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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)

Project Roster

Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies III (DROPPS III)

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53 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Edward J. Buskey
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science

Co-Principal Investigator

Cynthia Juyne Beegle-Krause
SINTEF
Department of Marine Environmental Technology
Michel Boufadel
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Robert (Tony) Dalrymple
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Civil Engineering
Brad J. Gemmell
University of South Florida
Department of Integrative Biology
Joseph Katz
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kirsten Koehler
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Zhanfei Liu
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science
Andrea Prosperetti
University of Houston
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jian Sheng
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kathleen Stebe
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Genoa J. Black
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science
Tracy Weatherall
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science

Project Data Point of Contact

Lindsay Scheef
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science

Outreach Point of Contact

Genoa J. Black
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science
Tracy Weatherall
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science

Research Scientist

Hernando Bacosa
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science
Hernando Bacosa
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Odd Gunnar Brakstad
SINTEF
Department of Marine Environmental Technology
Per Johan Brandvik
SINTEF
Department of Marine Environmental Technology
Emlyn Davies
SINTEF
Department of Marine Environmental Technology
Maryam Jalali-Mousavi
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mun Mun Nahar
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ana Rule
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Venkataramana Sidhaye
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Jorgen Skancke
SINTEF
Department of Marine Environmental Technology

Post-Doc

Nima Afshar-Mohajer
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Lakshmana Chandrala
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Nick Chisholm
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Fangda Cui
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Cosan Daskiran
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Morteza Derakhti
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Civil Engineering
Kevin DuClos
University of South Florida
Department of Integrative Biology
Kaijun Lu
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science
Bum-soo Park
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science
Omri Ram
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Andrew White
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jianhong Xue
The University of Texas at Austin
Marine Science Institute
Lin Zhao
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Guangzhao Zhou
University of Houston
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Staff

Tim Green
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Shiije Ho
Ludong University
Department of Geographic Sciences and Education
Andrés Lam
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Kristine Seiko Nishida
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Yury Ronzhes
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Zucheng Wang
Northeast Normal University
School of Geographical Sciences

Data Team

Genoa J. Black
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science
Lindsay Scheef
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science
Tracy Weatherall
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science

Outreach Team

Genoa J. Black
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science
Tracy Weatherall
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science

Administrative Staff

Genoa J. Black
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science
Tracy Weatherall
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science

GoMRI Scholar

Jiayi Deng
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Chi Hung Tang
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Maryam Bagheri
University of Houston
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Olivia Blondheim
University of South Florida
Department of Integrative Biology
Jiayi Deng
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Chi Hung Tang
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Marine Science
Xinzhi Xue
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Undergraduate Student

Mathew Amaro
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Edward Good
University of South Florida
Department of Integrative Biology
Noah Maxwell
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Hailley Nieves
University of South Florida
Department of Integrative Biology
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