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

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Amanda Achberger

Texas A&M University

Department of Oceanography

3146 TAMU
Eller O&M Building
College Station, TX 77843

aachberger1216@gmail.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: Post-Doc

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 - 2
2021
Achberger, A. M., Doyle, S. M., Mills, M. I., Holmes, C. P., II, Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2021). Bacteria-Oil Microaggregates Are an Important Mechanism for Hydrocarbon Degradation in the Marine Water Column. mSystems, 6(5).
2020
Kamalanathan, M., Doyle, S. M., Xu, C., Achberger, A. M., Wade, T. L., Schwehr, K., et al. (2020). Exoenzymes as a Signature of Microbial Response to Marine Environmental Conditions. mSystems, 5(2).
Conference Presentations - 6
2020
Achberger, A. M., Doyle, S., Holmes, C., Lin, G., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2020). Role of Micron-Scale Aggregates in Hydrocarbon Oxidation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
2019
Achberger, A., Doyle, S., Holmes, C., Lin, G., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. (2019). Role of Micron-Scale Aggregates in Hydrocarbon Oxidation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Mills, M., Achberger, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2019). Visualizing the hidden world: Utilizing CARD-FISH to decet microbes exposed to oil. In Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). Anaheim, CA : 11/13/19-11/16/19.
2018
Doyle, S., Achberger, A., Lin, G., Wade, T., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. (2018). Comparing microbial community responses to oil and dispersant between coastal and offshore waters. In ASLO 2018 Summer Meeting. Victoria, Canada : 06/10/18-06/15/18.
Doyle, S. M., Lin, G., Setta, S., Achberger, A. M., Wade, T. L., Quigg, A., et al. (2018). Comparing Microbial Community Responses to Oil and Corexit between Coastal and Offshore Waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Lin, G., Setta, S., Achberger, A. M., Doyle, S. M., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2018). Analysis of 18S rRNA Defined Eukaryotic Community Composition in Coastal and Offshore Gulf of Mexico upon Exposure to Oil and the Dispersants. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.