So well deserved! Congratulations!! :)

TLDR; science is cool :) 8/8

It’s pretty incredible — and I think having this experience will make me a better researcher, even if most of my work still happens behind a keyboard rather than behind a CTD. 7/8

But I share it because, as someone who loves the “invisible” molecular aspects of ocean science, I had never truly considered that these processes could be sensed on a human scale. 6/8

I still don’t have the words to articulate the subtle differences beyond a sense that these “invisible” features could best explain the vibe shift I felt between study sites. I won’t claim the title of "oceanographer" after my first field experience or this rather basic moment of realization. 5/8

Beyond the weather and sea surface temperature, I could feel subtle shifts that could only be attributed to the "invisible" features I'd previously thought of as abstract or purely theoretical. 4/8

Across both ends of the spectrum, these considered these processes as essentially invisible to the naked eye... Seeing the contrast between the Sargasso Sea and the Coastal New England Shelf, I was struck by how many differences, both obvious and nuanced, were tangible. 3/8

Through my graduate education so far, I’ve learned about the ocean at two extremes: the very, very large scale – concepts like Rossby numbers and geostrophic flow – and the very, very small scale – metabolites and dissolved organic matter composition. 2/8