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Tingting Yang

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Department of Marine Sciences

3202 Venable Hall, CB 3300
Chapel Hill , NC  27599  

tingting.yang@bios.au.dk

Project List:

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf-2 (ECOGIG-2)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Research Staff

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level, GoMRI Scholar

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5

2016

Arnosti, C., Ziervogel, K., Yang, T., & Teske, A. (2016). Oil-derived marine aggregates – hot spots of polysaccharide degradation by specialized bacterial communities. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 179-186.
Yang, T., Nigro, L. M., Gutierrez, T., D׳Ambrosio, L., Joye, S. B., Highsmith, R., & Teske, A. (2016). Pulsed blooms and persistent oil-degrading bacterial populations in the water column during and after the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 282-291.
Yang, T., Speare, K., McKay, L., MacGregor, B. J., Joye, S. B., & Teske, A. (2016). Distinct Bacterial Communities in Surficial Seafloor Sediments Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Blowout. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7.

2013

Gutierrez, T., Berry, D., Yang, T., Mishamandani, S., McKay, L., Teske, A., & Aitken, M. D. (2013). Role of Bacterial Exopolysaccharides (EPS) in the Fate of the Oil Released during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e67717.
Gutierrez, T., Singleton, D. R., Berry, D., Yang, T., Aitken, M. D., & Teske, A. (2013). Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria enriched by the <i>Deepwater Horizon</i> oil spill identified by cultivation and DNA-SIP. The ISME Journal, 7(11), 2091-2104.

Conference Presentations - 8

2015

Joye, S. P., U.; Medeiros, P. S., R.; Yang, T. A., V.; Diercks, A. M., J.; Ziervogel, K. M., C.; Montagna, P. B., J.; Hunter, K. C., M.; Moore, W. B., & C.; Teske, A. (2015). Rapid sedimentation, resuspension and redistribution of hydrocarbons in the wake of the Macondo Blowout. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Scott, N. Y., T.; Robbina-Pianka, A. L., J.; Hampton-Marcell, J. O., S.M.; Mason, O. T., A.P.; Janson, J. G., & J.A (2015). Shifts of microbial assemblages as indicators of metabolic potential in the sediments and the water column of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015

2014

Scott, N. L., P.E.; Yang, T. T., & A.P.; Gilbert, J. (2014). Preliminary predictive models of microbial community interactions during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) using Microbial Assemblage Prediction (MAP). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Yang, T. S., K.; Joye, S. T., & A (2014). Bacterial community dynamics in oil polluted seafloor sediment. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014

2013

Gilbert, J. G., S.; Larsen, P. W., T.; Malmstroem, R. G., T.; Yang, T. N., L.; Joye, M. T., & A (2013). Creating a predictive model of microbially mediated carbon remediation in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
McKay, L. S., K.; Mendlovitz, H. H., A.; Yang, T. N., L.; J oye, S. . M., & C.; Teske, A. (2013). Time Series Studies of the Impacts of Oil and Gas Releases in Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Yang, T. N., L.; Gutierrez, T. T., & A (2013). Bacterial 16S rRNA Pyrosequencing analysis of the Gulf of Mexico water column and initial sediment survey results. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013

2012

Yang, T. N., L.M.; Guiterrez, J. D., L.; Joye, S. H., & R.; Teske, A. (2012). Water column microbial community structure before, during, and after the Deepwater Horizon Blowout. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012