We are plankton ecologists who conduct hypothesis driven experiments in the laboratory, at sea and in silico to decipher patterns and processes that drive plankton abundance and distribution. Plankton make planet Earth habitable and are central conduits of globally relevant processes, including the carbon cycle. Our goal is to understand what makes plankton tick to predict their role in marine ecosystems now and in the future. If images seem particularly beautiful on these pages, they are most likely created by Cynthia Beth Rubin.
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- Teresa Kennedy gives shout-out to Heather and Susanne - Dr. Teresa Kennedy, a professor of International STEM and Bilingual/ELL Education at the University of Texas at Tyler, recently published a paper that began in Heather’s online graduate writing course in marine and environmental sciences. She also noted in her URI Oceans and Coast Spotlight article that “support I received from Dr. Menden-Deuer and Dr. […]
- Alex as URI SWMS vice president - Congrats to Alex, who just accepted the vice presidential role for the University of Rhode Island’s Society for Women in Marine Science (URI SWMS). While in this role, Alex will help facilitate revitalizing the URI SWMS chapter in a mix of an advisory and hands-on role. One of her first activities will be to help […]