The Larry T. Atkinson Student Travel Grant was awarded by the NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative Facilities Board to Meg Yoder, a fourth year PhD student at Boston College. In February, she used this funding to attend the Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. There, Yoder presented her research on net community production and inorganic carbon cycling in the Irminger Sea. Yoder stated that “having started my PhD in Fall 2020, this was the first time I’ve had the opportunity to attend a large, international conference. I found immense benefit in sharing and getting feedback on my research, and absorbing as much from other scientists’ work as I could. I’ve already incorporated some ideas into my next research project and am looking forward to reconnecting with new colleagues online and at future conferences.” The preprint of Yoder’s recently submitted paper can be found on ESS Open Archive.
