What have you been up to since graduating from Bowdoin?
I just graduated in June of 2022 with a PhD in Marine Science from the University of California Santa Barbara. I tried to attend all my friends' online defenses while preparing to do my own defense. It was a really fun couple of weeks.
Why earth and oceanographic science?
I was really interested in being able to pursue research in an area is applicable to so much of my life on earth. When you think about earth science, you might not immediately think about human health, but so much of what I was learning has been about the way that the earth is so essential for sustaining things like oxygen in the atmosphere, fisheries and people's ability to get sustainable food where they live, and mitigating impacts on climate. While going through my PhD and my undergraduate degree at Bowdoin, it was so much about the people who were doing the work. Marine science is just a very uniquely supportive and friendly group of people, so I felt very welcomed into the field and really encouraged. That community in EOS laid the groundwork for me to feel comfortable and confident moving into the next stages of my career and pursuing this work that is really important and interesting to me. I had experiences at Bowdoin that both made me feel intellectually confident to be able to contribute, but also personally welcomed and supported while doing the work.
