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Simone Francis

University of California Santa Barbara

Marine Science Institute

University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara , CA  93106  

simone.francis@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Project List:

Oil-Marine Snow-Mineral Aggregate Interactions and Sedimentation during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Research Scientist

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

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Scientist

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2020

Francis, S., & Passow, U. (2020). Transport of dispersed oil compounds to the seafloor by sinking phytoplankton aggregates: A modeling study. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 156, 103192.

2019

Passow, U., Sweet, J., Francis, S., Xu, C., Dissanayake, A., Lin, Y., Santschi, P., & Quigg, A. (2019). Incorporation of oil into diatom aggregates. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 612, 65-86.

2018

Dissanayake, A. L., Burd, A. B., Daly, K. L., Francis, S., & Passow, U. (2018). Numerical Modeling of the Interactions of Oil, Marine Snow, and Riverine Sediments in the Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(8), 5388-5405.

Conference Presentations - 9

2020

Burd, A. D., K.; Dissanayake, A. F., S.; Jokulsdottir, T. P., & U.; Quigg, A. (2020). Modeling Marine-Oil-Snow and MOSSFA Events: Progress and Perspectives. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020
Jokulsdottir, T. D., K.; Francis, S. P., & U.; Burd, A. (2020). The Effect of Oil on Aggregation of Marine Snow. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020

2019

Jokulsdottir, T. B., A.; Francis, S. D., & K.; Passow, U. (2019). Modeling the Conditions Requried for a MOSSFA Event. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019

2018

Dissanayake, A. B., A.; Daly, K. F., & S.; Passow, U. (2018). Numerical modeling of the interactions of oil, marine snow, and rivering sediments in the ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
Francis, S. P., & U (2018). Transport of dispersed oil to the seafloor by sinking phytoplankton aggregates: a modeling study. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018

2017

Burd, A. D., K.; Francis, S. P., & U (2017). Mechanisms and Models of Aggregation and Sinking of Oil and Marine Particles. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Daly, K. R., A.; Kramer, K. P., U.; Francis, S. J., & G.; Burd, A. (2017). The DWH Oil-Associated Marine Snow Sedimentation Event and Future Oil Spill Response. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Dissanayake, A. B., A.; Daly, K. F., & S.; Passow, U. (2017). Numerical Modeling of the Interactions Between Oil and Marine Snow. In International Oil Spill Conference 2017
Francis, S. B., A.; Daly, K. P., & U (2017). An Aggregation model to Estimate Oil Removal Rate by Sinking Marine Snow: A Decision Support Tool. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017