Team
Principal Investigators
Adam Subhas
Project Lead
Jennie Rheuban
Data Science and Community Engagement
Anna Michel
Sensors and chemical
mapping
Aleck Wang
Carbonate System Biogeochemistry
Dan McCorkle
Marine Geochemist
Mineral formation
Heather Kim
Biogeochemical modeling and data
assimilation
Ke Chen
High-resolution ocean modeling
Collaborators
Kay Bidle
Professor, Rutgers University
Marine Phytoplankton
Kim Thamatrakoln
Professor, Rutgers University
Marine Phytoplankton
David Nicholson
WHOI Scientist, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Autonomous observing
Robert Todd
WHOI Scientist, Physical Oceanography
Autonomous Glider Observing
Yui Takeshita
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Autonomous Chemical Sensing
Kristin Kleisner
Associate Vice President, Oceans Science, Evironmental Defense Fund
Fisheries Biologist
Mattias Cape
Biological Oceanographer, Evironmental Defense Fund
Education, Engagement, and Biological impacts of OAE
Alexandra Phillips
UC Santa Barbara, Bren School
Science Communication and Engagement Research
Postdoctoral Researchers and Graduate Students
Lukas Marx
Postdoctoral Investigator
Biogeochemical feedbacks and responses to OAE
Yiming Guo
Postdoctoral Investigator
Regional Ocean Modeling
Chloe Dean
MIT-WHOI Joint Program Student
Biogeochemical feedbacks and responses to OAE
Rachel Davitt
Rutgers University Ph.D. Candidate
Biological responses to OAE
Amanda Pinson
MIT-WHOI Joint Program Student
Autonomous OAE observing and sensors
Alice Ren
Postdoctoral Investigator
Autonomous OAE observing and sensors
Shawnee Traylor
Postdoctoral Investigator (MBARI)
Autonomous OAE observing and sensors
Joyce Yager
Postdoctoral Investigator (EDF)
Community Engagement
Research and Engineering Staff
Matthew Hayden
Senior Research Assistant
Biogeochemical analyses and shipboard operations
Fran Elder
Engineer
Dispersal design and execution
Tom Lanagan
Engineer
Dispersal design and execution
Christopher Murray
Research Associate
Fish Biologist
Kate Morkeski
Research Associate
Biogeochemical sampling and analysis
Mary Burkitt-Gray
Research Associate
Fluorometry and chemical sensing
Brett Longworth
Research Associate
Data Science
Undergraduates and Interns
Amyra Ettienne-Modeste
WHOI / LOC-NESS Summer Fellow
Tuskegee University
Carbonate Chemistry Sampling and Storage
Anna Merrens
EDF Intern
Community Engagement
Wesley Noble
EDF Intern
Biological Effects of OAE
Julianna Marinelli
MobilizeGreen Intern
OAE Policy Engagement
LOC-NESS Alums
Esmeralda Garcia
Summer 2023
Partnership Education Program Fellow
College of Holy Cross
Biological Responses to OAE
Colby Firnrohr
Winter 2024
Cape Cod Community College Blue Economy Intern
Drifter design and build
Elizabeth Martin
Fall 2024
EDF Intern
Community Engagement