Nicole Pittoors
LavaWatch 2023 Cruise Photo Journal
There were ups. There were downs. There was norovirus. The 2023 research expedition to EPR 9 50'N included many stories to write about,...
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Nicole Pittoors
- Aug 28, 2022
- 3 min
A Dissertation's Worth of Samples in 11 Days
In August of 2021, our lab and the Meyer Lab from the Smithsonian Institution joined forces to collect 36 Autonomous Reef Monitoring...
Nicole Pittoors
- Apr 28, 2022
- 3 min
2022 Research Activities Report
My research is currently supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program and we are required to submit annual...
Nicole Pittoors
- Apr 14, 2022
- 4 min
The Mississippi Trail
This past August we completed the second benthos-focused CYCLE cruise. The cruise was a success, but it felt like we beat some very slim...
Nicole Pittoors
- Jun 1, 2021
- 1 min
EPR Cruise Videos from Colleagues
Connor Downing from the McDermott Lab at Lehigh University put together a vlog about our quarantine and cruise to the East Pacific Rise!...
Nicole Pittoors
- May 18, 2021
- 2 min
ARMS- Deploy!
In addition to comparing the ARMS to the Mullineaux sandwiches, I also wanted to compare recruitment between a recently inactive vent...
Nicole Pittoors
- May 18, 2021
- 4 min
Let's get this PhD Started
During this cruise, I have been posing as a fraud geochemist/secret biologist by helping out the geology team collect fluid and rock...
Nicole Pittoors
- May 18, 2021
- 1 min
Hydrothermal Vent Life
Photo dump of some animals found at EPR 9ÂșN. Photos were taken by me, Lauren Dykman (WHOI), National Deep Submergence Facility, and...
Nicole Pittoors
- May 18, 2021
- 1 min
Dive Livestream Recording Links
Due to the pandemic, many PIs of the projects conducted on this cruise could not join us at sea. Therefore, we needed to "zoom" in the...
Nicole Pittoors
- May 4, 2021
- 2 min
Recipe for Deep-Sea Science:
Zip-ties Milk crates PVC pipes Bungee cords 5-gallon buckets Grab some tools and fasteners. Assemble as needed. Conducting deep-sea...
Nicole Pittoors
- May 4, 2021
- 3 min
Tech Time Part 2
I am here to help out Dr. Jill McDermott from the Lehigh University sample the fluids that are emitted from the hydrothermal vent...
Nicole Pittoors
- May 4, 2021
- 3 min
Tech Time Part 1
Allow me to introduce you all to the three main players that allow us to conduct research at hydrothermal vents: ROV Jason, AUV Sentry,...
Nicole Pittoors
- Apr 8, 2021
- 2 min
Journey to the East Pacific Rise
We are sailing to the East Pacific Rise, which is one of the most active hydrothermal vent sites in the world. What makes this place so...
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