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For Sydney Michael, a fourth-year Ocean Science major at the University of Georgia, summer break meant more than just time away from class—it was a chance to transform her passion for marine life into hands-on experience. Through an internship at Island Dolphin Care in Key Largo, Florida, Michael stepped into the world of dolphin behavior, therapeutic care, and marine science in action. What started as an academic opportunity quickly became a…

"Ben Lowin, a doctoral student in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and based at the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO), has been named a new investigator for NASA’s Future Investigators in the NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) program.  As a member of NASA’s Early Career Research (ECR) FINESST 2025-2027 cohort, Lowin will receive a research…

Daisy-Jane Buck, a Journalism major who is also minoring in International Affairs, chose to create a senior project featuring the Scientific Diving class.  Inside UGA’s Marine Science Building is a quiet pool with a big purpose. Each week, students in the university’s scientific diving program attend lectures on Tuesdays, then suit up on Thursdays to apply what they’ve learned underwater. Originally built in 1928 as the Woman’s Physical…

Shoutout to our students and postdocs for their strong presence and excellent presentations at the 2025 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Charlotte, NC! Well done!    

What controls the extracellular electron transfer between the archaeal and bacterial cells mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) coupled with sulfate reduction in deep-sea sediments? Despite more than a decade of research, the details of the physiological mechanism underlying AOM are still not completely understood. But a new study, published in the journal Environmental Microbiology with UGA Marine Sciences PhD student Xiaojia He as…

    I grew up in a very big and busy city in Brazil. As you can imagine, São Paulo is not the kind of city where nature is close to our homes. However, I’ve always been interested in marine animals, such as dolphins, turtles, and whales. I basically grew up watching discovery channel documentaries and scientific TV shows about oceans.  This is how my passion for the ocean was born. When I needed to choose a professional career it…

    Born and raised in Puerto Rico, to me the ocean view was as common as looking at the sky. While on the island, I did a B.Sc. in Microbiology and a M.Sc. in Biotechnology both in the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. My research focus was Bioprospecting Antibiotic Resistance in Functional Metagenomics Libraries in soil, and determining gene pathways that caused antibiotic resistance. There, I also taught a variety of different…