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Some Long-winded Musings on Gulf Trip 2014 (but also pics!)
Earlier this month, a girl power contingent of the Helen White Lab (Helen, Alana, and I) embarked on the lab’s annual sampling trip to the Gulf of Mexico to collect oil-soaked sand patties that...
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Greetings from Vacationland
When I began an REU at Bigelow Ocean Labs in East Boothbay, Maine, I felt ambivalent. The pros? I was working with Christoph Aeppli, whose papers and presentations introduced me to oil and...
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Dispersant in the deep and on the beach
Our lab recently published a paper in Environmental Science & Technology Letters. We found that DOSS, a component of the dispersant applied in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill remains in the...
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Postcards from Narragansett, RI
That’s right, I’m in Little Rhody this summer! The Ocean State, complete with gorgeous coastline, gargantuan vacation homes, and tourists who can’t drive (so say the residents). I’m studying...
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Regards from WHOI
The Knob, Woods Hole, MA As another member of Haverford College’s HKW Lab, I’d like to share with you a little about my summer at WHOI. Just as both Maxwell and Carolyn have presented, here is a...
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Cruising Coast to Coast
I’m back at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography for the final Friday of August before my senior year at Haverford officially begins on Tuesday! And before you ask, the answer...
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Many Thanks to the Minions
As probably none of you know, I inherited Jen’s thesis dealing with oil biodegradation by fungi. With the expert help of post-doc Rachel, we grow three different species of fungus on agar and then...
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Unpacking GoMRI 2015
Looking out from the patio of the Westin Galleria A few weeks ago, Helen, Rachel, Alana and I journeyed to Houston, TX to attend the 2015 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. Girl...
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#ACSDenver
While Shelby and I are no longer in Denver now, we both had a lot of fun at our first American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition! We both had the opportunity to present our senior...
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#distractinglysexy
As a last hurrah, now that graduation is long since over and done, a final blog post featuring… Throwback sampling trip, summer 2013: the White Lab is #distractinglysexy (and sunburnt and sweaty and...
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Diatoms!
Surprisingly, sitting in a windowless basement room of the oh-so familiar KINSC made my highlight reel of this summer. Of course this list also includes walking along the beautiful Gulf Coast scanning...
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