NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program offers the following experts
to assist the news media in their on-going coverage of the oil tanker disaster
off the Galician coast of Spain. Feel free to contact the source of your
choice directly. If you need additional assistance please contact
the Sea Grant National Media Relations Director Ben Sherman at 202-662-7095
(O), 301-262-5495 (H), Email: sherman@nasw.org. Additional marine
and coastal science experts from the universities participating in the
30-state National Sea Grant Program can be found in our on-line experts
guide at www.seagrantnews.org/
OIL SPILLS RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY:
Barbaros Celikkol, Ph.D., New Hampshire Sea Grant, Professor
of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Phone: (603)
862-1940; E-mail: celikkol@cisunix.unh.edu
Topics: Oil spill response technology; estuarine hydrodynamics
and environmental modeling.
OIL SPILL CLEANUP AND REMEDIATION:
Irving A. Mendelssohn, Ph.D., Louisiana Sea Grant, Professor,
Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute, Louisiana State University; Phone: (225)
578-6425; E-mail: imendel@lsu.edu
Topics: Oil pollution impacts and cleanup in wetlands; bioremediation;
phytoremediation.
Ralph Portier, Ph.D., Louisiana Sea Grant, Associate Professor,
Institute for Environmental Studies, Louisiana State University, Phone:
(225) 578-4287; E-mail: rportie@lsu.edu
Topics: Bioremediation; detoxification bioreactor design; aquatic-marine
toxicology; marine industrial microbiology; developer of patented
microbes that neutralize toxins in both fresh-and saltwater environments.
His microbes were used in cleaning up Valdez oil spill in Alaska, several
EPA Superfund sites, and oil in Persian Gulf after war with Iraq.
David Kennedy, Director, NOAA's National Ocean Service's Office
of Response and Restoration; Call David Miller Office Phone: (202) 482-0013;
E-mail: david.kennedy@noaa.gov
Topics: Overview of dynamics of oil spills and clean-up, environmental
impacts.
OIL SPILLS' EFFECTS ON NATURAL HABITAT:
Virginia Lee, Ph.D., Rhode Island Sea Grant, Associate Coastal
Resources Manager, University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center;
Leader, Sea Grant Marine Extension Coastal Managementt Program, Phone:
(401) 874-6490; E-mail: vlee@gso.uri.edu
Topics: Nonpoint source pollution; volunteer monitoring; resource
policy; hazard mitigation; sustainable communities. Assisted in state
response to Moonstone Beach oil spill in 1996.
Nancy N. Rabalais, Ph.D., Louisiana Sea Grant, Associate Professor,
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Phone: (504) 851-2800;
E-mail: nrabalais@lumcon.edu
Topics: Effects of oil spills and chemical industries on natural
habitats
Ronald S. Tjeerdema, Ph.D., California Sea Grant, Professor of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Davis, Dept.of Environmental
Toxicology; Phone: (530) 754-5192; E-mail: rstjeerdema@ucdavis.edu
Topics: Aquatic and environmental toxicology, specifically the fate
and effects of pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons, surfactants, and natural
toxins in aquatic systems and organisms.
John W. Tunnell, Jr., Ph.D., Texas Sea Grant, Director, Center
for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M University, Phone: (512) 993-2736;
E-mail: jtunnell@falcon.tamucc.edu
Topics: Oil spill impacts in marine environment; wind tidal
ecology; tidal boundary determination
OIL SPILL TRANSPORT MODELING, PREDICTION:
Malcolm Spaulding, Ph.D., Rhode Island Sea Grant, Professor/Dept.
Chair, Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of
Oceanography, Phone: (401) 874-6666; E-mail: spaulding@oce.uri.edu
Topics: Circulation and pollutant transport modeling; oil spill
modeling; computational fluid dynamics. Provides consulting services
on spill dynamics. He has developed a number of computer models that
predict where oil and other pollutants will end up once they enter a body
of water. OILMAP, the commercial version of the oil spill software, has
been used to estimate trajectories of oil spills all over the world, including
the 1996 Rhode Island Moonstone Beach oil spill.
LEGAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW:
Kristen A. Fletcher, L.L.M, J.D., Director National Sea Grant
Law Center, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program, University of
Mississippi, Phone: (662) 915-7775; E-mail: kfletch@olemiss.edu
Topics: Ocean and coastal law; natural resources law; wetlands;
marine habitats; Currently undertaking a complete review of coastal
and ocean laws and regulations for the President's Commission on Ocean
Policy.
Richard J. McLaughlin, L.L.M., J.S.D., Mississippi-Alabama Sea
Grant, Associate Professor, University of Mississippi School of Law, Mississippi-Alabama
Sea Grant Legal Program, Phone: (662) 915-7775; E-mail:
lwrjm@cotton.vislab.olemiss.edu
Topics: Ocean coastal law; admiralty; environmental law; international
law.
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Ben Sherman
National Media Relations Director
National Sea Grant College Program
841 National Press Building
529 14th Street NW
Washington D.C. 20045-2277
Phone: 202-662-7095 Fax: 202-662-7093
E-Mail: Sherman@nasw.org
WWW News Media Center Site: http://www.seagrantnews.org