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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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Darrell Sparks

Mississippi State University

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

402 Dorman Hall, PO Box 9650
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Starkville, MS 39762

dsparks@bch.msstate.edu

Project List:

Characterizing the Composition and Biogeochemical Behavior of Dispersants and Their Transformation Products in Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecosystems

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact, Program Manager / Technical Coordinator, Research Scientist

Publications & Presentations:

Conference Presentations - 7
2016
Sparks, D., Dasgupta, S., Brownawell, B., Meredith, A., Green, M., Ferguson, L., et al. (2016). Retention of DOSS and Primary Metabolites by Sheepshead Minnows Cyprinodon variegatus. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
2015
Sparks, D., Foster, C., & Meredith, A. (2015). Monitoring of DOSS Hydrolysis Metabolites in Seafood Collected from the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
2014
Adewale, B., Sparks, D., & Brownawell, B. (2014). Factors affecting the sorption of DOSS to coastal Louisiana sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Brownawell, B., Adewale, B., & Sparks, D. L. (2014). Sorption of Corexit ingredients to Gulf of Mexico sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Sparks, D. L., Foster, C., Meredith, A., Atkins, J., Brownawell, B., McElroy, A., et al. (2014). Comparison of DOSS Extraction Techniques Suitable for Seafood Matrices. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
2013
Armbrust, K., Sparks, D., Ferguson, P. L., Brownawell, B., & McElroy, A. (2013). Characterizing Composition and Biogeochemical Behavior of Dispersants and their Transformation Products in Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecosystems. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.
Atkins, J., Foster, C., Meredith, A., Armbrust, K., & Sparks, D. L. (2013). Analysis of Gulf Seafood Samples for Dioctylsulfosuccinate (DOSS). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.