SARAH E. FAWCETT Department of , University of Cape Town 134 R.W. James Building Tel: 021-650-5369 Email: [email protected] Website: sarahefawcett.wordpress.com; aceprojectxii.wordpress.com

RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS Lecturer, Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, August 2015–present Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Geosciences, (host: Professor Daniel Sigman and Professor Bess Ward), July 2012–July 2015 Research Technician, Geochemical Oceanography Lab, Harvard University, July 2006–July 2007

RESEARCH INTERESTS Chemical oceanography, marine biogeochemistry, isotope (bio)geochemistry, and carbon cycling, Southern , Benguela upwelling system, subtropical gyres, ocean productivity, diversity, flow cytometry, palaeoceanography, climate

EDUCATION Princeton University, Princeton, NJ USA Ph.D. Geosciences, June 2012 (in conjunction with the Princeton Geosciences/Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) Joint Graduate Program in Oceanography) Dissertation: Nitrate assimilation by eukaryotic phytoplankton as a central characteristic of ocean productivity Advisors: Bess Ward and Daniel Sigman (Princeton University), Michael Lomas (BIOS) M.A. Geosciences, September 2009 Project: Phytoplankton succession and nitrogen utilization during the development of an upwelling bloom Advisor: Bess Ward

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA B.A. (Hons.) cum laude, Earth and Planetary Sciences, June 2006 Honours thesis: Reassessment of the timing of the Holocene initiation of the Great Barrier Reef, and an investigation of climatic conditions during its growth Advisors: Daniel Schrag (Harvard University), Jody Webster (JCU, Australia) Minor, Spanish language and literature, studied at Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, January–July 2005

PUBLICATIONS (*student first author) 1) Smart, S.M., Ren, H., Fawcett, S.E., Schiebel, R., Conte, M., Rafter, P.A., Ellis, K.K., Weigand, M.A., Sigman, D.M., Haug, G.H. Ground-truthing the planktic foraminifer-bound nitrogen isotope paleo-proxy in the Sargasso Sea. In review, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2) Flynn, R.F., Burger, J.M., Pillay, K., Fawcett, S.E. Wintertime rates of total, new and regenerated production in the southern Benguela upwelling system. In review, African Journal of Marine Science. 3) Peng, X., Fawcett, S.E., van Oostende, N., Wolf, M., Marconi, D., Sigman, D.M., Ward, B.B. Nitrogen assimilation and nitrification in the subarctic North Atlantic Ocean. In review, Limnology and Oceanography. 4) Fawcett, S.E., Johnson, K.S., Riser, S.C., Van Oostende, N., Sigman, D.M. Remineralization of low-nutrient organic matter in the Sargasso Sea thermocline and implications for the upper ocean carbon budget. In review, Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 5) Marconi, D., Sigman, D.M., Casciotti, K.L., Campbell, E.C., Weigand, M.A., Fawcett, S.E., Knapp, A.N., Ward, B.B., Haug, G.H. Tropical dominance of N2 fixation in the North Atlantic Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 31: 1608-1623 (2017).

