Rickie Ewton

  • Ph.D. Candidate
  • Advisor: Susanne Menden-Deuer
  • Email: rickie@uri.edu
  • Office Location: CI 242

Research

I utilize the NES LTER to study phytoplankton growth and grazing by microzooplankton via incubation experiments. Marine plankton provide half the oxygen we breathe, so going on cruises to study them in situ is important as well as exciting!

Education

B.S. Honors Microbiology and Chemistry Minor, Oregon State University

M.S. Microbiology, Oregon State University