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Zrinka Ljubešić is a biological oceanographer with research interest in taxonomy and ecology of marine phytoplankton. Her group specializes in taxonomy of marine diatoms, picoeukaryotes and cyanobacteria. More recently her lab focused research on detection of specific phytoplankton groups/species that could serve as bio-tracers of specific water masses and on developing and optimizing methods of … Continued
Seaver Wang is a third-year PhD. student studying marine biogeochemistry in Dr. Nicolas Cassar’s research group at Duke University’s Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences. Seaver’s research interests focus on relating links between primary production in the oceans, the cycling of carbon and nutrients, and marine microbial community structure. Originally from Wilton, Connecticut, Seaver earned … Continued
Overview Application Process Frequently Asked Questions Previous Student Opportunity Participants A look into the experiences of our Student Opportunity Participants: Joseph Knafelc February 2021 Seafloor to Seabirds in the Coral Sea Volcanologist-at-Sea: Crystals to Seamounts Georgia Nester March 2020 Illuminating Biodiversity of Ningaloo Canyon An Ocean of Opportunity Sampling and Observing the Deep Sea New Discoveries, … Continued
Dr. Colleen Durkin is an oceanographer and research faculty member at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories in Moss Landing, California. She discovered her interest in ocean science while studying at the University of Washington, where she received her BS degrees in Biology and Oceanography. After a wide variety of research experiences, she became fascinated by … Continued
Meg Estapa is a biogeochemical oceanographer who uses sediment traps, satellite ocean color data, and in situ optical sensors to study the ocean’s biological carbon pump. Her interests include the controls on small-scale variations in the sinking flux of particulate carbon out of the surface layer of the ocean – an important, but hard-to-predict part … Continued
To say that 11th Hour Racing Ambassador Brock Callen, Jr. lives an interesting life is an understatement, and he’ll be the first to admit it. Having grown up on the ocean, he learned at an early age that this is where he would spend his time. After studying at Old Dominion University and competing on … Continued
Wayne Slade is an oceanographer and engineer interested in understanding particles in the coastal and open oceans. These particles can range from small to large plankton, their detritus, sediments, and aggregates of all the above, “marine snow”—a key component of the “biological pump” responsible for moving carbon through the atmosphere into the ocean and ultimately … Continued
Hugo Berthelot studies the relationships between phytoplankton and biogeochemical cycles in the Ocean. During the cruise, he will measure the planktonic carbon and nitrogen uptake rates at the single cell level. For this purpose, he will use innovative tools such as flow-cytometry cell sorters and nanoscale imaging mass spectrometer. The expected results will help to … Continued
Noah Walcutt’s graduate work at the University of Rhode Island focuses on measuring carbon export from the surface ocean to the mesopelagic. During the cruise he will deploy various in situ imaging platforms for monitoring fluxes of particulate matter.
After his studies in computational visualistics in Germany, Benjamin Knorlein acquired his Ph.D. in the Computer Vision Lab of the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland (ETH Zurich). He currently works for the Center for Computation and Visualization at Brown University where he uses his expertise in Computer Vision and Graphics to help researchers with … Continued
