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

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Sommer Y. Osman

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Department of Chemistry

Montgomery Hall
Room 202 P.O. Box 44370
Lafayette, LA 70504

syo3867@louisiana.edu

Project List:

The Effect of Sediment Bioturbators on the Biological Degradation of Petroleum in Coastal Ecosystems

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: Undergraduate Student

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1
2018
Klerks, P. L., Kascak, A., Cazan, A. M., Deb Adhikary, N., Chistoserdov, A., Shaik, A., et al. (2018). Effects of the Razor Clam Tagelus plebeius on the Fate of Petroleum Hydrocarbons: A Mesocosm Experiment. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol, 75(2), 306–315.
Conference Presentations - 6
2016
Klerks, P. L., Cazan, A. M., Osman, S. Y., Hoag, M. E., Fazal-Ur-Rehman, F., Kascak, A., et al. (2016). Sediment bioturbation affects the fate of pyrene in laboratory mesocosms. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Louka, F. R., Osman, S., Cazan A.M., Morandi, P., Hoag, M., & Klerks, P. L. (2016). Investigating pyrene levels in water and sediment samples in presence of bioturbators. In 251th American Chemical Society National Meeting. San Diego, CA : 03/13/16-03/17/16: Poster.
2015
Kascak, A., Klerks, P. L., Louka, F. R., Satbhai, K., Cazan, A. M., Graziano, A. P., et al. (2015). The interaction between benthic bioturbators and microbes on the fate of hydrocarbons in sediment – Sediment characteristics and PAH levels. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Klerks, P. L., Cazan, A. M., Kascak, A., Osman, S. Y., Hoag, M., Morandi, P., et al. (2015). The interplay between biota and pollutants: ghost shrimp affect environmental conditions and aromatic hydrocarbon distribution in laboratory mesocosms. In SETAC North America 36th Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT : 11/01/15-11/05/15: Poster.
Louka, F. R., Osman, S. Y., Morandi, P., & Klerks, P. L. (2015). Comparing the effect of ecofriendly adsorbents and bioturbators on the concentration of pyrene. In 2nd International Conference on Past and Present Research Systems of Green Chemistry. Orlando, FL : 09/14/15-09/16/15.
Morandi, P., Osman, S. Y., Klerks, P. L., & Louka, F. (2015). Investigating the effect of bioturbators vs. ecofriendly adsorbents, on pyrene concentrations. In 2015 Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting (South-Central Regional Chapter). Lafayette, LA : 05/28/15-05/30/15: Poster.