Our greatest asset is the people working in the lab. We strive to set an example in professionalism while having fun and enjoying each other's company. We consist of four scientists (two faculty and two research associates), located primarily in Aubert Hall.

Emmanuel S. Boss Professor The principal thrust of Emmanuel's current research is the use of measured optical properties (absorption, scattering ... more

Lee Karp-Boss Associate Professor Lee is a phytoplankton ecologist, interested in understanding how physical processes are affecting phytoplankton distributions ... more

James L. Loftin Research Associate Jim manages the MISC Laboratory and provides technical support for our field projects and coursework ... more

Alison Chase Ph.D. Candidate Alison has a B.A. in Geology/Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College and is interested phytoplankton optics, validation of remote sensing, and large scale distribution of phytoplankton types ... more

Nils Haëntjens Postdoc Nils is interested in studying the composition of the open ocean with optical measurements... more

Jordan Snyder Candidate for M.S., Oceanography Jordan is currently enrolled in a graduate degree in Marine Science. more

Wendy Neary Research Assistant/Programmer Wendy is responsible for data processing, system and web administration... more

Lino Augusto Sander de Carvalho Visiting Student Lino is a current Remote Sensing PhD Candidate in the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) ... more

Lisa G. Taylor Research Associate Lisa is responsible for data management, technical support, and web development ... more

Thomas Leeuw Graduate Student Thomas has a B.S. from UMaine in marine science and is interested in marine optics, marine biology and ecology, photobiology, and remote sensing ... more

Wayne H. Slade, Ph.D. Sequoia Scientific, Inc. Wayne's main interest was studying particle aggregation dynamics and sediment resuspension in estuaries ... more

Alina Gainusa-Bogdan Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Alina worked on developing in situ instrumentation capable of measuring seawater inherent optical properties ... more

Clementina Russo, Ph.D. Clem divided her time between the School of Marine Sciences and the Department of Physics and Astronomy ... more