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Research group news

August 2025

New students Kylie and Khrista moved to Fairbanks. We are excited to welcome them to UAF!

July 2025

Dr. McMonigal co led the ACTION Convergence Cruise onboard the R/V Sikuliaq! This successful cruise included knowledge exchange with Alaska coastal community members, bathymetric mapping, wave buoy and mooring deployments, sediment coring, and more! Jackie assisted with wave buoy set up from shore. Check out media coverage here.

February 2025

Jackie Beight and Dr. McMonigal attended the ACTION project retreat at Chena Hot Springs. We met many project partners and had a fun week.

January 2025

Jackie Beight and Dr. McMonigal presented at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium in Anchorage, AK. Ava Meier joined to learn more about oceanography in the Gulf of Alaska.

December 2024

Dr. McMonigal presented at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

September 2024

Eight students joined an open CTD workshop at UAF! We built 3 low cost CTD sensors and conducted test deployments of two of them in the Chena River

August 2024

M.S. student Ava Meier arrived in Fairbanks after a long, adventure filled journey!

September 2023

Dr. McMonigal returned from a successful research cruise aboard GO-SHIP I05S! This was the fourth time that the South Indian Ocean has been sampled over its full depth at 30 nm spacing.