Projects and Research Experience
Post-Doc in Biogeochemistry and Autonomous Vehicles (2017 - Present)
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
Advisor: Dr. Stephanie Henson
Advisor: Dr. Stephanie Henson
Gauging Ocean organic Carbon fluxes using Autonomous Robotic Technologies
GOCART will use AUVs to investigate seasonal and high frequency variability in organic carbon fluxes and remineralisation. Glider deployments will be used to establish the characteristics and significance of temporal variability in organic carbon flux and remineralisation depth. This will give new insights into the factors driving variability in remineralisation depth, ultimately leading to development of a new model parameterisation incorporating temporal variability. The field component of this project involves several deployments:
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Controls over Ocean Mesopelagic Interior Carbon Storage
COMICS aims to quantify the flow of carbon in the ocean’s ‘twilight’ zone in order to more accurately model global climate change. We have had two expeditions to two fascinating sites: The Benguela Upwelling off the coast of Namibia and the Southern Ocean around South Georgia. By studying these two contrasting environments, we can better understand what drives ocean carbon storage. Field work for this project was shared with GOCART, see GOCART project description above:
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Carbon Uptake and Seasonal Traits in Antarctic Remineralisation Depth
CUSTARD will examine how seasonal changes in food availability for phytoplankton at a key junction of the global ocean circulation influences how long carbon is trapped in the ocean rather than escape to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. My role involves managing/analysing the year-long glider deployments in the South Pacific/Southern Ocean (OOI Global Array Southern Ocean site). The field component of this project involves three cruises:
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Bridging International Activity and Related Research Into the Twilight Zone (Co-PI)
Capitalising on a once in-a-generation opportunity to bring together current multi-million pound national programs, BIARRITZ will provide a venue for observationalists and modellers interested in the ocean Biological Carbon Pump to make a step change in our understand of biogeochemistry of the ocean’s Twilight Zone. My main contribution to this project involves the use of a LISST (Laser In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometery) on a glider to understand the biological carbon pump. Traditionally, the LISST sensor has been used to study sediment dynamics in coastal regions. In this test deployment, we plan to deploy the LISST glider in open ocean to evaluate particle size, concentration, beam attenuation and volume scattering function of Particulate Organic Carbon (POC). The field component of this project involves one glider deployment:
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PhD in Oceanography (2011-2017)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Advisors: Dr. Josh Kohut and Prof. Oscar Schofield
Advisors: Dr. Josh Kohut and Prof. Oscar Schofield
Palmer Long Term Ecological Research Project (PAL-LTER)
Palmer Station Antarctica (LTER) is an interdisciplinary polar marine research program established in 1990 as part of a national network of long-term ecological research sites created by the United States National Science Foundation (NSF). Being one of three U.S. research station located in Antarctica, Palmer LTER focuses on the region along the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). This project focuses on a region that is considered to be globally significant and exhibits the most rapid rate of regional winter warming. The research examines the oceanic, atmospheric and biogeochemical processes that result from natural disturbances, environmental change and human impacts along the western Antarctic Peninsula. We engage in long term observations and field experiments and modeling across large spatial scales ranging from months to decades to centuries. My particular involvement on this project consisted in characterising the phytoplankton dynamics at Palmer Deep Canyon, one of the biological hotspot in the WAP. During my time at Rutgers I participated in 3 field seasons down in Antarctica:
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Measuring phytoplankton physiology using the FIRe glider This project involved the integration of a Fluorescence induction and Relaxation (FIRe) sensor on a Slocum glider. I focused on testing different deployment strategies to maximise meaningful data collection.
Impacts of local oceanographic processes on Adélie penguin foraging ecology (CONVERGE) Find more about this project here.
Slocum Enhanced Adaptive Fe Algal REsearch in the Ross Sea (SEAFAReRS) Ross Sea, Antarctica. Jan-Feb 2011 PI's: Dr. Josh Kohut & Dr. Adam Kustka (Rutgers) Find more about this project here.
North Atlantic Virus Infection of Coccolithophores Expedition (NA-VICE) "Lipid lubrication of oceanic carbon and sulfur biogeochemistry by a host-virus chemical arms race" North Atlantic (Azores - Iceland). Jun-July 2012 PI's: Dr. Kay Bidle (Rutgers), Dr. Ben Van Mooy & Marco Coolen (WHOI), Dr. Jack DiTullio (College of Charleson) and Dr. Assaf Vardi (Weizmann Institute of Science).
"Mesocosms Incubations with E. hux" (MESOHUX 2017) Bergen, Norway. May-Jun 2017 PI's: Prof. Kay Bidle & Dr. Kimberly Thamatrakoln (Rutgers) |
MSc in Ocean Integrated Studies (2009-2011)
Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, Horta, Faial, Portugal
Advisor: Dr. Ana Maria Martins
Advisor: Dr. Ana Maria Martins
CONDOR Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and Ocean Color satellite images analysis; comparison between in situ data (ship track) data and satellite images; possible relations to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO).
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Internship in Oceanography and Autonomous Vehicles (2009)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Advisor: Dr. Josh Kohut
Advisor: Dr. Josh Kohut
Impact of a storm induced downwelling along the New Jersey inner shelf (see Poster section)
Challenger Mission: First Atlantic Crossing with a Glider (ru27) Find more about this project here.
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MSc in Fisheries and Aquaculture (2007-2009)
Guia Maritime Lab, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Advisor: Dr. Luis Narciso
Advisor: Dr. Luis Narciso
Method comparison for measuring fish and crustacean egg size under different salinities and preservatives conditions
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