GoMRI
Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)

Project Member Institutions

Coastal Waters Consortium II (CWC II)

American University

Environmental Science

Katie Plank
Undergraduate Student

Austin Peay State University

Center of Excellence for Field Biology

Megan Hart
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Brett Longwith
Research Staff

Department of Biology

Jaqueline Maille
Undergraduate Student
Hannah McGinnity
Undergraduate Student
Stefan Woltmann
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Biodiversity Research Institute

Kristin Kovach
Research Staff
Hannah Uher-Koch
Research Staff

Research

Allie Byrd
Research Staff

Carleton College

Department of Chemistry

Kate Faber
Undergraduate Student

Center for Loon Conservation

Biodiversity Research Institute

James Paruk
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead

Connecticut College

Department of Biology

Jack Beltz
Undergraduate Student
Anne E. Bernhard
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Junhyung Han
Undergraduate Student
Grace Kovic
Undergraduate Student
Hayley McMahon
Undergraduate Student
William Platt
Undergraduate Student
Roberta Sheffer
Research Staff
Isis Torres Nunez
Undergraduate Student

Dartmouth College

Department of Biological Sciences

David Klinges
Undergraduate Student

Eckerd College

Marine Science

Samantha Fortin
Undergraduate Student
Ashley McDonald
Undergraduate Student

Florida Gulf Coast University

Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences

Michael L. Parsons
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Jeffrey A. Zingre
Graduate Student - Master's Level

Grambling State University

Department of Biology

Robynn Hadley
Undergraduate Student

Lake Superior State University

School of Biological Sciences

Charles Cilek
Undergraduate Student

Louisiana State University

Department of Biological Sciences

Elena Boardman
Undergraduate Student
Donald De Mahy
Undergraduate Student

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Daniel Alt
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level

Department of Environmental Sciences

Puspa Adhikari
Research Staff
Buffy Ashton-Meyer
Task Co-Lead,
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Andrew Bowes
Research Staff
Linda M. Bui
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Kara Callicott
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Gourav Divan
Undergraduate Student
Brooke Hesson
Research Staff
Michael Layne
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Carson McCord
Undergraduate Student
M. Scott Miles
Task Co-Lead,
Research Staff
David Norris
Undergraduate Student
Greg M. Olsen
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Edward Overton
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Stacy Peterson
Research Staff
Ryan Roy
Undergraduate Student
Igor Sokolov
Post-Doc
Rachel Marie Strecker
Research Staff

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Tom Aepelbacher
Research Staff
John Edward Bodker
Research Staff
Natalie Ceresnak
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Linlin Cui
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Lauris Hollis
Post-Doc,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Abbey Hotard
Undergraduate Student
Haosheng Huang
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Jessica Johnson
Research Staff,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Dubravko Justic
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead
Danielle Laguaite
Research Staff,
Undergraduate Student
Katelyn Lamb
Undergraduate Student
Giulio Mariotti
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Charles W. Martin
Task Lead,
Research Scientist,
Post-Doc
Jamal Mathurin
Research Staff
Giovanna McClenachan
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Charles Milan
Research Staff
Jill A. Olin
Research Scientist
Alireza Payandeh
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Gary Peterson
Research Staff
Michael J. Polito
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Christina Powell
Research Staff
Elizabeth Robinson
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Erick Swenson
Research Staff
R. Eugene Turner
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead
Kendall Valentine
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Lixia Wang
Task Co-Lead,
Research Staff
Joseph Winston
Undergraduate Student

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Issac Ayyala
Research Staff

School of Renewable Natural Resources

Liana DiNunzio
Research Staff
Jean Elbers
Post-Doc
Jena Nierman
Research Staff
April Simmons
Undergraduate Student
Phillip Stouffer
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Sabrina Taylor
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead

Louisiana State University AgCenter

Department of Entomology

Xuan Chen
Post-Doc

Department of Renewable Natural Resources

Megan Arias
Research Staff
Andrea Bonisoli Alquati
Research Scientist,
Post-Doc
Joe Caprio
Research Staff
Alexander Pate
Research Staff
Anna Perez-Umphrey
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Allison Snider
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Adam Vaccarella
Research Staff
Sara Wendt
Research Staff
Steven Tyler Williams
Research Staff

School of Renewable Natural Resources

Stephanie Wheeler
Research Staff

Louisiana Tech University

School of Biological Sciences

Kristen Chatelain
Undergraduate Student

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)

Administration

Heidi Boudreaux
Administrative Staff
Debra Cenac
Administrative Staff
Charo Luke
Administrative Staff
Melissa Trosclair
Administrative Staff

