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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)

Project Member Institutions

Coastal Waters Consortium III (CWC III): Oil Spills as Stressors in Coastal Marshes - The Legacy and the Future

Austin Peay State University

Department of Biology

Stefan Woltmann
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Biological Sciences Department

Aaron Angel
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Andrea Bonisoli Alquati
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Connecticut College

Department of Biology

Anne E. Bernhard
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Junhyung Han
Undergraduate Student
Hayley McMahon
Undergraduate Student
Roberta Sheffer
Research Staff

Eckerd College

Marine Science

Herbery Leavitt
Undergraduate Student

Florida Gulf Coast University

Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences

Ashley Brandt
Research Staff
Michael L. Parsons
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead

Louisiana State University

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Daniel Alt
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Department of Environmental Sciences

Puspa Adhikari
Research Scientist
Buffy Ashton-Meyer
Co-Principal Investigator
Edward Overton
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead
Robert Wong
Research Staff

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Linlin Cui
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Mario Hernandez
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Lauris Hollis
Post-Doc,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Haosheng Huang
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Dubravko Justic
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Katerine Kjos
Undergraduate Student
Katelyn Lamb
Graduate Student - Master's Level,
Undergraduate Student
Giulio Mariotti
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead
Robert Mitchell
Undergraduate Student
Sydney Moyo
Post-Doc
Alireza Payandeh
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Michael J. Polito
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead
Elizabeth Robinson
Graduate Student - PhD Level
R. Eugene Turner
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead
Kendall Valentine
Graduate Student - PhD Level

School of Renewable Natural Resources

Phillip Stouffer
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Sabrina Taylor
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead

Louisiana State University AgCenter

Department of Renewable Natural Resources

Jordan Logarbo
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Anna Perez-Umphrey
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Allison Snider
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level

Louisiana Tech University

School of Biological Sciences

Alizia Barnes
Undergraduate Student

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)

Administration

Heidi Boudreaux
Administrative Staff
Melissa Trosclair
Administrative Staff

Data Management

Jason Weick
Project Data Point of Contact,
Data Team

Education and Outreach

Aaron Bacala
Outreach Team
Murt P. Conover
Outreach Point of Contact
Emily Rosser
Outreach Team

Research

Caitlin Bauer
Research Staff
Caleb Bourgeois
Research Staff
Lauren Brown
Post-Doc
Ekaterina Bulygina
Research Staff
Ajit Ghimire
Research Staff
Dorothee Gottert
Research Staff
Scott Jones
Post-Doc
Brendan Kelly
Research Staff
Jordan Logarbo
Research Staff
Amelia Lormand
Research Staff
Logan McPherson
Research Staff
William Moore
Research Staff
Wendy Morrison
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator,
Project Data Point of Contact,
Data Team,
Administrative Staff
Stephanie Plaisance
Research Staff
Andrea Price
Post-Doc
Nancy N. Rabalais
Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead,
Administrative Staff
Amanda Richey
Research Staff
Guillaume Rieucau
Research Scientist
Brian J. Roberts
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead
Ryann Rossi
Post-Doc
Ronald Scheuermann
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Charles Schutte
Research Scientist
Gina Woods
Research Staff

Marine Biological Laboratory

The Ecosystems Center

Anne Giblin
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Michigan Technological University

Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)

Jill A. Olin
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Rutgers University

Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences

Kenneth W. Able
Research Scientist
Olaf P. Jensen
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead
Kiva Oken
Post-Doc

Rutgers University Marine Field Station

Paola Lopez-Duarte
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

SEA Consulting Group

President

Ann Hayward Walker
Co-Principal Investigator

Smith College

Environmental Science and Policy

Adriana Grow
Undergraduate Student

Texas A&M University

Department of Ecosystem Science and Management

Harrison Coker
Undergraduate Student

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Mark R. Besonen
Research Scientist

Universidad Metropolitana

Escuela de Ciencias y Tecnologi­a

Karolyn Agosto Shaw
Undergraduate Student

University of Florida

Nature Coast Biological Station

Sawyer Downey
Undergraduate Student
Charles W. Martin
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead
Ashley McDonald
Research Staff

University of Maryland

Department of Environmental Science and Technology

Michael Sean Kearney
Co-Principal Investigator
Yu Mo
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Joyce Christine Alexis Riter
Co-Principal Investigator

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology

Shelby Ziegler
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Institute of Marine Sciences

Fredrick (Joel) Fodrie
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Department of Biological Sciences

Christopher Garcia
Undergraduate Student
Melissa Hatley
Undergraduate Student
Julia Nelson
Undergraduate Student

University of Tennessee

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

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