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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)

Project Publications & Presentations

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

Journal Articles - 23

2021

Ainsworth, C. H., Chassignet, E. P., French-McCay, D., Beegle-Krause, C. J., Berenshtein, I., Englehardt, J., et al. (2021). Ten years of modeling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Modelling & Software, 142, 105070.
Boufadel, M., Bracco, A., Chassignet, E., Chen, S., D'Asaro, E., Dewar, W., et al. (2021). Physical Transport Processes that Affect the Distribution of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Modeling. Oceanog, 34(1), 58–75.
Daskiran, C., Cui, F., Boufadel, M. C., Socolofsky, S. A., Katz, J., Zhao, L., et al. (2021). Transport of oil droplets from a jet in crossflow: Dispersion coefficients and Vortex trapping. Ocean Modelling, 158, 101736.
Ji, W., Boufadel, M., Zhao, L., Robinson, B., King, T., & Lee, K. (2021). Formation of oil-particle aggregates: Particle penetration and impact of particle properties and particle-to-oil concentration ratios. Science of The Total Environment, 760, 144047.
Quigg, A., Parsons, M., Bargu, S., Ozhan, K., Daly, K. L., Chakraborty, S., et al. (2021). Marine phytoplankton responses to oil and dispersant exposures: Knowledge gained since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 164, 112074.
Zhou, G. (2021). Modeling the thermal behavior of an acoustically driven gas bubble. The journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149(2), 923–933.

2020

Afshar-Mohajer, N., Lam, A., Dora, L., Katz, J., Rule, A. M., & Koehler, K. (2020). Impact of dispersant on crude oil content of airborne fine particulate matter emitted from seawater after an oil spill. Chemosphere, 256, 127063.
Barker, C. H., Kourafalou, V. H., Beegle-Krause, C., Boufadel, M., Bourassa, M. A., Buschang, S. G., et al. (2020). Progress in Operational Modeling in Support of Oil Spill Response. Jmse, 8(9), 668.
Deng, J., Molaei, M., Chisholm, N. G., & Stebe, K. J. (2020). Motile Bacteria at Oil-Water Interfaces:Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Langmuir, 36(25), 6888–6902.
Park, B. S., & Buskey, E. J. (2020). The potential impact of bacterial communities exposed to crude oil and light on the growth of the harmful algal blooming species Karenia brevis (Dinophyceae). Mar. Freshwater Res., 71(12), 1714.
Park, B. S., Erdner, D. L., Bacosa, H. P., Liu, Z., & Buskey, E. J. (2020). Potential effects of bacterial communities on the formation of blooms of the harmful dinoflagellate Prorocentrum after the 2014 Texas City “Y” oil spill (USA). Harmful Algae, 95, 101802.
Ram, O., & Katz, J. (2020). Persistent thin water films encapsulate oil droplets crossing an oil-water interface. Chemical Engineering Journal, 387, 124075.
White, A. R., Jalali, M., Boufadel, M. C., & Sheng, J. (2020). Bacteria forming drag-increasing streamers on a drop implicates complementary fates of rising deep-sea oil droplets. Sci Rep, 10(1).
White, A. R., Jalali, M., & Sheng, J. (2020). Hydrodynamics of a Rising Oil Droplet With Bacterial Extracellular Polymeric Substance (EPS) Streamers Using a Microfluidic Microcosm. Front. Mar. Sci., 7, Article 294.
Zhou, G. (2020). Computational Study of the Source-Area Effect for Bubble Plumes in Stratified Environments. J. Hydraul. Eng., 146(6), 04020039.
Zhou, G., & Prosperetti, A. (2020). Modelling the thermal behaviour of gas bubbles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 901(R3).

