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Funding Source: Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)

Project Publications & Presentations

Role of Microbial Motility for Degradation of Dispersed Oil

Journal Articles - 16

2020

Desai, N., & Ardekani, A. M. (2020). Biofilms at interfaces: microbial distribution in floating films. Soft Matter, 16(7), 1731-1750.
Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2020). Bacterial motility enhances adhesion to oil droplets. Soft Matter, 16(35), 8237-8244.

2019

Ahmadzadegan, A., Wang, S., Vlachos, P. P., & Ardekani, A. M. (2019). Hydrodynamic attraction of bacteria to gas and liquid interfaces. Physical Review E, 100(6).
Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2019). Hydrodynamic Interaction Enhances Colonization of Sinking Nutrient Sources by Motile Microorganisms. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10.
Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2019). Rotating oil droplets driven by motile bacteria at interfaces. Soft Matter, 15(45), 9368-9375.
Shim, S., Stone, H. A., & Ford, R. M. (2019). Chemotaxis in shear flow: Similarity solutions of the steady‐state chemoattractant and bacterial distributions. AIChE Journal, 65(10).

2018

Conrad, J. C., & Poling-Skutvik, R. (2018). Confined Flow: Consequences and Implications for Bacteria and Biofilms. Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 9(1), 175-200.
Desai, N., & Ardekani, A. M. (2018). Combined influence of hydrodynamics and chemotaxis in the distribution of microorganisms around spherical nutrient sources. Physical Review E, 98(1).
Desai, N., Dabiri, S., & Ardekani, A. M. (2018). Nutrient uptake by chemotactic bacteria in presence of rising oil drops. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 108, 156-168.
Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2018). Hydrodynamics-mediated trapping of micro-swimmers near drops. Soft Matter, 14(2), 264-278.
Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2018). Adhesion of <i>Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus</i> to Surfactant-Decorated Dodecane Droplets. Langmuir, 34(46), 14012-14021.
McLay, R. B., Nguyen, H. N., Jaimes-Lizcano, Y. A., Dewangan, N. K., Alexandrova, S., Rodrigues, D. F., Cirino, P. C., & Conrad, J. C. (2018). Level of Fimbriation Alters the Adhesion of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Bacteria to Interfaces. Langmuir, 34(3), 1133-1142.

2017

Desai, N., & Ardekani, A. M. (2017). Modeling of active swimmer suspensions and their interactions with the environment. Soft Matter, 13(36), 6033-6050.
Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2017). Motion of a model swimmer near a weakly deforming interface. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 824, 42-73.
Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2017). Point force singularities outside a drop covered with an incompressible surfactant: Image systems and their applications. Physical Review Fluids, 2(11).

2016

Li, G., & Ardekani, A. M. (2016). Collective Motion of Microorganisms in a Viscoelastic Fluid. Physical Review Letters, 117(11).

Conference Presentations - 41

2019

Conrad, J. D., & N.K (2019). Adhesion of Bacteria at Surfactant-Decorated Oil-Water Interfaces. In 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting
Conrad, J. D., & N.K (2019). How Bacteria Adhere to Interefaces. In 2019 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Conrad, J. D., & N.K.; (2019). Adhesion of Bacteria at Surfactant-Decorated Oil-Water Interfaces. In Society for Industrial Microbiology 2019
Desai, N. S., & V.A.; Ardekani, A. (2019). Influence of hydrodynamic interactions and chemotaxis on accumulation of bacteria near oil drops. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019
Desai, N. S., & V.A.; Ardekani, A. (2019). Bioremediation and motility: how fluid flow and nutrient distribution affect bacterial foraging. In 56th Society of Engineering Science Meeting, 2019
Desai, N. S., & V.A.; Ardekani, A. (2019). Hydrodynamic and chemotactic influences in bacterial foraging. In 72nd APS Division of Fluid Dynamics
Dewangan, N. C., & J.C (2019). Adhesion of Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus to Surfactant-Decorated Oil Droplets. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019
Dewangan, N. C., & J.C (2019). Rotation of oil droplets driven by motile bacteria at interfaces. In 93rd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium
Ford, R. (2019). Transport phenomena of microbes in groundwater and porous media. In 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting
Mullane, K. N., M.; Kurihara, T. G., & N.; Bartlett, D. (2019). Insights into the Adaptation of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microbes to Life at High Pressure: the Role of Motility and Chemotaxis. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019
Mullane, K. N., M.; Xu, T. G., N.; Kurihara, T. B., & D.H (2019). Insights into the Adaptation of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microbes to Life at High Pressure: the Role of Motility and Chemotaxis. In ASM Microbe 2019
Mullane, K. N., M.; Xu, T. G., N.; Kurihara, T. B., & D.H (2019). Insights into the Adaptation of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microbes to Life at High Pressure: the Role of Motility and Chemotaxis. In Scripps Graduate Student Symposium
Xu, T. M., & K.K.; Bartlett, D. (2019). Effect of high hydrostatic pressure on the activity of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019
Zhao, X. F., & R.M (2019). Chemotactic Response of Marine Bacteria to Hydrocarbons: Experimental and Theoretical Analysis. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019
Zhao, X. F., & R.M (2019). The role of bacterial chemotaxis in improving bioremediation efficiency. In 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting

