Rosie Gradoville

Rosie joined the Zehr lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz in spring 2017 after finishing her Ph.D in Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry at Oregon State University. As part of her postdoctoral research, Rosie is examining the abundance, diversity, and activity of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in the North Pacific These nitrogen-fixers are especially important in … Continued

Emma Wear

Emma is a biological oceanographer who studies how marine bacteria and archaea consume dissolved organic matter (DOM), the molecules such as proteins and sugars found in seawater.  She has a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is currently a postdoc at the University of Montana. On this cruise, she will investigate possible … Continued

Sam Wilson

Sam Wilson is an Assistant Researcher at the University of Hawaii.  His research is broadly focused on biogeochemical cycling with an emphasis on trace gases, microbial ecology and time-series observations.  This Falkor expedition represents is a continuing exploration into how microbially-mediated biogeochemical cycling In the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre is dictated by time and space … Continued