travel
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Research in the time of Corona (virus) part 2: WTF USA?
I arrived in Vienna on January 2, 2020 with my 2 cats. My partner followed 1 month later with our blind poodle. One week after they arrived and we were all reunited in Vienna, I left for 2 weeks to do field research in Piran, Slovenia on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. When Continue reading
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Science in the time of Corona (virus): Part 1 Moving to Vienna
I am officially a doctor. I graduated with my PhD in December of 2019. I had a post doctoral research position waiting for me at the University of Vienna, so I moved to Austria on January 1, 2020: new year, new me! Moving to Austria from the US had some challenges. While completing my thesis Continue reading
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Photos from a sea expedition part 2
Oh, hey! It looks like I was in the midst of collecting a bunch of pictures of sunsets at sea and forgot to post it! Please enjoy! Continue reading
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Finally published!
I am happy to announce that after doing research for so many years in various settings, throughout my undergraduate and graduate career, I am finally a published scientist. In this publication, I am a contributing author. I haven’t conducted the majority of this research or led this project, but I am one of among a Continue reading
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Photos from my sea expedition (part 1)
I started my trip in Oregon and saw sea lions for the first time! They were so noisy! One would start barking and then they would all chime in. I wanted to post a video, but I need to upgrade my blog account to support video files, so here is a youtube link instead. The Continue reading
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So long and thanks for all the worms!
The weather at 9°N has been atypical since we arrived. All of the crew and scientists agree that this spot has always been warm, serene, and sunny. Instead, we have experienced clouds, rain, gusty winds, and choppy swells. We haven’t been able to see all of the stars at night, which is one of the Continue reading
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ALVIN dive AD-4836
*I am still unable to post pictures because of the bandwidth. I will update when I get to land in November. It’s been four days since I went to the ocean bottom at 2500 feet in the HOV ALVIN. I’m still in the afterglow of the adventure and processing the breadth and extent of the Continue reading
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If astronauts go to space then what do we call people who go to the bottom of the ocean?
We’re less than 24 hours away from our sampling site at 9° N in the East Pacific Ocean. The traverse to the site has been unusually long. Originally, we had been scheduled to leave from Panama City, which would have shortened our travel time by days. We left from Newport, Oregon because a research cruise Continue reading
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10/10 further from shore, but not far enough
The best way to deal with seasickness is to take a nap. As soon as I start to feel queasy, I lie down in my bunk and when I wake up I feel better. I have tried to power through seasickness before because there is a lot of work to do, but it only prolongs Continue reading
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Setting sail
* Unfortunately, due to the low bandwidth on the ship, I can’t upload any pictures. When I return home, I will post many. MANY!* The drive to Newport, Oregon to meet the RV Atlantis was beautiful. Coming from Florida where the days are only now dropping into the 80’s, the weather in the Northwest has Continue reading
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