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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Tito Pena-Montenegro

University of Georgia

Department of Marine Sciences

Marine Sciences Building
University of Georgia
Athens , GA 30602

tdp56207@uga.edu

Project List:

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

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

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

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3
2019
Zhuang, G., Peña‐Montenegro, T. D., Montgomery, A., Montoya, J. P., & Joye, S. B. (2019). Significance of Acetate as a Microbial Carbon and Energy Source in the Water Column of Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Marine Carbon Cycling. *Global Biogeochemical Cycles*, 33(2), 223-235.
2018
Joye, S., Kleindienst, S., & Peña-Montenegro, T. D. (2018). SnapShot: Microbial Hydrocarbon Bioremediation. *Cell, 172*(6), 1336-1336.e1.
Zhuang, G., Peña‐Montenegro, T. D., Montgomery, A., Hunter, K. S., & Joye, S. B. (2018). Microbial metabolism of methanol and methylamine in the Gulf of Mexico: insight into marine carbon and nitrogen cycling. *Environmental Microbiology*, 20(12), 4543-4554.
Conference Presentations - 6
2018
Joye, S. H., S.J.; Pena-Montenegro, T. S., C.; Carroll, L. S., & M.A (2018). Regulation and dynamics of microbial oil degradation in nearshore and offshore waters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
2017
Joye, S. S., M.A.; Pena-Montenegro, T. K., & S (2017). Using -omics approaches to track the response of microbial hydrocarbon degraders to natural and anthropogenic hydrocarbon inputs. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Joye, S. S., M.A.; Pena-Montenegro, T. K., & S (2017). Using -omics approaches to track the response of microbial hydrocarbon degraders to natural and anthropogenic hydrocarbon inputs. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Pena Montenegro, T. S., M.A.; Kleindienst, S. A., & A.; Joye, S. (2017). Transcriptomics Reveal Responses of Deep-Water Microbial Communities to Oil and Dispersant Exposure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
2016
Pena-Montenegro, T. K., & S.; Joye, S. (2016). Genomics and transcriptomics reveal the response of extreme microbial communities to oil and dispersant exposure. In Southeastern Biogeochemical Symposium
Pena-Montenegro, T. K., & S.; Joye, S. (2016). Genomics and transcriptomics reveal the response of extreme microbial communities to oil and dispersant exposure. In Annual Meeting of the Association of Biomolecular Resource Faclities