GoMRI
Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)

Project Member Institutions

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

Barrier Creative

Independent Filmmaker

Ronny Barrier
Outreach Team

Golden Valley High School

Kyla Bender
High School Student

Mount Allison University

Department of Geography and Environment

Michael Bradet-Legris
Undergraduate Student
Chris Brown
Post-Doc
Zoe Finkel
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Catherine Fiset
Undergraduate Student
Yue Liang
Post-Doc

Mathematics and Computer Science

Andrew Irwin
Research Scientist

National Tsing Hua University

Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences

Chi-Shuo Chen
Research Scientist

Ocean Lakes High School

Mathematics and Science Academy

Thomas Mathwig
High School Student

Old Dominion University

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Hogmei Chen
Post-Doc
Christopher Devries
Undergraduate Student
Patrick Hatcher
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Cole Jackson
Undergraduate Student
Wassim Obeid
Post-Doc
Priscilla Prem
Undergraduate Student

Texas A&M University

College of Geosciences

Rayn Nolen
Undergraduate Student
John Snelling
Undergraduate Student
Cooper Young
Undergraduate Student

College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Samantha Shannon
Undergraduate Student

Department of Bioenvironmental Sciences

Scott Cecil
Undergraduate Student

Department of Chemistry

Lucas Mackan
Undergraduate Student

Department of Oceanography

Isabel Alessio
Undergraduate Student
Shahd Allenjal
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Veronica De Pascual
Undergraduate Student
Shawn Doyle
Post-Doc
Gerardo Gold-Bouchot
Research Scientist
Charles Holmes
Undergraduate Student
Genmai Lin
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Lindsay Mitchell
Undergraduate Student
Marcella Nunez
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Dawei Shi
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Jason Sylvan
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Emily Whitaker
Graduate Student - Master's Level

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Services

Liliana Wolf
Undergraduate Student

Geochemical and Environmental Research Group

Gopal Bera
Post-Doc
Debra DeFreitas
Research Staff
Anthony Hayden Knap
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Xinxin Li
Post-Doc
William (Mack) Mackan
Research Staff
Lisa McDonald
Research Staff
Maya Morales-McDevitt
Research Staff,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Sylvia Pitts
Administrative Staff
Erik Quiroz
Research Staff
Stephen Sweet
Research Staff
Terry Wade
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Sponsored Research Services

Natalie Bienski
Administrative Staff
Janice Blum
Administrative Staff

Texas A&M University at Galveston

Information Services

Vadzim Troshkin
Outreach Team

Marine Biology Department

Stacie Arms
Administrative Staff
Charles Bergen
Undergraduate Student
Laura Bretherton
Post-Doc,
Data Team
Russell Cole
Undergraduate Student
Mason DeWitt
High School Student
Jennifer Genzer
Research Staff,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Jillian Gillmartin
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Rachel Hamrock
Undergraduate Student
Jessica Hillhouse
Outreach Point of Contact,
Research Staff,
Data Team
Christina Irons
Administrative Staff
Cameron Jackson
Undergraduate Student
Courtney Kneupper
High School Student
Kendra Kopp
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator,
Outreach Point of Contact,
Outreach Team
Britiny Light
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Savannah Mapes
Undergraduate Student
Andrew Mondragon
Undergraduate Student
Dustin Neubauer
Undergraduate Student
Michelle Nguyen
Undergraduate Student
Austin Perez
Undergraduate Student
Antonietta Quigg
Principal Investigator,
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator,
Task Lead,
Task Data Contact,
Outreach Point of Contact
Caitlin Quigg
High School Student
Shari Rohret
Undergraduate Student
Samantha Setta
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Jocelyn Simmons
High School Student
Christian Taylor
Undergraduate Student
Sarah Wall
Administrative Staff
Rachel Windham
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Alexandra Yard
Undergraduate Student

Marine Sciences Department

Oscar Agueda
Undergraduate Student
Jaime Albach
Undergraduate Student
Morgan Beaver
Research Staff,
Undergraduate Student
Josh Gunn
Outreach Team
Mary Howley
Administrative Staff
Christine Jiang
High School Student
Peng Lin
Research Scientist,
Post-Doc
Bobbye Morgan
Undergraduate Student
Aaron Quigg
Outreach Team
Peter Santschi
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Kathleen (Kathy) Schwehr
Project Data Point of Contact,
Research Scientist,
Data Team
Luni Sun
Research Scientist
Charlotte Tassin
Administrative Staff
Wei Xing
Research Staff
Chen Xu
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
Lin Youmin
Post-Doc
Saijin Zhang
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist

Sea Life Facility

Katherine St. Clair
Research Staff

Texas Sea Grant

Pam Plotkin
Outreach Team

University of California Merced

School of Engineering

Reef Aldayafteh
Undergraduate Student
Wei-Chun Chin
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Cynthia Garcia
Undergraduate Student
Matthew Gehring
Undergraduate Student
Tyler Goshia
Undergraduate Student
Thomas Jarrett
Undergraduate Student
Agnes Kagiri
Undergraduate Student
Andres Le
Undergraduate Student
Clarence Le
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Chanh Nguyen
Undergraduate Student
Javier Ramos
Undergraduate Student
Nicole Sanchez
Undergraduate Student
Angelo Sibal
Undergraduate Student
Christian Tran
Undergraduate Student
Shih-Ming (Ming) Tsai
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Carlos Vazquez
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Undergraduate Student
Julia Young
Undergraduate Student

University of California Santa Barbara

Marine Science Institute

Uta Passow
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Elisa Romanelli
Research Staff,
Undergraduate Student

University of Southern Mississippi

Division of Marine Science

Kusumica Mitra
Research Staff

University of Texas at Dallas

School of Engineering & Computer Science

Kirana Bercich
Undergraduate Student
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org