I completed my master's thesis at Old Dominion University's Ocean and Earth Science department collaborating with Dr. Sophie Clayton and Dr. Robert Todd on a paper about deep chlorophyll transported below the euphotic zone at Cape Hatteras which we are finishing up adapting for submission to publication (jump over to my projects page to learn more).  Now, as a part of the initiative to observe the “The influence of different nutrient delivery modes on functional biodiversity of marine plankton in a changing ocean,” I am conducting my doctoral research in the Galápagos with PIs Dr. Adrian Marchetti and Dr. Harvey Seim. The findings of this study will significantly enhance our understanding of fine scale, local climate feedback on foundational primary producer species and their associated trophic cascade within the diverse ecosystem of Galápagos and produce a high quality data product from two yearlong timeseries sites using a Wirewalker profiler with various hydrographic, optic, and biogeochemical sensors. These sensors will track pulses in water mass dynamics critical to unraveling the story of these nutrient delivery modes.