Katie Coates is an early-career biological scientist and recent graduate of the University of Montana, where she earned a B.S. in Wildlife Biology in May 2025. She currently works as a lab and field technician in the Church Lab at the Flathead Lake Biological Station at the University of Montana, supporting the SUBSEA project. With … Continued
Jared McGourty hails from Hamilton, Montana, and graduated from the University of Montana in 2023 with a degree in microbiology. After graduating, he worked at NIAID, a division of NIH, studying how Salmonella affects the gut microbiome in mice. He then joined the Flathead Lake Biological Station at the University of Montana in 2025 and … Continued
I’m an early-career ocean technician with the SUBSEA project at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Originally from Texas, I earned my B.S. in Oceanography and M.S. in Business from Texas A&M University. As an undergraduate, I researched trace gas concentrations in the Gulf of Mexico and worked on reduced biogeochemical modeling at Los Alamos … Continued
Dr. Hilary Close is an Associate Professor at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami. Her lab uses field sampling and an array of laboratory techniques to develop and apply organic and natural isotopic indicators for identifying the sources and degradative pathways of organic matter in marine water … Continued
I’m fascinated by the ocean and the microscopic world that shapes most of the processes defining life as we know it, even though we cannot see it with our eyes. My research focuses on microbial interactions in the surface ocean, particularly metabolite exchange between phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria. I am interested in how these interactions … Continued
Deepika is a biogeochemist and microbial ecologist studying compositional and physiological changes in marine microbes with varying environmental forcings. Her research focuses on the interconnection of microbes and the biogeochemical cycling of elements in various aquatic environments. She is currently investigating how environmental forcings such as nutrient limitations and warming influence the physiological responses of … Continued
I am a research scientist with formal training in chemistry and marine sciences, specializing in marine biogeochemistry. I obtained my undergraduate degree as Licenciada en Química from the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina). I completed my Ph.D. in Marine Sciences at the University of South Alabama (USA), where my doctoral research focused on … Continued
I am a PhD student at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, with a research focus on the biogeochemical cycling and supply of nitrogen in subtropical gyres. My work investigates the mechanisms of nitrogen supply to surface waters, utilizing dual nitrate isotope ratios (δ¹⁵N and δ¹⁸O), phytoplankton biomass (δ¹⁵N), and total dissolved nitrogen to … Continued
