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Who are you? What are you doing in school? Hello! My name’s Anesse Pinpokintr. I was born in Southern California, but I travel to Thailand often to visit my extended family. I go to the University of Rochester and I’m majoring in environmental science and minoring in epidemiology. I’m currently doing independent research on methane production in the water column …
Meet the next generation of polar scientists working in the Vernet Lab with FjordPhyto at Scripps Institution of Oceanography! For the 2021 summer (10-weeks), Anesse Pinpokintr and Christian Johnson, two incredibly bright and passionate undergraduate students, worked in the Vernet Lab as part of the Scripps SURF program (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship)! It has been awesome to finally interact in …
We are so excited to announce that FjordPhyto is now funded by NASA!! We are excited to become a part of this NASA community of citizen science practitioners to continue to bring FjordPhyto citizen science to Travelers heading to see the wonders of Antarctica! In 2021, Eight citizen science projects out of 67 submitted proposals were awarded NASA funding in …
Thank you for visiting the FjordPhyto site! This is a post to share some quick updates with you all and provide links to all the great work being done. The sampling season in Antarctica is still under way with our IAATO tour ship partners hard at work (and having fun) collecting phytoplankton until late March! Huge thank you to all …
HOT OFF THE PRESS. Our first official publication is out! Read the publication here and check out the awesome microscope images of the species we found: Mascioni, M., Almandoz, G. O., Cefarelli, A. O., Cusick, A., Ferrario, M. E., & Vernet, M. (2019). Phytoplankton composition and bloom formation in unexplored nearshore waters of the western Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology, 1-14. Our …
Part of a scientists job is to communicate their work. We do that in multiple ways: through conversations with friends and family, talking to colleagues at school, posting to online social media platforms, creating outreach educational materials, submitting peer-reviewed publications, writing books, and of course, by attending conferences. Conferences are a great way to connect face-to-face with different communities of …
[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 …