ABOUT ME

My research focuses on the effects of climate change (including ocean acidification) and other environmental co-stressors on marine benthic invertebrate larval and juvenile development. Currently, I am exploring these types of questions from an aquaculture perspective as Director of Research and Development at Mook Sea Farm in Walpole, Maine. My research here also includes optimization of bivalve aquaculture operations, ensuring seafood safety, and understanding the link between environmental variables and oyster quality. I have previously engaged in research looking into the effects of ocean acidification and changes to the marine carbonate system on phytoplankton physiology and the marine carbon pump, as well as interactive effects of ocean acidification on predator-prey relationships.
I am proud to have been a member of the 2014 Maine Ocean Acidification Commission, where my role was as a scientist who has studied the biological impacts of ocean acidification.
EDUCATION
2007 - 2013
PhD, Biological Oceanography
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
POSITIONS
2013 - 2016
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Ocean Biogeochemistry & Climate Change
East Boothbay, Maine
2014 - 2015
Appointee
State of Maine's Ocean Acidification Study Commission
Augusta, Maine
2013
Postdoctoral Investigator
Woods Hole Oceangraphic Institution
Biological Oceanography
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
2015 - 2016
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Oceanographic Science
Brunswick, Maine