OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH CRUISES (224 days at sea)
1. R/V Weatherbird II: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Harmful Algal Bloom-Benthos Coupling, Co-chief scientist (6/6/23-6/9/23)
2. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico, Scientist at Sea, time series sediment, hydrocast and demersal fish survey; sediment trap mooring recovery and redeployment, Co-chief scientist (05/22/2023-06/1/2023)
3. R/V Weatherbird II: Tampa Bay hydrocast, plankton and sediment survey, Eckerd College, Chemical and Physical Oceanography Course, Chief scientist (2/21/23)
4. R/V W.T. Hogarth: Tampa Bay hydrocast, plankton and sediment survey, Eckerd College, Chemical and Physical Oceanography Course, Chief scientist (10/6/22)
5. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico, Scientist at Sea, time series sediment, hydrocast and demersal fish survey; sediment trap mooring recovery and redeployment, Chief scientist (05/14/2022-05/22/2022)
6. R/V Weatherbird II: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Harmful Algal Bloom-Benthos Coupling, Chief scientist (4/13/22-4/15/22)
7. R/V W.T. Hogarth: Tampa Bay hydrocast, plankton and sediment survey, Eckerd College, Chemical and Physical Oceanography Course, Chief scientist (2/22/22)
8. R/V W.T. Hogarth: Tampa Bay hydrocast, plankton and sediment survey, Eckerd College, Chemical and Physical Oceanography Course, Chief scientist (9/28/21)
9. R/V Weatherbird II: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Harmful Algal Bloom-Benthos Coupling, Co-chief scientist (5/24/21)
10. R/V Weatherbird II: Tampa Bay hydrocast, plankton and sediment survey, Eckerd College, Chemical and Physical Oceanography Course, CO-chief scientist (10/22/19)
11. R/V Point Sur: Deep Gulf of Mexico sediment resuspension survey, lead coring scientist (05/17/18-05/25/18)
12. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment survey, Co-chief scientist (12/04/2017-12/09/2017)
13. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment and demersal fish survey, lead coring scientist (07/18/2017-08/02/2017)
14. R/V Weatherbird II: Northwestern Cuban shelf and slope CIMAGE sediment and demersal fish survey, lead coring scientist (05/09/2017-05/26/2017)
15. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment and demersal fish survey, co-chief scientist (09/05/2016-09/11/2016)
16. R/V Weatherbird II: Southern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE, ONE GULF sediment, fish, plankton and water column survey, lead coring scientist (09/25/2015-10/03/2015)
17. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment and demersal fish survey, lead coring scientist (08/16/2015-08/30/2015)
18. R/V Justo Sierra: Southern Gulf of Mexico sediment and water column survey, long-term impacts of the IXTOC-1 oil spill, co-chief scientist (07/28/2015-08/11/15)
19. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment and demersal fish survey, co-chief scientist (08/14/2014-09/01/2014)
20. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment and demersal fish survey, lead coring scientist (08/15/2013-09/01/2013)
21. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE sediment survey, chief scientist (10/17/2012-10/21/2012)
22. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment and demersal fish survey, lead coring scientist (08/14/2012-08/25/2012)
23. R/V Pelican: Orca basin paleoclimate and sedimentary collection (04/08/2012-04/21/2012)
24. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico FIO/BP sediment survey, science party member (11/02/2010-11/09/2010)
25.R/V Bellows: Dry Tortugas National Park Seafloor Mapping (2008-2009)
-Acquired sidescan and high-resolution bathymetric imagery of the Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO) used for mapping topography and benthic habitat in the deeper areas of DRTO that are not imaged by other methods such as LIDAR or aerial photos aboard the R/V Bellows.
26. R/V Suncoaster: West Florida Shelf Ocean Acidification (2008)
-Determined the CO2 enrichment, organic content and carbonate content from surface sediment samples, and SEAS chemical parameter measurements along the West Florida Shelf aboard the R/V Suncoaster.
27. R/V Bellows: Florida Straits Side-scan Sonar Survey (2008)
-Surveyed several previously unmapped seafloor features of interest using a pole-mounted Teledyne-Benthos C3D interferometric sidescan sonar aboard the R/V Bellows.
FIELD EXPERIENCE
1.Piney Point Effluent Release Response (2021-2022)
Responded to the Piney Point gypsum stack effluent release into Tampa Bay (March 25-April 9, 2021) taking water quality measurements, water samples and sediment samples to establish baselines and assess any impact and response of planktic and benthic communities.
2.BP/GOMRI Gulf of Mexico Benthic Surveys (2010-2020)
-Coordinated the response to the Deepwater Horizon and Ixtoc events by retrieving thousands of multi-core, box-core, plankton tows, CTD profiles, and demersal fish samples as the chief scientist, co-chief scientist, and lead coring scientist for more than 15 research cruises throughout the Gulf of Mexico (USA, Mexico, Cuba) aboard the R/V Weatherbird II, R/V Pelican, R/V Point Sur and R/V Justo Sierra to assess the presence of oil and its effect on benthic organisms through methods including stable isotopes and radiochemistry.
3.Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba; Hurricane Irma Sediment Assessment (2018)
-Performed a post-hurricane Irma assessment of a barrier island on the northern coast of Cuba to assess 1) impact, response, recovery of benthic communities and 2) the preservation of sedimentary overwash deposits and changing depositional environments in the broader context of sea-level rise.
4.Tampa Electric Company Sedimentary Assessment (2017)
-Contracted by Tampa Electric Company and S&ME Engineering to collect 35 vibracores in a coal-fire power plant slag pond to produce a volumetric estimate for pond remediation.
5.Mexican Coastal Ixtoc oil spill impact Assessment (2016)
-Coordinated the sampling of six coastal sites (mangroves, salt ponds, rocky shorelines, reefs) by an international team throughout the Mexican Gulf of Mexico Coastline that were impacted by the Ixtoc-1 oil spill to assess the long-term preservation of hydrocarbons and their lasting impacts.
6.Sedimentary Trace Elements in Juvenile Goliath Grouper Habitat (2013-2014)
-Correlated trace elements in the fin rays of mature goliath grouper (off-shore) to trace elements in the sediments of their juvenile habitats (near-shore), to determine the relative importance of three predominant goliath grouper nurseries throughout Florida.
7.Caminada Archaeological Survey (2012)
-Contracted by Goodwin and Associates Archaeology as chief field scientist to determine the spatial extent of a near-shore Holocene midden civilization off of Grand Isle, Louisiana.
8.Radiogeochemistry of Puerto Rico (2008)
-Co-coordinated the push-core, surface sediment sampling, and water quality assessment of terrestrial and marine sites in Jobos Bay and El Yunke National Park.
9. Eckerd College/USGS Sedimentology Projects (2003-2009)
-Collected vibracores, push cores, diver-assisted push cores, CHIRP sonar data, and surface sediment samples on land and aboard several research vessels including the R/V Gilbert for four regional projects; The Tampa Bay Project, Watersheds of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hard-bottom research on Rattlesnake Key, FL, and Anoxic cycles of Charlotte Harbor, FL.
1. R/V Weatherbird II: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Harmful Algal Bloom-Benthos Coupling, Co-chief scientist (6/6/23-6/9/23)
2. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico, Scientist at Sea, time series sediment, hydrocast and demersal fish survey; sediment trap mooring recovery and redeployment, Co-chief scientist (05/22/2023-06/1/2023)
3. R/V Weatherbird II: Tampa Bay hydrocast, plankton and sediment survey, Eckerd College, Chemical and Physical Oceanography Course, Chief scientist (2/21/23)
4. R/V W.T. Hogarth: Tampa Bay hydrocast, plankton and sediment survey, Eckerd College, Chemical and Physical Oceanography Course, Chief scientist (10/6/22)
5. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico, Scientist at Sea, time series sediment, hydrocast and demersal fish survey; sediment trap mooring recovery and redeployment, Chief scientist (05/14/2022-05/22/2022)
6. R/V Weatherbird II: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Harmful Algal Bloom-Benthos Coupling, Chief scientist (4/13/22-4/15/22)
7. R/V W.T. Hogarth: Tampa Bay hydrocast, plankton and sediment survey, Eckerd College, Chemical and Physical Oceanography Course, Chief scientist (2/22/22)
8. R/V W.T. Hogarth: Tampa Bay hydrocast, plankton and sediment survey, Eckerd College, Chemical and Physical Oceanography Course, Chief scientist (9/28/21)
9. R/V Weatherbird II: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Harmful Algal Bloom-Benthos Coupling, Co-chief scientist (5/24/21)
10. R/V Weatherbird II: Tampa Bay hydrocast, plankton and sediment survey, Eckerd College, Chemical and Physical Oceanography Course, CO-chief scientist (10/22/19)
11. R/V Point Sur: Deep Gulf of Mexico sediment resuspension survey, lead coring scientist (05/17/18-05/25/18)
12. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment survey, Co-chief scientist (12/04/2017-12/09/2017)
13. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment and demersal fish survey, lead coring scientist (07/18/2017-08/02/2017)
14. R/V Weatherbird II: Northwestern Cuban shelf and slope CIMAGE sediment and demersal fish survey, lead coring scientist (05/09/2017-05/26/2017)
15. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment and demersal fish survey, co-chief scientist (09/05/2016-09/11/2016)
16. R/V Weatherbird II: Southern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE, ONE GULF sediment, fish, plankton and water column survey, lead coring scientist (09/25/2015-10/03/2015)
17. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment and demersal fish survey, lead coring scientist (08/16/2015-08/30/2015)
18. R/V Justo Sierra: Southern Gulf of Mexico sediment and water column survey, long-term impacts of the IXTOC-1 oil spill, co-chief scientist (07/28/2015-08/11/15)
19. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment and demersal fish survey, co-chief scientist (08/14/2014-09/01/2014)
20. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment and demersal fish survey, lead coring scientist (08/15/2013-09/01/2013)
21. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE sediment survey, chief scientist (10/17/2012-10/21/2012)
22. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico CIMAGE time series sediment and demersal fish survey, lead coring scientist (08/14/2012-08/25/2012)
23. R/V Pelican: Orca basin paleoclimate and sedimentary collection (04/08/2012-04/21/2012)
24. R/V Weatherbird II: Northern Gulf of Mexico FIO/BP sediment survey, science party member (11/02/2010-11/09/2010)
25.R/V Bellows: Dry Tortugas National Park Seafloor Mapping (2008-2009)
-Acquired sidescan and high-resolution bathymetric imagery of the Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO) used for mapping topography and benthic habitat in the deeper areas of DRTO that are not imaged by other methods such as LIDAR or aerial photos aboard the R/V Bellows.
26. R/V Suncoaster: West Florida Shelf Ocean Acidification (2008)
-Determined the CO2 enrichment, organic content and carbonate content from surface sediment samples, and SEAS chemical parameter measurements along the West Florida Shelf aboard the R/V Suncoaster.
27. R/V Bellows: Florida Straits Side-scan Sonar Survey (2008)
-Surveyed several previously unmapped seafloor features of interest using a pole-mounted Teledyne-Benthos C3D interferometric sidescan sonar aboard the R/V Bellows.
FIELD EXPERIENCE
1.Piney Point Effluent Release Response (2021-2022)
Responded to the Piney Point gypsum stack effluent release into Tampa Bay (March 25-April 9, 2021) taking water quality measurements, water samples and sediment samples to establish baselines and assess any impact and response of planktic and benthic communities.
2.BP/GOMRI Gulf of Mexico Benthic Surveys (2010-2020)
-Coordinated the response to the Deepwater Horizon and Ixtoc events by retrieving thousands of multi-core, box-core, plankton tows, CTD profiles, and demersal fish samples as the chief scientist, co-chief scientist, and lead coring scientist for more than 15 research cruises throughout the Gulf of Mexico (USA, Mexico, Cuba) aboard the R/V Weatherbird II, R/V Pelican, R/V Point Sur and R/V Justo Sierra to assess the presence of oil and its effect on benthic organisms through methods including stable isotopes and radiochemistry.
3.Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba; Hurricane Irma Sediment Assessment (2018)
-Performed a post-hurricane Irma assessment of a barrier island on the northern coast of Cuba to assess 1) impact, response, recovery of benthic communities and 2) the preservation of sedimentary overwash deposits and changing depositional environments in the broader context of sea-level rise.
4.Tampa Electric Company Sedimentary Assessment (2017)
-Contracted by Tampa Electric Company and S&ME Engineering to collect 35 vibracores in a coal-fire power plant slag pond to produce a volumetric estimate for pond remediation.
5.Mexican Coastal Ixtoc oil spill impact Assessment (2016)
-Coordinated the sampling of six coastal sites (mangroves, salt ponds, rocky shorelines, reefs) by an international team throughout the Mexican Gulf of Mexico Coastline that were impacted by the Ixtoc-1 oil spill to assess the long-term preservation of hydrocarbons and their lasting impacts.
6.Sedimentary Trace Elements in Juvenile Goliath Grouper Habitat (2013-2014)
-Correlated trace elements in the fin rays of mature goliath grouper (off-shore) to trace elements in the sediments of their juvenile habitats (near-shore), to determine the relative importance of three predominant goliath grouper nurseries throughout Florida.
7.Caminada Archaeological Survey (2012)
-Contracted by Goodwin and Associates Archaeology as chief field scientist to determine the spatial extent of a near-shore Holocene midden civilization off of Grand Isle, Louisiana.
8.Radiogeochemistry of Puerto Rico (2008)
-Co-coordinated the push-core, surface sediment sampling, and water quality assessment of terrestrial and marine sites in Jobos Bay and El Yunke National Park.
9. Eckerd College/USGS Sedimentology Projects (2003-2009)
-Collected vibracores, push cores, diver-assisted push cores, CHIRP sonar data, and surface sediment samples on land and aboard several research vessels including the R/V Gilbert for four regional projects; The Tampa Bay Project, Watersheds of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hard-bottom research on Rattlesnake Key, FL, and Anoxic cycles of Charlotte Harbor, FL.