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

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Shih-Ming (Ming) Tsai

University of California Merced

School of Engineering

5200 N. Lake Road
Science & Engineering 2, Suite 315
Merced, CA 95343

stsai6@ucmerced.edu

Project List:

Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers 2 (ADDOMEx-2): Towards a synthesis of process and pathways of marine oil snow formation

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers (ADDOMEx)

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 4
2019
Chiu, M. - H., Vazquez, C. I., Shiu, R. - F., Le, C., Sanchez, N. R., Kagiri, A., et al. (2019). Impact of exposure of crude oil and dispersant (Corexit) on aggregation of extracellular polymeric substances. Science of The Total Environment, 657, 1535–1542.
Kamalanathan, M., Chiu, M. - H., Bacosa, H., Schwehr, K., Tsai, S. - M., Doyle, S., et al. (2019). Role of Polysaccharides in DiatomThalassiosira pseudonanaand its Associated Bacteria in Hydrocarbon Presence. Plant Physiol., 180(4), 1898–1911.
2018
Bacosa, H. P., Kamalanathan, M., Chiu, M. - H., Tsai, S. - M., Sun, L., LabontÃ©, J. M., et al. (2018). Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) producing and oil degrading bacteria isolated from the northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 13(12), e0208406.
2017
Chiu, M. - H., Garcia, S. G., Hwang, B., Claiche, D., Sanchez, G., Aldayafleh, R., et al. (2017). Corexit, oil and marine microgels. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 122(1-2), 376–378.
Conference Presentations - 3
2019
Chin, W., Vazquez, C., Tsai, S., Xu, C., Kamalanathan, M., Bacosa, H., et al. (2019). Impacts of Crude Oil and Corexit on Extracellular Polymeric Substances: Their Production and Chemical Composition. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
2018
Bacosa, H., Kamalanathan, M., Chiu, M. - H., Tsai, S. - M., Sun, L., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2018). Exopolymeric substance (EPS) production by bacterial isolates from the northern Gulf of Mexico in response to WAF, CEWAF and Corexit. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Chiu, M., -H., Goshia, T., Tsai, S. - M., Le, A. D., Kagiri, A., Ramos, J., et al. (2018). Corexit and Oil Can Alter Aggregation of Extracellular Polymeric SubstancesÂ . In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.