Special Series : MIT/WHOI JP Students at Work

Profiles on the research conducted by graduate students at WHOI.

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JUN 2017

Pop Goes the Seafloor Rock

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APR 2017

The Amazing Acquired Phototroph!

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JUN 2016

Shark Tales

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MAR 2016

Journey Into the Ocean's Microbiomes

MAR 2016

Minerals Made by Microbes

FEB 2016

Through the Looking-Glass of the Sea Surface

FEB 2016

A Mighty Mysterious Molecule

JAN 2016

Seal Whiskers Inspire Marine Technology

JAN 2016

Sex, Games, and the Evolution of Gender Gaps

DEC 2015

How Did Earth Get Its Ocean?

DEC 2015

Specks in the Spectrometer

DEC 2015

Epiphany Among the Manta Rays

NOV 2015

Earth's Riverine Bloodstream

NOV 2015

Ice, Wind & Fury

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OCT 2015

Forecasting the Future of Fish

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OCT 2015

Tracking a Trail of Carbon

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SEP 2015

The Riddle of Rip Currents

AUG 2015

Short-circuiting the Biological Pump

MIT-WHOI graduate student Hannah Barkley is also conducting experiments to determine the impacts of higher carbon dioxide levels in the seawater.

JUL 2015

Coral Crusader

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JUN 2015

Scientists Find Trigger That Cracks Lakes

MAY 2015

A Green Thumb for Ocean Microbes

JAN 2015

Hidden Battles on the Reefs

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NOV 2014

Trouble in the Tropics

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NOV 2014

From Lab to Sea

NOV 2014

Big Questions About Tiny Bacteria

OCT 2014

Coral-Current Connections

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SEP 2014

Is Ocean Acidification Affecting Squid?

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JUL 2014

A Mooring in Iceberg Alley

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APR 2014

Uncovering the Ocean's Biological Pump

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MAR 2014

Of The River and Time

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MAR 2014

Detours on the Oceanic Highway

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OCT 2013

Sassy Scallops

FEB 2013

The Synergy Project, Part II

FEB 2013

The Synergy Project

Amalia Aruda

FEB 2013

Bacteria Hitchhike on Tiny Marine Life

Groundwater: The River No One Sees

JAN 2013

Groundwater: The River No One Sees

Louie Wurch

JUN 2012

Brown Tides and Redfielders

The Great South Channel

FEB 2012

The Great South Channel

Tracking Toxic Chemicals in Oil Spills

FEB 2012

Tracking Toxic Chemicals in Oil Spills

On the Trail of Mercury in the Ocean

FEB 2012

On the Trail of Mercury in the Ocean

Powerful Currents in Deep-Sea Gorges

JAN 2012

Powerful Currents in Deep-Sea Gorges

Clues in Shark Vertebrae Reveal Where They've Been

JAN 2012

Clues in Shark Vertebrae Reveal Where They've Been

Whale Heads and Tales

JAN 2012

Whale Heads and Tales

Searching for Life on the Seafloor

DEC 2011

Searching for Life on the Seafloor

The Scientist Who Stays Out in the Cold

DEC 2011

The Scientist Who Stays Out in the Cold

The Latest Fashion in Bowhead Whale Songs

DEC 2011

The Latest Fashion in Bowhead Whale Songs

Tracking an Elusive Chemical: Estrogens

DEC 2011

Tracking an Elusive Chemical: Estrogens

The Ocean's Tiny Chemists

NOV 2011

The Ocean's Tiny Chemists

Between the Beach and the Deep Blue Sea

NOV 2011

Between the Beach and the Deep Blue Sea

A Drop in the Ocean is Teeming with Life

OCT 2011

A Drop in the Ocean is Teeming with Life

Psychotherapy for Plankton

SEP 2011

Psychotherapy for Plankton

From Pacman to the Seafloor

JUN 2011

From Pac-Man to the Seafloor

Where the Food Is in the Sea, and Why

FEB 2011

Where the Food Is in the Sea, and Why

A Torrent of Crabs Running to the Sea

JUL 2010

A Torrent of Crabs Running to the Sea

Holography and Oceanography

JUN 2010

Holography and Oceanography

Mysteries at High Latitudes

MAR 2010

Mysteries at High Latitudes

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FEB 2010

The Squid, the Whale, and the Grad Student

dye shed light

DEC 2009

Dye Sheds Light on Jet-Propelled Salps

Turning Carbon Dioxide Gas into Rock

OCT 2009

Turning Carbon Dioxide Gas into Rock

Hurricane Hunter

FEB 2009

Hurricane Hunter

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DEC 2008

What Makes the Great Ocean Currents Flow?

The Turtle and the Robot

DEC 2008

The Turtle and the Robot

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DEC 2008

Tracking Nitrogen's Elusive Trail in the Ocean

Trichodesmium cells

NOV 2008

A Most Ingenious Paradoxical Plankton

Christine Mingione

NOV 2008

Shellfish's Mysterious Pathways to Adulthood

A Tag Fit for a Porpoise

NOV 2008

A Tag Fit for a Porpoise

How Does Nature Deal with Persistent Pollutants?

OCT 2008

How Does Nature Deal with Persistent Pollutants?

Mangroves are like nursery schools for many of colorful fish that populate coral reefs.

OCT 2008

One Man's Swamp Is a Fish's Nursery

Corralling the Wild and Wooly Southern Ocean

SEP 2008

Corralling the Wild and Wooly Southern Ocean

Testing the Waters and Closing Beaches

SEP 2008

Testing the Waters and Closing Beaches

Biochemical warfare on the reef

AUG 2008

Biochemical Warfare on the Reef

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JUL 2008

For Graduate Student, Research Is a Gas

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JUL 2008

Antarctic Andrea

Protecting Public Health by Preventing Pollution

APR 2008

Protecting Public Health by Preventing Pollution

Plumbing the Plume That Created Samoa

NOV 2007

Plumbing the Plume That Created Samoa

Researchers aboard the sailboat Iolaire watch a close group of killer whales in the Tysfjord, in northern Norway.

AUG 2007

Eavesdropping on Whales' Mealtime Conversation

$Regina Campbell-Malone (left) and radiologic technologist Julie Arruda prepare the whale's jawbone for a computed tomography (CT) scan. These images reveal the bone's internal structure, pathology, and possible fractures$

JUN 2007

What Does It Take To Break a Whale?

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MAR 2007

Current Events off Antarctica

Mike Jakuba, a graduate student in the WHOI Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department, earned his Ph.D. degree in January 2007. His research involved creating sophisticated computer algorithms to program ABE, the Autonomous Benthic Explorer

FEB 2007

Young Pup Teaches an Old Robot New Tricks

Clare Williams uses a rock saw on rocks from the Earth's upper mantle and lower crust, collected on the bottom of the ocean, so she can investigate their magnetic properties.

NOV 2006

A Rare Glimpse Into the Ocean's Crust

A Laser Light in the Ocean Depths

JUN 2006

A Laser Light in the Ocean Depths

Graduate Student Discovers an Unusual New Species

FEB 2006

Graduate Student Discovers an Unusual New Species

Eric Montie surfing

OCT 2005

Scientific (and Surfing) Safari

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AUG 2005

Double Duty for Ensign/Student Allison Berg

Meet the Class of 2005-2007

AUG 2005

Meet the Class of 2005-2007

Rheam Workman

MAY 2005

Rambling Atop an Active Volcano to Detect Telltale Rumbling Within It

MIT/WHOI Graduate Leads the World's Tsunami Awareness Program

MAR 2005

MIT/WHOI Graduate Leads the World's Tsunami Awareness Program

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