Research

I work in the Georgia Tech Oceanography Lab using NASA satellite data to study how giant swirling currents in the Gulf Stream (known as eddies) shape the phytoplankton communities, the microscopic plant life at the base of the ocean food chain. Specifically, I'm working with the SWOT and PACE satellite products, two cutting-edge NASA satellite missions tracking ocean topography and color, in the Gulf Stream region, to resolve how eddy physics and phytoplankton communities evolve over the eddy lifetime.

2026 Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium Poster

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