Natalya Evans is a chemical oceanographer interested in the cycling of trace, redox-active compounds. On this cruise, she will assist in quantifying iodine and iodate collaboration with the NIRVANA lab group’s measurement of iodate reduction rates and the Bablab’s iodine incubation. Natalya received her BS in Chemistry with emphasis in Materials as well as Environmental … Continued
Tyler is a first year PhD student in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. His research in the Babbin Lab focuses on the biogeochemistry of nitrogen cycling in anoxic marine environments, from the tiny tissues of coral polyps to expansive open ocean Oxygen Minimum Zones. During his undergraduate work, Tyler studied chemistry at Princeton University … Continued
Dr. Ryan Woosley is a marine physical chemist that specializes in the marine inorganic carbon cycle and ocean acidification. Most of his research focuses on quantifying where and how much anthropogenic CO2 the oceans have taken up over the last several decades. He also works to improve the precision and accuracy of carbon and pH … Continued
Susan Mullen is a biologist who is new the field of oceanography and environmental sciences. Her previous research focuses on cellular biology and cancer metastasis. Her interest in oceanography stemmed from taking a course in field oceanography with Professor Andrew Babbin at MIT. Susan’s interests on the cruise are to study the microorganisms that are … Continued
Rin received his BA in chemistry from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. There, he studied the inclusion of water in biogenic aragonite of Scleractinian corals. He is currently a second year graduate student, in the Marine and Environmental Biology department at University of Southern California, working for Dr. James Moffett. Recently, Rin did fieldwork … Continued
Martin Wolf is an atmospheric chemist who studies the effects of aerosols on climate. His current research focuses on the role of particle chemistry in cloud nucleation, the radiative budget, and precipitation. He is also studying the effects of energy policy on anthropogenic particulate emissions. Martin’s goal for this cruise is to examine how sea … Continued
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
