January 11, 2013 – Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

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High school graduate Amy Olson extracts oil sample after exposure to simulated sunlight. Olson worked in UNO's 2012 summer outreach program for high school students and undergraduates. This GoMRI project will include both undergraduate and high school students in summer research on the effect of sunlight on oil compounds.

Lighting the Way to Better Understanding of the Photochemistry of Oil

January 11, 2013

Through a GoMRI RFP-II grant-funded study “Effect of Photochemistry on Biotransformation of Crude Oil,” will look closely at how light impacts surface oil.