Ian graduated from Boston Latin School in the class of 2013. He is currently an undergraduate marine physical sciences student at the University of Maine with an earth sciences minor. At Univervisty of Maine Ian works in the ocean operations laboratory as a buoy technician for the NERACOOS array in the Gulf of Maine. He … Continued
Ana Clavere-Graciette is a second year PhD student in Dr. Montoya’s lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. She is currently studying the impact of releases of oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico at natural hydrocarbon seeps using nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes. Her work focuses on the incorporation of … Continued
Dr. Lam Nguyen-Ngoc began his university career at the National University of Ho Chi Minh City, receiving a B.Sc. in Biology in 1979 after the reunification of Viet Nam . He pursued graduate studies in Denmark, earning an M.Sc. in Marine Sciences from Aarhus University and a Ph.D. in Phycology from Copenhagen University. Lam has … Continued
Caroline Reddy is a Research Technician who joined the Montoya lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology in early 2016. Her role currently focuses on organizing research cruises for the lab and analyzing samples of zooplankton via mass spectrometry. This will be her very first research cruise, and she is excited to take part. Caroline … Continued
Thoi NGUYEN completed his biology bachelor degree in 2005 and ecology Master’s degree in 2008 from the University of Natural Science, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Following his degrees, Thoi began work in March 2009 at the Department of Marine Plankton, Institute of Oceanography (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology). Thoi works in ecology of … Continued
Melvin Bach is a Masters student in the field of Marine Biology from the University of Rostock, Germany. He also completed his Bachelor’s degree there in 2014. For his Masters thesis, Melvin is working with Maren Voss and Sarah Weber at the Leibniz Institute of Baltic Sea Research, Warnemuende (IOW), Rostock, Germany. Melvin has a growing … Continued
Hai Doan is a marine planktonist working at Institute of Oceanography, Viet Nam. He had his master of marine science in Aarhus University and his PhD in phycology in Copenhagen University, Denmark. He has been doing phytoplankton research in the Bien Dong (aka South China Sea) for almost 23 years. His main concerns in research … Continued
Andreas received a Master degree in Biology from Stockholm University 2015. As a PhD student, in the lab of Dr. Rachel Foster at Stockholm University, his research is focused on microbial symbiotic relationships between Diatoms and nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria. He is specially interested in how the coordination and communication within these associations depend on external environmental … Continued
Riannon Colton is a third year undergraduate Earth & Atmospheric Sciences major at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She participates in research with focuses in geophysics, planetary science, and oceanography. Her past research experiences include working in Dr. Ken Ferrier’s lab on tectonic influences on the chemical erosion rate of mountains and working in Dr. … Continued
Melody graduated as valedictorian of SciTech High School in Pennsylvania, class of 2013. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Biology, with a concentration in Marine Biology, and a minor in chemistry from Millersville University. She has participated in undergraduate research involving marine primary productivity and organism distribution. She is looking forward to … Continued
