New project Harmful Algal Bloom Community Technology Accelerator
I am co-PI on a new research project funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve our nation’s response to harmful algal blooms (HABs). I’ll be working with Heidi Sosik @ WHOI and collaborating with the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS), Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS), University…
Read More#hot2coldvents cruise to deep-sea vents!
The #hot2coldvents cruise to deep-sea vents with the deep-diving submarine Alvin was 17 December 2019 – 7 January 2020. Here’s a video clip showing us in Alvin working on the East Pacific Rise with full credits: https://vimeo.com/whoi/review/385092373/1aa74a7048. Here’s a website with our daily blog and all the hashtags to check in Instagram, Facebook, and more:…
Read MoreInterview for Popular Science Tales from the Field
“Where do you park when you dive thousands of feet into the ocean?” Interview posted online October 14, 2019: https://www.popsci.com/friends-in-low-places/ See other Tales from the Field: https://www.popsci.com/tags/tales-from-field/
Read MoreGlobal trait database for vent fauna now available online
Thrilled to announce the availability of the sFDvent global‐scale trait database for deep‐sea hydrothermal vent animal species. Our article is available open access in Global Ecology and Biogeography (https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12975), and our data tables are available in Dryad (https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cn2rv96). It was such a pleasure to work with the lead authors and working group chairs Abbie Chapman…
Read MoreSummer 2019 EDI Fellowship with NES-LTER for undergraduate or graduate students
Join me and the NES-LTER Team in Woods Hole in Summer 2019! I will be sponsoring a Fellowship through the Environmental Data Initiative (EDI), titled ““Contributing datasets from plankton imaging systems deployed at the NES-LTER for Essential Ocean Variables and Essential Biodiversity Variables.” The EDI Fellowship program starts with a Data publishing workshop 4 –…
Read MoreAGU Fall Meeting 2018 Posters and Data FAIR Help Desk
The 2018 AGU Fall Meeting brings over 25,000 Earth and ocean scientists to Washington, DC. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to share research from two NSF-funded projects (posters linked below) and to serve at ESIP’s Data FAIR Help Desk. The Data FAIR is a week of events for researchers to engage with informatics…
Read MoreWHOI Doherty Chair in Education
I just received the fabulous news that I was awarded a WHOI Doherty Chair in Education for “Navigating an Ocean of Data: Curriculum Development and Implementation for WHOI’s Academic Programs.” The three types of learning opportunities that I will offer in collaboration with WHOI’s Data Library, IS Applications Development team, and BCO-DMO are: 1) an…
Read MoreWomen in Deep Waters panelist, March 20, 2018
The WHOI Women’s Committee sponsored “Women in Deep Waters,” a panel discussion on March 20, 2018, in Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water St., Woods Hole. I was one of five women scientists highlighted for ten or more dives in WHOI’s iconic human-occupied submersible Alvin. Link to video broadcast during the event
Read MoreNew peer-reviewed article, February 2018
Exploring the Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents in a Metacommunity Framework, Front. Mar. Sci., 21 February 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00049
Read MoreScience On a Sphere at Buttonwood Park Zoo, December 7, 2017
Join us for the Science On a Sphere at Buttonwood Park Zoo! Dec 7, 2017 Join us on December 7th at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford for “Animals on the Move”, a new presentation for the Science On a Sphere. (http://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20170325/science-on-sphere-gets-new-home-at-buttonwood-park-zoo)
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