I am currently pursuing a PhD in biological oceanography with a graduate certificate in astrobiology.  My research focuses on the microbiology of Earth’s cryosphere, the frozen portions of Earth’s atmospheric, terrestrial, and water environments. 

In addition to understanding the distribution and implications of microbial life in Earth’s cryosphere, I am interested in how different components of the cryosphere can serve as anologues for frozen environments elsewhere in the universe.

During the upcoming Austral spring (September and October) we will be undertaking an investigation of several unexplored or underexplored components of sea ice microbial ecology within McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.  Join fellow Deming Ecosystem member Shelly Carpenter and I by following the “Antarctica Blog” on this site.