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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Savannah Mapes

Texas A&M University at Galveston

Marine Biology Department

P.O. Box 1675
Galveston, TX  77553  

savannah_alyson@yahoo.com

Project List:

Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers 2 (ADDOMEx-2): Towards a synthesis of process and pathways of marine oil snow formation

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Undergraduate Student

Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers (ADDOMEx)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Undergraduate Student

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1

2019

Kamalanathan, M., Chiu, M., Bacosa, H., Schwehr, K., Tsai, S., Doyle, S., Yard, A., Mapes, S., Vasequez, C., Bretherton, L., Sylvan, J. B., Santschi, P., Chin, W., & Quigg, A. (2019). Role of Polysaccharides in Diatom <i>Thalassiosira pseudonana</i> and its Associated Bacteria in Hydrocarbon Presence. Plant Physiology, 180(4), 1898-1911.

Conference Presentations - 3

2020

Kamalanathan, M. M., S.; Hillhouse, J. C., N.; Campbell, D. Q., & A (2020). The Two Different Sides of Diatom's Response to Oil Exposure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020

2019

Kamalanathan, M. M., S.; Hillhouse, J. B., L.; Bacosa, H. Q., & A (2019). Intracellular Mechanisms Contributing to Oil Resistance by the Green Alga, Dunaliella tertiolecta. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019

2018

Mapes, S. K., M.; Chiu, M. B., H.; Schwehr, K. B., L.; Santschi, P. C., & W.-C.; Quigg, A. (2018). Role of polysaccharide secretion by diatoms during an oil spill in the context of bacteria-diatom interaction. In Gulf of Mexico Graduate Student Symposium 2018