January 26, 2020
Dr. Samantha Joye, ECOGIG director and UGA Regents' Professor, gave a talk to the UGA Foundation Emeritus Trustees in Atlanta, GA on Sunday January 26th, 2020 about the research she's doing and what she does to protect the deep ocean. She is a microbiologist, an educator, a deep ocean explorer, and a vocal ocean and environmental advocate. Dr. Joye currently holds the Athletic Association Professorship in Arts and Sciences and is a Professor in the Department of Marine Sciences at UGA. She is an expert in microbial geochemistry, focusing on hydrocarbon and trace gas dynamics, and works in both blue water and nearshore ocean ecosystems. Her work is highly interdisciplinary, bridging the fields of analytical chemistry, microbiology, and geology. Her research is widely published in leading scientific journals and books, and she is regularly called upon by national and international scientific and policy agencies for expert commentary. Her research has been supported by substantial, multi‐year research grants from the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, the Department of Interior, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, among others.
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