2019

Afshar-Mohajer, N., Fox, M. A., & Koehler, K. (2019). The human health risk estimation of inhaled oil spill emissions with and without adding dispersant. Science of The Total Environment, 654, 924–932.
Chandrala, L. D., Afshar-Mohajer, N., Nishida, K., Ronzhes, Y., Sidhaye, V. K., Koehler, K., et al. (2019). A Device for measuring the in-situ response of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells to airborne environmental agents. Sci Rep, 9(1).
Chu, S., & Prosperetti, A. (2019). Multiphase buoyant plumes with soluble drops or bubbles. Phys. Rev. Fluids, 4(8).
Sampath, K., Afshar-Mohajer, N., Chandrala, L. D., Heo, W. - S., Gilbert, J., Austin, D., et al. (2019). Aerosolization of Crude Oil-Dispersant Slicks Due to Bubble Bursting. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 124(10), 5555–5578.
Severin, T., & Erdner, D. L. (2019). The Phytoplankton Taxon-Dependent Oil Response and Its Microbiome: Correlation but Not Causation. Front. Microbiol., 10.
Uttieri, M., Nihongi, A., Hinow, P., Motschman, J., Jiang, H., Alcaraz, M., et al. (2019). Copepod manipulation of oil droplet size distribution. Scientific Reports, 9(Article 547).
Xue, X., & Katz, J. (2019). Formation of compound droplets during fragmentation of turbulent buoyant oil jet in water. J. Fluid Mech., 878, 98–112.

