mheaphy

Maureen Heaphy is studying Marine Biology at the University of Oregon. She is getting ready to spend her last three terms of her undergraduate degree at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology out in Charleston on the Oregon Coast. Maureen currently works in a biochemistry lab on campus studying the evolution of proteins and learning about basic lab and research techniques that are critical for pursuing a career in marine biology research in the future. She first fell in love with the ocean at the age of four in Vieques, Puerto Rico where she spent hours snorkeling and was mystified by swimming in the infamous bioluminescent bay. Maureen very much cares for the ocean and wants to help save it from the downward spiral caused by humans and this project will help us to understand just how much impact one otter can have on carbon dioxide uptake in the atmosphere.

March 2018