Education

B.S. Biology & Environmental Science, Cumlaude with Honors, The College of William and Mary, 2010.

Research Interests

  Zooplankton Ecology in the Western Antarctic Peninsula (Palmer LTER)

Field and Research Experience

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2008-2011), Virginia Institute of MarineScience, Gloucester Point, VA.

   -  Zooplankton Ecology Lab. Advisor: Dr. Debbie Steinberg

Senior Honors Thesis, The College of William and Mary/Virginia Institute ofMarine Science.

   -  Time series of vertical flux of zooplankton fecal pellets on thecontinental shelf of the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Advisor: Dr. Debbie Steinberg

R/V Knorr (June 2010) Tropical S. Atlantic, AmazoniNfluence on the Atlantic: CarbOn export from Nitrogen fixation by DiAtomSymbioses (ANACONDAS). Zooplankton sample collection and analysis.

R/V L.M. Gould (January 2009) West Antarctic Peninsula, PalmerLTER. Zooplankton sample collection and analysis.

 

Honors and Awards

2011-2012, Juliette B. & Carroll Owens, Jr. Fellowship, Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

Presentations

Steinberg, D.K., Ruck, K., Price,L., Gleiber, M, Cope, J., Ducklow, H. 2009. Zooplankton export oforganic matter in the West Antarctic Peninsula. Poster presented at the 2009 LTER All Scientists Meeting.

Certifications

PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor

PADI Master Scuba Diver

Emergency First Response CPR/AED/First Aid Instructor