I earned my BA degree at Colby College and PhD in marine science at the University of Maryland where I investigated the role that marine microbes play in governing the carbon cycle of open ocean ecosystems. As a Postdoctoral scholar at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science (BIOS) I focused on the biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter in ocean systems. I joined BIOS faculty in 1996 and remained there until joining EEMB in 2001. I currently serves as Vice Chair of EEMB and is a member of UCSB’s Marine Science Institute. I serve as lead PI or Co-PI on several federally sponsored projects in Microbial Oceanography.