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

Texas A&M University at Galveston

Marine Biology Department

P.O. Box 1675
Galveston, TX  77553  

savannah_alyson@yahoo.com

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: Undergraduate Student

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

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Undergraduate Student

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1

2019

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.

Conference Presentations - 3

2020

Kamalanathan, M., Mapes, S., Hillhouse, J., Claflin, N., Campbell, D. C., & Quigg, A. (2020). The Two Different Sides of Diatom's Response to Oil Exposure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.

2019

Kamalanathan, M., Mapes, S., Hillhouse, J., Bretherton, L., Bacosa, H., & Quigg, A. (2019). Intracellular Mechanisms Contributing to Oil Resistance by the Green Alga, Dunaliella tertiolecta. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2018

Mapes, S., Kamalanathan, M., Chiu, M. - H., Bacosa, H., Schwehr, K., Bretherton, L., et al. (2018). Role of polysaccharide secretion by diatoms during an oil spill in the context of bacteria-diatom interaction. In Gulf of Mexico Graduate Student Symposium 2018. Dauphin Island, AL : 03/02/18-03/04/18: Poster.