Jessica Drysdale
Research Associate III - Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
Research & Fellowship Coordinator - WHOI SeaGrant
Contact Information:
Work: 508-289-3739
jdrysdale@whoi.edu
Mailing Address:
266 Woods Hole Road, MS #25
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Current Projects
- Our Radioactive Ocean - A citizen science campaign to track the release of radioactive contaminants from Fukushima
- Exploring Ocean Iron Solutions - Investigating the impact of enhanced iron fertilization on marine ecosystems
- Geotraces, Ocean Twilight Zone, ExPORTs
Research Interests
- Analysis of trace metals and contaminants in the environment
- Study of radioisotopes in seawater
- Contaminant remediation and prevention policy
Publications
- Clevenger, S.J., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Drysdale, J., Pike, S., Puigcorbé, V., Buesseler, K.O. (2021) Review of the analysis of 234Th in small volume (2-4 L) seawater samples: improvements and recommendations. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 329, 1-13.
- Buesseler, K.O., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Roca-Marti, M., Wyatt, A.M., Resplandy, L., Clevenger, S.J., Drysdale, J.A., Estapa, M.L., Pike, S., Umhau, B.P. (2020) High resolution spatial and temporal measurements of particulate organic carbon flux using thorium-234 in the northeast Pacific Ocean during the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing field campaign. Elementa, 8(1), 030. DOI: 10.1525/elementa.030
- Kenyon, J.A., Buesseler, K.O., Casacuberta, N., Castrillejo, M., Otosaka, S., Masqué, P., Drysdale, J.A., Pike, S.M., Senial, V. (2020) Influence of natural and anthropogenic events on the distribution and evolution of seawater surface concentrations of Fukushima Dai-ichi derived 137Cs, 90Sr, and 129I off the coast of Japan. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(23), 15066-15075. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05321.
- Macdonald, A., S. Yoshida, S. Pike, K. Buesseler, I. Rypina, S. Jayne, V. Rossi, J. Kenyon, J.A. Drysdale (2020). A Fukushima Tracer Perspective on Four Years of North Pacific Mode Water Evolution (pdf). Deep-Sea Research Part I, 166, 103379. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103379
- Drysdale, J.A. & Buesseler, K.O. (2020) Uranium adsorption behaviour of amidoximated fibers under coastal ocean conditions (pdf). Progress in Nuclear Energy,119, Art 103170. DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2019.103170
- Haji, M.N, Drysdale, J.A., Buesseler, K.O., Slocum, A.H. (2019) Results of an Ocean Trial of the Symbiotic Machine for Ocean uRanium Extraction (pdf). Environmental Science and Technology, 53 (4), 2229-2237. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05100
- Haji, M.N., Gonzalez, J., Drysdale, J.A., Buesseler, K.O., Slocum, A.H. (2018) The effect of protective shell enclosures on uranium adsorbing polymers. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57(45), 15534-15541.
- Jiang, Y., Rocha, A.V., O’Donnell, J.A., Drysdale, J.A., Rastetter, E.B., Shaver, G.R., Zhuang, Q. (2015) Contrasting soil thermal responses to fire in Alaskan tundra and boreal forest. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surfaces, 120(2), 363-378. DOI:10.1002/2014JF003180
Education
M.S. Geochemistry 2011
Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
B.S. Environmental Sciences (Ecology & Geology) 2008
Department of Environmental Science
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Biography
Jessica came to work at WHOI in 2015 after three years working down the street for the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole. She enjoys the outdoors, baking and swimming.