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Funding Source: Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)

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Characterizing the Composition and Biogeochemical Behavior of Dispersants and Their Transformation Products in Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecosystems

11 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Kevin Armbrust
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Darrell Sparks
Mississippi State University
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Co-Principal Investigator

Kevin Armbrust
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Bruce J. Brownawell
Stony Brook University
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
P. Lee Ferguson
Duke University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Anne E. McElroy
Stony Brook University
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Darrell Sparks
Mississippi State University
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Project Data Point of Contact

Darrell Sparks
Mississippi State University
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Research Scientist

Darrell Sparks
Mississippi State University
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Research Staff

Cindy Foster
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory
Ashley Meredith
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory

GoMRI Scholar

Benedette Adewale
Stony Brook University
Department of Chemistry
Subham Dasgupta
Stony Brook University
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Benedette Adewale
Stony Brook University
Department of Chemistry
Subham Dasgupta
Stony Brook University
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Gordon J. Getzinger
Duke University
Duke University Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment
Irvin Huang
Stony Brook University
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org