Quantifying Combined Suspended and Bedload Sediment Discharge of the Lower Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico
Dr. Mead Allison, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics and Tulane University Center for Bioenvironmental Research

Surficial Investigation of the Baton Rouge Fault Scarp
Dr. Nancye Dawers, Tulane University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Hurricane Katrina Impacts on Gulf Coast Forested Wetlands
Dr. Jeffrey Chambers, Tulane University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

River and Estuarine Contributions to Coastal Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Dr. Michael Dagg, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Dr. Rodney Powell, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

Holocene Sea Level / Climate Relationships in the Central US Gulf of Mexico Coast
Dr. Torbjörn Törnqvist, Tulane University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Characterizing Biogeochemical Material Fluxes from River to Gulf
Dr. Brent McKee, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Department of Marine Sciences (LEAG work done while in Tulane University Department of Earth and Environmental Studies)

Inputs, Processing, and Fates of Nitrate and Suspended Sediment in Lower River and Plume
Dr. Michael Dagg, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Dr. Rodney Powell, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

Multi-Level Chemical Biomarker Sampling in the Lower Mississippi River
Dr. Thomas Bianchi, Texas A&M University Department of Oceanography

Lower Mississippi River Biogeochemical Processes
Dr. Franco Marcantonio, Texas A&M University Department of Geology and Geophysics

Modeling Sediment Transport in Riparian, Estuarine and Coastal Environments
Dr. Efstathios Michaelides

Complexity and Nonlinear Dynamics to Model Mixing, Transport, and Sedimentation in the Gulf of Mexico
Dr. Elia Eschenazi, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Department of Mathematics, Physics and Statistics

Modeling Transport in Rivers, Estuaries and Coastal, Environments
Dr. Cheryl Ann Blain, Naval Research Laboratory

Data Management and Linkages Among Models, Monitoring and Processes
Dr. Michael Dagg, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

Acoustic Mapping of Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Floors
Dr. Mead Allison, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics and Tulane University Center for Bioenvironmental Research

Plume-Tracking Research Cruises at the River/Gulf Interface
Dr. Michael Dagg, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

Biosensors and Biomarkers (click here for project descriptions)

Effect of Mississippi River Diversion on Carbon and Nitrogen Loading, Water Quality, Microbial Ecology, and Hypoxia in the Wetlands of Gulf of Mexico
Dr. Ramaraj Boopathy, Nicholls State University Department of Biological Sciences

Monitoring Reproductive Biomarkers of Fish and Amphibians in the Barataria-Terrebonne Wetlands Restoration Area
Dr. Gary Lafleur, Nicholls State University Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Lois Nelson, Nicholls State University Department of Biological Sciences

Impacts of Hypoxia on White and Brown Shrimp (Penaeus spp.)
Dr. Enmin Zou, Nicholls State University Department of Biological Sciences

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs), From the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico
Dr. Guangdi Wang, Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Chemistry

Biosensors and Platform Development
Dr. Diane Blake, Tulane University Department of Biochemistry
Dr. Robert Blake, Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy
R. George Rey, COTS Technology, LLC

Trace Gases of Microbial Flora as a Biomarker of Pollution
Dr. Ramaraj Boopathy, Nicholls State University

Molting in Fiddler Crabs, Uca pugilator, as a Biomarker of Pollution
Dr. Enmin Zou, Nicholls State University Department of Biological Sciences

Informatics

1. Spatial analysis of lower Mississippi River
2. Bathymetry
3. GIS data development
4. Mapping / analysis of pollutant data
5. GIS training
6. Develop maps and cartographic products

Education

1. Integration of environmental sciences into high school curriculum
2. Students participation in field research
3. Students serving as teachers