{"id":303,"date":"2021-12-20T11:03:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.dev\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2024-09-05T07:11:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T11:11:36","slug":"meet-the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/microplastics\/meet-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Meet the team<\/h1>\n

Scientific and Engineering Staff<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Amy\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Amy Apprill<\/h3>\n

Marine Microbiologist<\/em><\/p>\n

Amy Apprill\u00a0is a microbial ecologist who is interested in the role of microorganisms in degrading plastics in the ocean.<\/p>\n

Lab website<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Carol\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Carol Anne Clayson<\/h3>\n

Physical Oceanographer<\/em><\/p>\n

Carol Anne Clayson\u00a0is an air-sea interaction specialist interested in the effects of weather and climate on upper ocean mixing and resulting distributions of microplastics in the upper ocean.<\/p>\n

Lab website<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Scott\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Scott M. Gallager<\/h3>\n

Biological Oceanographer<\/em><\/p>\n

Scott Gallager\u00a0is a plankton ecologist interested in biophysical mechanisms controlling population and community structure in the ocean. Physical processes such as upwelling and downwelling, Langmier cells and tidal fronts provide mechanisms for aggregation<\/p>\n

Lab website<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Jake\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Jake Gebbie<\/h3>\n

Physical Oceanographer<\/em><\/p>\n

Jake Gebbie\u00a0is a physical oceanographer interested in climate dynamics and the transport of microplastics in the ocean. His interest is to determine the fate of microplastics in the open\u00a0ocean, especially the subsurface, and also to determine whether microplastics can be used to better understand the physical movement of seawater.<\/p>\n

Lab website<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Mark\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Mark Hahn<\/h3>\n

Toxicologist<\/em><\/p>\n

Mark Hahn\u00a0is a toxicologist whose research seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms by which microplastics and nanoplastics impact the health of marine organisms and humans. The Hahn lab uses a variety of model systems, including zebrafish and Atlantic killifish.<\/p>\n

Lab website<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Houshuo\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Houshuo Jiang<\/h3>\n

Marine plankton ecologist and Hydrodynamicist<\/em><\/p>\n

Houshuo Jiang\u00a0is interested in the interactions between marine plankton and microplastics with a focus on individual behaviors and associated ecological effects.<\/p>\n

Lab website<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Hauke\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Hauke Kite-Powell<\/h3>\n

Marine Policy<\/em><\/p>\n

Lab website<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Anna\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Anna Michel<\/h3>\n

Chemical Sensors Lab<\/em><\/p>\n

Anna Michel\u00a0is an oceanographic engineer whose research focuses on developing and advancing technologies for detecting and identifying microplastics in aqueous environments.<\/p>\n

Lab website<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Larry\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Larry Pratt<\/h3>\n

Physical Oceanographer<\/em><\/p>\n

Larry Pratt\u00a0is interested in the physics of transport of microplastics by the turbulent ocean circulation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Rama\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Kilaparti Ramakrishna<\/h3>\n

Senior Advisor to the President on Ocean and Climate Policy<\/em><\/p>\n

Kilaparti Ramakrishna (Rama) has worked extensively with the United Nations, as Head of Strategic Planning at Green Climate Fund; head of the UNESCAP ENEA Office; as Chief of Cross Sectoral Environmental Issues and Principal Policy Advisor to the Executive Director of UNEP. Dr. Ramakrishna also provided secretariat services to the North-East Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC) and was a lead author of the fifth assessment (and many before it) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Rama advises the WHOI Microplastics Team on engagement with international efforts to understand and control plastic waste.<\/p>\n

website<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Christopher\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Christopher M. Reddy<\/h3>\n

Chemical Oceanographer<\/em><\/p>\n

Lab website<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Collin\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Collin Ward<\/h3>\n

Photochemist<\/em><\/p>\n

Collin Ward\u00a0is an environmental chemist interested in how plastics break down in the environment, what they are transformed into, and the timescales that these processes occur.<\/p>\n

Lab website<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Sarah\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Sarah Youngs<\/h3>\n

Research Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n

Sarah Youngs\u00a0is a\u00a0chemist whose research focuses on studying both oceanic macro and microplastics. She studies how plastics weather and accumulate metals as well as helps to develop new microplastic sensing technologies.<\/p>\n

Lab website<\/a><\/p>\n\t

Students, Research Assistants, and Postdocs<\/h2>\n

Jordan Pitt<\/h3>\n

Jordan Pitt was a Ph.D. student in Mark Hahn’s and Neel Aluru’s labs working to understand microplastic and nanoplastic accumulation and impacts in marine organisms. She now works for Exponent<\/a>.<\/p>\n