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6) Fassbender, A.J., Palevsky, H.I., Martz, T.R., Ingalls, A.E., Gledhill, M., Fawcett, S.E., Brandes, J., Aluwihare, L. Perspectives on Chemical Oceanography in a changing environment: Participants of the COME ABOARD Meeting examine the field in the context of 40 years of DISCO. Marine Chemistry 196; 181-190 (2017). 7) Ansorge, I.J., Skelton, P., Bekker, A., Butterworth, D., Cilliers, P., Cooper, J., Cowan, D., Dorrington, R., Fawcett, S.E., et al. Exploring South Africa’s southern frontier: A 20-year vision for Polar Research through the South African National Antarctic Programme. South African Journal of Science 113(5/6), Art. #a0205, doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2017/ a0205 (2017) 8) Van Oostende, N., Fawcett, S.E., Marconi, D., Lueders-Dumont, J., Sabadel, A.J.M., Woodward, E.M.S., Jönsson, B., Sigman, D.M., Ward, B.B. Variation of summer phytoplankton community composition and its relationship to nitrate and recycled nitrogen assimilation across the North Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research I 121: 79-94 (2017). 9) Halo, I., Dorrington, R., Bornman, T., De Villiers, S., Fawcett S. South Africa in the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition: A multi-institutional and interdisciplinary scientific project. South African Journal of Science 112 (9/10) doi. org/10.17159/sajs.2016/a0173 (2016) 10) Ansorge, I.J., Brundrit, G., Brundrit, J., Dorrington, R., Fawcett, S., Gammon, D, et al. SEAmester – South Africa’s first class afloat. South African Journal of Science 112 (9/10) doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2016/a0171 (2016) 11) *Kemeny, P.K., Weigand, M.A., Zhang, R., Carter, B.R., Karsh, K.L., Fawcett, S.E., Sigman, D.M. Enzyme-level interconversion of nitrate and nitrite in the fall mixed layer of the Antarctic Ocean. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 30: 1069-1085 (2016) Research spotlight in Eos (doi:10.1029/2016EO05630) 12) Knapp, A.N., Fawcett, S.E., Martínez-Garcia, A., Leblond, N., Moutin, T., Bonnet, S. Nitrogen isotopic evidence for a shift from nitrate- to diazotroph-fueled export production in VAHINE mesocosm experiments. Biogeosciences 13: 4645-4657 (2016) 13) Bonnet, S., Berthelot, H., Turk K., Cornet-Barthaux, V., Fawcett, S., Berman-Frank, I., Barani, A., Dekeazemacker, J., Benavides, M., Charrière, B., Capone, D. Diazotroph derived nitrogen supports diatom growth in the South West Pacific: A quantitative study using nano- SIMS. Limnology and Oceanography 61: 1549-1562 (2016) 14) Altieri, K.E., Fawcett, S.E., Peters, A.J., Sigman, D.M., Hastings, M.G. Marine biogenic source of atmospheric organic nitrogen in the subtropical North Atlantic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 113: 925-930 (2016) 15) Bonnet, S., Berthelot, H., Turk-Kubo, K., Fawcett, S.E., Rahav, E., l’Helguen, S., Berman-Frank, I. Dynamics of N2 fixation and fate of diazotroph-derived nitrogen in a low nutrient low chlorophyll : results from the VAHINE mesocosm experiment (New Caledonia). Biogeosciences 13: 2653-2673 (2016) 16) Fawcett, S.E., Ward, B.B., Lomas, M.W., Sigman, D.M. Vertical decoupling of nitrate assimilation and nitrification in the Sargasso Sea. Deep-Sea Research I 103: 64-72 (2015) 17) *Smart, S.M., Fawcett, S.E., Thomalla, S.J., Weigand, M.A., Reason, C.J.C., Sigman, D.M. Isotopic evidence for nitrification in the Antarctic winter mixed layer. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 29: 427-445 (2015) 18) Van Oostende, N., Dunne, J.P., Fawcett, S.E., Ward, B.B. Phytoplankton succession and acclimation explains nitrate uptake following an upwelling event. Journal of Marine Systems 148: 14-25 (2015) 19) *Treibergs, L.A., Fawcett, S.E., Lomas, M.W., Sigman, D.M. Nitrogen isotopic response of prokaryotic and eukaryotic phytoplankton to nitrate availability in Sargasso Sea surface waters. Limnology and Oceanography 59: 972-985 (2014) 20) Fawcett, S.E., Lomas, M.W., Ward, B.B., Sigman, D.M. The counterintuitive effect of summer- to-fall mixed layer deepening on eukaryotic new production in the Sargasso Sea. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 28: 86-102 (2014)

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21) Fripiat, F., Sigman, D.M., Fawcett, S.E., Rafter, P., Weigand, M., Tison, J.-L. New insights on sea ice nitrogen biogeochemical dynamics and paleoceanography implications from nitrogen isotopes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 28: 115-130 (2014) 22) Newell, S.E., Fawcett, S.E., Ward, B.B. Depth distribution of ammonia oxidation rates and ammonia-oxidizer community composition in the Sargasso Sea. Limnology and Oceanography 58: 1491-1500 (2013) 23) Fawcett, S.E., Lomas, M.W., Casey, J.R., Ward, B.B., Sigman, D.M. Assimilation of upwelled nitrate by small eukaryotes in the Sargasso Sea. Nature Geoscience 4: 717-722 (2011) 24) Fawcett, S.E., Ward, B.B. Phytoplankton succession and nitrogen utilization during the development of an upwelling bloom. Marine Ecology Progress Series 428: 13-31 (2011)

