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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 Roster

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

92 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Nancy N. Rabalais
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research

Co-Principal Investigator

Buffy Ashton-Meyer
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Anne E. Bernhard
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
Andrea Bonisoli Alquati
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Biological Sciences Department
Fredrick (Joel) Fodrie
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Institute of Marine Sciences
Anne Giblin
Marine Biological Laboratory
The Ecosystems Center
Haosheng Huang
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Olaf P. Jensen
Rutgers University
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Dubravko Justic
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Michael Sean Kearney
University of Maryland
Department of Environmental Science and Technology
Paola Lopez-Duarte
Rutgers University
Rutgers University Marine Field Station
Giulio Mariotti
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Charles W. Martin
University of Florida
Nature Coast Biological Station
Jill A. Olin
Michigan Technological University
Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
Edward Overton
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Michael L. Parsons
Florida Gulf Coast University
Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences
Michael J. Polito
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Joyce Christine Alexis Riter
University of Maryland
Department of Environmental Science and Technology
Brian J. Roberts
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Phillip Stouffer
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Sabrina Taylor
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
R. Eugene Turner
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Ann Hayward Walker
SEA Consulting Group
President
Stefan Woltmann
Austin Peay State University
Department of Biology

Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Wendy Morrison
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research

Project Data Point of Contact

Wendy Morrison
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Jason Weick
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Data Management

Outreach Point of Contact

Murt P. Conover
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Education and Outreach

Research Scientist

Kenneth W. Able
Rutgers University
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Puspa Adhikari
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Mark R. Besonen
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Annette Summers Engel
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Guillaume Rieucau
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Charles Schutte
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research

Post-Doc

Laura Basirico
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Lauren Brown
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Ariella Chelsky
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Lauris Hollis
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Scott Jones
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Sydney Moyo
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Kiva Oken
Rutgers University
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Andrea Price
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Ryann Rossi
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Shivakumar Shivarudrappa
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
James Vasslides
Rutgers University
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences

Research Staff

Caitlin Bauer
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Caleb Bourgeois
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Ashley Brandt
Florida Gulf Coast University
Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences
Ekaterina Bulygina
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Ajit Ghimire
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Dorothee Gottert
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Brendan Kelly
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Jordan Logarbo
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Amelia Lormand
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Ashley McDonald
University of Florida
Nature Coast Biological Station
Logan McPherson
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
William Moore
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Stephanie Plaisance
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Amanda Richey
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Roberta Sheffer
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
Robert Wong
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Gina Woods
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research

Data Team

Wendy Morrison
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Jason Weick
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Data Management

Outreach Team

Aaron Bacala
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Education and Outreach
Emily Rosser
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Education and Outreach

Administrative Staff

Heidi Boudreaux
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Administration
Wendy Morrison
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Nancy N. Rabalais
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Melissa Trosclair
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Administration

GoMRI Scholar

Allison Snider
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Renewable Natural Resources

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Daniel Alt
Louisiana State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Linlin Cui
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Mario Hernandez
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Lauris Hollis
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Yu Mo
University of Maryland
Department of Environmental Science and Technology
Alireza Payandeh
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Anna Perez-Umphrey
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Renewable Natural Resources
Elizabeth Robinson
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Allison Snider
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Renewable Natural Resources
Kendall Valentine
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Shelby Ziegler
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology

Graduate Student - Master's Level

Aaron Angel
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Biological Sciences Department
Katelyn Lamb
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Jordan Logarbo
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Renewable Natural Resources
Ronald Scheuermann
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Allison Snider
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Renewable Natural Resources

Undergraduate Student

Karolyn Agosto Shaw
Universidad Metropolitana
Escuela de Ciencias y Tecnologi­a
Alizia Barnes
Louisiana Tech University
School of Biological Sciences
Harrison Coker
Texas A&M University
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
Sawyer Downey
University of Florida
Nature Coast Biological Station
Christopher Garcia
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Department of Biological Sciences
Adriana Grow
Smith College
Environmental Science and Policy
Junhyung Han
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
Melissa Hatley
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Department of Biological Sciences
Katerine Kjos
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Katelyn Lamb
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Herbery Leavitt
Eckerd College
Marine Science
Hayley McMahon
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
Robert Mitchell
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Julia Nelson
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Department of Biological Sciences
http://cwc.lumcon.edu/
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org