This weekend, many members of the lab helped out in a 24-hour sampling campaign in Elkhorn Slough! The coordinators (Aliya and Zoe) had this to say: “Special shout out to the morning crew who helped us set up for the day, work through kinks and initial growing pains; Adina for negotiating with the pick n Read More…

Representatives from the Global Once (Ocean Negative Carbon Emissions) visited UCSC and gave a great talk to members of the Paytan Lab! Find out more about the organization on their website.

Congratulations to Terra Ganey for completing her Qualifying Exam, and advancing to candidacy! Whoohoo!

Happy Halloween from the Paytan Lab!  

Stop by the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Visitor Center and check out the display demonstrating the Paytan Lab Eddy Covariance Towers! The display will be up for a few months, thanks to Gracie for setting it up. 

Belated congrats to Natalie on her graduation! Go Slugs!

Congratulations to Susan and Terra for each winning a J. Casey Moore Research Award. The Casey Moore Fund supports graduate students in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at UCSC.

Congrats Lauren on graduating this quarter! We’re excited to have you back as a grad student next year!

Congrats to Valeria for winning a scholarship for your project “The effect of Alkalinity on Subsurface Carbon Cycling in Elkhorn Slough”. Way to go!

Congratulations Igor on a successful application for an ICRS Ruth Gates Fellowship to undertake research focused on reef corals and the coral reef crisis!