Current Cohort
Christina Eunjin Kong
UBC Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Marine phytoplankton play a pivotal role in absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and thus in regulating Earth’s carbon cycle. These single-celled photosynthetic organisms convert vast quantities of carbon dioxide into organic biomass, which is sequestered into the deep ocean through the so-called Ocean Biological Carbon Pump (OBCP). My research focuses on understanding the response of the OBCP to environmental changes (e.g. ocean warming) using in situ, ship-board measurements, satellite remote sensing data, and numerical model output. My research will aim to quantify the changes in key components of the OBCP, including net primary production and export production (i.e. the sinking flux of organic carbon), in response to environmental changes across the eastern Pacific Rim.
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