HONOURS AND AWARDS National Research Foundation P-rating (President’s rating) 2017 SANCOR (South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research) Young Researcher Award 2017 Mail and Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans of 2017 (Science and Technology) Claude Leon Merit Award for Early-Career Researchers, University of Cape Town, April 2017. Invited participant, US NSF Chemical Oceanography Meeting: A bottom-up approach to research directions (COME-ABOARD), Honolulu, HI, October 2016. Invited participant, Dissertations initiative for the advancement of Climate Change Research Princeton Environmental Institute Grand Challenges Grant ($5,000): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015. Co-PI, “An Early-Career Scientist Initiative: Women in Geosciences Mentorship, Lecture, and Workshop Series”, 2013-2015 ($6,000/year). Invited participant, Dissertations in Chemical Oceanography Symposium (DISCO XXIII), Kaua’i, HI, October 2012. Invited Participant, Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere (SOLAS) International Summer School, Corsica, September 2011 (*Best student talk award). Invited participant, US NSF Ocean Biogeochemistry (OCB) time-series scoping workshop, Sea Change: Charting the course for ecological and biogeochemical ocean time-series research, Honolulu, HI, September 2010. Charrock Foundation Grant for Graduate Research, 2008-2010 ($90,000). William G. Bowen Merit Fellowship for Graduate Studies, 2008-2010. Princeton Energy and Climate Scholar, Princeton Environmental Institute, 2008-2010. Princeton University First Year Fellowship in Science and Engineering, 2007-2008. Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for “outstanding scholarly research and writing” for undergraduate senior thesis, Harvard University, 2006. Finalist, Captain Jonathan Fay Prize (Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study) for “most outstanding imaginative work or piece of undergraduate research in any field”, Harvard University, 2006. Dunster Shield for scholarship and service, Harvard College, 2006. Harvard College Merit Scholarship, 2003-2004.

FUNDING (as Principle Investigator) 1) UCT URC Conference Travel Award: Goldschmidt, Paris; 2017. 2) NRF Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration Travel Grant: Goldschmidt, Paris; 2017. 3) UCT Research Development Grant: Drivers and indicators of water quality in South Africa’s largest natural bay: weather patterns, nitrogen biogeochemistry, and fishers’ knowledge; 2017 4) NRF Equipment-related Travel and Training Grant (grant number 109902): Denitrifier-IRMS method; hypobromite/azide method; 2017. 5) Claude Leon Merit Award for Early-Career Researchers, 2017

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6) NRF Competitive Support for Unrated Researchers (CSUR; grant number 105895): Late Quaternary ocean-climate interactions: palaeo-science training through palaeo-climate research; 2017-2019. 7) NRF South African National Antarctic Programme Development Grant (grant number 105539): ACE student support; 2016-2019 8) NRF Equipment-related Travel and Training Grant (grant number 105177): Denitrifier method- isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Delta V) + gas bench; 2016. 9) UCT URC Short Research Visit Award: Sample analysis at Princeton University - A seasonal comparison of ammonia and nitrite oxidation rates in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean, and the importance of euphotic zone nitrification for fueling ‘new’ production; 2016 10) NRF ICSU Grant for Travel and Hosting Events (grant number 104541): SCAR Open Science Conference - Antarctica in the global Earth system: From the poles to the tropics; 2016. 11) Swiss Polar Institute Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition Grant (ACE Project XII): A multi- disciplinary, multi-resolution approach to understanding nutrient cycling and microbial diversity in changing Subantarctic ; 2016-2018. 12) UCT Science Faculty Launching Grant: Using the nitrogen isotopes to study the fertility of the : a plan for developing marine biogeochemical research capacity and student training at UCT; 2016.

13) UCT URC Science Faculty Equipment Grant: Teledyne T200U Chemiluminescence NO/NO2/NOx Analyser with Custom-Built Preparation System and SRI PeakSimple Data Acquisition System; 2016. 14) UCT URC Conference Travel Award: Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans; 2016.

