The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

April 18, 2024

Meredith successfully defended her Ph.D dissertation titled ‘The Influence of Phytoplankton Productivity and Molecular Physiology on Biogeochemical Dynamics of Two Contrasting Ocean Environments’. Meredith examined primary productivity dynamics as part of the NASA EXPORTS program field campaigns in the North Pacific and North Atlantic.  She used a combination of physiological and molecular methods to elucidate how phytoplankton respond to their environment and influence the export of carbon from the surface ocean. She also conducted laboratory studies on Bathycoccus, an important picoeukaryote from the North Pacific.  Meredith will be starting a post-doc at the University of East Anglia this summer.