The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently published a video profile of the research conducted by Matthew Tarr, a research professor at the University of New Orleans, to study the dispersants and sunlight effects on oil spill cleanup.
Tarr and his colleagues took samples of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The goal was to improve the computer models that are under an NSF project for three years, worth $450,000.
The video is available online through the NSF’s weekly online series, “Science Nation,” hosted by Miles O’Brien. The series evaluates new breakthroughs in scientific research.
In 2015, Tarr earned UNO’s Research Excellence Prize. This award is reserved for faculty members who are professors or associate professors with sustained, outstanding achievements in scholarly and creative activities.
In 1995, Tarr first started working as a faculty member at UNO. His research focuses on nanostructure materials for energy conversion, environmental chemistry, photochemistry, and site-directed drug delivery or biomarker detection with nanomaterials.
Tarr, a principal investigator in charge of $4 million of external funds, is a member of the American Chemical Society. Previously, he has been a key leader over more than $11 million used to sponsor programs.
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