2018

Desai, N. A., & A.M (2018). Hydrodynamic interaction of marine bacteria and oil droplets. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
Desai, N. S., & V.A.; Ardekani, A. (2018). Oil-microbe interactions: role of chemotaxis and hydrodynamics. In BIRS Workshop on Complex Fluids in Biological Systems
Dewangan, N. C., & J.C (2018). Adhesion of bacteria to surfactant-laden oil/water droplets. In 92nd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium
Dewangan, N. C., & J.C (2018). Adhesion of bacteria to surfactant-laden oil/water droplets. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
Mullane, K. N., M.; Kurihara, T. B., & D.H (2018). The Influence of Hydrostatic Pressue on Microbial Motility and Hydrocarbon Chemotaxis. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
Zhao, X. F., & R.M (2018). Decision-making in Bacteria: An Integrated Chemotactic Response to Multiple Chemical Cues. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018

2017

Ardekani, A. D., & N (2017). Bacterial chemotaxis in multi-phase flows. In 54th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science
Chen, G. Z., & X.; Ford, R. (2017). Chemotactic Response to Multiple Chemical Stimuli. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Desai, N. D., & S.; Ardekani, A. (2017). Chemotaxis by methanotrophic bacteria in the presence of a rising swarm of oil droplets – modeling subsurface methane degradation after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Dewangan, N.K.; Lizcano-Jaimes, Y. C., & J.C (2017). Effect of dispersants on motility and adhesion of bacteria on oil/water interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Joo, H. B., & D.H (2017). "Bacterial Chemotaxis to Aliphatic and Aromatic Hydrocarbons under High Hydrostatic Pressure ". In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Mullane, K. B., & D.H (2017). The Impacts of Pressure on the Motility of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microorganisms. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Mullane, K. B., & D.H.; Xu, T. (2017). How high hydrostatic pressure influences various aspects of microbial hydrocarbon chemotaxis. In International Workshop on Microbes in Hostile Environments
Zhao, X. C., & G.; Ford, R. (2017). How do chemotactic bacteria make decisions? A multi-scale modeling approach to relate molecular-scale signal transduction kinetics to population-scale migration. In 2017 Summer School on Microswimmers – Graduate Student Symposium

2016

[MISSING CITATION] [Author not available]. Movement of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria Near Oil-Water Interfaces. The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium. (2016).
Ardekani, A. (2016). Swimming in complex fluids. In International Center for Theoretical Physics, Summer School on Active Matter and Chemotaxis
Ardekani, A. (2016). Swimming in density stratified fluids. In International Center for Theoretical Physics, Summer School on Active Matter and Chemotaxis
Ardekani, A. (2016). Transport of particles, drops, and small organisms in density stratified fluids. In Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse Seminar
Chen, G. F., & R.M (2016). Modeling the Chemotactic Response of Escherichia coli to Multiple Stimuli. In 2016 AIChE Mid-Atlantic Student Regional Conference
Conrad, J. (2016). Flowing, arresting, moving: Nonequilibrium science for challenges in energy and sustainability. In Ciencias y Humanismo II
Conrad, J. A., A.M.; Bartlett, D. F., & R.M (2016). Role of microbial motility for degradation of dispersed oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Dewangan, N.K.; Jaimes-Lizcano, Y. M., R.B.; Cirino, P. C., & J.C (2016). Effect of dispersants on motility and adhesion of bacteria on oil/water interfaces. In University of Houston Organization of Chemical Engineering Graduate Students Symposium
Li, G. A., & A.M (2016). Near wall motion of micro-swimmers in non-Newtonian fluids. In 53th Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences, "Biological and Bio-Inspired Fluid Mechanics" symposium
Li, G. A., & A.M (2016). Hydrodynamic interaction of microorganisms in complex fluids. In International Center for Theoretical Physics, Summer School on Active Matter and Chemotaxis
Li, G. A., & A.M (2016). Collective motion in viscoelastic fluids. In AIChE Annual Meeting
Wang, S. A., & A.M (2016). Vertical transport of particles, drops, and microorganisms in density stratified fluids. In VIIIth International Symposium on Stratified Flows
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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