{"id":683,"date":"2018-11-29T10:18:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T14:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/laneylab\/?page_id=683"},"modified":"2025-01-23T14:01:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T18:01:23","slug":"home-sam-laney","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/laneylab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Sam Laney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\"Sam-Laney\"\n\t

Samuel Laney, PhD MEd<\/h2>\nSenior Scientist
\nBiology Department\n

\"download-icon\"<\/a>Download CV<\/a><\/p>\nContact Information:<\/strong>
\nWork: 508-289-3647
\nslaney@whoi.edu<\/a>\nMailing Address:<\/strong>
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
\nMS #34 Redfield Laboratory 1-38
\n266 Woods Hole Road
\nWoods Hole, MA 02543\n\t

Research Interests<\/h3>\nI’m an oceanographer and engineer who works at the interface between ocean science, technology, and higher education. My research is strongly interdisciplinary, and novel instrumentation & observational approaches play an important role in my laboratory and field studies. I have broad interests in phytoplankton ecology and marine optics, and especially how phytoplankton interact with the oceanic light environment. I’m particularly drawn to ice-covered polar regions where little is known about the under-ice light environment and the distributions and ecology of algae in and under sea ice. My projects develop new observational approaches to help us overcome historical roadblocks that have limited our understanding of ocean ecosystems in polar regions and elsewhere. Interdisciplinary approaches are central to my work and to the training of graduate students and others in my group.
\n\nAt an institutional level I have been heavily involved in cross-disciplinary efforts through WHOI’s AVAST<\/a> initiative. AVAST is a new unit designed from the ground up to foster ocean technology innovations in “autonomous vehicle and sensor technologies” and in other areas of ocean science where technical innovation can advance ocean understanding. As AVAST’s inaugural Director, I helped WHOI bring this exciting new unit into operation to provide WHOI researchers and students with new capabilities for research and education.
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Education<\/h3>\n

University of Massachusetts Amherst<\/a>,\u00a0College of Education<\/a>.\u00a0 Amherst, Massachusetts.\u00a0 M.Ed. in Higher Education.\u00a0 2024.<\/p>\n

Oregon State University<\/a>,\u00a0College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences<\/a> and College of Engineering<\/a>. Corvallis, Oregon.\u00a0 Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography (major) and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (minor).\u00a0 2006.<\/p>\n

Oregon State University<\/a>,\u00a0College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences<\/a>.\u00a0 Corvallis, Oregon.\u00a0 M.S. in Biological Oceanography (major) and Physical Oceanography (minor).\u00a0 2000.<\/p>\n

Cornell University<\/a>,\u00a0College of Agriculture & Life Sciences<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0College of Engineering<\/a>, Joint Program B.S. in Agricultural & Biological Engineering (now\u00a0Biological and Environmental Engineering<\/a>). Ithaca, New York.\u00a0 1992.<\/p>\n

Deep Springs College<\/a>, Deep Springs, California. Program of Study. 1989.<\/p>\n\t

WHOI Appointments<\/h3>\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/a>, Biology Department<\/a>.\u00a0 Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
\nSenior Scientist (2023-present)
\nAssociate Scientist with Tenure (2017-2023)
\nAssociate Scientist (2013-2017)
\nAssistant Scientist (2009-2013)
\nPostdoctoral Investigator (2008-2009)
\nPostdoctoral Scholar, WHOI Ocean Life Institute (2006-2008).\n

Director, WHOI AVAST<\/a>, (2021-2023).<\/p>\n\t

Visiting & Affiliate Appointments<\/h3>\nUniversity of Washington<\/a>, Seattle, Washington
\nAffiliate, Applied Physics Laboratory<\/a> Polar Science Center<\/a> (2024-present).\nUniversit\u00e9 Laval<\/a>, Qu\u00e9bec, PQ, Canada.
\nChercheur Invit\u00e9, D\u00e9partment de biologie<\/a>, (2024).\nDeep Springs College<\/a>, Deep Springs, California.
\nVisiting Professor (2007, 2011): Single Variable Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, Numerical Methods & Computer Modeling.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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