Allyson Tessin, Ph.D., assistant professor in 91福利鈥檚 Department of Earth Sciences, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award to support her research on how the seafloor and ocean interact in rapidly changing Arctic environments.
The five-year grant will allow Tessin and her research group to study how melting permafrost and warming waters in the Arctic are altering chemical exchanges between ocean mud and seawater. These processes influence the global climate, marine life and human resources, such as fisheries.