Sylvia Nupp is a Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry at Montana State University. She holds B.S. degrees in biology and chemistry from University of Arkansas. Sylvia’s research interests lie in using genetic, single-cell, and culturing techniques in order to study uncultured organisms in deep sea and hot spring sediments. She currently works on understanding methane cycling in Guaymas Basin and Yellowstone National Park, analyzing deep sea organism activity using cell sorting techniques, and culturing archaea from extreme environments. This cruise on the Falkor (too) will be Sylvia’s second research cruise, where she hopes to use the skills she developed on her first cruise to contribute to her own research, as well as the research efforts of everyone on board.
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