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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)

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Chemical evolution and plant-microbe degradation of petroleum in saline marsh plants and soils

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28 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Sunshine Van Bael
Tulane University
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Co-Principal Investigator

Claudia Gunsch
Duke University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kyriakos D. Papadopoulos
Tulane University
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
John Pardue
Louisiana State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Project Data Point of Contact

Sunshine Van Bael
Tulane University
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research Scientist

Michael J. Blum
Tulane University
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Lisa Fauci
Tulane University
Center for Computational Science

Post-Doc

Brittany Bernik
Tulane University
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Vijai Elango
Louisiana State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Courtney Gardner
Duke University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
John LaGrone
Tulane University
Department of Mathematics
Emilie Lefevre
Duke University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Candice Lumibao
Tulane University
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Administrative Staff

Shelley Meaux
Tulane University
Center for Bioenvironmental Research

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Stephen Formel
Tulane University
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Sonya Zheng
Tulane University
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Graduate Student - Master's Level

William Coronel
Louisiana State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Matt Decell
Louisiana State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Joyce Kassenga
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
Kristina Sebastian
Louisiana State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Undergraduate Student

Olivia Bramlet
Louisiana State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Devon Dao
Louisiana State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rachel Froehlich
Tulane University
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Margaret Hayes
Tulane University
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Grace Lowry
Louisiana State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Allyson Martin
Tulane University
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Alexander Nydell
Tulane University
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Kristina Sebastian
Louisiana State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Vicky Wang
Tulane University
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Trevor Warner
Louisiana State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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