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

Georgia Institute of Technology

Project List:

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems II (C-IMAGE II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Task Co-Lead, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (DEEP-C)

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2019

Bociu, I., Shin, B., Wells, W. B., Kostka, J. E., Konstantinidis, K. T., & Huettel, M. (2019). Decomposition of sediment-oil-agglomerates in a Gulf of Mexico sandy beach. Sci Rep, 9(1).
Shin, B., Bociu, I., Kolton, M., Huettel, M., & Kostka, J. E. (2019). Succession of microbial populations and nitrogen-fixation associated with the biodegradation of sediment-oil-agglomerates buried in a Florida sandy beach. Sci Rep, 9(1), 19401.
Shin, B., Kim, M., Zengler, K., Chin, K. - J., Overholt, W. A., Gieg, L. M., et al. (2019). Anaerobic degradation of hexadecane and phenanthrene coupled to sulfate reduction by enriched consortia from northern Gulf of Mexico seafloor sediment. Sci Rep, 9(1).

Conference Presentations - 11

2017

Shin, B., Huettel, M., & Kostka, J. E. (2017). Succession of Microbial Populations Linked to Surface Residual Ball Degradation in Pensacola Beach Sands Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.

2016

Shin, B. (2016). Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation Under Iron- and Sulfate-reducing Conditions by Sedimentary Microorganisms from the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Shin, B.: O., W. A., Chin, K., & Kostka, J. E. (2016). Anaerobic hydrocarbon-degradation by sedimentary microorganisms from the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Third Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium. Knoxville, TN : 03/11/16-03/13/16.

2015

Shin, B., Overholt, W. A., Chin, K., & Kostka, J. E. (2015). Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation Under Iron- and Sulfate-reducing Conditions by Sedimentary Microorganisms from the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In 2nd Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium. Atlanta, GA : 03/28/15-03/29/15: Poster.
Shin, B., Overholt, W. A., Chin, K., & Kostka, J. E. (2015). Anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation by sedimentary microorganisms from the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Shin, B., Overholt, W. A., Chin, K., & Kostka, J. E. (2015). Anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation under iron- and sulfate-reducing conditions by sedimentary microorganisms from the northern Gulf of Mexico. In 115th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 05/30/15-06/02/15: Poster.

2014

Kostka, J. E., Overholt, W., Marks, K., Sun, X., Shin, B., Snell, T., et al. (2014). The response of benthic microbial communities in the Gulf of Mexico to the Deepwater Horizon oil discharge: from shallow coastal sands to the deepsea. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster.
Shin, B. (2014). Anaerobic hydrocarbon-degradation by sedimentary microorganisms from the northern Gulf of Mexico. In 2014 Deep-C Student Research Symposium. Tallahassee, FL : 09/18/14-09/19/14.
Shin, B., Overholt, W. A., Chin, K., & Kostka, J. E. (2014). Anaerobic hydrocarbon-degradation by microorganisms isolated from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In First Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium. Atlanta, GA - 04/05/14-04/06/14: Poster.
Sun, X., Overholt, W., Marks, K., Shin, B., Chin, K., & Kostka, J. E. (2014). Aerobic hydrocarbon degradation in deep sea sediments of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. In First Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium. Atlanta, GA - 04/05/14-04/06/14: Poster.
Sun, X., Overholt, W., Marks, K., Shin, B., Chin, K., & Kostka, J. E. (2014). Mapping of sedimentary microbial communities and identification of bioindicators for oil degradation in sediments of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.