Conference Presentations - 57

2020

Afshar-Mohajer, N., Dora, L., Lam, A., Katz, J., Rule, A., & Koehler, K. (2020). Impact of Dispersant on Aerosolization of Crude Oil Content of the Airborne Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Matter. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Blondheim, O. N., Durieux, D. M., & Gemmell, B. J. (2020). The Impact of Crude Oil and Chemical Dispersant on Prey Susceptibility to Jellyfish Grazing. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Boufadel, M., Ji, W., Zhao, L., & Lee, K. (2020). Impacts of Particle Properties and Mixing Intensity on Oil-Particle Aggregates by Silica and Modified Kaolinite. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Brakstad, O. G., Krause, D. F., Almas, I. K., & Beegle-Krause, C. (2020). Biodegradation of Oil and Gas in Seawater at Oxygen-Reduced and -Saturated Conditions. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Chandrala, L., O'Meally, F., & Katz, J. (2020). Effect of Chemical Herders on the Structure of Breaking Waves. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Daskiran, C., Cui, F., Boufadel, M., Zhao, L., King, T., & Lee, K. (2020). Numerical Study of Oil Droplets Dispersion Under Breaking Waves by Coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics With a Population Balance Model. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Daskiran, C., Cui, F., Socolofsky, S. A., Katz, J., Lee, K., & Boufadel, M. C. (2020). Investigation of Turbulent Mixing and Primary Breakup for Turbulent Oil Jets. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
DuClos, K. T., Nieves, H., Lo, K., & Gemmell, B. J. (2020). Microzooplankton Communities Associated With Oiled Marine Snow. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Gemmell, B. (2020). Insights Into How My Training as a Postdoc in the DROPPS Consortium Prepared and Aided My Success as a Faculty Member. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Sheng, J. (2020). Traction Force Measurement of Biofilms Under Laminar Flow. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Lu, K., Li, X., & Liu, Z. (2020). The number of isomers in molecules of dissolved organic matter: insights from ion mobility mass spectrometry. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20.
Ram, O., & Katz, J. (2020). Thin Water Films Encapsulating Oil Droplets Delay Their Mixing with an Oil Slick. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Sheng, J., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & White, A. (2020). Viscoelasticity of Polymeric Streamers Formed by Bacteria Over a Rising Oil Droplet. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Tang, C., & Buskey, E. (2020). Grazing on Prokaryotic Microbes by Nanoplankton in Oil-Polluted Seawater. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Tang, C., & Buskey, E. (2020). Impacts of ecological interactions on marine ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity: New insights from theory, models, and field measurements. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Xue, X., & Katz, J. (2020). Measurements of Flow Structure and Turbulence in the Nearfield of an Oil Jet in Water. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Afshar-Mohajer, N., Lam, A., Dora, L., Rule, A. M., & Katz, J. (2019). What are Fine Particles and dUltrafine Airborne Particulate Matter Emitted from Seawater after an Oil Spill Made up of? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Afshar-Mohajer, N., Lam, A., Rule, A. M., & Koehler, K. (2019). Impact of Dispersant on Aerosolization of Crude Oil Content of the Airborne Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Matter. In 37th American Association for Aerosol Research Annual Conference. Portland, OR : 10/14/19-10/18/19: Poster.
Brakstad, O., Brandvik, P., Davies, E. J., Skancke, J., & Beegle-Krause, C. J. (2019). From droplet generation in a turbulent release to final loss through biodegradation – SINTEF contributions to the DROPPS I, II and III programs. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Chandrala, L., Nishida, K., Afshar-Mohajer, N., Ronzhes, Y., Sidhaye, V., Koehler, K., et al. (2019). A novel exposure device to assess the health impacts of airborne particulate matter on the human respiratory system. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Chandrala, L., Sampath, K., Afshar-Mohajer, N., Koehler, K., & Katz, J. (2019). Aerosolization of crude oil-dispersant slicks due to bubbles bursting. In 42nd AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Halifax, Canada : 06/04/19-06/06/19.
Chandrala, L. D., OMeally, F., & Katz, J. (2019). Aerosolization of crude oil-dispersant slicks due to popping of bubbles. In 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/23/19-11/26/19.
Chisholm, N., & Stebe, K. (2019). Hydrodynamic Interactions between Microswimmers Trapped at Interfaces. In 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL : 11/10/19-11/15/19.
Chisholm, N., & Stebe, K. (2019). Hydrodynamics of Microswimmers Trapped at Fluid-Fluid Interfaces. In 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/23/19-11/26/19.
Chisholm, N. G., & Stebe, K. J. (2019). The Hydrodynamics of Swimming Bacteria at a Clean Oil-Water Interface. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Chisholm, N. G., & Stebe, K. J. (2019). Hydrodynamics of microswimmers trapped at fluid-fluid interfaces. In 16th Annual Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics (FACM'19). Newark, NJ : 05/23/19-05/24/19.
Cui, F., Boufadel, M., Gao, F., Zhao, L., & Bahzad, H. (2019). Oil Droplet Transport in Rivers: An Eulerian RANS Approach Combined with a Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Cui, F., Boufadel, M., Geng, X., Gao, F., Zhao, L., King, T., et al. (2019). Oil Droplet Transport under a Deep-water Plunging Breaker. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Deng, J., Molaei, M., Chisholm, N. G., Crocker, J. C., & Stebe, K. J. (2019). Surface active layersof bacteria at oil-water interfaces. In 93rd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. Atlanta, GA : 06/16/19-06/19/19.
Deng, J., Molaei, M., Yao, T., Chisholm, N., Crocker, J., & Stebe, K. (2019). Pinning and hydrodynamic coupling determine the motility pattern of interfacially trapped bacteria. In 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/23/19-11/26/19.
