GoMRI
Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)

Project Member Institutions

Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies (DROPPS)

Baltimore Polytechnic

Student

Lambert Aryee
High School Student

Humboldt State University

College of Natural Resources and Sciences

Zoe Wambaugh
Undergraduate Student

Johns Hopkins University

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Yvana Ahdab
Undergraduate Student
Nourah Almashaan
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Kyle Candela
Undergraduate Student
Ben Chello
Undergraduate Student
Shigan Chu
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Devin Conley
Undergraduate Student
Vincent D'Albignac
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Courtney Engle
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Wesley Ericksen
Undergraduate Student
Trevor Holmgren
Undergraduate Student
Jiarong Hong
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Annie Hosler
Undergraduate Student
Joseph Katz
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead,
Task Data Contact
Ben Keyser
Undergraduate Student
Cheng Li
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Dave Morra
Undergraduate Student
David Murphy
Post-Doc
Alex Naticchia
Undergraduate Student
Andrea Prosperetti
Research Scientist
Bahni Ray
Post-Doc
Evan Rodbell
Undergraduate Student
Xinzhi Xue
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dan Allan
Graduate Student - PhD Level

SINTEF

Department of Marine Environmental Technology

Cynthia Juyne Beegle-Krause
Research Scientist
Per Johan Brandvik
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
Emlyn Davies
Research Scientist
Bjørn Henrik Hansen
Research Scientist
Trond Nordtug
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
Mark Reed
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Jorgen Skancke
Co-Principal Investigator

Texas Tech University

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Larry Brock
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Khalil Castillo
Undergraduate Student
Niloofar Fathollahi
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Avesta Hojjati
Data Team,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level,
Undergraduate Student
Damian Johnson
Undergraduate Student
Daniel Kibet
Undergraduate Student
Seangho Kim
Graduate Student - PhD Level
James Lassmann
Undergraduate Student
Faraz Mehdi
Post-Doc
Mehdi Molaei
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Jian Sheng
Co-Principal Investigator,
Project Data Point of Contact,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead,
Task Data Contact
Van Vo
Undergraduate Student

The University of Texas at Austin

College of Natural Sciences

Kaycie Lanpher
Undergraduate Student

Department of Marine Science

Rodrigo Almeda
Task Co-Lead,
Task Data Contact,
Post-Doc
Lalitha Asirvadam
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator,
Outreach Point of Contact,
Data Team,
Outreach Team
Genoa J. Black
Outreach Point of Contact,
Outreach Team,
Administrative Staff
Edward J. Buskey
Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead,
Task Data Contact
Deana L. Erdner
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead,
Task Data Contact,
Outreach Team
Colbi Gemmell
Outreach Point of Contact,
Outreach Team
Tracy Harvey
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Jiqing Liu
Research Scientist
Zhanfei Liu
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead,
Task Data Contact
Michele Mei
Undergraduate Student
Joe Myers
Data Team
Candace Peyton
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator,
Outreach Point of Contact,
Administrative Staff
Carolyn Rose
Outreach Team
Meredith Evans Seeley
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Zucheng Wang
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

School of Biological Sciences

Armando Estrada
Undergraduate Student
Donald Flynn
Undergraduate Student
Sara Garcia
Undergraduate Student
Brittany Jensen
Undergraduate Student
Andrew Kang
Undergraduate Student

Tohoku University

Atsushi Sato
Undergraduate Student

University of California Berkeley

Chemical Engineering

Aayush Singh
Undergraduate Student

University of Pennsylvania

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Blake Bleier
Undergraduate Student
Anna Gasha
Undergraduate Student
Fang Jin
Research Staff
Kathleen Stebe
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Lisa Tran
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Liana Vaccari
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Adam Weisel
Undergraduate Student

University of Puerto Rico

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Jomayra Sanchez-Rodriguez
Undergraduate Student

University of South Florida

Department of Integrative Biology

Brad J. Gemmell
Research Scientist

University of Texas at El Paso

College of Science

Sarah Baca
Undergraduate Student

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Department of Biological Sciences

Shawn Bona
Undergraduate Student
Sarah Horn
Undergraduate Student
Kara Kunz
Undergraduate Student
Jeffrey Motschman
Undergraduate Student
Rudi Strickler
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

School of Freshwater Sciences

Ai Nihongi
Post-Doc
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org