Research Scientist
Both in the lab and at sea, I operate a BD Influx Cell Sorter and SeaFlow, an underway flow cytometer, to generate and analyze flow cytometry data of phytoplankton and bacterial communities. I assist with instrument testing and deployment of new flow cytometers being developed in the lab.
Education
BSc, Magna Cum Laude, Oceanography, University of Washington (2019)
Oceanographic Research Cruise Participation
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2023 Undergraduate Senior Thesis Cruise, Hawaii to Fiji, R/V Thomas G. Thompson, February 24 - March 13, 2023
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Gradients 5, Equatorial Pacific Ocean, R/V Thomas G. Thompson, January 22 - February 18, 2023
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NCDC, North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, R/V Kilo Moana, June 5 - July 5, 2022
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2022 Undergraduate Senior Thesis Cruise, North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, R/V Thomas G. Thompson, December 18, 2021 - January 1, 2022
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Gradients 4, Equatorial Pacific Ocean, R/V Thomas G. Thompson, November 10 - December 17, 2021
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POMZ 2019, Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean, R/V Kilo Moana, October 1 - 22, 2019
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VISIONS 2017, OOI Regional Cabled Array, R/V Roger Revelle, July 27 - August 6, 2017
Participant in 6 additional cruises.
Publications
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Bartolek, Z., S. G. Creveld, S. Coesel, K. R. Cain, M. Schatz, R. Morales, and E. Virginia Armbrust. 2022. Flavobacterial exudates disrupt cell cycle progression and metabolism of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. The ISME Journal 16: 2741–2751. doi:10.1038/s41396-022-01313-9
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Morris, R. M., K. R. Cain, K. L. Hvorecny, and J. M. Kollman. 2020. Lysogenic host–virus interactions in SAR11 marine bacteria. Nature Microbiology 5: 1011–1015. doi:10.1038/s41564-020-0725-x
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Durham, B. P., A. K. Boysen, L. T. Carlson, R. D. Groussman, K. R. Heal, K. R. Cain, R. L. Morales, S. N. Coesel, R. M. Morris, A. E. Ingalls, and E. V. Armbrust. 2019. Sulfonate-based networks between eukaryotic phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria in the surface ocean. Nature Microbiology 4: 1706–1715. doi:10.1038/s41564-019-0507-5