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

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Carlos Vazquez

University of California Merced

School of Engineering

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

cvazquez3@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, Undergraduate Student

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

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5
2021
Chen, C. - S., Shiu, R. - F., Hsieh, Y. - Y., Xu, C., Vazquez, C. I., Cui, Y., et al. (2021). Stickiness of extracellular polymeric substances on different surfaces via magnetic tweezers. Science of The Total Environment, 757, 143766.
2020
Shiu, R. - F., Chiu, M. - H., Vazquez, C. I., Tsai, Y. - Y., Le, A., Kagiri, A., et al. (2020). Protein to carbohydrate (P/C) ratio changes in microbial extracellular polymeric substances induced by oil and Corexit. Marine Chemistry, 223, 103789.
Shiu, R. - F., Vazquez, C. I., Chiang, C. - Y., Chiu, M. - H., Chen, C. - S., Ni, C. - W., et al. (2020). Nano- and microplastics trigger secretion of protein-rich extracellular polymeric substances from phytoplankton. Science of The Total Environment, 748, 141469.
Shiu, R. - F., Vazquez, C. I., Tsai, Y. - Y., Torres, G. V., Chen, C. - S., Santschi, P. H., et al. (2020). Nano-plastics induce aquatic particulate organic matter (microgels) formation. Science of The Total Environment, 706, 135681.
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.
Conference Presentations - 2
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
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.