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A huge congratulations to Dr. Maria Vernet for being elected as AAAS Accomplished Scientist Fellow for 2018 Biological Sciences. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the largest general science organization in the United States, and publisher of the journal Science. AAAS has bestowed upon 416 of its members (since 1874) the lifetime honor of being an elected Fellow …
How did you get involved working with FjordEco and FjordPhyto? I started working on marine Antarctic phytoplankton when I was in the third year of the Bachelor’s Degree, particularly with diatoms taxonomy. Two years went by and then when I got my degree I was told, if I wanted to keep on doing science I would have to do a …
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp6OFj6dqRY[/embedyt] In December 2017, I flew down to Ushuaia, Argentina: the gateway city to Antarctica. I boarded the MS Hebridean Sky, a 296-foot cruise ship, and was warmly welcomed by FjordPhyto champions Bob Gilmore and Annette Bombosch. Antarctica21 had invited me to come on board as Guest Scientist to oversee the FjordPhyto citizen science project, and to give mini …
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 …
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 …
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 …
We have been invited to speak at the 2017 AECO/IAATO Polar Field Staff Conference in Iceland and engage the polar guide community in the wonders of phytoplankton research with FjordPhyto by the Vernet Lab. AECO – Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators – IAATO Allison presented the project concept, the importance of gathering data for science, and …
We couldn’t be more ecstatic to share the news that FjordPhyto has received funding support from the National Science Foundation! The Division of Polar Programs provided support for the first season of FjordPhyto (2017-2018) under a one-year Public Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Research (PPSR) grant. This allows us to purchase equipment to provide a couple of sampling …
Allison Lee presents FjordPhyto as her Capstone for the Master of Advanced Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. A huge shout out to her committee members Dr. Maria Vernet (Chair), Dr. George Watters, and the CMBC department for their guidance in developing the scientific goals. And thanks to everyone in the Antarctic tourism industry who …