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Huan Chen

Florida State University

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

1800 E Paul Dirac Drive
Tallahassee, FL  32310  

huan.chen@magnet.fsu.edu

Project List:

A Decade-Long Study on Impact, Recovery, and Resilience in Louisiana Salt Marshes: The Evolution of the Oil Transformation Compounds and Plant-Soil-Microbial Responses to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator

The State-of-the-Art Unraveling of the Biotic and Abiotic Chemical Evolution of Macondo Oil: 2010-2018.

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Research Scientist

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

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2016

Chen, H., Hou, A., Corilo, Y. E., Lin, Q., Lu, J., Mendelssohn, I. A., et al. (2016). 4 Years after the Deepwater Horizon Spill: Molecular Transformation of Macondo Well Oil in Louisiana Salt Marsh Sediments Revealed by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. Environ. Sci. Technol., 50(17), 9061–9069.
Vaughan, P. P., Wilson, T., Kamerman, R., Hagy, M. E., McKenna, A., Chen, H., et al. (2016). Photochemical changes in water accommodated fractions of MC252 and surrogate oil created during solar exposure as determined by FT-ICR MS. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 104(1-2), 262–268.

Conference Presentations - 33

2020

Cagle, G., Hou, A., Ren, J., Lin, Q., Graham, S., Deis, D., et al. (2020). Environmental Factors Influencing the Recovery of Soil Microbial Communities in Heavily-Oiled Salt Marshes Eight Years After Deepwater Horizon. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Chen, H., Aeppli, C., Dipinto, L., McKenna, A. M., & Rodgers, R. P. (2020). Molecular Understanding of Source Oil and Weathered Surface Sheens From Mississippi Block 20 Site. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Chen, H., McKenna, A. M., Weisbrod, C., Rodgers, R. P., & Hou, A. (2020). Eight Year Evolution of Oil Transformation Compounds in Louisiana Salt Marsh Sediments Revealed by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Lin, Q., Hou, A., Mendelssohn, I. A., Fleeger, J. W., Graham, S. A., Deis, D. R., et al. (2020). A Decade-Long Response and Recovery of Coastal Salt Marshes Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Ren, J., Hou, A., Cagle, G., Lin, Q., Graham, S., Deis, D., et al. (2020). The Response of Indigenous Microbial Communities in Louisiana Saltmarshes to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Over Time. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Rodgers, R. P., Chacon-Patino, M. L., Niles, S. F., Marshall, A. G., Hendrickson, C. L., McKenna, A. M., et al. (2020). Degradation of Oil: What Happened to the Oil? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Cagle, G., Lin, Q., Fleeger, J., Graham, S. A., Dies, D., Chen, H., et al. (2019). Soil microbial community in Barataria Bay salt marshes, Louisiana eight years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Chen, H., Davis, C. C., Hou, A., Lin, Q., McKenna, A. M., Niles, S. F., et al. (2019). Marriage of Microcosm and Field Results: Molecular Understanding of the Weathering Processes and Fate of Macondo Well Oil by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Chen, H., McKenna, A. M., Davis, C. C., Hou, A., & Rodgers, R. P. (2019). 8 Years after the Deepwater Horizon Spill: The Evolution of Oil Transformation Compounds in Louisiana Salt Marsh Sediments Revealed by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. In ACS National Meeting & Exposition. Orlando, FL : 03/31/19-04/04/19.
Davis, C. C., Chen, H., Niles, S. F., Chacon Patino, M. L., Rodgers, R. P., Lin, Q., et al. (2019). Novel Fractionation Techniques Applied to Field Samples with Subsequent Characterization by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Reveals the Complexity of Ox Transformation Products. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Hou, A., Cagle, G., Matherne, B. W., Ren, J., Lin, Q., Mendelssohn, I. A., et al. (2019). Microbial Communities of Louisiana Saltmarshes: 8 Years after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In ASM Microbe 2019. San Francisco, CA : 06/18/19-06/22/19: Poster.
Lin, Q., Graham, S. A., Hou, A., Deis, D. R., Johnson, D. S., Mendelssohn, I. A., et al. (2019). Long-Term Response and Recovery of Coastal Salt Marshes following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
McKenna, A. M., Chen, H., Niles, S. F., Chacon Patino, M. L., Davis, C. C., Rodgers, R. P., et al. (2019). Detailed Identification and Molecular Characterization of Oxygen Compounds in Field Samples. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2018

Chen, H., McKenna, A. M., Niles, S., Zito, P. A., & Rodgers, R. P. (2018). Microcosm Approach to the Molecular Understanding of Oil transformation Products from Macondo Well Oil. In 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. San Diego, CA : 06/03/18-06/07/18: Poster.
Chen, H., Niles, S. F., McKenna, A. M., & Rodgers, R. P. (2018). Disentangle Biotic and Abiotic Modification of Macondo Crude Oil at the Molecular Level. In 256th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society. Boston, MA : 08/19/18-08/23/18.
McKenna, A. M., Chen, H., Niles, S., Krawjewski, L. C., Patino-Chacon, M. L., Davis, C. C., et al. (2018). Targeted Analysis of Oxygen Transformation Products Derived from Weathered Oil by FT-ICR MS. In 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. San Diego, CA : 06/03/18-06/07/18.
Rowland, S. M., Clingenpeel, A. C., Corilo, Y. E., Lobodin, V. V., Podgorski, D. C., Zito, P. A., et al. (2018). Molecular-level Insights into Environmental Processes via High Resolution FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. In 2018 CNRS Workshop on Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry. Cabourg, France : 04/03/18-04/06/18.

