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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Jiqing Liu

The University of Texas at Austin

Department of Marine Science

Marine Science Institute
750 Channel View Drive
Port Aransas, TX  78373  

jiqingliu2@gmail.com

Project List:

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

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Research Staff

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

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Scientist

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5

2017

Evans, M., Liu, J., Bacosa, H., Rosenheim, B. E., & Liu, Z. (2017). Petroleum hydrocarbon persistence following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as a function of shoreline energy. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 115(1-2), 47–56.
Liu, J., Bacosa, H. P., & Liu, Z. (2017). Potential Environmental Factors Affecting Oil-Degrading Bacterial Populations in Deep and Surface Waters of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Front. Microbiol., 7, 2131.

2016

Liu, Z., Liu, J., Gardner, W. S., Shank, G. C., & Ostrom, N. E. (2016). The impact of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on petroleum hydrocarbons in surface waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 292–300.

2013

Liu, Z., & Liu, J. (2013). Evaluating bacterial community structures in oil collected from the sea surface and sediment in the northern Gulf of Mexico after theDeepwater Horizonoil spill. MicrobiologyOpen, 2(3), 492–504.

2012

Liu, Z., Liu, J., Zhu, Q., & Wu, W. (2012). The weathering of oil after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Insights from the chemical composition of the oil from the sea surface, salt marshes and sediments. Environ. Res. Lett., 7(3), 035302.

Conference Presentations - 12

2016

Evans, M., Liu, J., Bacosa, H., Wang, Q., Rosenheim, B. E., & Liu, Z. (2016). Using ramped pyrolysis â?? gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to evaluate petroleum weathering following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16.
Evans, M., Liu, J., Rosenheim, B. E., & Liu Z. (2016). Predicting and responding to petroleum pollution in coastal salt marshes. In 2016 Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting. Port Aransas, TX : 04/13/16-04/14/16.
Evans, M., Liu, J., Rosenheim, B. E., & Liu, Z. (2016). Evaluation of Chemical Weathering following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in Louisiana Salt Marshes using Ramped Pyrolysis – Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Liu, Z., Liu, J., Bacosa, H., Wang, Q., Evans, M., & Erdner, D. (2016). The Role of Environmental Factors in Controlling the Oil Weathering in the Gulf of Mexico Waters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.

2015

Liu, J., Kang, A., Lanpher, K., & Liu, Z. (2015). Effects of temperatures and oil concentrations on biodegradation of light Louisiana sweet crude oil in Gulf coastal seawaters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Liu, Z., Liu, J., Bacosa, H. P., & Erdner, D. (2015). Environmental conditions are key to controlling the development of oil degraders in the Gulf of Mexico waters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.

2014

Almeda, R., Brown, C. B., Liu, J., Hyatt, C., & Buskey, E. J. (2014). Impact of crude oil and dispersant on microzooplankton and its effects on the structure of microbial plankton communities. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14.
Kang, A., Liu, J., & Liu, Z. (2014). Effects of Oil Concentration on the microbial degradation of n-alkanes in crude oil in seawater. In Gulf Estuarine Research Society 2014 Biennial Meeting. Port Aransas, TX : 10/30/2014-10/31/2014.
Liu, Z., Liu, J., & Bacosa, H. (2014). How do environmental factors affect biodegradation of crude oil in Gulf of Mexico waters? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.

2013

Liu, J., Liu, Z., & Erdner, D. (2013). The response of bacterial communities on oil addition to waters from different depths at the Deepwater Horizon site. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Liu, Z., Liu, J., Zhu, Q., & Wu, W. (2013). The weathering of oil from the sea surface, salt marshes, and sediments in the northern Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.

2012

Liu, J., & Liu, S. (2012). The weathering of Macondo oil after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Insights from hydrocarbon composition of oil on sea surface and sediments. In Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting. Port Aransas, TX, April 11-12, 2012: Poster.