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  • David Fee

    David Fee

    October 28, 2022

    Using infrasound (low frequency sound waves) to understand volcanic eruptions and volcanic processes.

  • Laura Whitmore

    Laura Whitmore

    October 28, 2022

    Laura Whitmore is a chemical oceanographer – her work traces elements through the marine system to better understand water movement. She investigates elemental cycles to understand how biological communities, turbulence, erosion, and currents influence nutrients and other elements.

  • Portrait of Anna Goropashnaya

    Anna Goropashnaya

    December 20, 2023

    Biomedical science, evolution and biodiversity