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

Consortium for the Molecular Engineering of Dispersant Systems (C-MEDS)

Arizona State University

Department of Chemical Engineering

Evan Chen
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Lenore L. Dai
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Morgan Kelly
Undergraduate Student
Qin Long
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Milagros Malo
Undergraduate Student
Jin Zhou
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Auburn University

Department of Chemical Engineering

Matthew DeCuir
Undergraduate Student
Jennifer Duggan
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Emmanuel Nyankson
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Courtney Ober
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Christopher B. Roberts
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Pranav Vengsarkar
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Brown University

Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation

Agnes B. Kane
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Alyssa Owens
Undergraduate Student
April Rodd
Graduate Student - PhD Level

School of Engineering

Yantao Chen
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Megan Creighton
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Robert H. Hurt
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Yuzo Ohata
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Finn van Krieken
Undergraduate Student
Zhongying Wang
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Carnegie Mellon University

Department of Chemical Engineering

Shelley Lynn Anna
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Yang Guo
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Stephanie Kirby
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Matthew Reichert
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Lynn M. Walker
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

City University of New York

Research Foundation

Florida International University

Department of Chemistry

Daria Boglaienko
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jillian Berbakov
Undergraduate Student
Urpiana Koklonis
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Mengshan Lee
Post-Doc
Berrin Tansel
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Georgetown University

Department of Chemistry

Yong He
Post-Doc
Richard G. Weiss
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Hui Zhao
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Georgia Institute of Technology

Aquatic Chemical Ecology Center

Andrew Gorman
Graduate Student - PhD Level

School of Materials Science and Engineering

Paul S. Russo
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Sengjuan Baek
Graduate Student - Master's Level

Louisiana State University

Cain Department of Chemical Engineering

Paria Avij
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Yuwu Chen
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Victoria Dugas
Undergraduate Student
Allen Huang
Graduate Student - Master's Level,
Undergraduate Student
He Huang
Undergraduate Student
Francisco R. Hung
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Thilanga Liyana-Arachchi
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Amit Mishra
Undergraduate Student
K. Nandakumar
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Andrew Pham
Undergraduate Student
Abhijit Rao
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Xin Shu
Undergraduate Student
Kalliat T Valsaraj
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Isaiah Woodson
Undergraduate Student
Xujun Zhang
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Zenghui Zhang
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices

Amitava Roy
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Department of Chemistry

Brad Blalock
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Wayne Huberty
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Michael Pham
Undergraduate Student
Cornelia Rosu
Post-Doc,
Graduate Student - Master's Level

North Carolina State University

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Steven Benner
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Carol K. Hall
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Princeton University

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Pablo G. Debenedetti
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Arun Prabhu
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Robert K. Prud'homme
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jie Feng
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Howard A. Stone
Co-Principal Investigator

The City College of New York

Department of Chemical Engineering

Amitesh Ahuja
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Radha Ambekar
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Minjun Cha
Post-Doc
Helen Dumas
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Christopher Hassan
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Luke Hwang
Undergraduate Student
Swapnil Jadhav
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Jae W. Lee
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Oluwaseun Salako
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Malick Samateh
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Bivas Sarker
Undergraduate Student
Julian Silverman
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Jingjian Tang
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Ran Xiong
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Junshe Zhang
Post-Doc

Department of Chemistry

Ann-Sophie Cuvier
Graduate Student - Master's Level
George John
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

The State University of New York - University at Buffalo

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Paschalis Alexandridis
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Alecia Bernard
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Andrew Bodratti
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Eric Dudek
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Ashley Guerrette
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Marina Tsianou
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Lee Villafuerte
Undergraduate Student

The University of Texas at Austin

Department of Chemical Engineering

Jonathan Bollinger
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Roger T. Bonnecaze
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Michael Clements
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Keith P. Johnston
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Susheela Nayak
Undergraduate Student
Thomas M. Truskett
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Zheng Xue
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Christopher W. Bielawski
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Beth Neilson
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Lynn Tarkington
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Alexander Todd
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering

Steven L. Bryant
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Victoria Cheng
Undergraduate Student
Andrew Worthen
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Tulane University

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Henry S. Ashbaugh
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Brian Broom-Peltz
Undergraduate Student
Mangesh Chaudhari
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
George Chike
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Joseph Cremaldi
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
David Cutting
Undergraduate Student
Yufei Duan
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Etham Frenkel
Undergraduate Student
Sinead Holleran
Undergraduate Student
Bennetta Horne
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator,
Outreach Point of Contact
Dayton Hunn
Undergraduate Student
Yuly (Andrea) Jaimes-Lizcano
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Kejia Jin
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Vijay T. John
Principal Investigator,
Project Data Point of Contact,
Task Co-Lead
Julie Kaiga
Undergraduate Student
Bin Meng
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Shreyas Oak
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Olasehinde Owoseni
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Kyriakos D. Papadopoulos
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Noshir S. Pesika
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Lawrence R. Pratt
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Rebecca Tamayo
Undergraduate Student
Pradeep Venkataraman
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Sonya Zheng
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Peixi Zhu
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation

Eric Roque
Outreach Team

Public Relations Office

Mike Strecker
Outreach Team

University of Colorado

Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering

Caitlin Glover
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Robyn Hallowell
Data Team,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Stephanie Kover
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Karl G. Linden
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Austa Parker
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Fernanco Rosario-Ortiz
Co-Principal Investigator

University of Houston

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Kai He
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Daehak Kim
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Ramanan Krishnamoorti
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

University of Maryland

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Kelly Jun
Undergraduate Student
Catherine Nguyen
Undergraduate Student
Srinivasa R. Raghavan
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Jasmin Athas
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Caitlyn McCafferty
Undergraduate Student

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Department of Chemical Engineering

Sebastian Russell
Graduate Student - Master's Level,
Undergraduate Student

Department of Physics

Anthony D. Dinsmore
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Wei He
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Nesrin Senbil
Graduate Student - PhD Level

University of Michigan

Department of Chemical Engineering

Kyle Huston
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Ronald Gary Larson
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Xueming Tang
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

University of Minnesota

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Sarah Downey
Undergraduate Student
Alon V. McCormick
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead,
Data Team
David Riehm
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
David Rokke
Undergraduate Student

University of Rhode Island

Department of Chemical Engineering

Arijit Bose
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Geoffrey D. Bothun
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Patrick Brown
Undergraduate Student
Sarah Fields
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Anju Gupta
Post-Doc
Hari Katepalli
Research Scientist,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Amitesh Saha
Research Scientist,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Maximillan Sender
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Hongyin Zhang
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Yuzi Zhang
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

University of South Florida

Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Norma A. Alcantar
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Audrey Buttice
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Rana Falahat
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Mena George
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Lara Jorge
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Jose Leon
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Gulnur Sanden
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Deni-Maire Smith
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Ryan G. Toomey
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Jorge Viera
Graduate Student - PhD Level

University of Southern Mississippi

Department of Polymer Science

Charles L. McCormick
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Phillip Pickett
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
David Siefker
Undergraduate Student
Wen-Ming Wan
Post-Doc

Virginia Commonwealth University

School of Engineering

Ram B. Gupta
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org