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Isabel Romero
Title: | Assistant Professor |
Department: | School of the Earth, Ocean, & Environment College of Arts and Sciences |
Email: | iromero@seoe.sc.edu |
Phone: | 803-576-8340 |
Office: | EWS 314 |
Resources: | Curriculum Vitae [pdf] Lab Website |
Research Areas:
Biogeochemistry, Organic Geochemistry, Isotope Geochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemical Ecology
Research:
Dr. Romero’s research focuses on uncovering geochemical signatures in the ocean as archives of how marine systems function and respond to natural and anthropogenic events. She uses organic chemistry and isotopic tracers in diverse samples from natural environments, and experiments such as sediments, water, vegetation, and biota (e.g., sponges, squid, jellyfishes, shrimp, mesopelagic and reef fishes) to study the source, transformation processes, and fate of molecules in marine systems. Her work covers from coastal (e.g., mangroves, saltmarshes) to deep-sea environments (e.g., mesopelagic, benthic) on a wide range of temporal and spatial scales contributing to chemical diversity, ecosystem function, and resilience.
Recent Publications:
Murray A., I.C. Romero, M. Riedinger-Whitmore, P. Schwing, H. Judkins. 2024. Spatial and temporal trends
in microplastic pollution in the Eastern Oyster, Crassotrea virginica, in Tampa Bay,
Florida. Regional Studies in Marine Science, Vol 77 (103668).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2024.103668
Plafcan MM, Schwing PT, Romero IC, Brooks GR, Larson RA, O'Malley BJ, CD Stallings. 2024. Benthic foraminifera in Gulf
of Mexico show temporal and spatial dynamics of microplastics. Mar Pollut Bull,Vol
200 (116090). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116090
Hewson I., I. Ritchie, J.S. Evans, A. Altera, D. Behringer, E. Bowman, M. Brandt,
K.A. Budd, R.A. Camacho, T. Cornwell, P.D. Countway, A. Croquer, G. Delgado, C. DeRito,
E. Duermit-Moreau, R. Francis- Floyd, S. Gittens, L. Henderson, A. Hylkema, C.A. Kellogg,
Y.
Kiryu, K. Kitson-Walters, P. Kramer, J. Lang, H. Lessios, L. Liddy, D. Marancik, S.
Nimrod, J.T. Patterson, M. Pistor, I.C. Romero, R. Sellares-Blasco, M. Sevier, W. Sharp, M. Souza, A. Valdez-Trinidad, M. Van der
Laan, B. Vilanova-Cuevas, M. Villalpando, S.D. Von Hoene, M. Warham, T. Wijers, S.
Williams, T.M. Work, R. Yanong, S. Zambrano, A. Zimmermann, M. Breitbart. A scuticociliate
causes mass mortality of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum in the Caribbean
Sea. 2023. Journal of Science Advances, Vol
9(16), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg3200.
Schwing P., Chanton J., Bosman S., Brooks G., Larson R.A., Romero I.C., Diercks A. 2023. Organic carbon and planktic foraminifera radiocarbon derived Holocene
sediment accumulation rates in the northern slopes of the Gulf of Mexico. Deep-sea
research I, Vol
193, number 103959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103959.
Sutton T.T., Milligan R.J., Daly K., Boswell K.M., Cook A.B., Cornic M., Frank T.,
Frasier K., Hahn D., Hernandez F., Hildebrand J., Hu C., Johnston M.W., Joye S.B.,
Judkins H., Moore J.A., Murawski S.A., Pruzinsky N.M., Quinlan J.A., Remsen A., Robinson
K.L., Romero I.C., Rooker J.R., Vecchione M., Wells R.J.D. 2022. The Open-Ocean Gulf of Mexico after
Deepwater Horizon: Synthesis of a decade of research. Frontiers in Marine Science,
Vol 9, number 753391. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.753391.
Woodyard M., Polidoro B.A., Matson C.W., McManamay R.A., Saul S., Carpenter K.E.,
Collier T.K., Di Giulio R., Grubbs D., Linardich C., Moore J.A., Romero I.C., Schlenk D., Strongin, K.. 2022. A comprehensive petrochemical vulnerability index
for marine fishes in
the Gulf of Mexico. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 820, No. 152892. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152892