Assistant Professor of Biology Kristen Whalen (right) earned a NSF award to fund her work exploring why certain "infochemicals" in the ocean cause phytoplankton death, and is in Norway conducting field work with her student Anna Schrecengost '18 (left).
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Professor Rob Fairman's research group, including Emma Robinson '19, Jillian Wu '20, Sophia Nelson '20, Ash Arango '21, Karl Vosatka '18, and Shayan Hashemi '19, visited Longwood Gardens.
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Students from Kristen Whalen’s “Advanced Topics in Biology of Marine Life” class spent a week over winter break exploring tropical coral ecosystems in Roatán, Honduras. Photo: Patrick Montero.
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