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Helen K. White

Haverford College

Department of Chemistry

370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA  19041  

hwhite@haverford.edu

Project List:

Weathering of Petroleum and Dispersant Components in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Outreach Point of Contact

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 6

2018

Ward, C. P., Sharpless, C. M., Valentine, D. L., French-McCay, D. P., Aeppli, C., White, H. K., et al. (2018). Partial Photochemical Oxidation Was a Dominant Fate of_Deepwater Horizon Surface Oil. Environ. Sci. Technol., 52(4), 1797–1805.

2016

Buskey, E., White, H., & Esbaugh, A. (2016). Impact of Oil Spills on Marine Life in the Gulf of Mexico: Effects on Plankton, Nekton, and Deep-Sea Benthos. Oceanog, 29(3), 174–181.
Simister, R. L., Antzis, E. W., & White, H. K. (2016). Examining the diversity of microbes in a deep-sea coral community impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 157–166.
White, H. K., Conmy, R. N., MacDonald, I. R., & Reddy, C. M. (2016). Methods of Oil Detection in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Oceanog, 29(3), 76–87.

2014

Fisher, C. R., Demopoulos, A. W. J., Cordes, E. E., Baums, I. B., White, H. K., & Bourque, J. R. (2014). Coral Communities as Indicators of Ecosystem-Level Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Spill. Bioscience, 64(9), 796–807.
White, H. K., Lyons, S. L., Harrison, S. J., Findley, D. M., Liu, Y., & Kujawinski, E. B. (2014). Long-Term Persistence of Dispersants following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 1(7), 295–299.

Conference Presentations - 16

2015

Liu, Y., Simister, R., Lyons, S., White, H. K., & Kujawinski, E. (2015). Microbial Degradation Of Polar Crude Oil Components – A Metabolomics Approach. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Longnecker, K., Liu, Y., White, H., & Kujawinski, E. (2015). Composition of metabolites produced by a coastal microbial community in the presence of oil. In 11th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society. San Francisco, CA : 06/29/15-07/02/15.
Simister, R., Liu, Y., Lyons, S., Kujawinski, E., & White, H. (2015). Using Comparative Metagenomics to Analyze Microbial Degradation of Polar Crude Oil Components. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.

2014

Findley, D. M., WIlliams, P. L., & White, H. K. (2014). Using Hopane and Sterane Biomarker Ratios to Determine the Origin of Oil Residues in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Lyons, S. L., Harrison, S. J., Liu, Y. L., Kujawinski, E. B., & White, H. K. (2014). Extraction and Quantification of DOSS from Deep Sea Sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Simister, R. L., Reeve, J., & White, H. K. (2014). Examining the degradation of oil by fungi isolated from oil-soaked sand patties. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Simister, R. L., Willis, E. L., & White, H. K. (2014). Diversity of oil-degrading microbes and petroleum-hydrocarbon genes in deep-sea environments impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster.
White, H. K., Reeve, J., & Simister, R. L. (2014). Oil degradation by an Ascomycetes fungi. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster.
Williams, P. L., Londergan, C. L., & White, H. K. (2014). Examining the mechanisms of oil degradation with infrared spectroscopy and two-dimensional correlation analysis. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.

2013

Findley, D. M., WIlliams, P. L., & White, H. K. (2013). Employing hopane and sterane biomarkers to determine the origin of oil soaked sand patties collected from Gulf of Mexico beaches. In Haverford College KINSC Annual Undergraduate Science Research Symposium. Haverford, PA, September 21, 2013: Poster.
Lyons, S. L., Kujawinski,E.B., & White, H. K. (2013). Developing a method to isolate and quantitate DOSS from deep sea sediments. In Haverford College KINSC Annual Undergraduate Science Research Symposium. Haverford, PA, September 21, 2013: Poster.
Sheline, C. R., Cordes, E. E., & White, H. K. (2013). Investigating the impact of oil on Lophelia Pertusa (Scleractinia). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.
White, H. K., & Reddy, C. M. (2013). Geochemical insights into remediation efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. In ASLO. New Orleans, LA, February 20, 2013.
Williams, P. L., Reddy, C. M., & White, H. K. (2013). Exploring the heterogeneity of oil in sand patties from the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.
Williams, P. L., Reddy, C. M., & White, H. K. (2013). Examining the heterogeneity of oil in sand patties from the Gulf of Mexico. In Haverford College KINSC Annual Undergraduate Science Research Symposium. Haverford, PA, September 21, 2013: Poster.
Willis, E. L., & White, H. K. (2013). Examining the diversity of petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading genes in Gulf of Mexico deep-sea sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.