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Jose Sericano

Texas A&M University

Geochemical and Environmental Research Group

833 Graham Road
College Station , TX  77845  

jsericano@gerg.tamu.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: Research Scientist

Deep-sea Risk Assessment and species sensitivity to WAF, CEWAF and Dispersant

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

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

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 4

2020

Bera, G., Doyle, S., Passow, U., Kamalanathan, M., Wade, T. L., Sylvan, J. B., et al. (2020). Biological response to dissolved versus dispersed oil. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150, 110713.
Morales-McDevitt, M. E., Shi, D., Knap, A. H., Quigg, A., Sweet, S. T., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2020). Mesocosm experiments to better understand hydrocarbon half-lives for oil and oil dispersant mixtures. PLoS ONE, 15(1), e0228554.

2018

Bera, G., Parkerton, T., Redman, A., Turner, N. R., Renegar, A., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2018). Passive dosing yields dissolved aqueous exposures of crude oil comparable to the CROSERF (Chemical Response to Oil Spill: Ecological Effects Research Forum) water accommodated fraction method: Comparison of water accommodated fraction preparations. Environ Toxicol Chem, 37(11), 2810–2819.

2017

Knap, A., Turner, N. R., Bera, G., Abigail Renegar, D., Frank, T., Sericano, J., et al. (2017). Short-Term Toxicity Of 1-Methylnaphthalene To Americamysis Bahia And Five Deep-Sea Crustaceans. Environ Toxicol Chem, 36(12), 3415–3423.

Conference Presentations - 14

2020

Wade, T. L., Liu, Y., Doyle, S., Fulton, T., Sericano, J., Sylvan, J., et al. (2020). Tracing Microbial Transformation of Diluted Chemically Enhanced Water Accommodated Fraction of Crude Oil Through Targeted Metabolomics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.

2019

Bera, G., Knap, A., Turner, N. R., Renegar, D. A., Whitemiller, E., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2019). Acute toxicity of oil and dispersant on deep-sea crustaceans. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Whitemiller, E., Renegar, D. A., Turner, N. R., Bera, G., Sericano, J. L., Sweet, S., et al. (2019). Acute toxicity of 1-methylnaphthalene and Macondo surrogate crude oil to the peppermint shrimp, Lysmata boggessi. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Bera, G., Parkerton, T., Redman, A., Turner, N., Renegar, D. A., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2018). Comparing aquatic toxicity of oil: PETROTOX model vs measured. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Bera, G., Parkerton, T., Redman, A., Turner, N., Renegar, D. A., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2018). Single hydrocarbon toxicity to deep-sea shrimps and use of PETROTOX model in predicting aquatic toxicity of oil. In Oil Spill India 2018 – 5th International Conference & Exhibition on Oil Spill Prevention. New Delhi, India : 07/05/18-07/06/18.
Renegar, D. A., Turner, N., Bera, G., Frank, T., Riegl, B., Knap, A., et al. (2018). Lysmata wurdmanni as a proxy for deep-water column micronekton in hydrocarbon toxicity studies. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Turner, N., Renegar, D. A., Bera, G., Frank, T., Riegl, B., Knap, A., et al. (2018). Toxicity of oil to Americamysis bahia and deep-water column micronekton with comparisons to model predictions. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Bera, G., Knap, A., Sweet, S., Gold, G., Wade, T., & Sericano, J. (2017). Comparing Water Accommodated Fraction (WAF) making procedures and their chemical composition. In International Oil Spill Conference 2017. Long Beach, CA : 05/15/17-05/18/17: Poster.
Bera, G., Parkerton, T., Turner, N., Renegar, A., Sericano, J., & Knap, A. (2017). Comparing aquatic toxicity of oil: PETROTOX model vs measured. In 2nd Annual Texas A&M Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, Texas : 09/20/17-09/20/17.
Bera, G., Renegar, A., Turner, N., Frank, T., Sweet, S., Gold, G., et al. (2017). Temperature and salinity effects on partitioning co-efficient (KPDMS-water) of selected hydrophobic organic carbons (HOCs): their use for passive dosing. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Bera, G., Turner, N., Renegar, A., Sericano, J., & Knap, A. (2017). Comparing aquatic toxicity of oil: PETROTOX model vs measured. In SETAC North America 38th Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN : 11/12/17-11/16/17: Poster.

2016

Bera, G., Knap, A., Sericano, J., Wade, T. L., Sweet, S. T., Gold-Bouchot, G., et al. (2016). Stability and chemical composition of water accommodated fraction (WAF) made through three different procedures and their implication in formation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) during oil spill. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
Bera, G., Knap, A., Sweet, S., Gold, G., Wade, T., Sericano, J., et al. (2016). Formation of Marine Snow in Presence of Dissolved Hydrocarbons from Oil Spill. In 2016 Texas A&M University Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, TX : 09/21/16.
Bera, G., Knap, A., Sweet, S., Gold, G., Wade, T., Sericano, J., et al. (2016). Stability and chemical composition of water accommodated fraction (WAF) made through three different procedures and their implication in formation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) during oil spill. In 2016 ACS Southwest Regional Meeting. Galveston, TX : 11/11/16-11/13/16.