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

Tulane University

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Lindy Boggs Center for Energy and Biotechnology, Suite 300
6823 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans , LA  70118  

oowoseni@tulane.edu

Project List:

The Design of Synergistic Dispersant and Herding Systems using Tubular Clay Structures and Gel Phase Materials

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Consortium for the Molecular Engineering of Dispersant Systems (C-MEDS)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level, GoMRI Scholar

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 6

2018

Owoseni, O., Zhang, Y., Omarova, M., Li, X., Lal, J., McPherson, G. L., et al. (2018). Microstructural characteristics of surfactant assembly into a gel-like mesophase for application as an oil spill dispersant. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 524, 279–288.

2016

Owoseni, O., Nyankson, E., Zhang, Y., Adams, D. J., He, J., Spinu, L., et al. (2016). Interfacial adsorption and surfactant release characteristics of magnetically functionalized halloysite nanotubes for responsive emulsions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 463, 288–298.

2015

Nyankson, E., Owoseni, O., John, V. T., & Gupta, R. B. (2015). Surfactant-Loaded Halloysite Clay Nanotube Dispersants for Crude Oil Spill Remediation. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 54(38), 9328–9341.
Owoseni, O., Zhang, Y., Su, Y., He, J., McPherson, G. L., Bose, A., et al. (2015). Tuning the Wettability of Halloysite Clay Nanotubes by Surface Carbonization for Optimal Emulsion Stabilization. Langmuir, 31(51), 13700–13707.

2014

Athas, J. C., Jun, K., McCafferty, C., Owoseni, O., John, V. T., & Raghavan, S. R. (2014). An Effective Dispersant for Oil Spills Based on Food-Grade Amphiphiles. Langmuir, 30(31), 9285–9294.
Owoseni, O., Nyankson, E., Zhang, Y., Adams, S. J., He, J., McPherson, G. L., et al. (2014). Release of Surfactant Cargo from Interfacially-Active Halloysite Clay Nanotubes for Oil Spill Remediation. Langmuir, 30(45), 13533–13541.

Conference Presentations - 6

2017

Owoseni, O., Omarova, M., John, V., Bose, A., & Raghavan, S. (2017). Dispersion Effectiveness of Buoyant Gel Dispersants in Oil Spill Treatment. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Owoseni, O., Omarova, M., & John, V. (2016). Oil dispersing gel-like surfactant mesophases and their structures. In 90th ACS Colloids & Surface Science Symposium. Cambridge, MA : 06/05/16-06/08/16.

2014

Athas, J. C., Jun, K., McCafferty, C., Owoseni, O., John, V. T., & Raghavan, S. R. (2014). A safe and effective dispersant for oil spills based on food-grade amphiphiles. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Owoseni, O., & John, V. (2014). Chemical Herding and Anchoring of Surface Oil Layers Using an Environmentally Benign Biopolymer. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Owoseni, O., & John, V. (2014). Novel water-based dispersant gels for treatment of oil spills. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Owoseni, O., & John, V. (2014). Water-based dispersant gels for treatment ofoil spilss. In 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX - 03/16/2014-03/20/2014: Poster.