15) UCT Research Development Grant: A view of atmospheric CO2 sequestration in the Southern Ocean; 2015

SELECTED CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS (*student first author, presenting author) 1) *Mdutyana, M., Thomalla, S.J., Philibert, R., Ward, B.B., Fawcett, S.E., “A seasonal comparison of nitrogen uptake and nitrification in the Atlantic Southern Ocean,” IAPSO Joint Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2017. 2) Fawcett, S.E., Smart, S.M., Mdutyana, M., Forrer, H., Philibert, R., Thomalla, S.J., Kemeny, P.C., Ward, B.B., Sigman, D.M., “The upper ocean nitrogen cycle in the Atlantic Southern Ocean,” Goldschmidt, Paris, France, August 2017 (invited). 3) *Flynn, R.F., Burger, J.M., Pillay, K., Fawcett, S.E., “Wintertime rates of total, new and regenerated production in the southern Benguela Upwelling System,” South African Marine Science Symposium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, July 2017 4) *Parrott, R.G., Flynn, R.F., Walker, D., van der Merwe, S., Pfaff, M., Fawcett, S.E., “Organic carbon export and phytoplankton community composition across the Agulhas System Climate Array,” South African Marine Science Symposium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, July 2017 5) Peng, X., Fawcett, S.E., Wolf, M., Van Oostende, N., Marconi, D., Sigman, D.M., Ward, B.B., “Nitrification and nitrate assimilation in the subarctic North Atlantic,” Symposium on Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen, China, Jan 2017 6) *Burger, J.M., Flynn, R.F., Ward, B.B., Fawcett, S.E., “A comparison of total, new, and regenerated production in the California and southern Benguela upwelling systems,” Benguela Symposium, Cape Town, Nov 2016 7) *Flynn, R.F., Burger, J.M., Pillay, K., Fawcett, S.E., “Primary production and carbon export in the Southern Benguela ecosystem,” Benguela Symposium, Cape Town, Nov 2016 8) *Mdutyana, M., Thomalla, S.J., Philibert, R., Fawcett, S.E., “A seasonal comparison of new and regenerated production by phytoplankton in the South Atlantic Southern Ocean,” South African National Antarctic Programme Symposium, Pretoria, July 2016

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9) Fawcett, S.E., Johnson, K.S., Riser, S.C., Van Oostende, N., Sigman, D.M., “Nutrient-poor, slowly sinking organic matter in the Sargasso Sea – A hypothesis and supporting evidence,” Ocean Sciences meeting, New Orleans, Feb 2016 10) *Smart, S., Ren, H., Fawcett, S.E., Conte, M., Ellis, K., Weigand, M., Sigman, D.M., “Ground- truthing the foraminifera-bound nitrogen isotope paleo-proxy in the modern Sargasso Sea,” Ocean Sciences meeting, New Orleans, Feb 2016 11) Van Oostende, N., Fawcett, S.E., Ji, Q., Marconi, D., Lueders-Dumont, J., Sigman, D.M., Ward, B.B., “Phytoplankton functional diversity and new production during spring and summer blooms in the subarctic Atlantic Ocean,” Ocean Sciences meeting, New Orleans, Feb 2016 12) Knapp, A.N., Fawcett, S.E., Martinez-Garcia, A., Haug, G., Leblond, N., Bonnet, S., “Nitrogen isotopic evidence for a shift from nitrate- to diazotroph-fueled export production in VAHINE mesocosm experiments,” Gordon Research Conference, Chemical Oceanography, New Hampshire, July 2015 13) Van Oostende, N., Fawcett, S., Lueders-Dumont, J., Marconi, D., Swart, K., Ward, B., “Distributional patterns of phytoplankton groups and biogeochemical features from the subtropical to the Atlantic subarctic province in late summer,” Aquatic Sciences meeting, Granada, Feb 2015 14) *Smart, S., Fawcett, S., Thomalla, S., Weigand, M., Reason, C., Sigman, D., “Isotopic evidence for nitrification in the Antarctic winter mixed layer,” National Conference on Global Change, PE, South Africa, Dec 2014. 15) Fawcett, S.E., Lomas, M.W., Ward, B.B., Sigman, D.M., “Co-occurring nitrate assimilation and nitrification in the Sargasso Sea’s twilight zone,” Ocean Sciences meeting, Honolulu, Feb 2014. 16) *Smart, S., Sigman, D.M., Fawcett, S.E., Thomalla, S.J., Weigand, M.A., Reason, C.J.C., “Wintertime nitrate isotope dynamics in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean,” Goldschmidt, Florence, Aug 2013 17) Ren, H., Sigman, D.M., Ellis, K., Anderson, R., Ravelo, A.C., Altabet, M.A., Fawcett, S.E., Rafter, P.A., “Ground-truthing the nitrogen isotopic composition of planktonic foraminifera as a paleobiogeochemical proxy,” Goldschmidt, Florence, Aug 2013 18) Fawcett, S.E., Lomas, M.W., Ward, B.B., Sigman, D.M., “Counterintuitive effect of fall mixed layer deepening on the dominant nitrogen source to eukaryotic phytoplankton in the Sargasso Sea,” ASLO meeting, New Orleans, Feb 2013 19) *Treibergs, L.A., Fawcett, S.E., Lomas, M.W., Ward, B.B., Sigman, D.M., “Nitrogen isotopic response of prokaryotic and eukaryotic phytoplankton to nitrate availability in Sargasso Sea surface water,” ASLO meeting, New Orleans, Feb 2013 20) Van Oostende, N., Dunne, J.P., Fawcett, S.E., Ward, B.B., “Phytoplankton succession and acclimation explains nitrate uptake following an upwelling event,” ASLO meeting, New Orleans, Feb 2013 21) Fawcett, S.E., Lomas, M.W., Ward, B.B., Sigman, D.M., “Counterintuitive effect of fall mixed layer deepening on eukaryotic new production in the Sargasso Sea,” AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, Dec 2012 22) Fawcett, S.E., Sigman, D.M., Ward, B.B., Lomas. M.W., Casey, J.R., “Sources of nitrogen supporting phytoplankton growth in the Sargasso Sea,” SOLAS international summer school, Corsica, Sept 2011 23) Fawcett, S.E., Lomas, M.W., Ward, B.B., Casey, J.R., Sigman, D.M., “Eukaryotes dominate new production in the Sargasso Sea,” Chemical Oceanography Gordon Conference, NH, Aug 2011 24) Fawcett, S.E., Lomas, M.W., Ward, B.B., Casey, J.R., Sigman, D.M., “Small eukaryotic phytoplankton drive the Sargasso Sea’s biological pump,” ASLO meeting, Puerto Rico, Feb 2011 25) Fawcett, S.E., Lomas, M.W., Ward, B.B., Casey, J.R., Sigman, D.M., “Eukaryotes dominate new production in the Sargasso Sea,” AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, Dec 2010

