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

Johns Hopkins University

Department of Mechanical Engineering

223 Latrobe Hall
3400 North Charles St.
Baltimore , MD  21218  

chengli2.718@gmail.com

Project List:

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

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - PhD Level

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

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5

2018

Afshar-Mohajer, N., Li, C., Rule, A. M., Katz, J., & Koehler, K. (2018). A laboratory study of particulate and gaseous emissions from crude oil and crude oil-dispersant contaminated seawater due to breaking waves. Atmospheric Environment, 179, 177–186.
Wei, Z., Li, C., Dalrymple, R. A., Derakhti, M., & Katz, J. (2018). Chaos in breaking waves. Coastal Engineering, 140, 272–291.

2017

Li, C., Miller, J., Wang, J., Koley, S. S., & Katz, J. (2017). Size Distribution and Dispersion of Droplets Generated by Impingement of Breaking Waves on Oil Slicks. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122(10), 7938–7957.

2016

Murphy, D., Gemmell, B., Vaccari, L., Li, C., Bacosa, H., Evans, M., et al. (2016). An in-depth survey of the oil spill literature since 1968: Long term trends and changes since Deepwater Horizon. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 113(1-2), 371–379.

2015

Murphy, D. W., Li, C., dAlbignac, V., Morra, D., & Katz, J. (2015). Splash behaviour and oily marine aerosol production by raindrops impacting oil slicks. J. Fluid Mech., 780, 536–577.

Conference Presentations - 25

2018

Afshar-Mohajer, N., Sampath, K., Li, C., Rule, A., Katz, J., & Koehler, K. (2018). Health Risk Assessment of Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds and Particulate Matter Emitted from Oily Seawater Treated with Dispersant. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Li, C., & Katz, J. (2018). Spatiotemporal Oil Droplet Size Distribution Datasets Generated by Breaking Waves in Supporting New Oil Spill Fate Models. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Li, C., Murphy, D., Sampath, K., Xue, X., Afshar-Mohajer, N., Nishida, K., et al. (2018). Dispersion and health impacts of crude oil spills by physical and chemical processe. In ASLO 2018 Summer Meeting. Victoria, Canada : 06/10/18-06/15/18.

2017

Afshar-Mohajer, N., Li, C., Rule, A., Katz, J., & Koehler, K. (2017). Emissions from Crude Oil- and Crude Oil-Dispersant Contaminated Seawaters due to Breaking Waves. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Afshar-Mohajer, N., Li, C., Rule, A., Katz, J., & Koehler, K. (2017). Particle and Gas Emission Characterization from Crude Oil and Crude Oil-dispersant Contaminated Seawaters due to Breaking Waves. In International Oil Spill Conference 2017. Long Beach, CA : 05/15/17-05/18/17: Poster.
Li, C., & Katz, J. (2017). Measurements of Droplet Size Distribution Generated by Breaking Waves Acting on an Oil Slick. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Wei, Z., Dalrymple, R. A., Li, C., & Katz, J. (2017). Numerical Investigation of chaotic behavior of breaking waves. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Afshar-Mohajer, N., Koehler, K., Rule, A., Li, C., & Katz, J. (2016). Impacts of Waves on Particulate and Gaseous Emissions from Oil and Oil-Dispersant Contaminated Sea Waters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Li, C., & Katz, J. (2016). High Resolution Measurement of Droplet Size Distribution Resulting from Breaking Waves impacting on Oil Slick. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: poster.
Li, C., & Katz, J. (2016). Effects of Interfacial Tension and Viscosity on Droplets Formation by Breaking Waves Impinging on an Oil Slick. In 9th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF 2016). Firenze, Italy : 05/22/16-05/27/16.
Li, C., Miller, J., & Katz, J. (2016). Subsurface Droplet Size Distribution generated as breaking waves entrain an oil slick. In 69th Annual Meeting of The American Physical Society â?? Division of Fluid Dynamics. Portland, OR : 11/20/16-11/22/16.
Murphy, D. W., Gemmell, B., Vaccari, L., Li, C., Bacosa, H., Evans, M., et al. (2016). A Survey of the Oil Spill Literature: Trends since 1968 and Changes since Deepwater Horizon. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Murphy, D. W., Li, C., d'Albignac, V., Morra, D., & Katz, J. (2016). Production of Oily Marine Aerosol by Raindrop Splashing. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: poster.
Wei, Z., Dalrymple, R. A., Li, C., & Katz, J. (2016). Simulation of Oil Dispersion under Breaking Waves. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Wei, Z., Shi, H., Li, C., Katz, J., Dalrymple, R. A., & Bilotta, G. (2016). Behavior of oil under breaking waves by a two-phase SPH model. In Spheric 2016. Garching, Germany : 06/13/16-06/16/16.

2015

Li, C., Ericksen, W., Rodbell, E., & Katz, J. (2015). Experimental investigation on effects of dispersant on breakup of an oil slick under breaking waves. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Li, C., & Katz, J. (2015). Droplet size distributions resulting from entrainment of surface oil slicks by breaking waves. In 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Divison of Fluid Dynamics. Boston, MA : 11/22/15-11/24/15.
Murphy, D., Li, C., & Katz, J. (2015). Oily Marine Aerosol Production by Raindrop Splashing. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Murphy, D. W., Li, C., d'Albignac, V., Morra, D., & Katz, J. (2015). High Weber Number Impacts onto Immiscible Oil Layers: Splash Behavior and Droplet Sizes. In Droplets 2015. Enschede, Netherlands : 10/06/15-10/08/15.
Murphy, D. W., Li, C., d'Albignac, V., Morra, D., & Katz, J. (2015). Turbulent crude oil jets in crossflow: holographic measurements of droplet size distributions. In 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Divison of Fluid Dynamics. Boston, MA : 11/22/15-11/24/15.

2014

Li, C., Hosler, A., & Katz, J. (2014). Experimental investigation of generation of oil-seawater aerosol by breaking waves. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Li, C., & Katz, J. (2014). Experimental investigation of two oil dispersion pathways by breaking waves. In 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. San Francisco, CA : 11/23/2014-11/25/2014.
Murphy, D., Li, C., & Katz, J. (2014). High speed drop impact on floating oil layers: splash behavior and oily marine aerosol production. In 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. San Francisco, CA : 11/23/2014-11/25/2014.
Murphy, D. W., Li, C., & Katz, J. (2014). Oily marine aerosol production at the air-sea interface. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.

2013

Li, C., Hosler, A., & Katz, J. (2013). Breakup of an oil slick mixed with dispersant by breaking waves. In American Physical Society 66th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics. Pittsburg, PA , 11/24/2013-11/26/2013.