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Marine Primary Production Group
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Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Marine Science Institute University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610 USA 805-893-4319 (lab) 805-893-4724 (fax) |
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KAREN KELTNER
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Marine Science Institute
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610
Lab/Fax: 805-893-4319
Alt. Fax: 805-893-4724
E-mail: keltner@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Having been born and raised in Brooklyn, NY it was hard for many to understand my passion to become a marine biologist let alone move to California. It was my passion to become a marine biologist that brought me to Santa Barbara to pursue my bachelors of science in aquatic biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. While attending UCSB I became interested in how my sailing and SCUBA abilities could aid in my interest to become more involved in the marine research labs on campus. My first job as a lab assistant involved SCUBA diving for crabs off of the oil rigs along the Channel Islands. Having become more knowledgable about the Channel Islands and its abundance of rare and extraordinary species and ecosystems I became involved in a population genetics lab researching rockfish, and finally in the Prézelin lab where I became more familiar with marine phytoplankton and the toxic blooms that present threats to these species and ecosytems. After graduating in March 2004, having completed my senior honors thesis on toxic diatoms, genus Pseudo-nitszchia, I became more knowledgeable and experienced in the research of harmful algae blooms, and was offered to continue research for the HAB-trac project at UCSB. I look forward to learning even more from my fellow colleagues involved in the HAB-trac project at UCSC, UCSB, and UCSD, and hope for many more great research experiences in the future.
