Rhegan Thomason
PhD Student
Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
SLICHTER 5877
I have a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Texas at El Paso. My research interests focus on marine microbial ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and how environmental changes impact marine life. Recently, I worked as an NSF C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, using ecosystem models to study how physical and biogeochemical factors influence heterotrophic marine bacteria. I’ve also researched the effects of ocean acidification and eutrophication on shellfish in Massachusetts estuaries.
At UCLA, I am working on the marine microbial methane cycle.