A Scientist’s Life: Dr. Maria Vernet

Original story posted at Scripps News Explorations Now. Maria Vernet is an emeritus researcher in the Integrative Oceanography Division at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. She earned a master’s degree in biological oceanography from the University of Washington in 1981 and a PhD in biological oceanography from the University of Washington in 1983. She …

Scripps Oceanography to teach ‘citizen scientists’ in the wilds of Antarctica

Reposted from San Diego Union Tribune By Gary Robbins A Scripps Institution of Oceanography graduate student making her second trip to Antarctica will lead ecotourists in taking phytoplankton samples from fjords in one of the most pristine environments on Earth. Allison Lee, a biological oceanographer, is scheduled to leave Tuesday for Argentina, where she’ll board the MS Hebridean Sky, a …

Allison Lee Polar Phytoplankton PhD Student

Interview reposted from Ocean Allison Podcast Episode #54, Allison Lee: Phytoplankton PhD Student. ^ Click the link above to listen to the podcast! Allison Lee is a biological oceanography PhD student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, working to bring phytoplankton research to the world of Citizen Science in the Arctic and the Antarctic. In this episode we discuss her experience …