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Opportunity: Postdoctoral Researchers and a Graduate Student – Hydrocarbon Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology, University of Georgia
Posted on November 9, 2011Available Positions in Hydrocarbon Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology -
Opportunity: Postdoctoral Position – Marine Field Station Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
Posted on November 7, 2011The Marine Field Station, part of the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS) at Rutgers University, is seeking a postdoctoral researcher with interests in the effects of chemical contaminants on growth and survival of estuarine fishes. -
Opportunity: Postdoctoral Position at Georgia Tech, School of Earth and Atmospheric Science
Posted on November 4, 2011I am currently looking for a Postdoctoral associate who will collaborate in a multi-institution, interdisciplinary project to quantify the physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms that redistribute hydrocarbons from the benthos to the water column in the Gulf of Mexico, as contribution to the Gulf Research Initiative. -
Opportunity: Postdoctoral Researcher Position at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute
Posted on November 4, 2011A post-doctoral position is available for interdisciplinary research involving the dispersion of oil spills and the interactions of oil with planktonic marine organisms. -
Gulf Oil Spill Could Cause Lasting Damage to Fish Populations, Study Finds
Posted on September 27, 2011Fish living in Gulf of Mexico marshes exposed to last year’s oil spill have undergone cellular changes that could lead to developmental and reproductive problems, a group of researchers reported Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. -
Grant to Fund Study of Gulf Oil Spill
Posted on September 22, 2011Uta Passow, a researcher in UC Santa Barbara's Marine Science Institute, spent most of the past year in the Gulf of Mexico analyzing the environmental impact of oil spilled as a result of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010. -
VIMS Professor to Study BP Oil Spill
Posted on September 20, 2011A Virginia Institute of Marine Science professor is among a nationwide team of scientists that received $12 million to study how the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has affected marine life. -
UH Researcher Receives Grant to Develop New Oil Dispersants
Posted on September 20, 2011The extensive use of chemical dispersants on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico prompted concerns that they also may have damaged fragile ecosystems. -
Researcher Investigates Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impact on Coast
Posted on September 20, 2011Soon after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico, Annette Engel, associate professor in earth and planetary sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, grabbed all the lab materials she could spare and headed down to the Louisiana coast. -
VIMS Professor to Study Oil Spill Effects
Posted on September 16, 2011A professor with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at the College of William & Mary is part of a nationwide team that has been awarded a three-year $12 million grant to study the effects of the oil spill last year in the Gulf of Mexico.
