Katlin Bowman Adamczyk, Ph.D.

I support research activities in the Marine Minerals Laboratory at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center. Our research focuses on characterizing the mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of deep-sea minerals including seafloor massive sulfides, ferromanganese crusts, and polymetallic nodules. I participate in oceanographic research expeditions and assist in laboratory management, sample processing, and data analysis. Prior to the USGS, I worked at the University of California Santa Cruz as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Project Scientist, and Lecturer. There I specialized in the biogeochemical cycling of mercury in the ocean, completed several projects on marine plastic pollution for the National Geographic Society, and participated in four U.S. GEOTRACES transects in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans.