Aquatic Organic Geochemistry

AOG is proud to have recruitted three new undergraduates to work on SoundCitizen research.  Welcome to Amanda Hacking and Chloe Anderson, both in their second year as Oceanography majors.  Welcome back to Kelsey Powers, who was our summer intern in 2008.  Thanks for (re) joining the team!

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Congratulations to Miss Kelsey McDuffee, who successfully defended her Masters Degree in Oceanography on July 9, 2009.  Kelsey’s thesis “A 100 year sedimentary record of the contributions of marine, plant and soil organic matter to an anoxic fjord” provides a new level of understanding for both the geochemical processing of lignin and etherlipids in marine [...]

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Graduation Day 2009 was sunny and splendid.  Everyone enjoyed themselves except for Rick who wept constantly at the loss of his latest batch of kids.  Forever growing up and leaving the UW nest… 
On the left:  In keeping with Cambridge tradition, which we learned about from our dean Arthur Nowell, new alumni Ali, Tricia and Britta [...]

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Rick had the pleasure of meeting up with Dr. Dan Donato, class of 1997 and former AOG member, for dinner and beers.  Dan is transitioning from his PhD at Oregon State University to a new postdoctoral appointment with the US Forest Service.  You may remember Dan from such amazing AOG events as the FirstFriday debacle [...]

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images from leg 1:  Rick, Cheryl, Kelsey P, Christine, Julie, Mitch, Miles, Shayma and Ray
Sixteen days at sea aboard the RV Barnes.  Maybe that is a little too long.  Thanks from Rick to Miles, Cheryl, Kelsey, Kelsey, Julie, Mitch, Christine, Brandon, Esther, Shayma and Ray for making the cruise a success.  All our samples were [...]

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We had a wonderfully fun UW graduation day.  The morning ceremony was very nice, the food excellent, and the company fun.  The UW event in Husky Stadium was also fun – especially leading our seniors (oops- I mean our new alumni) into the stadium to a crowd of cheering loved ones.  Check out the photos [...]

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Brandon in Glacier Bay

    With the sad departure of Jon in March and now Kailey-Kimberly, the lab group has shrunk to a critically small size.  Fortunately, we are also growing this summer.  Welcome to Liana Meireles-Singh, Brandon Knox, Brittany Kimball, Christina Biladeau and Kelsey Powers, all of whom will be joining the research group for the [...]

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Late Friday afternoon during Oceanography Happy Hour, Rick and Christina discovered that they not only share responsibilities for the sediment trapping on the upcoming senior undergraduate thesis research trip to Glacier Bay Alaska, but they also share a birthday and nearly a birth hour.  Turns out that Rick is almost exactly twice as old as newly 22-yr old [...]

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Congratulations to Jon Nuwer, who successfully defended his PhD on Friday February 8th.  Jon now joins the ranks of UW AOG alumni that include distinguished individuals such as Fred Prahl, Stuart Wakeham, Brian Bergamaschi, Greg Cowie, Thorarinn Arnarson, Jeff Abell, Brook Nunn and Anthony Aufdenkampe.  Jon departs the UW AOG group in March 2008 to [...]

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