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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)

Project Roster

Coastal Waters Consortium (CWC)

187 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

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

Co-Principal Investigator

Kenneth W. Able
Rutgers University
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Anne E. Bernhard
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
Heather Bracken-Grissom
Florida International University
Marine Sciences Program
Kenneth M. Brown
Louisiana State University
Department of Biological Sciences
Linda M. Bui
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Keith A. Crandall
George Washington University
Computational Biology Institute
Robert Diaz
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Department of Biological Sciences
Annette Summers Engel
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Darryl Felder
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Fredrick (Joel) Fodrie
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Institute of Marine Sciences
Suzanne Fredericq
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Brian Fry
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Anne Giblin
Marine Biological Laboratory
The Ecosystems Center
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
Jerome La Peyre
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Veterinary Science
Edward Overton
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Michael L. Parsons
Florida Gulf Coast University
Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences
Brian J. Roberts
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Phillip Stouffer
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Samuel Kersey Sturdivant
Duke University
Duke University Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment
Sabrina Taylor
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
R. Eugene Turner
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Debra Cenac
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Administration
Genia Murray
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Administration

Project Data Point of Contact

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

Heather Bracken-Grissom
Florida International University
Marine Sciences Program
Paola Lopez-Duarte
Rutgers University
Rutgers University Marine Field Station
M. Scott Miles
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Joyce Christine Alexis Riter
University of Maryland
Department of Environmental Science and Technology
Samuel Kersey Sturdivant
Duke University
Duke University Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment
Lixia Wang
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Qinggang Xue
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Animal Sciences

Post-Doc

Christine M. Bergeon Burns
Louisiana State University AgCenter
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Rachael Blake
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Sandra Casas-Liste
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Animal Sciences
Kara Duffy
University of Maryland
Department of Environmental Science and Technology
Charles W. Martin
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
John Marton
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Tom Nickles
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Jill A. Olin
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
William Schmidt
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Brent Thoma
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Charles (Chuck) Wall
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Stefan Woltmann
Austin Peay State University
Department of Biology

Research Staff

Buffy Ashton-Meyer
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Amanda Bartlett
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Emma Bogdan
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Tracy Burkhard
Louisiana State University AgCenter
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Eileen Butterfield
Louisiana State University AgCenter
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Christine Denisevich
Rutgers University
Rutgers University Marine Field Station
Michelle Duong
Louisiana State University AgCenter
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Anna Evans
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Christopher Filosa
Rutgers University
Rutgers University Marine Field Station
Amanda Fontenot
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Becky Forgrave
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Heng Gao
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Emilio Garcia
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Richard Gibbons
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Mark Herse
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Brooke Hesson
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Anya Hopple
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Jim Lee
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Ryan Elizabeth Leeson
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Charles Milan
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Wendy Morrison
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Todd Nelson
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Department of Biological Sciences
Greg M. Olsen
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Onyinye Osisioma
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Emilie Ospina
Tulane University
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Audrey Paterson
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Gary Peterson
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Lora Pride
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Shauna-Kay Rainford
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Matthew Rich
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Andrew Javier Rodriguez
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Mica Rumbach
Louisiana State University AgCenter
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Alexander Sabo
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Roberta Sheffer
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
April Simmons
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Laura Southcott
Louisiana State University AgCenter
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Rachel Marie Strecker
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Hillary Sullivan
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Erick Swenson
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Jane Tucker
Marine Biological Laboratory
The Ecosystems Center
Yalma Vargas-Rodriguez
Louisiana State University AgCenter
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Caleb Ward
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Tiffany Warner
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Joe Welklin
Louisiana State University AgCenter
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Stephanie Wheeler
Louisiana State University AgCenter
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Carmen Zazueta-Ramirez
Connecticut College
Department of Biology

Data Team

Linda M. Bui
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Murt P. Conover
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Education and Outreach
Keith A. Crandall
George Washington University
Computational Biology Institute
Darryl Felder
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Charles W. Martin
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
M. Scott Miles
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Nancy N. Rabalais
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Brian J. Roberts
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research
Samuel Kersey Sturdivant
Duke University
Duke University Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment
Charles (Chuck) Wall
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Research

Outreach Team

Brandon Coleman
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Education and Outreach
Murt P. Conover
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Education and Outreach
Nicole Cotten
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Education and Outreach
Leandra Darden
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Education and Outreach
Jessica Hernandez
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Education and Outreach
Miranda Lopez
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Education and Outreach
Hannah Sarver
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Education and Outreach

