Alyson Santoro

Dr. Alyson Santoro is a microbial oceanographer that specializes in the ecology of nitrogen cycling microbes. Most of her research focuses on the eastern Pacific Ocean, including expeditions to the California Current, Equatorial Pacific, and the Eastern Tropical South Pacific off Peru. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Horn Point Laboratory, part of the … Continued

Erin McParland

Erin McParland is a PhD student in the Marine Biology Department at the University of Southern California in Dr. Naomi Levine’s laboratory. She received her B.S. in marine science from the University of South Carolina. Her thesis is focused on the cycling of dimethylsulfide (DMS), a smelly sulfur gas found in the surface ocean. DMS … Continued

Noelle Held

Noelle is a graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in chemical oceanography. She received her B.S. in chemistry from Stetson University. Noelle is interested in why marine microbes need certain nutrients, especially metals, and how they use these nutrients to live, grow and reproduce. To study this, she analyzes the proteome, or collection of … Continued

Blake Clark

Blake Clark is a PhD student at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, residing in Cambridge, MD and working out of Horn Point Laboratory.  Blake’s graduate research focuses on biogeochemistry with a particular interest in dissolved organic matter processes in the coastal ocean.  He takes an integrative approach to characterizing biogeochemical processes with … Continued

Matt McIlvin

Dr. Matt McIlvin is an analytical chemist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution working in the Saito lab. On this cruise he will be helping with trace metal rosette, CTD, and large volume pump deployments to collect samples for metaproteomics and trace metals analysis. Matt received his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of … Continued

Mak Saito

Dr. Mak Saito, the Chief Scientist for this expedition, is an Associate Scientist in the Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole Massachusetts. His research interests include the global biogeochemical cycling of chemical elements and using that knowledge to promote sustainable human economies. The Saito laboratory studies the … Continued