Rich Buchholz Biology
byrb (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5012 Curriculum Vitæ

• assess
  • behavioral and reproductive impacts (for example, nesting success)
  • changes in parasite load and immunocompetence
  • efficiency of metabolism as measured by oxygen consumption
  • long-term damage in indicator traits such as changes in feather quality and coloration that would affect population fitness

Lainy Day Biology
lainyday (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5444 Curriculum Vitæ

• Assess in reptiles, birds, or mammals
  • Neural impacts on brain (for example xenoestrogen effects on masculinization of brain regions)
  • Impacts on behavior, learning, and memory
  • Alterations to reproductive or stress hormone physiology

Glenn Parsons Biology
bygrp (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-7479 Curriculum Vitæ

• shrimp trawl bycatch reduction research
• fish biology: ecology, physiology, behavior
• shark eco-physiology
• shark stress biology
• fish swimming performance and energetics
• shark reproductive ecology, physiology

Wei-Yin Chen Chemical Engineering
cmchengs (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5651 Curriculum Vitæ

• using Biochar as a potent absorent agent. Used biochar can be recovered and burned for energy.

Ajit Sadana Chemical Engineering
cmsadana (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5349 Curriculum Vitæ

• biosensing of toxins and pollutants in water streams & large bodies of water
• modelling chemical reactions in combination with hydrodynamic flows in large body streams

Clint Williford Chemical Engineering
drwill (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5348

• growth of bacteria and subsequent evaluation of the rate of degradation (of oil) by indigenous bacteria in the seawater

Cristiane Surbeck Civil Engineering
csurbeck (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5473 Curriculum Vitæ

• microcosm laboratory experiments that determine rates of pollutant decay

Mark Dolan Journalism
mdolan (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5397

• multimedia portrayal of the impact of pollution on bird migration patterns
• wildlife videography, interviewing, new media

Kristen Swain Journalism
kaswain (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-7637 Curriculum Vitæ

• risk communication with an emphasis on disaster communications
• news framing in the coverage of risk issues
• health/environmental communication campaigns

John Rimoldi Medicinal Chemistry
jrimoldi (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5119 Curriculum Vitæ

• currently, collection of baseline samples from seagrass and coral reef sites of potential contamination is taking place on the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coasts, Florida Keys and Bahamas

John Williamson Medicinal Chemistry
mcjs (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-7142 Curriculum Vitæ

• identifying microorganisms that degrade long chain hydrocarbons
• liquid-liquid extraction methods, size exclusion, ion exchange and affinity chromatographic techniques
• extraction of oils from aqueous systems
• filtration, absorption, and centrifugation
• Solid Phase Extraction (SPE)

Brian Hopkins Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research
bwhopkin (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5683

• High performance computing environments to develop and run algorithms and data simulations
• Design, implementation, and use of high performance scientific software, including software for parallel computing
• Primary and backup data storage and retrieval services
• Database consulting, design, implementation, and hosting for scientific data sets
• Online collaboration environments

Greg Easson MMRI
geasson (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5995

• sampling water and bottom sediments (NIUST crew is currently taking samples in the Gulf)
• updates are being posted to NOAA, MMS, & media outlets
• imagery and forecasts are being posted to the MMRI website: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/mmri/programs/gulf_res.html

Sam Wang NCCHE
wang (at) ncche.olemiss.edu (662) 915-7788

• simulate oil spills and predict its movement over time (the collection of a large amount of data is a necessary in order to run a simulation)
• possibly predict the effectiveness of various mitigation options (again with the necessary input data)

Yafei Jia NCCHE
jia (at) ncche.olemiss.edu (662) 915-7783 Curriculum Vitæ

• 3D computational modelling of
  • the movement and distribution of oil on surface of the water (slicks) and in water (dissolved)
  • the attachment of oil, its mixing with suspended, sea bed, and beach sands.
• Simulation results can be used
  • to estimate the impact of oil-polluted water on the ecosystem (qualitatively)
  • Simulation results can be used to predict: potential risks under worst case scenarios and effectiveness of mitigation measures

Deborah Gochfeld NCNPR
gochfeld (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-6769 Curriculum Vitæ

• characterization of the impact of oil spill contamination on the physiological responses and overall health of seagrass systems in the Mississippi Sound

Raymond Highsmith NIUST
ray (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5479 Curriculum Vitæ

• Previously managed large damage assessment and recovery programs for Exxon Valdez oil spill
• NIUST has undersea vehicles with sensors that can detect gas and oil, collect samples
• Permanent benthic field site 8 miles from spill for gas hydrate research - see also MMRI
• Coastal ecotoxicology, seagrass beds

Stephanie Showalter NSGLC
sshowalt (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-7775 Curriculum Vitæ

• legal analysis of
  1. existing regulatory frameworks governing the oil spill response, recovery, and compensation and
  2. legislative, regulatory, and case law developments in the wake of the oil spill

Mark Hamann Pharmacognosy
mthamann (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5730

• high-throughput techniques to analyze seafood products for crude oil residues
• develop SCF processing techniques to remove residues and potentially restore consumption of seafood products

Marc Slattery Pharmacognosy
slattery (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-1053 Curriculum Vitæ

• assessing stress responses in marine invertebrates (oysters, sponges, corals) exposed to oil spill contamination.
• proteomic profiling of oil stressed organisms
• bioassay assessment and development related to marine pollutants
• mixtures (e.g., PAHs and dispersants) in additive/synergistic effects

John Matthews Pharmacology
pljcm (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-5153

• (NORM Solutions, LLC, has the capability of) recovering oil from beach sand and regenerating clean beach sand

Kristine Willett Pharmacology
kwillett (at) olemiss.edu (662) 915-6691 Curriculum Vitæ

• Toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and oil constituents to aquatic organisms primarily fish embryos.
• Quantitating sediment and water PAH concentrations from 10 sites between Gulfport and Mobile sampled since Hurricane Katrina
• Proteomic biomarkers of response to oil contamination in mussels and seagrasses
• Graduate coordinator for the Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program (offering Masters and PhD degrees).

Rich Forgette Political Science
forgette (at) olemiss ( dot ) edu (662) 915-7401 Curriculum Vitæ

• social and economic impact analysis of disaster recovery
• social network analysis
• created measures and models of community resilience