Data Management

Bruce Benoit
Data Team
Jason Weick
Project Data Point of Contact,
Task Data Contact

Education and Outreach

Mary Caravello
Outreach Team
Murt P. Conover
Outreach Point of Contact,
Outreach Team
Leandra Darden
Outreach Team
Miranda Lopez
Outreach Team
Emily Rosser
Outreach Team
Hannah Sarver
Outreach Team

Research

Caleb Bourgeois
Research Staff
Ekaterina Bulygina
Research Staff
Becky Forgrave
Research Staff
Tori Hebert
Undergraduate Student
Scott Jones
Post-Doc
Brendan Kelly
Research Staff
Jacqueline Levy
Research Staff
Jordan Logarbo
Research Staff
Amelia Lormand
Research Staff
Logan McPherson
Research Staff
Wendy Morrison
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator,
Task Co-Lead,
Research Staff,
Data Team
Shiena Normand
Research Staff
Logen Pietraroia
Research Staff
Andrea Price
Post-Doc
Nancy N. Rabalais
Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead
Amanda Richey
Research Staff
Brian J. Roberts
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead
Ryann Rossi
Post-Doc
Marci Savage
Research Staff
Ronald Scheuermann
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Charles Schutte
Research Scientist,
Research Staff
Samantha Setta
Research Staff
Shivakumar Shivarudrappa
Post-Doc,
Post-Doc
Hillary Sullivan
Research Staff
Gina Woods
Research Staff

Marine Biological Laboratory

The Ecosystems Center

Anne Giblin
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Sam Kelsey
Research Staff
Jane Tucker
Research Staff

Nicholls State University

Department of Biological Sciences

Regina Bledsoe
Undergraduate Student
Jordan Logarbo
Undergraduate Student

Northwestern University

Environmental Sciences

Emily Hays
Undergraduate Student

Rutgers University

Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences

Kenneth W. Able
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Christian Daniell
Research Staff
Abigail Golden
Research Staff
Shawn Hazlett
Research Staff
Mario Hernandez
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Olaf P. Jensen
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Michael McCann
Research Scientist,
Post-Doc
Stephanie Melara
Undergraduate Student
Carola Noji
Research Staff
Kiva Oken
Post-Doc
Jennifer Pincin
Research Staff
Maggie Shaw
Research Staff

Rutgers University Marine Field Station

Christine Denisevich
Research Staff
Paola Lopez-Duarte
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

SEA Consulting Group

President

Ann Hayward Walker
Co-Principal Investigator,
Outreach Team

South Florida Natural Resources Center

Troy Hill
Research Scientist

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Mark R. Besonen
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

United States Environmental Protection Agency

National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory - Atlantic Ecology Division

Troy Hill
Research Scientist,
Post-Doc

University of Colorado

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Katie Ebinger
Undergraduate Student

University of Florida

Nature Coast Biological Station

Charles W. Martin
Research Scientist

University of Houston

National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping

William E. Carter
Research Scientist
Nima Ekhtari
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Laura Murphy
Research Staff
Zhigang Pan
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Saurabh Prasad
Research Scientist
Michael Sartori
Research Staff
Ramesh Shrestha
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Abhinav Singhania
Research Staff
Amirhossein Tayyebi
Graduate Student - PhD Level

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Department of Biology

Katie Baudoin
Undergraduate Student

University of Maryland

Department of Environmental Science and Technology

Michael Sean Kearney
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Yu Mo
Graduate Student - PhD Level

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology

Shelby Ziegler
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Institute of Marine Sciences

Fredrick (Joel) Fodrie
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Quin Walker
Research Staff

University of Tennessee

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Brandon Bagley
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Kenneth Boling
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Lee Chaz
Undergraduate Student
Chanda Drennen
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Annette Summers Engel
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Abigail Harmon
Research Staff,
Undergraduate Student
Katherine Hutchins
Undergraduate Student
Hunter Johnson
Undergraduate Student
Audrey Paterson
Research Staff
Susan Pfiffner
Research Scientist
Samuel Scheffler
Undergraduate Student
Hannah Teffeteller
Undergraduate Student
Caleb Ward
Research Staff

University of Vermont

Wildlife and Fisheries Biology

Madelyn Sorrentino
Undergraduate Student

Washington and Lee University

Department of Biology

Isaac Rosenthal
Undergraduate Student

Wayne State University

Department of Biological Sciences

Nicole Farley
Undergraduate Student

Your Ocean Consulting, LLC

Director

Leslie Smith
Research Scientist
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org