{"id":5,"date":"2018-02-08T16:24:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T20:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/template-blue-prepop\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:27:03","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jdrysdale\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Drysdale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jdrysdale\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/169\/2026\/05\/IMG_4986-253x300.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4986\" height=\"300\" width=\"253\" title=\"IMG_4986\" \/>\n\t<h2>Jessica Drysdale<\/h2>\nResearch Associate III &#8211; Marine Chemistry &amp; Geochemistry<br \/>\nResearch &amp; Fellowship Coordinator &#8211; WHOI SeaGrant\n<strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><br \/>\nWork: 508-289-3739<br \/>\njdrysdale@whoi.edu\n<strong>Mailing Address:<\/strong><br \/>\n266 Woods Hole Road,\u00a0MS #25<br \/>\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br \/>\nWoods Hole, MA 02543\n\t<h3>Current Projects<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ourradioactiveocean.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Radioactive Ocean<\/a> &#8211; A citizen science campaign to track the release of radioactive contaminants from Fukushima<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oceaniron.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exploring Ocean Iron Solutions<\/a> &#8211; Investigating the impact of enhanced iron fertilization on marine ecosystems<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cafethorium.whoi.edu\/projects\/geotraces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geotraces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cafethorium.whoi.edu\/projects\/otz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocean Twilight Zone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cafethorium.whoi.edu\/projects\/exports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ExPORTs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Analysis of trace metals and contaminants in the environment<br \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Study of radioisotopes in seawater<br \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Contaminant remediation and prevention policy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Clevenger, S.J., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Drysdale, J., Pike, S., Puigcorb\u00e9, 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.<\/li>\n<li>Buesseler, K.O., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Roca-Marti, M., Wyatt, A.M., Resplandy, L., Clevenger, S.J., <strong>Drysdale, J.A<\/strong>., 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. <em>Elementa, <\/em>8(1)<em>, <\/em>030<em>. <\/em>DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1525\/elementa.030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1525\/elementa.030<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kenyon, J.A., Buesseler, K.O., Casacuberta, N., Castrillejo, M., Otosaka, S., Masqu\u00e9, P., <strong>Drysdale, J.A.<\/strong>, 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 <sup>137<\/sup>Cs, <sup>90<\/sup>Sr, and <sup>129<\/sup>I off the coast of Japan. <em>Environmental Science and Technology<\/em>, 54(23), 15066-15075<em>. <\/em>DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/acs.est.0c05321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1021\/acs.est.0c05321<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Macdonald, A., S. Yoshida, S. Pike, K. Buesseler, I. Rypina, S. Jayne, V. Rossi, J. Kenyon, <strong>J.A. Drysdale<\/strong> (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/cafethorium.whoi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/Macdonald-et-al-2020.pdf\">A Fukushima Tracer Perspective on Four Years of North Pacific Mode Water Evolution (pdf).<\/a> <em>Deep-Sea Research Part I, <\/em>166, 103379. DOI: <a title=\"Persistent link using digital object identifier\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.dsr.2020.103379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Persistent link using digital object identifier\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.dsr.2020.103379<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Drysdale, J.A.<\/strong> &amp; Buesseler, K.O. (2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/cafethorium.whoi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/06\/Drysdale-Buesseler-2020-PNE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uranium adsorption behaviour of amidoximated fibers under coastal ocean conditions (pdf)<\/a>. <em>Progress in Nuclear<\/em> Energy,119, Art 103170. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0149197019302793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1016\/j.pnucene.2019.103170<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Haji, M.N, <strong>Drysdale, J.A.<\/strong>, Buesseler, K.O., Slocum, A.H. (2019) <a href=\"https:\/\/cafethorium.whoi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/Haji-et-al-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Results of an Ocean Trial of the Symbiotic Machine for Ocean uRanium Extraction (pdf)<\/a>. Environmental Science and Technology, 53 (4), 2229-2237. DOI: <a title=\"DOI URL\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.est.8b05100\">10.1021\/acs.est.8b05100<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Haji, M.N., Gonzalez, J., <strong>Drysdale, J.A<\/strong>., Buesseler, K.O., Slocum, A.H. (2018) The effect of protective shell enclosures on uranium adsorbing polymers. Industrial &amp; Engineering Chemistry Research, 57(45), 15534-15541.<\/li>\n<li>Jiang, Y., Rocha, A.V., O&#8217;Donnell, J.A., <strong>Drysdale, J.A<\/strong>., 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<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t<h3>Education<\/h3>\nM.S. Geochemistry 2011<br \/>\nDepartment of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering<br \/>\nQueen&#8217;s University, Kingston, ON, Canada\nB.S. Environmental Sciences (Ecology &amp; Geology) 2008<br \/>\nDepartment of Environmental Science<br \/>\nDalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.\n\t<h3>Biography<\/h3>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Drysdale Research Associate III &#8211; Marine Chemistry &amp; Geochemistry Research &amp; Fellowship Coordinator &#8211; WHOI SeaGrant Contact Information: Work: 508-289-3739 jdrysdale@whoi.edu Mailing Address: 266 Woods Hole Road,\u00a0MS #25 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA 02543 Current Projects Our Radioactive Ocean &#8211; A citizen science campaign to track the release of radioactive contaminants from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jdrysdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jdrysdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jdrysdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jdrysdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jdrysdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jdrysdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jdrysdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jdrysdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}