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I am a (biogeo)-chemical oceanographer and I was a W. O. Crosy postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT (2013-2015).

***I am now an assistant professor in the Department of Marine Science at the University of Southern Mississippi (Stennis Space Center, MS). Prospective graduate students interested in oceanography, chemistry, and/or climate are encouraged to contact me.***

Research Interests:

Rate tracers for ocean chemistry and biology
Paleoceanography, paleoclimate, proxy development

Current projects in both the modern and paleo- ocean:

Mineral dust as a source of micronutrient trace metals
Variability in marine biological productivity
Rates of deep ocean ventilation

Here are some teaching samples I made while taking the Kaufman certificate teaching program at MIT's Teaching and Learning Laboratory:

Primer on the pH scale and ocean acidification (5 mins.)

Plastic pollution in the ocean and its impact (10 mins.)