This fall, Rhegan Thomason joins our group to complete her PhD in the EPSS Geochemistry Program.
Rhegan received her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Texas at El Paso. Her research interests focus on marine microbial ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and how environmental changes impact marine life. Recently, she worked as an NSF C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, using ecosystem models to study how physical and biogeochemical factors influence heterotrophic marine bacteria. She has also researched the effects of ocean acidification and eutrophication on shellfish in Massachusetts estuaries.
For her graduate studies in our group, Rhegan will be involved in reasearch on the marine microbial methane cycle.
Welcome to UCLA, Rhegan!