REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

• Design and Construction of an Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle
• Bioluminescence as an Indicator of Water Quality
• The Effect of Macroalgae on Shell Color in the Red Abalone
• The Use of Satellite Imagery to Model Glacier Movement
• Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms in the Chesapeake Bay Using Biobuoy Data
• Fish Species Identification Using DNA Barcoding

SPECIALIZED
EQUIPMENT

QwikLiteTM Bioluminescence System

Biobuoy

Computer Aided Physiological Monitoring (CAPMON)

SeaLife Underwater Camera System

Leica Stereomicroscope/Camera
System

Hach Spectrophotometer

CONTRIBUTORS

Center of Marine Biotechnology

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Naval Research Lab

Smithsonian Institution

SPAWAR Pacific

Oceanography & Geophysical Systems

Focus:

This lab explores the biology, chemistry, geology, and physics of the Earth’s last frontier. A variety of tools such as biotechnology, remote sensing, computer modeling, and chemical analysis may be used to pursue exciting new areas of research in bioluminescence, neurobiology, evolution, population studies, genetics, aquaculture, biogeography, physical oceanography, and ocean engineering. This program advocates discovery-based science in the lab or in the field as well as collaboration between discplines and working professionals.