My name is Claire Mayorga.
I’m really excited to join the R/V Langseth at-sea. It is such a unique opportunity to join scientists that are mapping the most inaccessible part of our oceans and retrieving deep-sea sediment cores.
I first became interested in marine geochemistry in university, where I completed my honors thesis collecting sediment cores in salt marshes to study carbon storage. Then, I went on an oceanography research cruise, and fell in love with remote field work.
I’ve spent the last couple years as a field biologist working on different projects, the most recent being a research assistant in the Kalahari Desert. I spent 4 months following groups of meerkats around collecting behavioral data.
