Nick O’Connor

Biography

Nick is a marine biology student entering his second year at URI. Nick has helped maintain plankton cultures and is currently involved in assisting lab members with various experiments such as measuring chlorophyll concentrations in phytoplankton.

Research

Nick is interested in learning about plankton ecology and the correlation between dinoflagellates and harmful algae blooms. He is also interested in learning new research methods so he can conduct his own experiments.