My name is Dong Yoon Lee, graduating Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland and current working at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Master degree, which I worked with Dr. Raleigh Hood, was all about "plankton community metabolism in the estuarine turbidity maximum of Chesapeake Bay." Bio-Physical Interactions in the Turbidity Maximum project (BITMAXII) had been performed for three years. Not only the upper bay has a unique physical, environmental set up itself, it is also an important area for fish larvae as a spawning, nursery, and refuge zone. Total eight scientific cruises were performed and I had intensively measured water column community metabolism (primary production and community, bacteria respiration).
Very fortunately, I also got a chance to work in a team consist of Dr. Elizabeth North, an undergraduate (Daryl) and high school teacher (April) in The Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence program. We developed new education module in summer 2009 and it is now ready to show our study to the world from here: please click here: www.coseecoastaltrends.net/ and click 'education modules' on the top menu and click 'Fish and Physics' on the side menu).
I also worked as Ph.D student with Drs. Jeff Cornwell and Byron Crump. Our project name is "Life in the Dead Zone" which is literally to find out "Life" in 'no' or 'very low' oxygen zone (hypoxic and anoxic). As you may already notice that there is life(s) in the low oxygen zone.
Currently, I work at Virginia Commonwealth University and investigate the effect of salt water intrusion (due to sea level rise) on freshwater tidal wetlands.
