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Funding Source: Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)

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Weathering of Petroleum and Dispersant Components in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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Journal Articles - 8

2018

Ward, C. P., Sharpless, C. M., Valentine, D. L., French-McCay, D. P., Aeppli, C., White, H. K., et al. (2018). Partial Photochemical Oxidation Was a Dominant Fate of_Deepwater Horizon Surface Oil. Environ. Sci. Technol., 52(4), 1797–1805. doi

2016

Buskey, E., White, H., & Esbaugh, A. (2016). Impact of Oil Spills on Marine Life in the Gulf of Mexico: Effects on Plankton, Nekton, and Deep-Sea Benthos. Oceanog, 29(3), 174–181. doi
John, V., Arnosti, C., Field, J., Kujawinski, E., & McCormick, A. (2016). The Role of Dispersants in Oil Spill Remediation: Fundamental Concepts, Rationale for Use, Fate, and Transport Issues. Oceanog, 29(3), 108–117. doi
Simister, R. L., Antzis, E. W., & White, H. K. (2016). Examining the diversity of microbes in a deep-sea coral community impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 157–166. doi
White, H. K., Conmy, R. N., MacDonald, I. R., & Reddy, C. M. (2016). Methods of Oil Detection in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Oceanog, 29(3), 76–87. doi

2015

Liu, Y., & Kujawinski, E. B. (2015). Chemical Composition and Potential Environmental Impacts of Water-Soluble Polar Crude Oil Components Inferred from ESI FT-ICR MS. PLoS ONE, 10(9), e0136376. doi

2014

Fisher, C. R., Demopoulos, A. W. J., Cordes, E. E., Baums, I. B., White, H. K., & Bourque, J. R. (2014). Coral Communities as Indicators of Ecosystem-Level Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Spill. Bioscience, 64(9), 796–807. doi
White, H. K., Lyons, S. L., Harrison, S. J., Findley, D. M., Liu, Y., & Kujawinski, E. B. (2014). Long-Term Persistence of Dispersants following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 1(7), 295–299. doi

Conference Presentations - 19

2015

Kujawinski, E., & Liu, Y. (2015). Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics Reveals New Metabolic Pathways for Carbon and Petroleum Remineralization. In 10th North American Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry Conference. Key West, FL : 04/12/15-04/16/15. openurl
Liu, Y., Simister, R., Lyons, S., White, H. K., & Kujawinski, E. (2015). Microbial Degradation Of Polar Crude Oil Components – A Metabolomics Approach. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15. openurl
Longnecker, K., Liu, Y., White, H., & Kujawinski, E. (2015). Composition of metabolites produced by a coastal microbial community in the presence of oil. In 11th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society. San Francisco, CA : 06/29/15-07/02/15. openurl
Simister, R., Liu, Y., Lyons, S., Kujawinski, E., & White, H. (2015). Using Comparative Metagenomics to Analyze Microbial Degradation of Polar Crude Oil Components. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15. openurl

2014

Findley, D. M., WIlliams, P. L., & White, H. K. (2014). Using Hopane and Sterane Biomarker Ratios to Determine the Origin of Oil Residues in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster. openurl
Liu, Y., Boysen, A. K., & Kujawinski, E. B. (2014). Characterization and fate of crude oil derived water-soluble polar organic components in seawater. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster. openurl
Lyons, S. L., Harrison, S. J., Liu, Y. L., Kujawinski, E. B., & White, H. K. (2014). Extraction and Quantification of DOSS from Deep Sea Sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster. openurl
Simister, R. L., Reeve, J., & White, H. K. (2014). Examining the degradation of oil by fungi isolated from oil-soaked sand patties. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster. openurl
Simister, R. L., Willis, E. L., & White, H. K. (2014). Diversity of oil-degrading microbes and petroleum-hydrocarbon genes in deep-sea environments impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster. openurl
White, H. K., Reeve, J., & Simister, R. L. (2014). Oil degradation by an Ascomycetes fungi. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster. openurl
Williams, P. L., Londergan, C. L., & White, H. K. (2014). Examining the mechanisms of oil degradation with infrared spectroscopy and two-dimensional correlation analysis. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster. openurl

2013

Findley, D. M., WIlliams, P. L., & White, H. K. (2013). Employing hopane and sterane biomarkers to determine the origin of oil soaked sand patties collected from Gulf of Mexico beaches. In Haverford College KINSC Annual Undergraduate Science Research Symposium. Haverford, PA, September 21, 2013: Poster. url
Kujawinski, E., Longnecker, K., Kido Soule, M. C., Redmond, M., & Valentine, D. L. (2013). Composition of polar components of oil in the Gulf of Mexico water column following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013. url
Lyons, S. L., Kujawinski,E.B., & White, H. K. (2013). Developing a method to isolate and quantitate DOSS from deep sea sediments. In Haverford College KINSC Annual Undergraduate Science Research Symposium. Haverford, PA, September 21, 2013: Poster. url
Sheline, C. R., Cordes, E. E., & White, H. K. (2013). Investigating the impact of oil on Lophelia Pertusa (Scleractinia). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster. url
White, H. K., & Reddy, C. M. (2013). Geochemical insights into remediation efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. In ASLO. New Orleans, LA, February 20, 2013. url
Williams, P. L., Reddy, C. M., & White, H. K. (2013). Exploring the heterogeneity of oil in sand patties from the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster. url
Williams, P. L., Reddy, C. M., & White, H. K. (2013). Examining the heterogeneity of oil in sand patties from the Gulf of Mexico. In Haverford College KINSC Annual Undergraduate Science Research Symposium. Haverford, PA, September 21, 2013: Poster. url
Willis, E. L., & White, H. K. (2013). Examining the diversity of petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading genes in Gulf of Mexico deep-sea sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster. url
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