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Women In Polar Science

Sneha Sivaram

Rutgers University New Brunswick (USA), Palmer Station LTER, Université Laval (Canada)

A photo of Sneha in an orange mustang survival jacket at the tiller of a yellow inflatable boat in Biscoe Bay. In the background is the Marr Ice Piedmont glacier.

A photo of Sneha in an orange mustang survival jacket at the tiller of a yellow inflatable boat in Biscoe Bay. In the background is the Marr Ice Piedmont glacier.

What’s the work that you do?

I work on all things polar phytoplankton! My current master’s research at a Université Laval is focused on the adaptations of Arctic marine phytoplankton to extreme low light through physiology and transcriptomics. I also work as the field team lead for the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) at Palmer station, monitoring seasonal phytoplankton dynamics.

What keeps you going?

I am driven by my curiosity and need to understand the world around me. My interest in the extreme adaptations of polar organisms quickly turned into an obsession, and I am truly privileged and thankful to be working and learning in some of the most incredible environments on the planet.

What’s your message to the world?

Science requires interdisciplinary thinkers. Collaboration and discourse support scientific advancement. Together we can achieve more and enact meaningful change!

Organisation: Rutgers University New Brunswick (USA), Palmer Station LTER, Université Laval (Canada)

Nationality: United States of America United States of America

Disciplines:

Polar phytoplankton ecology

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We are grateful to The Ocean Foundation for acting as our fiscal sponsor in the US, the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation for sponsoring this project, and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for supporting us.