NEW CONSORTIA!
– March 12, 2015
(From Winter 2015 Newsletter) TWELVE CONSORTIA AND $140 MILLION TO STUDY OIL IMPACTS ON GULF OF MEXICO
Through the RFP-IV program, GoMRI is awarding $140 million to support research to be carried out from 2015 through 2017. GoMRI Chief Scientific Officer, Chuck Wilson, addresses FAQ on the new consortia on page 10. Research consortia selected for funding are:
- Nova Southeastern University, ”Deep-Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico”
Consortium Director: Tracey Sutton - University of Miami – Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, “Relationship of Effects of Cardiac Outcomes in Fish for Validation of Ecological Risk”
Consortium Director: Martin Grosell - University of Texas at Austin, “Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies”
Consortium Director: Edward Buskey - University of Southern Mississippi, “Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems”
Consortium Director: William (Monty) Graham - University of Louisiana at Lafayette, “Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center”
Consortium Director: Natalia Sidorovskaia - Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium/Dauphin Island Sea Lab, “Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience”
Consortium Director: John Valentine - Texas A&M University, “Role of Microbial Exopolymers in Aggregation and Degradation of Oil and Dispersants”
Consortium Director: Antonietta Quigg - Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, “Coastal Waters Consortium”
Consortium Director: Nancy Rabalais - University of Miami, “The Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment II”
Consortium Director: Tamay Özgökmen - RAND Corporation Gulf States Policy Institute, “Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities”
Consortium Director: Melissa Finucane - The University of Georgia, “Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf – 2”
Consortium Director: Samantha Joye - University of South Florida, “The Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems II”
Consortium Director: Steven Murawski
