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

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Charles Bergen

Texas A&M University at Galveston

Marine Biology Department

P.O. Box 1675
Galveston, TX 77553

charliebergen@tamu.edu

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 Articles - 2
2021
Kamalanathan, M., Schwehr, K. A., Labonté, J. M., Taylor, C., Bergen, C., Patterson, N., Claflin, N., Santschi, P. H., & Quigg, A. (2021). The Interplay of Phototrophic and Heterotrophic Microbes Under Oil Exposure: A Microcosm Study. *Frontiers in Microbiology*, 12.
2018
Schwehr, K. A., Xu, C., Chiu, M., Zhang, S., Sun, L., Lin, P., Beaver, M., Jackson, C., Agueda, O., Bergen, C., Chin, W., Quigg, A., & Santschi, P. H. (2018). Protein: Polysaccharide ratio in exopolymeric substances controlling the surface tension of seawater in the presence or absence of surrogate Macondo oil with and without Corexit. *Marine Chemistry, 206*, 84-92.
Conference Presentations - 4
2019
Light, B. M., A.; Hillhouse, J. R., T.; Kamalanathan, M. M., S.; Bergen, C. Y., & A.; Quigg, A. (2019). The Effects of Crude Oil and Corexit on the Diatom Phaeodactylum Tricornutum Under Nutrient Stress. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019
2018
Bergen, C. Y., A.; Schwehr, K. X., C.; Chiu, M. Z., S.; Sun, L. L., P.; Beaver, M. J., C.; Agueda, O. C., W.-C.; Quigg, A. S., & P.H (2018). Protein/polysaccharide ratio in exopolymeric substances controlling the surface tension of seawater in the presence or absence of oil and/or Corexit. In 2018 Texas A&M University at Galveston Student Research Symposium
Schwehr, K. C., M.-H.; Kamalanathan, M. X., C.; Sun, L. L., P.; Bacosa, H. B., C.; Yard, A. B., M.; Chun, W. Q., & A.; Santschi, P. (2018). Insights on Does oil aggregate or emulsifyion with added dispersant? Results from measurements of surface tension, FTIR, and microscopy of Formation from colloidal EPS protein-polysaccharide interactions with oil and/or dispersants are added. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
Schwehr, K. C., M.-H.; Kamalanathan, M. X., C.; Sun, L. L., P.; Bergen, C. Y., A.; Beaver, M. C., W.-C.; Quigg, A. S., & P.H (2018). Insights on Marine Oil Snow or Emulsion Formation from Protein-Polysaccharide Interactions with Oil and Dispersant from Surface Tension and Microscopy. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018