Ask the Scientist - Brian Bergamaschi - CANCELED

 

How do scientists go from OMG to PhD? How do they turn their passion for science into their profession? What advice do they have for future scientists?

If you are a 5th-12th grade student, undergraduate, teacher or parent, join us to ask these questions and more in a Q&A session with our weekly Seminar speakers on Wednesdays from 2:30 - 3 PM.

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Brian Bergamaschi is a chemical oceanographer who studies carbon and nutrient cycling in aquatic systems in rivers, wetlands, estuaries, and coastal environments, tying those studies to issues such as harmful algal blooms, beneficial algal blooms, mercury cycling, local and global carbon budgets, and other related topics. His research emphasis is on developing quantitative techniques for measuring rates of biogeochemical processes in situ in dynamic systems. But - mainly - he just likes to mess around on boats. He invites anyone interested in aquatic biogeochemistry to join him and his group in upcoming field work - just drop him a note at bbergama@usgs.gov.