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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)

Project Roster

Understanding How the Complex Topography of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Influences Water-column Mixing Processes and the Vertical and Horizontal Distribution of Oil and Gas after a Blowout

8 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Kurt Polzin
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Physical Oceanography Department

Co-Principal Investigator

Steven F. DiMarco
Texas A&M University
Department of Oceanography
John Toole
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Physical Oceanography Department
Zhankun Wang
Texas A&M University
Geochemical and Environmental Research Group

Project Data Point of Contact

Kurt Polzin
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Physical Oceanography Department

Research Scientist

Binbin Wang
Texas A&M University
Geochemical and Environmental Research Group

Research Staff

Xiao Ge
Texas A&M University
Geochemical and Environmental Research Group

Data Team

Chuan-Yuan Hsu
Texas A&M University
Geochemical and Environmental Research Group

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Christian Nygren
Texas A&M University
Department of Oceanography
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org