Bestowed by Wisdom at Volvo Ocean Race
Wisdom, the Volvo Albatross, stopped by the One Ocean Exploration Zone yesterday to help the SMD lab teach visiting school kids about the importance of plankton in the ocean.
Wisdom, the Volvo Albatross, stopped by the One Ocean Exploration Zone yesterday to help the SMD lab teach visiting school kids about the importance of plankton in the ocean.
Mary is on a roll passing PhD. hurdles and checkpoints like a krill swimming in summer and winter! (just ask Mary). Congratulations Mary on passing your comprehensive exam with flying colors.
Members of the Menden-Deuer lab will be introducing people to the world of plankton at the Volvo Ocean Race village in Newport . Head over to Fort Adams to wander through the Ocean Exploration Zone for a look at the creatures living in the ocean and at the other great exhibits.
An update on Cynthia Beth Rubin’s presentation and exhibition during Creative Tech Week in New York City. May 11th: Cynthia gives a 5 min lightning talk May 12th: Check out Cynthia’s art in the art Exhibition A video of the plankton virtual reality experience can be seen here Check yesterday’s post for an interview with Cynthia! Read More …
Cynthia Beth Rubin, SMD lab artist in residence, gave a lightning talk at Creative Tech Week about her use of augmented reality in art. Check out this interview with Cynthia here from Creative Tech Week about her collaboration with the Menden-Deuer lab. Cynthia’s phenomenal work can be seen at her website
Mary recently passed her thesis proposal defense, clearing one more hurdle on her way to PhD completion. Well done, Mary!
The Menden-Deuer lab extends a huge east-coast welcome to their newest member, Heather McNair. Heather joins the lab from UC Santa Barbara where she did her PdD research on species-specific diatom silica production. Heather will be a postdoc on the NASA EXPORTS project where she will be looking at removal affects of micro-zooplankton grazing on the biological Read More …
Susanne gave a talk at the NSF LTER symposium, where research was presented on the new NES-LTER and 5 other sites in the U.S. LTER system .
Welcome back Gayantonia, Françoise and Caitlin from the very last and very rough NASA NAAMES cruise. Glad to have you back.
Francoice, Gayantonia and Caitlin are on their way to Puerto Rico to board R/V Atlantis for the final of 4 North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Studies (NAAMES) cruises. They will work several hundred nautical miles south of Greenland and have a 7 day transect to get there. Can’t wait for the ‘pick up’ in Read More …
