Nicole is a PhD candidate at Stanford University, studying oceanography under the guidance of Dr. Karen Casciotti. She is interested in marine nitrogen cycling, stemming from previous work in algal biofuel production and from studying ecological impacts of wastewater treatment plants. Her current projects investigate how algae and nitrifying microbes in the upper ocean leave … Continued
Justine Albers joined Dr. Alyson Santoro’s research group at UC Santa Barbara as a technician after receiving her B.A. in Biology from Swarthmore College in 2017. In the Santoro lab, she studies the genetic diversity of nitrogen-cycling microbes in the ocean. She also works as a research technician in Dr. Lizzy Wilbanks’s lab at UCSB, … Continued
Dr. Dalton Hardisty is a paleoceanographer whose research focuses on reconstructing the distribution of redox-sensitive elements, mostly prominently iodine, in ancient seawater and links to oxygen availability in the geological past. This work includes placing both proxy constraints on ancient marine elemental cycles through measurements in sedimentary archives as well as experimental controls on processes … Continued
Jarek Kwiecinski is an undergraduate student studying environmental engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Before coming to MIT, he worked with researchers at the University of New Mexico to study microbial growth efficiencies and nutrient cycling in desert soils. He now works as an undergraduate researcher in MIT’s Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences … Continued
Diana graduated from Barry University in December of last year with a bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology and Chemistry, specializing in Biochemistry. She will be joining Dr. Andrew Babbin’s lab at MIT this fall as a graduate student studying the biogeochemistry of nitrogen. Her interests in biogeochemistry stems from past research on the cycling of … Continued
Dr. Karen Casciotti is marine chemist who specializes in tracing the marine nitrogen cycle using stable isotopic measurements. Her current research focuses on understanding how nitrogen is cycled in oceanic suboxic zones. Of particular interest is how microbial processes control the inventory of bioavailable nitrogen in the ocean and the production of nitrous oxide, a … Continued
Colette Kelly is a graduate student in the Casciotti lab at Stanford University. Her area of focus is the cycling of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, in oxygen minimum zones such as the eastern tropical North Pacific Ocean. Through field work, experiments, lab analyses, and modeling, she seeks to understand how climate-related changes to … Continued
Dr. Andrew Babbin is a nitrogen biogeochemist, chemical oceanographer, or microbial ecologist, depending on whom you ask. He and his group study how microorganisms reshape their local environment, whether a coral reef, a hydrothermal vent, or in the case of this cruise, an oxygen minimum zone. The bablab, as they are known around MIT, try … Continued
Elisabeth Boles graduated from MIT with a B.S. in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science in June, 2018. She is an avid ocean lover and is passionate about marine physics and biogeochemistry, and in understanding how these processes will be affected by climate change. She has been a part of Andrew Babbin’s lab group for the … Continued
José da Silva holds a first degree in “Physics/Applied Mathematics (Astronomy)” at the University of Porto (Portugal), an MSc degree in “Remote Sensing, Image Processing and Applications” at the University of Dundee (U.K.) and a PhD in Oceanography at the University of Southampton (U.K.). He worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton … Continued
