Fieldwork

Palmer Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER)

West Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

December 2023 - February 2024

Vessel: R/V Laurence M. Gould

Phytoplankton and bio-optics (group lead)

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United States Antarctic Program LTER logo featuring a circle divided into four sections with a crustacean, a penguin, a marine invertebrate, and ice-covered land, surrounding a map of Antarctica.

South West Indian Geotracers Section (SWINGS)

Indian Sector, Southern Ocean

January - March 2021

Vessel: R/V Marion Dufresne II

Phytoplankton community characterization

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SWINGS Geotracers cruise logo situated in the South West Indian Ocean

Southern Ocean Seasonal Experiment (SCALE)

Atlantic and Indian Sector, Southern Ocean

October - November 2019

Vessel: R/V SA Agulhas II

Biological carbon pump

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Logo for SCALE, Southern Ocean seAsonal Experiment, featuring a black globe with a white outline of Antarctica and colored concentric arcs in green, yellow, red, and blue. the word 'SCALE' in bold black letters, with the full form written below.

South Atlantic Moc Basin-wide Array (SAMBA)

South Atlantic

July 2017

Vessel: R/V SA Agulhas II

In partnership with SAMOC (S. Atlantic Overturning Meridional Circulation) and SEAmester (South Africa’s class afloat)

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Logo with the text 'SAMOC' and a subtitle 'South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation'.
Logo of SEAmester with an anchor icon and the tagline 'South Africa's Class Afloat'.

Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE)

Indian and Atlantic Sector, Southern Ocean

December 2016 - January 2017 (Leg 1)

February - March 2017 (Leg 3)

Vessel: R/V Akademik Treshnikov

Profiling the microbial community (group lead, Leg 3)

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Emblem for the International Antarctic Circumpolar Polar Research Expedition 2016-2017 featuring a ship, a map of Antarctica, and a polar route map. The logo includes the text 'ACE' and the expedition years.

Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA)

Agulhas Current

April 2016, July 2016

Vessel: R/V Algoa, R/V SA Agulhas II

Phytoplankton and biogeochemistry

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Logo for Agulhas System Climate Array featuring large colored letters A, S, C, A with a map outline of Africa and colored lines representing climate data, and text underneath reading "Agulhas System Climate Array."