Meet the Crew

Scientific Crew
Teachers in STEAMER will be assisting and learning from the scientific research crew. The researchers project is called, RoMP for Rhizosolenia Migration Project. For more information on RoMP, click here to visit its web site.

Chief Scientist for RoMP
Dr. Tracy Villareal
Associate Professor
University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Port Aransas, Texas
http://www.utmsi.utexas.edu

Villareal, an associate professor at the University’s College of Natural Science’s Marine Science Institute, said the crew’s findings could help explain the role oceans play in storing atmospheric carbon dioxide that is linked to global warming.

Michael McKay, Ph.D., associate professor of biology at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, study how important the iron content of phytoplankton is to their use of nitrogen.

And they will assist Cynthia Pilksaln, Ph.D., a geologist from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Maine, in using video cameras towed behind the 170-foot boat to measure the concentration of phytoplankton in the ocean’s waters.

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