Zachary Thomson

 

Education: Currently a Junior in the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington.

Research interests: I am working under Gabrielle Rocap and Emily Nahas doing qPCR work on marine cyanobacteria, specifically Synechococcus. Just got done with a month long research cruise in the Northern Pacific collecting samples to quantify ecotypes of Synechoccocus in the upper 200 meters.