In late 2023, Kassondra Watson was awarded the NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology Award (FINESST). The prestigious three year award for promising graduate students will support the research “Dynamics and Decadal Changes in Marine Phytoplankton Blooms Captured in the Ocean Color Remote Sensing Record” through mid-2026.
The overarching objective of this research project is to improve our understanding of open ocean phytoplankton blooms through NASA remote sensing assets, how they are changing in time, and how these changes are linked to physical ocean properties influenced by climate variability.
Congratulations Kassondra!
