Funded Projects

PI's: Arne Diercks, Leonardo Macelloni, Leila Hamdan, Melanie Damour, Douglas Jones

Dispersant clotted oil and fresh crude float on surface nine miles from the Deepwater Horizon oil well spill source in the Gulf of Mexico from the bow of the research vessel Pelican on 06 May 2010. The Pelican, operated by the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, is on a redirected mission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to collect seafloor and water column oil spill data in the contamination area of the Deepwater Horizon oil well that exploded 20 April. They are collecting the samples to analyze the impact of oil and oil dispersant contamination on marine life in the spill area.
Crude oil floats on the water surface near the sunken remains of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and leaking well MC252 in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana on 08 May, 2010. People along the Gulf coast are waiting to see how bad the pollution damage will be as the massive oil slick caused leak drifts toward shore.

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I); Role: Co-Principal Investigator

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