Helen Runnels Connelly

Position: Instructor, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences

Office: 2259 Energy, Coast & Environment Building

Bachelor's Degree: BS in Geology, LSU

Doctorate: PhD, Environmental Toxicology, LSU

Research Interests:

Wetland community structure, barium toxicology, metals sediment biogeochemistry, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon toxicology, fish and shellfish population studies

Publications:

Connelly, H. and Means, J. International Journal of Toxicology, 2010 29: 532: Immunomodulatory Effects of Dietary Exposure to Selected Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus).

Recent Conservation and Energy Reports:

Connelly, H. and Cejas, K. 2024. Ecological Risk Assessment and Expert Report the Parish of Cameron v. Auster Oil and Gas, Inc., et al. East and West Hackberry Oil and Gas Fields, Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Connelly, H. 2023. Ecological Risk Assessment and Expert Report August J. Levert, Jr., Family, LLC, et al. v. BP America Production Company, Grand River Oil & Gas Field, Iberville Parish, Louisiana

Connelly, H. 2022. Ecological Risk Assessment and Expert Report Henning Management, L.L.C. v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., et al., Hayes Oil & Gas Field, Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

Connelly, H. 2020. Ecological Risk Assessment and Expert Report Louisiana Wetlands, LLC and New 90, LLC vs Energen Resources Corporation, et al. OC Legacy Project No. 016-054-002

Connelly, H. 2020. Ecological Risk Assessment and Expert Report Hero Lands LLC v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc. et al Docket No. 64320, Div. “A” 25th JDC

Connelly, H. and Rodgers, JH. 2019. East White Lake Ecological Risk Assessment, Section 16, East White Lake Oil and Gas Field, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Awards:

The US Department of Energy and the Louisiana Educational Quality Support Fund, Grant DOE/LEQSF 2000-05-01