GoMRI
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 Member Institutions

Genomic Responses to the Deepwater Horizon event and development of high-throughput biological assays for oil spills

Northeastern University

Marine Science Center

Daniel Distel
Data Team

Smithsonian Institution

Department of Invertebrate Zoology

Francesca Leasi
Research Scientist
Jon L. Norenburg
Research Scientist

Global Genome Initiative

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences

Tiffany Hawkins
Undergraduate Student
Marissa Pryor
Research Staff

The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Noe Barrera
Research Staff
Larry J. Hyde
Research Staff
Paul A. Montagna
Co-Principal Investigator
Elani Morgan
Research Staff
Symphony B. Ovalles
Undergraduate Student
Melissa M. Pena
Undergraduate Student
Michael Reuscher
Research Scientist

University of California Riverside

Department of Nematology

Taruna Agarwal
Research Staff
Holly M. Bik
Co-Principal Investigator

University of New Hampshire

Hubbard Center for Genome Studies

Krystalle Diaz
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Jeffrey Hall
Post-Doc
Krystalynne Morris
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator,
Outreach Point of Contact
Joseph Sevigny
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
W. Kelley Thomas
Principal Investigator,
Project Data Point of Contact,
Outreach Point of Contact
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org