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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Sara Lincoln

Pennsylvania State University

Department of Geosciences

503 Deike Building
University Park, PA  16802  

sal278@psu.edu

Project List:

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

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Post-Doc

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, Post-Doc

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

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2018

Nguyen, U. T., Lincoln, S. A., Valladares Juarez, A. G., Schedler, M., Macalady, J. L., Muller, R., et al. (2018). The influence of pressure on crude oil biodegradation in shallow and deep Gulf of Mexico sediments. PLoS One, 13(7), e0199784.

2015

Lincoln, S. A., Hamilton, T. L., Valladares Juárez, A. G., Schedler, M., Macalady, J. L., Müller, R., et al. (2015). Draft Genome Sequence of the Piezotolerant and Crude Oil-Degrading BacteriumRhodococcus qingshengiiStrain TUHH-12. Genome Announc., 3(2), e00268–15.

Book Chapters - 3

2019

Kostka, J. E., Joye, S. B., Overholt, W., Bubenheim, P., Hackbusch, S., Larter, S. R., et al. (2019). Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Deep Sea. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 107–124). Springer International.
Lincoln, S. A., Radovic, J. R., Gracia, A., Jaggi, A., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Larter, S. R., et al. (2019). Molecular Legacy of the 1979 Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill in Deep-Sea Sediments of the Southern Gulf of Mexico. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 312–327). Springer International.
Schwing, P. T., Hollander, D. J., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Hastings, D. W., Chanton, J. P., et al. (2019). The Sedimentary Record of MOSSFA Events in the Gulf of Mexico: A Comparison of the Deepwater Horizon (2010) and Ixtoc 1 (1979) Oil Spills. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 221–234). Springer International.

Conference Presentations - 15

2019

Lincoln, S., & Nguyen, U. (2019). Probing the genetic capacity for hydrocarbon biodegradation in the GOM and global oceans. In 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Radovic, J., Jaggi, A., Lincoln, S., Romero, I. C., Nelson, R., Schwing, P. T., et al. (2019). Comprehensive Analytical Approaches to Spill Characterization: Case Studies and Examples. In 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2018

Lincoln, S. (2018). Is the Gulf of Mexico Uniquely Primed for hydrocarbon Degradation? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Lincoln, S. A. (2017). From Spill to Sink: Using Bacterial Lipid Biomarkers to Trace and Predict the Fate of Deepwater Horizon Hydrocarbons in Gulf of Mexico Sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Nguyen, U., Lincoln, S. A., Valladares Juaraez, A. G., Schedler, M., Macalady, J., Mueller, R., et al. (2017). The influence of pressure on crude oil biodegradation in shallow and deep Gulf of Mexico sediments. In 20th Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology Student Symposium. State College, PA : 04/21/17-04/22/17.
Nguyen, U., Lincoln, S. A., Valladares Juaraez, A. G., Schedler, M., Macalady, J., Mueller, R., et al. (2017). Experimental Investigation of Live-Oil Behavior under Artificial Deep-Sea Conditions. In Third International Symposium on Multiscale Multiphase Process Engineering (MMPE2017). Toyama, Japan : 05/08/17-05/11/17: Poster.
Nguyen, U., Lincoln, S. A., Valladares Juaraez, A. G., Schedler, M., Macalady, J., Mueller, R., et al. (2017). The influence of pressure on crude oil biodegradation in shallow and deep Gulf of Mexico sediments. In Penn State Department of Geosciences, 49th Annual Graduate Student Colloquium. State College, PA : 03/23/17-03/24/17: Poster.
Radovic, J. R., Lincoln, S. A., Silva, R. C., Jaggi, A., Romero, I. C., Schwing, P. T., et al. (2017). The 1979 Ixtoc-I oil spill revisited. In Goldschmidt 2017. Paris, France : 08/13/17-08/18/17.

2016

Lincoln, S. (2016). Snow on the Seafloor? Carbohydrates in Deep-sea Sediments Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Nguyen, U., Lincoln, S., Valladares Juarez, A. G., Schedler, M., Macalady, J., Müller, R., et al. (2016). Biodegradation of crude oil in shallow and deep Gulf of Mexico sediments. In Organic Geochemistry Gordon Research Conference. Holderness, NH : 07/24/16-07/29/16: Poster.

2015

Lincoln, S., Hollander, D., & Freeman, K. (2015). Snow on the Seafloor: Characterization and quantification of carbohydrates in deep-sea sediments impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/12/15-12/16/15: Poster.
Lincoln, S. A., Hollander, D. J., & Freeman, K. H. (2015). Marine snow and methanotrophy: Microbial responses and hydrocarbon sedimentation following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In 27th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG). Prague, Czech Republic : 09/13/15-09/18/15.

2014

Lincoln, S., Romero, I., Hollander, D., Macalady, J., & Freeman, K. (2014). Post-DWH sedimentation: insights from archaeal tetraether lipids. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Lincoln, S., Valladares-Juarez, A. G., Kadimesetty, H. S., Schedler, M., Muller, R., Macalady, J., et al. (2014). Microbial community succession and hydrocarbon biodegradation in surface and seafloor pressure incubations. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Lincoln, S., Valladares-Juarez, A. G., Schedler, M., Kadimesetty, H. S., Muller, R., Macalady, J., et al. (2014). Hydrocarbon Biodegradation and Bacterial Succession in Surface and Seafloor Pressure Incubations. In Goldschmidt 2014 Conference. Sacramento, CA : 06/08/14-06/13/14.