Administrative Staff

Bruce Benoit
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Data Management
Heidi Boudreaux
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Administration
Debra Cenac
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Administration
Holly Hebert-Pellegrin
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Data Management
Charo Luke
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Administration
Jason Weick
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Data Management

GoMRI Scholar

Benjamin Adams
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Buffy Ashton-Meyer
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Wokil Bam
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Olga Camacho-Hadad
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Xuan Chen
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Chanda Drennen
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Sherry Krayesky-Self
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Giovanna McClenachan
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
M. Scott Miles
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Yu Mo
University of Maryland
Department of Environmental Science and Technology
Joseph Richards
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Elizabeth Robinson
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Thomas Sauvage
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Andrew Tweel
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Kevin Tyre
Florida Gulf Coast University
Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences
Dagoberto Venera-Ponton
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Dagoberto Venera-Ponton
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Maria Vozzo
Louisiana State University
Department of Biological Sciences

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Buffy Ashton-Meyer
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Terri Brown
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Olga Camacho-Hadad
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Xuan Chen
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Catherine Craig
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Chanda Drennen
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Brendan Headd
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Sarah Keenan
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Sherry Krayesky-Self
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Giovanna McClenachan
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
M. Scott Miles
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Yu Mo
University of Maryland
Department of Environmental Science and Technology
Greg M. Olsen
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Emma Pelacios-Theil
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Joseph Richards
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Elizabeth Robinson
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Thomas Sauvage
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Justin Scioli
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Andrew Tweel
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Dagoberto Venera-Ponton
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology

Graduate Student - Master's Level

Benjamin Adams
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Issac Ayyala
Louisiana State University
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Brandon Bagley
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Wokil Bam
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Christopher Filosa
Rutgers University
Rutgers University Marine Field Station
William Gardiner
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Lindsey Green
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Jenessa Kay
Louisiana State University
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Pecnik
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Laura Timm
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
Kevin Tyre
Florida Gulf Coast University
Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences
Anthony Vastano
Rutgers University
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Maria Vozzo
Louisiana State University
Department of Biological Sciences
Tiffany Warner
Louisiana State University
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Undergraduate Student

Mark Accardo
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Dillard Aguillard
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Alexis Allen
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Scott Beeler
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Regina Bledsoe
Nicholls State University
Department of Biological Sciences
Mitch Bogran
Louisiana State University
Department of Biological Sciences
Andrew Bowes
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Tayna Byers
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Steven Carrion
University of Central Florida
Department of Biology
Lee Chaz
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Nat Chester
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
April Chow
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Kailee Clinton
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Theresa Crupi
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Mia Dawson
Oberlin College
Biology
Brian Donnelly
Villanova University
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Margaux Empey
Duke University
Duke University Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment
Claire Gonzales
Duke University
Duke University Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment
Shanina Halbert
Haverford College
Department of Biology
Alison Hall
Carleton College
Biology Department
Brooke Hesson
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Cory Hillard
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Hunter Johnson
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Hannah Kittler
Saint Michaels College
Biology Department
Gregory Lalonde
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Matthew Landry
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Edith Ross Larson
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Karl Lindberg
Eckerd College
Marine Science
Glindys Luciano
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
Sara Mack
University of Maryland
Department of Biology
Aaron Marti
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
College of Natural Resources
Rebecca May
Florida Gulf Coast University
Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences
Elizabeth McDonald
Cornell University
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Carla Menezes
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
Sara Mills
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Tierra Moore
Rice University
School of Natural Sciences
Manuel Nieves
University of Puerto Rico
Department of Biology
Kathleen O'Connor
Colby-Sawyer College
Alexandra Olivier
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Onyinye Osisioma
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Khushbu Pandya
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
Stephen Patin
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Simon Pecnik
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Michael Pena
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Luis Perez Valencia
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
Kali Roberts
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
Bridget Rogers
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Alexander Sabo
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Oenone Scott
Duke University
Duke University Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment
Prima Sharuka
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
Bonnie Slaton
Louisiana State University
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Taylor Smith
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Gerald Soderstrum
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Claire Steward
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Aaron Stubblefield
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Elliott Thompson
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Jessica Valenti
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Lena Vishni
University of Tennessee
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Derrel Wilright
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Department of Entomology
Jing Zhang
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
http://cwc.lumcon.edu
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org