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Sarah-Jeanne Royer Postdoctoral Fellow[Past Staff] International Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Email: |
Education
- PhD (2015) - Marine Sciences, Cum Laude,Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
- MSc (2009) - International Ecology, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada and Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
- MSc (2008) - Biological Oceanography, Laval University, Québec, Canada
- BSc (2006) - Biology, Laval University, Québec, Canada
- Certificate (2002) - International and Intercultural Development, Rivière-du-Loup College, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada
- Technical Diploma (2001) - Biology (Marine Biology/Biochemistry), Ste-Foy College, Québec, Canada
Research Interests
- The influx of marine debris and oceanographic currents.
- Plastic chemisty and phot-degredation.
- Biogeochemistry and ocean carbon and sulphur cycles.
Scientific Research Experience
- Post-doctorate in Oceanography and the Influx of Marine Debris, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; 2017 to present
- Post-doctorate in Oceanography, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; 2015 - 2017
Refereed Publications
- Jung, M.R., D.F. Horgen, S.V. Orski, C.V. Rodriguez, K.L. Beers, G.H. Balazs, T. Jones, T.M. Work, K.C. Brignac, S.J. Royer, K.D. Hyrenbach, B.A. Jensen, and J.M. Lynch, 2018: Validation of ATR FT-IR to identify polymers of plastic marine debris, including those ingested by marine organisms. Marine Poll. Bull., 127, 704-716, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.12.061.
- Mayol, E., Arrieta, J.A., Jimenez, M.A., Martínez-Asensio, A., Garcias-Bonet, N., A., Dachs, J., González-Gaya, B., Royer, S.J., Benítez-Barrios, V., Fraile-Nuez, E. and Duarte, C.M., 2017: Airborne microorganisms over the global subtropical ocean. Nature Comm., 8 (201), doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00110-9.
- Royer, S.J., Galí, M., Mahajan, A.S., Ross, O., Pérez, G., Saltzman, E. and Simó, R., 2016: A high-resolution time-depth view of dimethylsulphide cycling in the surface sea. Sci. Rep.(Nature), 6 (32325), doi:10.1038/srep32325.
- Ptacnik, R., Gomes, A., Royer, S.J., et al., 2016: A light-induced shortcut in the planktonic microbial loop. Sci. Rep.(Nature), 6 (29286), doi:10.1038/srep29286.
- Pérez, G.L., Galí, M., Royer, S.J., Sarmento, H., Gasol, J.M., Marrasé, C. and Simó, R., 2016: Bio-optical characterization of offshore NW Mediterranean waters: CDOM contribution to absorption budget and diffuse attenuation of downwelling irradiance. Deep-Sea Research 1, 114, 111-127, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.05.011.
- Fernández-Castro, B., Mouriño-Carballido, B., Marañón, E., Chouciño, P., Gago, J., Ramírez, T., Vidal, M., Bode, A., Blasco, D., Royer, S.J., Estrada and M., Simó, R., 2015: Importance of salt fingering for new nitrogen supply in the oligotrophic oceans. Nature Comm., 6:8002 doi:/10.1038/ncomms9002.
- Royer, S.J., Mahajan, A.S., Galí, M., Saltzman, E. and Simó, R., 2015: Small-scale variability patterns of DMS and phytoplankton in surface waters of the tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 475-483, doi:10.1002/2014GL062543.
- Mahajan, A.S., Fadnavis, S., Thomas, M. A., Pozzoli, L., Gupta, S., Royer, S.J., Saiz-Lopez, A. and Simó, R., 2015: Quantifying the impacts of an updated global dimethylsulfide (DMS) climatology on cloud microphysics and aerosol radiative forcing. J. Geophys. Res. Atm., 120, 2524-2536, doi:10.1002/2014jd022687.
- Prados-Roman, C., Cuevas, C.A., Hay, T., Fernández, R.P., Mahajan, A.S., Royer, S.J., Galí, M., Simó, R., Dachs, J., Großmann, K., Kinnison, D.E., Lamarque, J.F., and Saiz-Lopez, A., 2015: Iodine oxide in the global marine boundary layer. Atm. Chem. Phys., 15, 583-593, doi:10.5194/acp-15-583-2015.
- Galí, M., Devred, E., Levasseur, M., Royer, S.J. and Babin, M., 2015: A remote sensing diagnostic model for planktonic DMSP and an analysis of global patterns. Remote Sens. Env., 171, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2015.10.012.
- Guenther, M., Royer, S.J., de Oliveira Campos, D., Neumann-Leitáo, S., 2015: Spatial variation of the plankton community over a short-term survey at a tropical hypereutrophic estuary. Arq. Cien. Mar, 48, 39-48.
- Royer, S.J., Galí, M., Saltzman E., McCormick, C., Bell, T. and Simó, R., 2014: Development and validation of a shipboard system for measuring high-resolution vertical profiles of aqueous dimethylsulfide concentrations using chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Environ. chem., 11, 309-317, doi:10.1071/EN13203.
- Galí, M., Simó, R., Pérez, G.L., Ruiz-González, C., Sarmento, H., Royer, S.J., Fuentes-Lema, A. and Gasol, J.M., 2013: Differential response of planktonic primary, bacterial, and dimethylsulfide production rates to vertically-moving and static incubations in upper mixed-layer summer sea waters. Biogeosci., 10, 7983-7998, doi:10.5194/bgd-10-8851-2013.
- Mahajan, A.S., Gómez Martín, J.C., Hay, T., Royer, S.J., Yvon-Lewis, S., Liu, Y., Hu, L., Prados-Roman, C., Ordóñez, C., Plane, J.M.C. and Saiz-Lopez, A., 2012: Latitudinal distribution of reactive iodine in the Eastern Pacific and its link to open ocean sources. Atm. Chem. Phys., 12, 11609-11617, doi:10.5194/acp-12-11609-2012.
- Luce, M., Levasseur, M., Scarratt, M., Michaud, S., Royer, S.J., Kiene, R., Lovejoy, C., Gosselin, M., Poulin, M., Gratton, Y. and Lizotte, M., 2011: Distribution and microbial metabolism of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and dimethylsulfide during the 2007 Arctic ice minimum. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C00G06, doi:10.1029/2010JC006914.
- Royer, S.J., Levasseur, M., Lizotte M., Arychuk, M., Scarratt, M., Wong, C S., M., Lovejoy, C., Robert, M., Johnson, K., Peña, A., Michaud, S. and Kiene R., 2010: Microbial dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) dynamics along a natural iron gradient in the North East subarctic Pacific. Limnology and Oceanography, 55, 1614-1626, doi:10.4319/lo.2010.55.4.1614.