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26) Fawcett, S.E., Lomas, M.W., Sigman, D.M., Ward, B.B., “Coupling flow cytometry with natural abundance N in the Sargasso Sea,” AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences, Portland, Feb 2010 27) Fawcett, S.E., Ward, B.B., “Succession and nitrogen utilization by phytoplankton in the development of an upwelling bloom,” ASLO meeting, Nice, Jan 2009 28) Fawcett, S.E., Ward, B.B., "Succession and nitrogen utilization by phytoplankton in upwelling systems,” CLIMECO, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Brest, France, April 2008

INVITED TALKS Fawcett, S.E., Smart, S.M., Mdutyana, M., Forrer, H., Philibert, R., Thomalla, S.J., Kemeny, P.C., Ward, B.B., Sigman, D.M., The upper ocean nitrogen cycle in the Atlantic Southern Ocean, Goldschmidt Conference, August 2017. Fawcett, S.E., Smart, S.M., Kemeny, P.C., Sigman, D.M., Nitrogen cycle insights into the Antarctic Ocean’s biological carbon pump, Stellenbosch University Earth Sciences Department Seminar Series, August 2016. Fawcett, S.E., Smart, S.M., Sigman, D.M., Swart, K., Martinez-Garcia, A., Reconstructing glacial- interglacial changes in Subantarctic nitrate (and CO2) using foraminifera-bound N (and C) isotopes, CSIR-UCT Oceanography Seminar Series, November 2015. Fawcett, S.E., Nitrogen cycle insights into the Antarctic Ocean’s biological carbon pump, MA- RE/SANCOR seminar, University of Cape Town, April 2015. Fawcett, S.E., High-resolution insights into the subtropical ocean’s N cycle, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Biology and Paleo-Environment Seminar Series, Columbia University, Nov 2013. Fawcett, S.E., Studies of the nitrogen cycle using the stable isotopes of N, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, July 2013. Fawcett, S.E., Nitrogen isotope studies of new production and export in the subtropical ocean, CSIR, Cape Town, South Africa, March 2013. Fawcett, S.E. Nitrate assimilation by eukaryotic phytoplankton as a central characteristic of ocean productivity, Dissertations in Chemical Oceanography Symposium (DISCO XXIII), HI, Oct 2012. Fawcett, S.E., Eukaryotic phytoplankton dominate new and export production in the Sargasso Sea, Department of Marine Sciences Seminar Series, University of Connecticut, Dec 2011. Fawcett, S.E., Nitrogen isotope evidence for eukaryotic phytoplankton control of the Sargasso Sea’s biological pump, Environmental Geology and Geochemistry Seminar, Princeton University, Dec 2010. Fawcett, S.E., Coupling flow cytometry with natural abundance N isotope analysis in the Sargasso Sea: Summer results, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, March 2010. Fawcett, S.E., Isotope studies of nitrogen, production, and algal growth, Marine Research Institute Seminar Series, Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Aug 2009. Fawcett, S.E., Nitrogen, carbon and climate change: Why should we care about the marine N cycle?, Princeton Energy and Climate Scholars Meeting, April 2009.