2017

Rodgers, R. P., Corilo, Y. E., Podgorski, D. C., Rowland, S. M., Chen, H., Lailli, P., et al. (2017). Molecular-level Insights into the Increased Toxicity of Macondo Well Oil Transformation Products. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Zito, P., Chen, H., McKenna, A. M., Podgorski, D. C., Rowland, S. M., Lu, J., et al. (2017). Molecular-level Insights into the Increased Toxicity of Crude Oil Environmental Transformation Products. In 65th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. Indianapolis, IN : 06/04/17-06/08/17: Poster.

2016

Chen, H., Aeppli, C., Valentine, D. L., Nelson, R. K., Reddy, C. M., Kellerman, M., et al. (2016). Natural seeps versus human spill: Characterization and comparison of DWH weathered oil with natural petroleum seeps by ultrahigh resolution FT-ICR mass spectrometry. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans. LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16: Poster.
Rodgers, R. P., Rowland, S. M., Chen, H., Corilo, Y. E., McKenna, A. M., Clingenpeel, A. C., et al. (2016). Modern Petroleomics. In PittCon 2016 Conference and Expo. Atlanta, GA : 3/06/16 - 03/10/16.
Rodgers, R. P., Rowland, S. M., Chen, H., Corilo, Y. E., McKenna, A. M., Clingenpeel, A. C., et al. (2016). Peroleomic Strategies for Hetero-atom Chemistries. In Analytica 2016. Munich. Germany : 04/10/16 - 04/13/16.
Rodgers, R. P., Rowland, S. M., Chen, H., Corilo, Y. E., McKenna, A. M., Clingenpeel, A. C., et al. (2016). Oil Oxidative Transformation Products Revealed by Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans. LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16.
Rodgers, R. P., Rowland, S. M., Chen, H., Corilo, Y. E., McKenna, A. M., Clingenpeel, A. C., et al. (2016). Petroleomics: Applications of Targeted Analysis for Heteroatom Chemistries. In ACS Spring 2016 Meeting. San Diego, CA : 03/13/16 - 03/17/16.
Rodgers, R. P., Rowland, S. M., Chen, H., Corilo, Y. E., McKenna, A. M., Clingenpeel, A. C., et al. (2016). Oil Oxidative Transformation Products Revealed by Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.

2015

Chen, H., Hou, A., Corilo, Y. E., Zhang, R., Beasley, R. L., Rodgers, R. P., et al. (2015). Four years after the BP Spill: Distinctive oxidation trends of oil residue in Louisiana salt marsh sediments revealed by FT-ICR mass spectrometry. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Krajewski, L., Chen, H., Corilo, Y. E., Rodgers, R. P., Reddy, C. M., Lemkau, K., et al. (2015). Compositional Comparison of Weathering Trends for Four Different Spills Reveal the Unique Chemical Signature of Deepwater Horizon Oil Contamination. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Krajewski, L. C., Chen, H., Rodgers, R. P., Reddy, C. M., Lemkau, K. T., Aeppli, C., et al. (2015). Compositional Comparison of Weathering Trends for Four Different Oil Spills Determined by Ultrahigh Resolution FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. In 63rd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. St. Louis, MO : 05/31/15-06/04/15.
McKenna, A. M., Chen, H., Krajewski, L., Corilo, Y. E., Aeppli, C., Reynolds, J., et al. (2015). Molecular-level identification of metal-containing compounds from oil contamination released from natural seeps and anthropogenic spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
McKenna, A. M., Chen, H., Krajewski, L., Corilo, Y. E., Aeppli, C., Reynolds, J., et al. (2015). Oil-Dispersants-Sediment Interactions and Weathering/Degradation of Spilled Oil in Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Reddy, C., Nelson, R., Koolen, H., Swarthout, R., Aeppli, C., Sharpless, C., et al. (2015). The Oxidation of Macondo well oil: An update and vision. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Rodgers, R. R., Rowland, S., Chen, H., Corilo, Y., McKenna, A., Clingenpeel, A., et al. (2015). Fate of Oil Droplets – Breakup, transport, aggregation and degradation of oil droplets via physical, chemical and biological processes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Vaughan, P. P., Jeffrey, W. H., Wilson, T., Kamerman, R., Hagy, M., McKenna, A., et al. (2015). Photochemical Changes in Water Accommodated Fractions of MC252 and Surrogate Oil Created During Solar Exposure as determined by FT-ICRMS. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.