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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 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
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
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
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
Scientists onboard R/V Falkor are gathering an enormous amount of water samples in order to decipher how Oxygen Minimum Zones in our Tropical Pacific work, as well as understanding how their expansion might shape our planet’s future. How do they collect the samples? In our video of the #LifeWoO2 expedition, Chief Scientist Mak Saito and … Continued
Rising temperatures, ocean acidification, and overfishing have now gained widespread notoriety as human-caused phenomena that are changing our seas.
It is 2:30am. The day started early with the morning meeting and has not slowed down since. We are at station number 6, the first 24 hour-long station. Dr. Mak Saito is operating the winch at R/V Falkor’s aft deck as the Trace Metal Rosette (TMR) comes up. He has not left this post for … Continued
A well-known metaphor compares planet Earth’s environmental procesess to the functions of a living organism. This comparison takes on a new meaning when applied to the novel technologies being used on this cruise by the scientific team onboard R/V Falkor. When the medical community started using biomarkers and mass spectrometers for the diagnosis of cancer, … Continued
My name is Caleb Hsu, and I am the Student Opportunity Participant for the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s first research cruise of 2016. As part of the program, I will be sharing my thoughts and reflections each week as I experience and learn more about the science, technology, and people onboard this wonderful vessel. I became … Continued
