Researchers

Rebecca is a biological oceanographer & marine ecologist, whose research spans from animal behavior to carbon cycling in the deep ocean. She received her undergraduate degrees from UC Berkeley, her PhD from Columbia University, and has worked for NASA and NOAA as a satellite oceanographer, using images captured from space to understand how human influences are impacting our ocean ecosystems. For her PhD, she spent 3 field seasons in Antarctica, studying the importance of krill to the Antarctic ecosystem and carbon export. Her field work has taken her to remote regions of Costa Rican jungles, islands of French Polynesia, and out at sea with no land in sight. She has taught and mentored students of all levels throughout her career and has led training workshops for citizen scientists and local stakeholders in all of the regions her research has taken her. In recent years, Rebecca has found art and figure skating to be creative fuel for her scientific research and can be most often found at the local ice rinks if the nearby lakes are not frozen.