Tracers: How Chemistry Gives Insight into Ocean Processes

The Gordon Research Seminar on Chemical Oceanography is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting-edge ideas. The GRS aims to allow these early career scientists to present and discuss their research with their peers in a GRC-type atmosphere, in the absence of the more senior cadre.

The focus of this meeting is chemical tracers providing insight into oceanic processes. Tracers are widely used in both observational and experimental oceanography for exploring many types of processes; we hope that all scientists in chemical oceanography will be able to find this theme applicable to their work.

In addition to oral and poster presentations by the early-career participants, the GRS co-chairs have invited a small panel of speakers to discuss career track and professional development topics pertinent to junior members of the field. The panelists will be:

• Lihini Aluhiware - Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• David Hastings - Professor of Marine Science & Chemistry at Eckerd College
• Sherry Lippiatt - California Regional Coordinator for NOAA Marine Debris Program / IMSG