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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
M/S 306-392
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Sarah A Bennett
Postdoc
- Ph.D., National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Southampton University, UK
- Thesis title ‘The chemistry of iron in hydrothermal plumes’ (2004 - 2008)
- MChem, Chemistry, University of Wales, Swansea, UK (1999 - 2003)
- Hydrothermal exploration and astrobiology
- Isotopes as tracers of metals and the carbon cycle
- Trace metal and organic carbon cycling in hydrothermal systems and the deep biosphere, and their potential role in deep-ocean biogeochemistry
- Microbial role in the speciation of metals and mineral-microbe interactions
- Development and use of in-situ chemical sensors and analyzers for long term monitoring as well as use in redox sensitive environments
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, USA (6/2011 – present)
- Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar, Planetary Surface Instruments Section (Advisor Max Coleman)
- Isotopic analysis of the deepest deep-sea hydrothermal system ever discovered as an analogy to systems that may exist elsewhere in our solar system
- University of Southern California, USA (4/2009 – 5/2011)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (Advisors Katrina Edwards and Jim Moffett)
- Investigating microbial siderophores and organic carbon production at the Loihi hydrothermal system (field and laboratory studies)
- National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK (2/2008 – 3/2009)
- Postdoctoral Fellow (Advisors Matt Mowlem and Hywel Morgan)
- Development of oceanographic in-situ wet chemical analyzers (including Lab-on-a-Chip)
- Hydrothermal exploration of the East Scotia Rise
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), USA (6/2006 – 8/2006)
- Guest Student
- Collaborative work with Olivier Rouxel as part of Ph.D. working on Fe isotopes
- University of Newcastle Australia (7/2001 – 6/2002)
- Research as part of undergraduate degree
- Organic extraction of secondary metabolites from the algal species Cystophora scalaris
- Successful proposal - time awarded at the Advanced Light Source, Berkeley, CA (2010)
- Selected to present at Dissertations Symposium on Chemical Oceanography, Hawaii (DISCO XXI)(2008)
- InterRidge travel grant (2007)
- Kristin Bruhn Award (2006)
- AMBIO Meeting, student poster prize (2005)
- Scholarship from Zeneca Agrochemicals for 4 years study - University of Wales, Swansea, UK (1999)
- Bennett, S.A., Hansman, R.L., Sessions, A.L., Nakamura, K and Edwards, K.J. (2011) Tracing iron fueled microbial carbon production within the hydrothermal plume at the Loihi Seamount. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In press
- Bennett, S.A., Statham, P.J., Green, D.R.H., Le Bris, N., McDermott, J.M., Prado, F., Rouxel, O.J., Von Damm, K., and German, C.R. (2011) Dissolved and particulate organic carbon export from seafloor hydrothermal venting: East Pacific Rise, 9°50’N. Deep-Sea Research Part 1, In press
- Laird, D.W., Bennett, S., Bian, B., Sauer, B., Wright, K., Hughes, V., van Altena, I.A. (2010) Chemical investigation of seven Australasian Cystophora species: New chemistry and taxonomic insights, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 38, 187-194
- Bennett, S.A., Rouxel, O.J., Schmidt, K., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Statham, P.J. and German, C.R. (2009) Iron isotope fractionation in a buoyant hydrothermal plume, 5°S Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73, 5619-5634
- German, C.R., Bennett, S.A., Connelly, D.P., Evans, A.J., Murton, B.J., Parson, L.M., Prien, R.D., Ramirez-Llodra, E.Z., Jakuba, M., Shank, T.M., Yoerger, D.R., Walker, S.L., Baker, E.T. and Nakamura, K. (2008) Hydrothermal activity on the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Tectonically and volcanically controlled venting at 4-5 degrees S, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 273, 332-344
- Bennett, S.A., Achterberg, E.P., Connelly, D.P., Fones, G.R., Statham, P.J. and German, C.R. (2008) The distribution and stabilisation of dissolved Fe in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 270, 157-167
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