Aquatic Organic Geochemistry

New Faces in the Lab

rickkeil — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:30:58 +0000

Chloe Anderson, Amanda Hacking and Kelsey Powers

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!

Kelsey McDuffee – MS Degree Recipient

rickkeil — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:39:56 +0000

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 environments, but also establishes the first climate record based on marine records of terrestrial proxies on Vancouver Island BC.

Kelsey will spend the rest of the summer finishing up her MS manuscript and working on her PCC Certificiate in Climate Change Science.

For a slide shopw of Kelsey during her time with us, follow the link for more…

Graduation 2009!

rickkeil — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:55:10 +0000

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 hold one finger of their mentor Rick as they enter UW’s Husky Stadium for the conferral of their degrees…

Follow the link below for more pictures (on two pages).

Download the hi-res versions as a single zip file (75mb)

Rick speaks at Science on Tap

rickkeil — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:37:08 +0000

Rick was the speaker at the June “Science on Tap” at TS McHugh’s in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. Many new friends turned out to hear about SoundCitizen and our research in Puget Sound. Missed it? You can view the video on Seattle’s KCTS Public TV. Sponsored, in part, by the Seattle Science Center.

Cruising to the Kermadec Arc!

rickkeil — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:14:04 +0000

Rick and Jaqui are gearing up to participate in a cruise to New Zealand’s Kermadec Arc. The cruise is a teaching partnership between the UW School of Oceanography and New Zealand’s Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS). We will be working with Cornel de Ronde and his group, which coincidentally includes Heidi Berkenbosch, UW SOO class of 2006 and Indian Ocean cruise participant. It will be fun to cruise with Heidi again.

We will also be fortunate to have Dan Fornari and Tim Shank from WHOI aboard with us. The cruise is part of the School’s undergraduate program. Please check out the class web site. Want to study to be an oceanographer? Come to UW and see the world! The image shown is from NOAAs web page on their cruises to the Kermadec Arc. Check it out!

Blast from the Past

rickkeil — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:31:17 +0000

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 of November 1994 or the infamous trip to the sugarcane fields of Brasil in 1995, but he is perhaps best known as the lead author of the Biscuit Fire Paper of 2006 where he (gasp!) used science to refute a Bush administration policy. There is even a wiki page about the Biscuit Fire Publication Controversy. We stand beside Dan and wish him the best of luck has he travels the rim of fire quantifying carbon storage in tropical mangrove systems. Rick asked if his former helper needed a helper, but it looks as if Rick is staying put in cold and soggy Seattle for a while longer…

SoundCitizen Program Launched

rickkeil — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:01:11 +0000

Our citizen-action program SoundCitizen was officially launched on Saturday November 22nd. In cooperation with COSEE-OLC, Sea Grant, and the Seattle Aquarium, we now have more than 200 chemical sampling kits in the hands of everyday citizens. Check out the program - Soundcitizen.org

Clayoquot Cruise a Success

rickkeil — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:11:30 +0000

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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 collected, the experiment went well, and we collected many water, particle and sediment samples for analysis back in the lab.

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Images from leg 2: Rick. Miles, Kelsey M, Brandon, Esther, Shayma and Ray

Graduation Day 2008

rickkeil — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:13:43 +0000

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 by following the ‘read more’ link and you can click here to download the video…

Congresso Brasileiro de Oceanografia

rickkeil — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:50:17 +0000

Rick and Liana just returned from the meeting in Fortaleza Brasil. Rick met with old friends and colleagues, including Carlos and Thorsten. Congratulations to Thorsten on his new job in Bremen, Germany. Check out the photos. http://www.cbo2008.com/