We love the work we do, and we’re excited when others think it’s cool too!  Below are links to news articles, press releases, web content and related media that feature our works and personnel.

 2017

Hernandez lab graduate student, Angie Hoover, featured in a GoMRI article highlighting her research on how large freshwater pulses and other environmental stressors affect the diet, growth, and condition of larval fishes.

Hernandnez lab research featured in GoMRI article titled “Studies Highlight Complexities in Connecting Larval Fish Health to Deepwater Horizon”

Hernandez lab research featured in Environmental Research Web article titled “Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have harmed red snapper larvae”

2016

Marine Ichthyology class featured in a Sun Herald article titled “Fishing in South Mississippi aboard the Jim Franks Vessel”

 Dr. Hernandez featured in the Summer 2016 GoMRI Newsletter as part of the “Interview with a GoMRI Researcher” series, highlighting work conducted during GoMRI RFP-II and RFP-IV (CONCORDE) projects

Research technician Sarah Muffelman featured in the Screenscope, Inc. “Dispatches from the Gulf” short video titled: “Meet Sarah Muffelman: The Next Generation of Oceanographers”

 Graduate student Jana Herrmann was featured in the Screenscope, Inc. “Dispatches from the Gulf” short video titled: “Meet Jana Herrmann: The Next Generation of Oceanographers”

 Dr. Hernandez featured in the Screenscope, Inc. “Dispatches from the Gulf” short video titled “Lessons From the Past: The 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill”

 Dr. Hernandez featured in the Screenscope, Inc. “Dispatches from the Gulf” short video  titled “Why do we need scientists (and science)?”

Dr. Hernandez featured in the Journey to Planet Earth Series documentary “Dispatches from the Gulf” (Screenscope, Inc.)

2015

Hernandez lab research highlighted in Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative article, “Understanding oil transport in coastal waters”

Hernandez lab research highlighted in Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative article, “Study identifies short-term changes in plankton communities after oil spill”

Dr. Hernandez participates in the Ocean Conservancy outreach campaign, “Greetings from the Gulf”

Dr. Hernandez quoted in NPR article, “Appetite for Gulf seafood is back, but the crabs and oysters aren’t”

Hernandez lab research featured in Deutschlandfunk (German Public Radio) article and podcast, “Fünf Jahre nach Deepwater-Horizon-Explosion: Die langen Schatten des Öls”

Hernandez lab research featured in Environmental Research Web article, “Zooplankton recovered swiftly from Deepwater Horizon”

Research lab technician Sarah Muffelman featured in the Screenscope, Inc. “Dispatches from the Gulf” short video titled “Why Science?”

Dr. Hernandez interviewed for Smithsonian.com article titled, “How methane fueled a food web after the Gulf oil spill”

Hernandez lab research featured in Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative article titled “Study finds three ways for oil spill to impact Gulf seaweed”

2014

 Dr. Hernandez interviewed for Smithsonian.com article titled “Breaking down the myths and misconceptions about the Gulf oil spill”

2012

Hernandez lab research featured in Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative article titled “What lies beneath: scientists study seaweed to understand Gulf oil impacts”

2010

Dr. Hernandez consults for National Geographic’s “The Gulf of Mexico: Layers of Life” supplement

Dr. Hernandez featured in an Associated Press video segment titled “Gulf oil could impact fish shelter, food source“