by Lesley H Thorne | Nov 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dr. Rachael Orben set sail for South Georgia earlier this week to conduct field studies on black-browed (Thalassarche melanophris) and grey-headed albatrosses (T. chrysostoma) at the British Antarctic Survey’s Bird Island Research Station. Rachael will be deploying...
by Lesley H Thorne | Aug 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Matt Fuirst presented his thesis on herring gull foraging ecology and microbiome characteristics along an urban gradient, and successfully defended his MS at SoMAS in July. Matt’s thesis represents the culmination of three intense field seasons at three...
by Lesley H Thorne | Nov 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Lesley and Hyemi Kim, an atmospheric scientist also at SoMAS, were both recently awarded prestigious NSF CAREER awards for their research: Two SoMAS Faculty Recipients of NSF CAREER...
by Lesley H Thorne | Nov 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Thorne Lab is starting a collaborative project with Janet Nye and Hyemi Kim’s labs using climate models to generate seasonal predictions of fish and marine mammals. Check out the SBU press release about this work here:...