Fall 2020
- Somang Song moved half way across the globe to join us. Welcome Somang!
- Kyle Turner successfully defended his M.S. thesis!
- Julia Lober presented a poster of her undergraduate research at AGU.
Summer 2020
- Julia Lober and Taylor Bowen worked with as virtual SURFO students
- Jessica Carney successfully defended her M.S. thesis!
- Virginie Sonnet was selected to receive a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) graduate fellowship
Spring 2020
- All students in the lab presented posters at the Ocean Sciences meeting & Colleen lead an MPOWIR townhall on "Building and Inclusive Community in Oceanography"
- MPOWIR started Virtual Discussions on a variety of topics - please join us for the next one
- IOCCG report 19 (Synergy between Ocean Colour and Biogeochemical/Ecosystem Models) was published which Colleen lead a chapter and contributed to many others.
Fall 2019
- Colleen was awarded an Alumni Achievement award from Western Michigan University, Department of Biological Sciences
- We participated in our fifth NOAA ECOMON cruise, providing flow through optics and radiometry.
- Angela Yu successfully defended her M.S. thesis.
- Virginie Sonnet returned to GSO as a Ph.D. student - welcome back Virginie!
- We have reached the 2-year mark for continuous observations of optics and phytoplankton community composition observations at the GSO dock.
Summer 2019
- We participated in our fourth NOAA ECOMON cruise, providing flow through optics and radiometry.
- Colleen gave a talk about metrics for measuring algal biodiversity at the "Data Needs for Hyperspectral Detection of Algal Bloom Diversity Across the Globe" workshop in Ostend, Belgium
Spring 2019
- Colleen was awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor!
- We participated in our third NOAA ECOMON cruise, providing flow through optics.
- Colleen and Audrey published, "A Satellite Assessment of Environmental Controls of Phytoplankton Community Size Structure" in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
- NASA awarded two more years of support to the MPOWIR program.
- Colleen presented 2 talks at the International Ocean Color Sciences meeting
- Audrey presented the poster “GSO dock Phytoplankton and Optics Observatory” providing an update of the classification success of our Imaging Flow CytoBot at the Coastal Ecology Assessment Innovation and Modeling (C-AIM) Symposium
Fall 2018
- Colleen published a paper describing the impact of the MPOWIR program, "Meeting Mentoring Needs in Physical Oceanography: An Evaluation of the Impact of MPOWIR" in Oceanography
- We have participated in 2 NOAA ECOMON cruises, providing flow through optics.
- Kyle Turner joins the lab as an M.S. student
- Jessica Carney joins the lab as an M.S. student supported by the Narragansett Bay Long-term Plankton Survey
- Brice Grunert published his second Ph.D. paper, "Deriving inherent optical properties from decomposition of hyperspectral non-water absorption" in Remote Sensing of Environment
- Colleen, Audrey and Jessica presented “Phytoplankton Distributions in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: Perspectives from an IFCB and Long-Term Survey” at the Imaging Flow Cytobot Users Workshop
Summer 2018
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Spring 2018
- Virginie Sonnet joins to lab as a visiting M.S. student from the IMBRSea program
- Angela Yu wins third place in the World Water Day student research competition with her poster "Assessing spatial and temporal effects of the Detroit River on algal bloom distribution in western Lake Erie"
- The whole team presented talks/posters at the Ocean Sciences meeting.
- Colleen and Audrey presented an overview of the "GSO dock phytoplankton and optics observatory" at the Coastal Ecology Assessment Innovation and Modeling (C-AIM) Symposium
- Colleen will be co-leading the Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention (MPOWIR) program for the next 4 years with support from the National Science Foundation
- In collaboration with NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Narragansett lab, our lab was selected for funding support from NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System Proving Ground and Risk for a project titled "Optimization of phytoplankton functional type algorithms for VIIRS ocean color data in the Northeast U.S. Continental Ecosystem"
Fall 2017
- Colleen was appointed to the NASA Earth Science Advisory Committee
- Brice Grunert published his first Ph.D. paper "Characterizing CDOM Spectral Variability Across Diverse Regions and Ranges" in Global Biogeochemical Cycles.
- The Imaging FlowCyto Bot was deployed for continuous observations at the GSO dock
- Colleen gave an invited seminar at the University of Connecticut, Department of Marine Science, "Phytoplankton Community Size Structure – Environmental Controls and Export"
- The lab was selected for funding support from Rhode Island Sea Grant for a project titled "Cells to Satellite: Imaging Rhode Island Harmful Algal Blooms"
Summer 2017
- Kyle Turner from George Mason University joined the lab for the summer as a SURFO
- The lab has begun sampling with the Imaging FlowCyto Bot
- Brice presented a poster, "Optically estimating CDOM composition across diverse spectral ranges," at the Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry meeting
- Colleen presented a poster "Environmental Controls of Phytoplankton Size Structure" at the Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry meeting and Trait-based Approaches to Ocean Life Workshop.
Spring 2017
- Several manuscripts were published about remote sensing of phytoplankton functional types, including a review that Colleen led, "A Consumer’s Guide to Satellite Remote Sensing of Phytoplankton Groups in the Global Ocean" in Frontiers of Marine Science.
- Our Lake Superior optical data was submitted to NASA SeaBASS
- Our Lake Erie optical data from 2013 and 2014 were submitted to NASA SeaBASS
- Colleen gave a webinar "Global Shifts in Phytoplankton Community Size Structure – Connections to Export Flux” to NOAA's Ocean Colour Coordinating Group
- Brice gave a poster “Optically estimating CDOM composition across diverse spectral ranges” at the International Ocean Colour Sciences meeting
- Angela have a poster “Evaluating the influence of the Detroit River on algal bloom distribution in western Lake Erie” at the International Association for Great Lakes Research conference
- Colleen gave a talk at the ASLO meeting “Global shifts in phytoplankton community size structure in response to environmental controls” and a poster on this topic at the International Ocean Colour Sciences meeting
Fall 2016
- Brice Grunert presented a poster at the Ocean Optics meeting, "Optically estimating CDOM composition across diverse spectral ranges"
- Colleen Mouw and Audrey Barnett published an article in Global Biogeochemical Cycles, "Phytoplankton Size Impact on Export Flux in the Global Ocean"
- Colleen Mouw and Audrey Barnett published an article in Earth System Science Data, "Global Ocean Particulate Organic Carbon Flux Merged with Satellite Parameters". The associated data set is permanently archived on PANGAEA.
- Audrey Barnett moved to the University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography
- Colleen gave an invited talk "Color Radiometry Remote Sensing of Coastal Systems: Opportunity and Challenges” at the New England Estuarine Research Society meeting
- Colleen Mouw joined the University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography as an Assistant Professor
Summer 2016
- Mouw and Yoder (2010) Percent Microplankton SeaWiFS imagery is now permanently archived on PANGAEA.
- Angela Yu passed her comprehensive exams and dissertation proposal defense and is now officially a Ph.D. candidate
- Dan Barton, an Undergraduate Research Assistant joined the lab
Spring 2016
- Colleen Mouw is awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
- Brice Grunert presented a poster at the Ocean Sciences meeting "Quantifying radiometric sensitivity to ranges of CDOM absorption and spectral slope in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters"
- Angela Yu presented a poster at the Ocean Sciences meeting "“Assessing the spatial distribution and physical drivers of cyanobacterial blooms in western Lake Erie”
- Colleen Mouw gave a talk at the Ocean Sciences meeting “Phytoplankton Size Impact on Export Flux in the Global Ocean”
- Colleen Mouw lead the MPOWIR town hall at the Ocean Sciences meeting. Please submit any program suggestions you might have.
Fall 2015
- An extensive global POC flux data compilation was submitted to PANGAEA
- John Trochta (former undergraduate) is lead author of "Remote sensing of physical cycles in Lake Superior using a spatio-temporal analysis of optical water typologies" in Remote Sensing of Environment
- Colleen Mouw presented a seminar, "Phytoplankton size variability in the global ocean and its impact on export flux" at Louisiana State University, School of the Coast and Environment
- Colleen Mouw served on the steering committee for the "Trait-based Approaches to Ocean Life" workshop
- Colleen Mouw gave a seminar, "Phytoplankton Cells to Ecosystems: Remote Sensing from the Globe to the Coast" at the University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography
- Brice Grunert passed his comprehensive exams and dissertation proposal defense and is now officially a Ph.D. candidate
Summer 2015
- Angela Yu was awarded the Michigan Sea Graduate Student Fellowship
- Brice Grunert was awarded a NASA Earth and Space Science Graduate Fellowship
- Colleen Mouw contributed to the publication "Capturing optically important constituents and properties in a marine biogeochemcial and ecosystem model" in Biogeosciences
- Colleen Mouw lead a session on "Remote Sensing of Phytoplankton Composition" at the International Ocean Color Science meeting
- Brice Grunert gave a poster, "Role of in water light field on phytoplankton composition in the eastern Bering Sea" at the International Ocean Science meeting
- Rebekka Guyon, an Undergraduate Researcher, joins the lab
Winter/Spring 2015
- Ben Kramka was awarded the Michigan Tech Departmental Scholar Award
- Colleen Mouw published a review paper, "Aquatic color radiometry remote sensing of coastal and inland waters: Challenges and recommendations for future satellite missions" in Remote Sensing of Environment
- Angela Yu received a Michigan Space Grant Graduate Fellowship
- Angela Yu gave a poster, "Assessing spatial and temporal distribution of harmful algal blooms in Western Lake Erie" at the International Association for Great Lakes Research Conference