Schuyler Nardelli
USA
Plankton ecology doctoral student
Growing up in the Adirondack mountains of upstate New York, Schuyler has always had a strong connection to the outdoors, but it was not until an introductory oceanography class her sophomore year at Bowdoin College that she discovered her interest in ocean research. In undergrad, she spent a summer with Sea Education Association (SEA) sailing from Honolulu to San Francisco studying the relationship between ocean acidification and pteropod shell degradation, and a summer studying phytoplankton bloom dynamics in a reverse estuary in Harpswell, ME. After graduating, she worked in an ocean optics lab at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce, FL studying phytoplankton physiology. Currently, she is a doctoral student at Rutgers University studying the effects of climate change on plankton ecology in Antarctica. Her research relies heavily on cutting-edge technology such as ocean gliders to collect high-resolution data in remote environments. Outside of work, Schuyler loves outdoor adventures, traveling, ice hockey, and dogs.