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Scientists<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\"Carin\n\t

Carin Ashjian<\/a><\/h3>\n

Senior Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests<\/strong>: Zooplankton ecology; biological\/physical associations and influence of advection on species distributions and community structure; remote sensing of zooplankton (acoustic, video); arctic ecosystems; eastern and western boundary currents.<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> cashjian@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Screen\n\t

Don Anderson<\/a><\/h3>\n

Senior Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests<\/strong>: Phytoplankton physiological ecology; red tides \/ harmful algal blooms (HABs); ciguatera; dinoflagellate toxins; dinoflagellate resting cysts; molecular and immunological probes; dinoflagellate “omics”; ocean instrumentation – biosensors for HABs; prevention, control, and mitigation strategies for HABs.<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> danderson@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Rebecca\n\t

Rebecca Gast<\/a><\/h3>\nAssociate Scientist with Tenure
\n<\/em>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> I’m interested in how marine protists (algae and protozoa) not only survive, but thrive, in the extremes of polar marine environments. In particular, I am studying two alternative modes of nutrition acquisition that may play roles in helping algae to survive the 3-4 months of darkness during polar winters. My work focuses on algae that can consume particles (mixotrophy) and a dinoflagellate that steals chloroplasts (kleptoplasty) from another alga in order to become photosynthetic. Our work suggests that in the Antarctic, mixotrophic algae, rather than traditional heterotrophs, are the important consumers of bacteria in the spring, which could affect the flow of carbon through the food web. In the Arctic, we found that picoeukaryotic phytoplankton were potentially consuming more of the bacterial biomass in the fall than either larger mixotrophic algae or the heterotrophic protists were, again potentially impacting where carbon goes. Currently I am using transcriptomic approaches to understand how the dinoflagellate maintains the stolen chloroplasts, and how different mixotrophs regulate genes associated with phagocytosis.<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> rgast@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Joel\n\t

Joel Llopiz<\/a><\/h3>\n

Associate Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Larval fishes, fisheries oceanography, zooplankton, trophic ecologies of fish and fish larvae, planktonic food webs.<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> jllopiz@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"michelle-with-ringed-seal-504553\"\n\t

Michelle Shero<\/a><\/h3>\n

Associate Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> The Shero Lab focuses on the linkages between energy balance and physiological condition, behavior, and reproductive success of marine mammals. Understanding how these are ultimately linked with complex, multifaceted traits such as performance and life-long animal fitness has important implications for population dynamics and conservation. <\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> mshero@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Stephanie\n\t

Stephanie Jenouvrier<\/a><\/h3>\n

Associate Scientist with Tenure<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Large changes are occurring in the Earth\u2019s climate and in the ocean\u2019s physical characteristics and climate models project that these changes will continue into the next century.<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> sjenouvrier@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"rubao-ji\"\n\t

Rubao Ji<\/a><\/h3>\nSenior Scientist
\n<\/em>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Coupled biological-physical numerical modeling. Food web dynamics in estuarine and coastal ocean. Phytoplankton bloom dynamics. Zooplankton population dynamics model.<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> rji@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Sam\n\t

Sam Laney<\/a><\/h3>\n

Associate Scientist with Tenure<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests: I’m an oceanographer and engineer with broad interests in marine phytoplankton ecology. The questions that motivate me the most are those that examine how phytoplankton respond to changes in the oceanic light environment.<\/p>\n

Contact: slaney@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"ann-tarrant\"\n\t

Ann Tarrant<\/a><\/h3>\n

Associate Scientist with Tenure<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Physiological ecology of copepods; regulation of diapause, adaptation and acclimation.<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong> Copepod Diapause<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> atarrant@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Peter\n\t

Peter Wiebe<\/a><\/h3>\n

Scientist Emeritus<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> The quantitative population ecology of zooplankton with emphasis on zooplankton small-scale distribution and abundance.<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> pwiebe@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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