RESEARCH INTERESTS
Particle export from the surface ocean, phytoplankton physiology, molecular mechanisms of biomineralization, evolution of phytoplankton physiological responses, environmental genetics, particle and cell imaging methods.
EDUCATION
PhD Oceanography, 2012, University of Washington; Advisor: E. Virginia Armbrust
Dissertation Title: Environmentally induced changes to the diatom cell wall and the implications of these changes on biogeochemical cycles
M.S. Oceanography, 2008, University of Washington; Advisor: E.Virginia Armbrust
Presentation and Paper Title: Chitin in diatoms and its association with the cell wall
B.S. Biology and Oceanography, 2004, University of Washington; Magna cum laudae
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Faculty Moss Landing Marine Laboratories 2015-present
Postdoctoral Scholar Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2012-2015
Citizen Science Coordinator Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2014-2015
Science Filmmaker COSEE, Woods Hole, MA 2013
Graduate Research Assistant University of Washington 2005-2012
Research Intern EAWAG, Switzerland 2004
Undergraduate Researcher NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center 2003-2004
Research Apprentice Friday Harbor Laboratories 2003
Undergraduate Researcher University of Washington, Botany 2002-2003