Thoi Chi Nguyen

Thoi NGUYEN completed his biology bachelor degree in 2005 and ecology Master’s degree in 2008 from the University of Natural Science, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Following his degrees, Thoi began work in March 2009 at the Department of Marine Plankton, Institute of Oceanography (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology). Thoi works in ecology of … Continued

Melvin Bach

Melvin Bach is a Masters student in the field of Marine Biology from the University of Rostock, Germany. He also completed his Bachelor’s degree there in 2014. For his Masters thesis, Melvin is working with Maren Voss and Sarah Weber at the Leibniz Institute of Baltic Sea Research, Warnemuende (IOW), Rostock, Germany. Melvin has a growing … Continued

Hai Doan-Nhu

Hai Doan is a marine planktonist working at Institute of Oceanography, Viet Nam. He had his master of marine science in Aarhus University and his PhD in phycology in Copenhagen University, Denmark. He has been doing phytoplankton research in the Bien Dong (aka South China Sea) for almost 23 years. His main concerns in research … Continued

Andreas Novotny

Andreas received a Master degree in Biology from Stockholm University 2015. As a PhD student, in the lab of Dr. Rachel Foster at Stockholm University, his research is focused on microbial symbiotic relationships between Diatoms and nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria. He is specially interested in how the coordination and communication within these associations depend on external environmental … Continued

Riannon Colton

Riannon Colton is a third year undergraduate Earth & Atmospheric Sciences major at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She participates in research with focuses in geophysics, planetary science, and oceanography. Her past research experiences include working in Dr. Ken Ferrier’s lab on tectonic influences on the chemical erosion rate of mountains and working in Dr. … Continued

Melody Aleman

Melody graduated as valedictorian of SciTech High School in Pennsylvania, class of 2013. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Biology, with a concentration in Marine Biology, and a minor in chemistry from Millersville University. She has participated in undergraduate research involving marine primary productivity and organism distribution. She is looking forward to … Continued

Sarah Weber

Sarah Weber is a new PhD student in Biological Oceanography at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) in Germany, where she is a part of Dr. Maren Voss’s working group.  Sarah has a general interest in marine biogeochemistry, with a focus on nitrogen fixation (diazotrophy).  For her thesis, Sarah will be exploring … Continued

Maren Voss

Maren Voss studied Biology and Biological Oceanography in Kiel, Germany, at the Institute of Marine Research (today called GEOMAR). Her PhD was on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope signatures in sedimenting particles and how the history and processes of the upper water column are reflected in these data. To learn the specific analytical method for … Continued

Joseph Montoya

Joseph Montoya is a biological oceanographer with research interests at the interface of biology and geochemistry.  His lab specializes in studies of the marine nitrogen cycle and the role of N2-fixation (diazotrophy) in structuring the flow of nitrogen and energy through planktonic ecosystems.  Much of his lab’s work has focused on N cycle processes in … Continued

Joseph Montoya

Joseph Montoya is a biological oceanographer with research interests at the interface of biology and geochemistry.  His lab specializes in studies of the marine nitrogen cycle and the role of N2-fixation (diazotrophy) in structuring the flow of nitrogen and energy through planktonic ecosystems.  Much of his lab’s work has focused on N cycle processes in … Continued