California Current Ecosystem

CCELTER Program • March 2010 - Present

The bulk of my dissertation will be based on data I and others have collected as part of the CCE-LTER program. This program revolves around a series of lagrangian drifter cycles whereby we monitor the biogeochemistry and ecology of a single water parcel for 3-5 days. Such a framework allows us to answer such questions as how particle production and export relate, to assess satellite algorithms in an upwelling regime, and to better understand epipelagic-mesopelagic coupling in ecosystems.

Gulf of Mexico

Bluefin Tuna Ecology Program • March 2017 - March 2019

This cruise focused on identifying the dominate lower ecosystem pathways supporting the larval Bluefin Tuna within the Golf of Mexico

CSOMIO• Feb 2018 - Feb 2020

Consortium for Simulation of Oil-Microbial Interactions in the Ocean is a Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative funded project to explicitly model oil degradation processes in the water column and sediments.

Process Modeling

Net Community Production • July 2017 - ongoing

Using an autonomous sampling system we can continuously monitor mixed layer gas concentrations in order to calculate the Net Community Production across various dimensions: diurnal, sub-mesoscale, and regionally.

Trace Element Residence Time • February 2016 - December 2016

The sea-surface microlayer is a thin, organic rich film that covers virtually the entire ocean's surface. Previous research has found the microlayer to be a zone of large chemical gradients and may be important in metal complexation. This project developed a theoretical 3-specie model against which to compare results from a microcosm. Residence times were calculated for each trace metal.

Remineralization Length Scale of Trace Elements • May 2017 - ongoing

Preferential remineralization of biolimiting nutrients is a well document phenomenon. In this project we seek to measure the RLS and residence time for trace elements in the euphotic zone as part of a CCE-LTER process cruise.

New Zealand & Antarctica

Salp POOP • October 2018 - December 2018

The NSF/NIWA collaborative project focused on identifying the ecological and biogeochemical role of salps in coastal water masses.

Palmer LTER 234Th • 2014 - 2020

Annual LTER survey curisees have been conducted in order to identify changes in ecological drivers and biogeochemical processes at the Palmer LTER site off the Western Antarctic Penninsula. My role in the project has been to process the 234Th samples collected from the cruises. I also participated in the 2019-2020 LTER cruise (Dec 29 - Feb 12).