Gao, F., Daskiran, C., Ji, W., Zhao, L., Cui, F., Ozgokmen, T., et al. (2019). Experimental and Numerical Characterization of Multiphase Flow from Underwater Blowout: A Combined Particle Imaging Velocimetry and Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Jalai-Mousavi, M., & Sheng, J. (2019). Measurement of biofilm stresses in laminar flows by a digital holographic interferometry (DHI) and an embedded wrinkle free thin-film polymer mirror. In 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/23/19-11/26/19.
Jalali-Mousavi, M., White, A., & Sheng, J. (2019). Assessment of the change of crude oil microdroplets exposed to different bacteria species and consortia under different flow velocities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Katz, J. (2019). Phenomena Affecting Breakup of Oil Patches by Plumes and Waves. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Li, C., & Katz, J. (2019). Experimental investigation of oil droplet-turbulence interactions under breaking waves. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Litzer, E., Skancke, J., & Beegle-Krause, C. J. (2019). Modelling the Atmospheric Transport and Concentration of Evaporated Oil from Marine Oil Spills. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Liu, Z., Wang, Q., Seeley, M. E., Breecker, D. O., Hockaday, W. C., & Adegboyega, N. F. (2019). The fate of aromatic hydrocarbons in light Louisiana sweet crude oil after exposure to natural sunlight in Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Lu, K., Wang, Z., Xue, J., & Liu, Z. (2019). Investigating the Role of Photoheterotrophic Bacteria in Oil Degradation in Northern Gulf of Mexico Waters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Molaei, M., Chisholm, N. G., Crocker, J. C., & Stebe, K. J. (2019). Displacement fields in complex interfaces owing to thermal andactive motions. In Harrington Symposium on the Physics of Microfluidics. Austin, TX : 06/09/19-06/11/19: Poster.
Molaei, M., Deng, J., Chisholm, N., Cocker, J., & Stebe, K. (2019). Displacement Fields Around Thermally Forced and Active Colloids at Interfaces. In 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL : 11/10/19-11/15/19.
Molaei, M., Deng, J., Chisholm, N., & Stebe, K. (2019). Swimming Bacteria at Complex Fluid Interfaces. In 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL : 11/10/19-11/15/19.
Molaei, M., Deng, J., Yao, T., Chisholm, N., Cocker, J., & Stebe, K. (2019). Flow Field on the interface induced by swimming and driven colloids. In 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/23/19-11/26/19.
Nishida, K., Chandrala, L., Afshar-Mohajer, N., Chen, S., Katz, J., Koehler, K., et al. (2019). in vitro Oily Marine Aerosol Exposure Alters Human Airway Epithelial Function. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Park, B., Erdner, D. M., Bacosa, H., Liu, Z., & Buskey, E. J. (2019). Could Oil-degrading Bacteria Have Assisted in the Formation of a Harmful Dinoflagellate Bloom After the Texas City Y Oil Spill in 2014? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Ram, O., & Katz, J. (2019). Formation and evolution of thin water films encapsulating oil droplets crossing an oil-water interface. In 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/23/19-11/26/19.
Sheng, J., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & White, A. (2019). Path to dirty blizzard from deep-sea oil plume: Bacteria form streamers on rising droplets to increase drag. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Sheng, J., White, A., & Jalali-Mousavi, M. (2019). Examining role of composition on the formtion of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) aggregates over a rising oil micro-droplet under shear. In 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/23/19-11/26/19.
Stebe, K. J. (2019). Active Colloids at Fluid Interfaces. In Harrington Symposium on the Physics of Microfluidics. Austin, TX : 06/09/19-06/11/19.
White, A., & Jalali-Mousavi, M. (2019). Viscoelasticity of a bacterial extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) streamer filament using micro-rheology and microfluidics. In 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/23/19-11/26/19.
White, A. R., Jalali-Mousavi, M., Bacosa, H. P., Xu, C., Chin, W., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2019). Drastic Differences in Aggregation on a Rising Oil Droplet Caused by Different EPS. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Xue, X., & Katz, J. (2019). Simultaneous PLIF and PIV measurements on refractive index-matched immisible buoyant oil jet fragmentation in water. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Xue, X., & Katz, J. (2019). Formation of compound droplets by turbulent buoyant oil jet and plume. In 42nd AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Halifax, Canada : 06/04/19-06/06/19.
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M., Cui, F., Ozgokmen, T. M., King, T., Robinson, B., et al. (2019). Formation of oil droplets from underwater blowouts: Role of gas to oil ratio. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M., King, T., Robinson, B., & Lee, K. (2019). Oil Behavior in Turbulent Flows under the effects of dispersants. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Zhou, G., & Prosperetti, A. (2019). Modeling of Multiphase Plumes in a Stably Stratified Environment. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

White, A., Jalali-Mousavi, M., Bacosa, H., Santschi, P., Quigg, A., & Sheng, J. (2018). The effect of bacterial secretion composition on the aggregation of particles at a liquid?liquid interface. In 92nd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. State College, PA : 06/10/18-06/13/18.
White, A., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Sheng, J. (2018). The increased drag of a rising oil droplet induced by the attachment of extracellular polymeric streamers produced by bacteria. In 92nd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. State College, PA : 06/10/18-06/13/18.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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