field experience
I have worked in both polar and tropical environments, above and below the sea.
Iqaluktuuttiaq, Nunavut
June 2022
Studied dynamics of methane release in a coastal Arctic system during the spring thaw. Sampled methane-rich ponds for isotope analysis and deployed an autonomous surface vehicle
for spatiotemporal surveys (PIs: David Nicholson, WHOI, Anna Michel, WHOI)
Palmer Station, Antarctica
Oct 2018-Jan 2019
Sampling and processing for environmental microbiology/biogeochemistry component of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) study area
Coiba, and Saboga, Panamá
Aug 2018
Deployed Benthic Ecosystem and Acidification Monitoring System (BEAMS) over legacy coral reefs in the Gulf of Chiriquí and Gulf of Panama to monitor NEP and NEC and assess reef health. Accompanied by colleagues from UCLA, UVI, U Miami, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
Miami, Florida
July 2018
Aqueous and terrestrial methane fluxes in coastal mangroves using equilibrator and transient dome techniques with Dr. Ryan Moyer (Florida Fish and Wildlife)
Corsica (STARESO)
June 2018
Deployed BEAMS and underwater pH and O2 eddy correlation (EC) over calcifying sea grass meadows in the Bay of Calvi
Tampa Bay, Florida
April 2018
Teaching assistant for educational field excursion with students from Field Methods course. Deployed BEAMS and novel underwater pH and O2 EC over sea grasses to measure metabolism. Spatial mapping of aqueous and atmospheric methane and CO2 signals in mangrove forests
Panamá (Liquid Jungle Lab)
March 2018
Dive support for coring corals for paleooceanography research (past and present bleaching
events, SST, surface ocean salinity) with the lab of Dr. Brad Linsley (LDEO). Deployed aquatic instrumentation over shallow coral reefs: BEAMS, SAMI CO2, SeaFet
Sultanate of Oman
Jan 2018
Investigating carbon dynamics in hyperalkaline aquifers of the Semail ophiolite with intended
application in CO2 sequestration. Aqueous chemistry techniques (YSI sonde, ISE, equilibrator to measure pCO2). Determined in situ gas and heat fluxes using eddy covariance and transient dome techniques
