
A collaborative project featuring Bigelow Laboratory Senior Research Scientist Nicole Poulton was awarded the 2024 Excellence in Partnering Award from the National Oceanographic Partnership Program.
Members of the interdisciplinary team were recently recognized at an award ceremony at the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting. Pictured from left to right are Jason Graff of Oregon State University, Harriet Alexander of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Steve Thur and Luke Thompson of NOAA, Adam Martiny of UC California, Irvine, Sophie Clayton of Old Dominion University, and Poulton.

The Biological Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigations Program (Bio-GO-SHIP) is part of the international GO-SHIP effort, which carries out regular sampling across the global ocean.
Congratulations to the entire Bio-GO-SHIP team!
Photos: Team members are recognized at an award ceremony at the Ocean Science Meeting (Credit: Nicole Poulton). A CTD cast is deployed aboard the R/V Thomas G. Thompson on a GO-SHIP research cruise earlier this year (Credit: Laura Lubelczyk).







