Office Location: ST 240
Area of Specialization: Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Geochemistry, Biogeochemistry, Oceanography
Jessica graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.S. in Marine Science in 2021. She became interested in hydrothermal vents during her undergrad while doing research using δ13C values of lipid biomarkers extracted from a carbonate hydrothermal chimney to determine if the microbes inhabiting different thermochemical gradients utilized distinct carbon sources. Before beginning graduate school at Lehigh, Jessica spent a year working at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as a lab manager doing hydrothermal organic geochemistry. Her current research focuses on understanding both geochemical and biogeochemical interactions at various hydrothermal vent fields across the Pacific Ocean. She has extensive oceanographic fieldwork experience, participating in three month-long research cruises since she arrived at Lehigh. In her free time, Jessica enjoys tending to her garden plot in the Lehigh Community Garden, baking, reading, game nights, and any and all ocean-related activities.