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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)

Project Roster

The Effect of Sediment Bioturbators on the Biological Degradation of Petroleum in Coastal Ecosystems

44 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Paul L. Klerks
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology

Co-Principal Investigator

Andrei Chistoserdov
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Darryl Felder
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Febee Louka
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Chemistry

Project Data Point of Contact

Paul L. Klerks
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology

Post-Doc

Alfy Cazan
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology

GoMRI Scholar

Emmanuel Blankson
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Nihar Deb Adhikary
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Marco Franco
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Alex Kascak
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Emmanuel Blankson
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Nihar Deb Adhikary
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Alex Kascak
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Andrew Oguma
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Andrew M. Savage
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology

Graduate Student - Master's Level

Marco Franco
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Simon Pecnik
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Kruuttika Satbhai
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Patrick Smoak
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology

Undergraduate Student

William C Anderson
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
General Studies
Alyssa A Babineaux
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Courtney Curtis
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Victoria Dendy
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Gerard Ducharme
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Chemistry
Jessica Ector
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Fatima Fazal-ur-Rehman
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Marco Franco
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Arielle R. Freeman
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Mohammed Gazzaz
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mariana Goodwin
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
School of Geosciences
Ally P. Graziano
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Ashley Guilbeau
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Chemistry
Frank Higgins
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Cory Hillard
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Marie E. Hoag
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Chemistry
Nuriya G. Khamidullina
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Chemistry
Mandy L. Lalonde
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Chase Louviere
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Chemistry
Paul Morandi
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Chemistry
Tyler D. Nealy
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Chemistry
Yasser Obaid
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Sommer Y. Osman
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Chemistry
Simon Pecnik
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Fabiane Santos Neto
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
School of Geosciences
April Savoye
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Raven Schexnayder
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Jordan C. Schouest
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Chemistry
Amalia F. Shaik
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Taylor R Terracina
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Chemical Engineering
Tess N. Voisard
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
Brettly Willson
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org