Journeys in Chemical Oceanography: Ocean Acidification and Analytical Chemistry

1. Journeys in Chemical Oceanography:
Ocean Acidification and
Analytical Chemistry
Regina Easley, Doctoral Candidate
Major Professor: Robert H. Byrne
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science

2. 3 Life Lessions
1. Make a Plan to Give Yourself Direction
2. Friendships (Networks) are Important
3. Learn as much as you can about
Everything

3. Middle School/High School
• Band (flute)
• Cheerleading
• Honor Society
• Enjoyed
Science
My Plan: to study microbiology or
environmental science in college

4. Hampton University
(Undergraduate – Chemistry Major)
Dr. Isai Urasa
Character is power.

5. Office of Naval Research SEMS
Scholarship
1. Mentoring
2. Financial Support
3. Preparation for Graduate School
ONR SEMS Scholars 1999 (HU)
Associate yourself with
people of good quality, for
it is better to be alone than
in bad company.
- Booker T. Washington

6. Natural Products Chemistry
Research in Tanzania (East Africa)

7. Natural Products Chemistry
Paclitaxel (Taxol) is a natural product derived from the Yew tree (Cancer drug)

8. Summer Internship in
Chicago – First Publication!

9. Masters in Organic
Chemistry from UCLA
I have learned that success is to
be measured not so much by the
position that one has reached in
life as by the obstacles which he
has had to overcome while
trying to succeed.
- Booker T. Washington

10. Admission to USF to
Study Chemical Oceanography
(Recruited by a friend from Hampton)
Research Advisor –
Dr. Robert Byrne
Committee Member –
Dr. Ashanti Johnson

12. Oceanographic
Perspectives
BIOLOGY
CHEMISTRY
GEOLOGY
PHYSICS
BIOLOGY

13. What do you see here?
Osteoporosis ("porous
bones", from Greek:
ostoun meaning "bone"
and poros meaning
"pore“).

14. Calcifying Organisms
Kleypas et al. 2006. Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers: A Guide for
Future Research.

15. pH=10pH=6

16. SEAS – Spectrophotometric Elemental Analysis
System – An in situ chemical sensor
L. Adornato, E. Kaltenbacher, R. Byrne, X.Liu, and R. Easley. High-resolution chemical sensor for unattended underwater networks.
Proc. SPIE (2008).

17. Wavelength (nm)
400 450 500 550 600 650 700
Absorbance
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
8.08
7.51
6.87
6.06
- + 2-
HI H +I
Spectrophotometric pH measurements

18. High Resolution Chemical Profiles With In
Situ Instrumentation
West Coast
pH Profile
pH
7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.2
Depth(m)
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000

19. Oceanography Adventures

20. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Sample collection aboard the R/V Seward Johnson and the R/V Henry
Bigelow using Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA)

23. Interacting with News Media

24. Arctic Coastal Cruise –
October 2011

27. Changing pH in
the Arctic

28. Ocean Policy - House Memorial (HM) 363
Deepwater Horizon Disaster/Penalties
Representative Alan Williams
(Florida State House of Representatives)
Deputy Democratic Whip

29. Geoscience Education Conference
in South Africa

30. FGLSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship
and Sloan Scholarship
http://www.fglsamp.com/ http://www.sloan.org/and

31. MS PHD’S Professional Development Program
http://www.msphds.org/

32. As iron sharpens iron,
so one person
sharpens another.
 Hydrology
 Public Health (Malaria)
 Biomedical Engineering
 Environmental
Engineering
 Toxicology
 Electrical Engineering
 Industrial Engineering

33. STEM
Pathways
Entrepreneurship
Government
Teaching
Industry

34. Advice
1. Make a Plan to Give Yourself Direction
2. Friendships (Networks) are Important
3. Learn as much as you can about Everything -
but writing, math, and communication are
essential skills for every field.

35. Questions?