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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)

Project Roster

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf-2 (ECOGIG-2)

137 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Samantha B. Joye
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences

Co-Principal Investigator

Carol Arnosti
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences
Vernon L. Asper
University of Southern Mississippi
Division of Marine Science
Iliana B. Baums
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Paul R. Blakemore
Oregon State University
Department of Chemistry
Annalisa Bracco
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Renato M. Castelao
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Jeffrey Paul Chanton
Florida State University
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Erik E. Cordes
Temple University
Biology Department
Arne R. Diercks
University of Southern Mississippi
National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology
Catherine R. Edwards
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Jennifer Field
Oregon State University
Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Charles Fisher
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Peter R. Girguis
Harvard University
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Andrew R. Juhl
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Laura Lapham
University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science
Ian MacDonald
Florida State University
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Barbara J. MacGregor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences
Christopher S. Martens
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences
Christof Meile
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Joseph P. Montoya
Georgia Institute of Technology
Department of Biology
Beth N. Orcutt
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Research
Uta Passow
University of California Santa Barbara
Marine Science Institute
Ajit Subramaniam
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Andreas P. Teske
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences
Andreas M. Thurnherr
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Tracy A. Villareal
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science
Beizhan Yan
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Kai Ziervogel
University of New Hampshire
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS)
Kai Ziervogel
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences

Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Matthew Saxton
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences

Project Data Point of Contact

Brian Dixon
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences

Outreach Point of Contact

Sara Beresford
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Emily Davenport
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Christine Laporte
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences

Research Scientist

Thorsten Brinkhoff
University of Oldenburg
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment
Oscar Garcia-Pineda
Florida State University
Coastal and Marine Laboratory
Giebel Helge
University of Oldenburg
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment
Kimberley Hunter
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences

Post-Doc

Ana Fernandez
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Biology
Lindsey Fields
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Jessica Labonté
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Research
Sairah Malkin
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Lisa Nigro
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences
Matthew Saxton
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Andrew Stock
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Samantha Waters
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Jason Westrich
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Yi Yang
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Yeping Yuan
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Guangchao Zhuang
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences

Research Staff

Timothy D'Angelo
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Nigel D'Souza
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Biology
Meghann Devlin-Durante
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Sherif Ghobrial
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences
Heather Gilbert
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Research
Kristen Goehring
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Biology
Roy Jarnagin
University of Southern Mississippi
National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology
Thunnanoon Jenarewong
University of California Santa Barbara
Marine Science Institute
Stephen Lengyel
Temple University
Biology Department
Zachary Marinelli
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Howard Mendlovitz
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences
Josh Parris
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Charles Robertson
University of Georgia
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Miles Saunders
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Julia Sweet
University of California Santa Barbara
Marine Science Institute
Sarah Weber
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Biology
Max Woolsey
University of Southern Mississippi
National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology
Tingting Yang
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences

Data Team

Brian Dixon
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences

Outreach Team

Sara Beresford
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Emily Davenport
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Michelle Edwards
University of Mississippi
National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology
Eric Marty
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Charles Geoffrey Wheat
University of Mississippi
National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology

Administrative Staff

Tracy Williams Fowler
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Betty Rice
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Elizabeth Vaughn
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences

GoMRI Scholar

Hannah Choi
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Danielle DeLeo
Temple University
Biology Department
Fanny Girard
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Caroline Johansen
Florida State University
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Guangpeng Liu
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Andy Montgomery
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Kelsey Rogers
Florida State University
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Jurjen Rooze
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Mauricio Silva-Aguilara
Florida State University
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Sam Vohsen
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Yu Wang
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Dongsik Chang
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sungjin Cho
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hannah Choi
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Ana Clavere-Graciette
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Biology
Richard Dannenberg
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Danielle DeLeo
Temple University
Biology Department
Thomas Dornhoffer
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Fanny Girard
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Sarah Harrison
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Sarah Herschede
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Caroline Johansen
Florida State University
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Keshav Joshi
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Physics
Rachael Karns
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Caleb King
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences
Guangpeng Liu
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Hadley McIntosh
University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science
Andy Montgomery
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Lisa Nigro
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences
Tito Pena-Montenegro
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Matt Perkins
Oregon State University
Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Christina Roehring
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Mary-Kate Rogener
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Kelsey Rogers
Florida State University
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Jurjen Rooze
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Ryan Sibert
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Mauricio Silva-Aguilara
Florida State University
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Sam Vohsen
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Yuntao Wang
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences

Graduate Student - Master's Level

Jessica J Battles
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Justin Blancher
University of Southern Mississippi
Division of Marine Science
Andrew Hyde
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences
Keshav Joshi
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Physics
Aurelien Lecoeuvre
Université de Bretagne Occidentale
Saumya Puthenveettil
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Cathrine Shepard
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Yu Wang
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Sarah Weber
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Biology

Undergraduate Student

Melody Aleman
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Madison Alstede
University of New Hampshire
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Stacey Banegas
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Colt Barron
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Laura Butler
University of California Santa Barbara
Marine Science Institute
Cole Curtis
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Shannon Davis
Oregon State University
Department of Chemistry
Andrea DeLeon
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Nora Dorhmi
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Carolina Ernani
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Dorothy Fang
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Astudillo Francisco
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Internship Program
Bo Fu
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Max Goldenstein
University of California Santa Barbara
Marine Science Institute
Vincent Guarnaccia
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Sara Kyungmin Kim
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Biology
Drake Alexyce Orion Lee-Patterson
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Biology
Rachel Mack
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Timothy Montgomery
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Omama Rahmany
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Alix Robel
Oregon State University
Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Paul Roland
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Emma Siegfried
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Biology
Rebecca Simpson
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Emily Smith
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Sara Tabin
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Anna Taylor
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Biology
Anna Vizurraga
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences
Tim Wahl
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences
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This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org