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Cara Manning

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Assistant Professor and principal investigator of the Gas Biogeochemistry Lab at the University of Connecticut Department of Marine Sciences - 🇨🇦😻👩🏻‍🔬🫧🌊 - www.caramanning.com

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Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 22

We are hiring a postdoc to improve predictions of hypoxia in Long Island Sound using a combination of observations and models!

Read the full ad here: careers.pageuppeople.com/967/cw/en-us...

We are hiring
Open position: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Objective: Improve predictions of hypoxia in Long Island Sound using a combination of observations and models
Apply now!
jobs.uconn.edu / search 498862

Job summary
-Collect data with a wire-following profiler and interpret the data to quantify biological and physical sources and sinks of oxygen
-Analyze output from an existing hydrodynamic model (ROMS-RCA) and compare with observations to evaluate model performance
-Work with modelers to implement new model parameterizations for wave-mediated mixing and bubble-mediated gas exchange
-Develop skills and knowledge in applied research and science policy by presenting project results to managers

Perks
-Located at UConn Avery Point, on the waters of Long Island Sound, with waterfront research facilities
-Outstanding benefits, including access to a retirement plan with employer match
-UConn postdocs are represented by the UConn Graduate Employee and Postdoc Union (GEU-UAW Local 6950)
-Short train ride or drive to New York City and Boston

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 22

Video version of the ad here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/carama...

Cara Manning on LinkedIn: #hiring #postdoc #oceanjobs #ocean #oceanography #marinescience #stem…

We are hiring a postdoc who will aid managers by improving predictions of the occurrence of seasonal hypoxia in western Long Island Sound using a combination…

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Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 22

We are hiring a postdoc to improve predictions of hypoxia in Long Island Sound using a combination of observations and models!

Read the full ad here: careers.pageuppeople.com/967/cw/en-us...

We are hiring
Open position: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Objective: Improve predictions of hypoxia in Long Island Sound using a combination of observations and models
Apply now!
jobs.uconn.edu / search 498862

Job summary
-Collect data with a wire-following profiler and interpret the data to quantify biological and physical sources and sinks of oxygen
-Analyze output from an existing hydrodynamic model (ROMS-RCA) and compare with observations to evaluate model performance
-Work with modelers to implement new model parameterizations for wave-mediated mixing and bubble-mediated gas exchange
-Develop skills and knowledge in applied research and science policy by presenting project results to managers

Perks
-Located at UConn Avery Point, on the waters of Long Island Sound, with waterfront research facilities
-Outstanding benefits, including access to a retirement plan with employer match
-UConn postdocs are represented by the UConn Graduate Employee and Postdoc Union (GEU-UAW Local 6950)
-Short train ride or drive to New York City and Boston

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 17

Thank you for thinking of me 🥹🫡🌊🫧

Reposted by Cara Manning

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · Jan 17

Time for a gas flux meme 🤓 #CO2 #CH4 #CarbonFluxes #GasFluxes

Elton John car meme. Ebullition labelled over Elton John in a pink feather boa and diffusion labelled over John Reid dressed in plain black.

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 12

The demo is based on this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZzp...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning

YouTube video by OceanClimateAtUoL

www.youtube.com

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 12

I made the Atlantic Ocean in my office for my online Introduction to Oceanography class. It is an easy demo to show how density gradients initiate the vertical and horizontal circulation in the ocean.

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 6

7. 9 cats interned with us 😻

Image contains six photos containing nine different cats

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 6

6. Cara got her green card 🍏

Photo of Cara holding her green card

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 6

5. Cara taught 266 students Introduction to Oceanography (online!) 👩🏻‍🏫

Photo showing aquarium with food coloring and heat lamp for a demonstration on density-driven circulation in the ocean

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 6

4. We presented at five conferences (including the world premiere of data from the our lab!) 🌎

Anagha presenting a poster at the US OCB Summer Workshop

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 6

3. We got two new gas analyzers (an underway nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide analyzer and a membrane inlet mass spectrometer) 👩🏻‍🔬

Image with two inset photos: top photo shows underway gas analyzer and lower photo shows membrane inlet mass spectrometer

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 6

2. Kelsey and Anagha did a demonstration on how warming temperatures influence gas concentrations in the ocean for an outreach event 🫧

Kelsey and Anagha using a carbonated beverage to demonstrate that gas solubility is higher in cold water

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 6

2024 in the UConn Gas Biogeochemistry Lab in 7 photos:
1. Cara and Anagha attended the US Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Summer Workshop 🤓 (@usocb.bsky.social)

Cara and Anagha wearing matching US OCB t-shirts

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Dec 23

POV: getting a request to review a manuscript on Dec 24

tabby kitten hiding under a cat bed with its face peeking out

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Nov 20

New Secretary of Upholstery and Carpets just announced!

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Nov 9

There will be a lab t-shirt soon!

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Apr 19

Reviews are in for my class this semester!

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Feb 19

Find me at #OSM24 at the UConn Marine Sciences booth on Tue 4-5 pm! Booth 334 behind the puppy play area!

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 18

Lecture 2 - Intro to the Oceans
Way Down We Go by KALEO
youtu.be/0-7IHOXkiV8?...

KALEO - Way Down We Go (Official Music Video)

Music and Lyrics by JJ Julius SonKALEO's debut album, A/B, featuring “Way Down We Go”, "All The Pretty Girls" & "No Good" is available now. Stream and Downlo...

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 18

Lecture 2 - Intro to the Oceans
How far I'll Go by Auli'i Cravalho from Moana
youtu.be/cPAbx5kgCJo?...

Auli'i Cravalho - How Far I'll Go (from Moana/Official Video)

"How Far I'll Go" from Disney's MoanaPerformed by: Auliʻi CravalhoDownload/stream the Moana soundtrack here: http://disneymusic.co/MVOSndtrkWS?iqid=dmvevo.mo...

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 18

Lecture 1 - Course intro
...Ready for It? by Taylor Swift
youtu.be/wIft-t-MQuE?...

Taylor Swift - …Ready For It?

►Exclusive Merch: https://store.taylorswift.com ►Follow Taylor Swift OnlineInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/taylorswiftFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/t...

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 18

Lecture 1 - Course intro
Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid
youtu.be/Wbv_huklr5E?...

Daveed Diggs, Cast - The Little Mermaid - Under the Sea (From "The Little Mermaid")

"Under the Sea”Performed by Daveed Diggs, Cast - The Little MermaidFrom Disney’s The Little MermaidDisney’s The Little Mermaid is now streaming on Disney+“Th...

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Jan 18

I am making a playlist for my Introduction to Oceanography class. Follow along on Spotify and in this thread!

tinyurl.com/MARN1002Epla...

Introduction to Oceanography Spring 2024

Introduction to Oceanography Spring 2024 · Playlist · 4 songs

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Nov 30

Influential works of 2006

Left: Taylor Swift's debut album,
Right: Sarmiento and Gruber's Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics

Cara Manning @carabonate.bsky.social · Oct 11

Proposing a new app where biogeochemists can discuss their love of dissolved inorganic carbon, dissolved organic carbon, and isotopes

TikTok / 13C-DicDoc