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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Rachel Simister

Haverford College

Department of Chemistry

370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA  19041  

rlsimister@gmail.com

Project List:

Weathering of Petroleum and Dispersant Components in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1

2016

Simister, R., Antzis, E., & White, H. (2016). Examining the diversity of microbes in a deep-sea coral community impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 157-166.

Conference Presentations - 5

2015

Liu, Y. S., R.; Lyons, S. W., & H.K.; Kujawinski, E. (2015). Microbial Degradation Of Polar Crude Oil Components - A Metabolomics Approach. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Simister, R. L., Y.; Lyons, S. K., & E.; White, H. (2015). Using Comparative Metagenomics to Analyze Microbial Degradation of Polar Crude Oil Components. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015

2014

Simister, R. R., & J.; White, H. (2014). Examining the degradation of oil by fungi isolated from oil-soaked sand patties. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Simister, R. W., & E.L.; White, H. (2014). Diversity of oil-degrading microbes and petroleum-hydrocarbon genes in deep-sea environments impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014
White, H. R., & J.; Simister, R. (2014). Oil degradation by an Ascomycetes fungi. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014