefan M. Bourgoin
Research Scientist
Donald R. Deis
Research Scientist
Eric T. Schneider
Research Scientist
Elizabeth A. Spalding
Research Scientist

Louisiana State University

Department of Biological Sciences

Kevin Carman
Co-Principal Investigator
Brian Coe
Undergraduate Student
Kaitlin Crane
Undergraduate Student
Britton Day
Undergraduate Student
John W. Fleeger
Co-Principal Investigator
Amber Hall
Undergraduate Student
Tyler Harris
Undergraduate Student
Maria (Rita) Riggio
Research Staff
Jessica Weckhorst
Undergraduate Student
Jayla Wilson-Roman
Undergraduate Student

Department of Environmental Sciences

Kris Ackoury
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Grace Cagle
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Corwin Hess
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Aixin Hou
Co-Principal Investigator
Lauren Navarre
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Caroline Roy
Undergraduate Student
Rui Zhang
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

John Breaux
Undergraduate Student
Sean Graham
Research Staff
Yun-Hui Lai
Undergraduate Student
Yao Li
Undergraduate Student
Qianxin Lin
Co-Principal Investigator
Irving A. Mendelssohn
Principal Investigator,
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Tulane University

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Amory Walker
Graduate Student - Master's Level
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org