I am a biological oceanographer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. I lead a team that studies how the ocean’s biology regulates the ocean’s carbon cycle. We often combine environmental genetics with underwater cameras to learn about the microbes, protists, and animals that produce and consume sinking organic matter throughout all ocean depths. We also study the biological details of sinking “marine snow” particles. My goal is to integrate processes that occur on the microscopic scale with those that are occuring on the global scale to better understand how the ocean regulates our global climate and how deep ocean ecosystems will respond to a changing ocean.
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