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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year One Block Grant - The Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium

Project Roster

Studies of Microbial Communities Affected by the Deepwater Horizon Spill

9 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Omar Oyarzabal
Alabama State University
Department of Biological Sciences

Co-Principal Investigator

Covadonga R. (Cova) Arias
Auburn University
Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures
James Coker
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Biology
Komal Vig
Alabama State University
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Project Data Point of Contact

Omar Oyarzabal
Alabama State University
Department of Biological Sciences

Research Staff

Joe E. Lepo
University of West Florida
Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation

Data Team

Natasha Mendez-Ferrer
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science

Undergraduate Student

Karen Cravero
Alabama State University
Department of Biological Sciences
Elizabeth Kennedy
Alabama State University
Department of Biological Sciences
Christopher Maxwell
Alabama State University
Department of Biological Sciences
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org