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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Puspa Adhikari

Louisiana State University

Department of Environmental Sciences

School of the Coast and Environment
1271 Energy, Coast and Environment Building
Baton Rouge , LA  70803  

padhik2@lsu.edu

Project List:

Coastal Waters Consortium III (CWC III): Oil Spills as Stressors in Coastal Marshes - The Legacy and the Future

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

Coastal Waters Consortium II (CWC II)

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

Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - Master's Level

Investigating the Potential Ecological Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the Biologically-mediated Mechanisms of Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State UniversityRole: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2018

Bam, W., Hooper-Bui, L. M., Strecker, R. M., Adhikari, P. L., Overton, E. B., & Magar, V. (2018). Coupled effects of oil spill and hurricane on saltmarsh terrestrial arthropods. PLoS ONE, 13(4), e0194941.

2016

Tarr, M. A., Zito, P., Ray P.Z., Overton, E. B., Olson G.M., Adhikari, P. L., et al. (2016). Weathering of oil spilled in the marine environment. Oceanog, 29(3), 126–135.

2015

Adhikari, P. L., Maiti, K., & Overton, E. B. (2015). Vertical fluxes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Chemistry, 168, 60–68.

Book Chapter - 1

2019

Overton, E. B., Wetzel, D. L., Wickliffe, J. K., & Adhikari, P. (2019). Spilled Oil Composition and the Natural Carbon Cycle: The True Drivers of Environmental Fate and Effects of Oil Spills. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 33–56). Springer International.

Conference Presentations - 9

2018

Adhikari, P. L., Overton, E., Miles, M. S., & Meyer, B. (2018). Evaluation of Molecular Ratios as Geochemical Proxies for Source Characterization and Tracking Weathering Processes of Hydrocarbons in Coastal Sediments Impaced by Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Overton, E. B., Ashton-Meyer, B., Miles, S., Adhikari, P., & Pangeni, D. (2018). Compositional changes in DWH oil impacting coastal marshes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Adhikari, P. L., Overton, E. B., Miles, M. S., & Meyer, B. M. (2017). Effects of tropical storms in distribution and redistribution of Deepwater Horizon oil residues in the coastal Louisiana marshes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Bam, W., Hooper-Bui, L. M., Strecker, R. M., Adhikari, P. L., & Overton, E. B. (2017). Coupled Effects of Oil Spill and Hurricanes on Saltmarsh Terrestrial Arthropods. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Overton, E. B., Meyer, B. M., Miles, M. S., Olson, G., & Adhikari, P. L. (2017). Weathering patterns of forensic biomarker compounds and PAHs in coastal marsh sediments since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.

2015

Adhikari, P. L., Maiti, K., & Overton, E. B. (2015). Distribution and Accumulation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Sediments. In 2015 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.

2014

Adhikari, P. L., Maiti, K., & Overton, E. B. (2014). Temporal Variability in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Transport in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In 2014 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference. Mobile, AL : 01/26/14-01/29/14: Poster.
Maiti, K., Adhikari, P. L., & Overton, E. B. (2014). Residence Times of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons around Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Site. In The 10th Annual Economic Development Assistantships (EDA) Symposium. Baton Rouge, LA : 04/28/2014: Poster.
Maiti, K., Adhikari, P. L., Overton, E. B., & Bosu, S. (2014). Variability in the Residence Times of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Science Meeting. Honolulu,HI : 02/23/2014-02/28/2014: Poster.