SERVICE Reviewer: African Journal of Marine Science, Applied Environmental , Biogeosciences, Deep-Sea Research, Ecological Applications, Environmental Science & Technology, Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Marine Chemistry, Marine Environmental Research, Nature Geoscience, Peer J, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Sea Research, South African National Research Foundation (NRF), United States National Science Foundation (NSF; Chemical Oceanography), Australian Antarctic Sciences Programme, CSIR Young Researcher Establishment Fund. Member: UCT Science Faculty Research Committee (2016-present); UCT Science Faculty Equipment Committee (2016-present).

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Invited participant, United States National Science Foundation Chemical Oceanography Meeting: A bottom-up approach to research directions (COME-ABOARD), Honolulu, HI, October 2016; Cape Peninsula University of Technology Marine Science Advisory Board. Emerging Representative for South Africa to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Life Sciences Committee, 2016-present. Volunteer lecturer: SEAmester – South Africa’s first class afloat (July 2016; lecturer and course convener); ACCESS Habitable Planet Workshops (2015, 2016); UCT Underwater Club (2015).

RELEVANT FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE Anchor Station Experiment (2 weeks), Elands Bay, November/December 2016. SEAmester Research Cruise: July 2016 (Greater Agulhas Current System, R/V SA Agulhas II) Dimensions in Biogeochemical Oceanography Research Cruises: August 2012, February 2012 (Sargasso Sea, R/V Atlantic Explorer), August-September 2013, May 2014 (North Atlantic, R/V Endeavor). Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study Research Cruises (R/V Atlantic Explorer): July 2013, October 2011, July 2011, December 2009, October 2009 (BVAL Transect Cruise, Puerto Rico to Bermuda), July 2009, March 2009, July 2008. Senior (Honours) Thesis Research, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, summer 2005. Seismology and Volcanology Field Course (1 week), Hawaii, September 2005. Research Cruise 194E (SSV Robert C. Seamans), San Clemente Basin, Cortez Bank, September 2004. Great Barrier Reef Field Course: Tropical and Shelf Sedimentology (Rainforest to Reef) (4 weeks), James Cook University, Australia, summer 2004. Structural Geology Field Course (1 week), Canadian Rockies, September 2003.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Geophysical Union (AGU), Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Earth Science Women’s Network

REFERENCES Daniel M. Sigman, Dusenbury Professor of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Department of Geosciences, M52 Guyot Hall, Princeton University, Tel: (+1) 609-258-2194, Email: [email protected] Bess B. Ward, William J. Sinclair Professor of Geosciences and Chair, Department of Geosciences, 217 Guyot Hall, Princeton University, Tel: (+1) 609-258-5150, Email: [email protected] Michael W. Lomas, Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, East Boothbay, ME, Tel: (+1) 207-315-2567 ext. 311, Email: [email protected] Isabelle J. Ansorge, Associate Professor and Head of Department, Department of Oceanography, 125 RW James, University of Cape Town, Tel: (+27) 021-650-3280, Email: [email protected] S. George Philander, Knox Taylor Professor of Geosciences, Department of Geosciences, M47 Guyot Hall, Princeton University, Tel: (+1) 609-258-5683, Email: [email protected]

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