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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 - Florida Institute of Oceanography

Project Roster

Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Epipelagic and Large Coastal Sharks and Teleosts of the Gulf of Mexico

26 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Robert Edward Hueter
Mote Marine Laboratory
National Center for Shark Research

Co-Principal Investigator

James Gelsleichter
University of North Florida
Biology Department

Project Data Point of Contact

Robert Edward Hueter
Mote Marine Laboratory
National Center for Shark Research

Research Scientist

Dana Wetzel
Mote Marine Laboratory
Environmental Laboratory of Forensics Program

Post-Doc

Jeremy Vaudo
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
Jennifer Yordy
Mote Marine Laboratory
National Center for Shark Research

Research Staff

Nicole Carnes
Mote Marine Laboratory
National Center for Shark Research
Jodi Miedema
Mote Marine Laboratory
Directorate of Environmental Health and Ocean Technology
John Morris
Mote Marine Laboratory
National Center for Shark Research
Cathy Walsh
Mote Marine Laboratory
Directorate of Environmental Health and Ocean Technology

Data Team

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

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Derek Burkholder
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
Jayne Gardiner
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science
Travis Moore
Nova Southeastern University
Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography
Erin Pulster
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science

Graduate Student - Master's Level

Diana Churchill
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
Ryan Ford
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Mike McCallister
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Leslie Schwierzke-Wade
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science

Undergraduate Student

Connor Cappizzano
University of Rhode Island
Department of Biological Sciences
Courtney Conklin
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Biology
Kristina Deak
Northeastern University
Department of Biology
Alexis Levengood
Connecticut College
Department of Biology
Kelly Lieske
University of California San Diego
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Ivan Maulana
Wesleyan University
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lara Medwedeff
Florida Gulf Coast University
Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences
Adrien Miller
University of New Hampshire
College of Life Sciences and Agriculture
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org