Collin Roesler
{{short description|American oceanographer}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Collin Roesler
| fields = Optical oceanography
| alma_mater = University of Washington, PhD
Brown University, BS
| thesis_title = {{WorldCat|oclc=28272756|name=The determination of In situ phytoplankton spectral absorption coefficients : direct measurements, modeled estimates, and applications to bio-optical modeling}}
| thesis_year = 1992
| doctoral_advisor = Mary Jane Perry{{Cite web|title=Oceanography Tree - Mary Jane Perry|url=https://academictree.org/oceanography/peopleinfo.php?pid=82214|access-date=2021-06-02|website=academictree.org}}
| workplaces = Bowdoin College
}}
Collin Roesler is an American oceanographer. She is known for her work on optical oceanography, including research on harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Maine and green icebergs.
Education
Roesler earned her PhD at the University of Washington, where she studied satellite measurement of phytoplankton concentrations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/croesler/|title=Collin Roesler {{!}} Bowdoin College|website=www.bowdoin.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-11-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://bowdoinorient.com/2019/10/04/pace-ing-herself-collin-roesler-explores-the-deep-sea/|title=PACE-ing herself: Collin Roesler explores the deep sea|date=2019-10-04|website=The Bowdoin Orient|language=en|access-date=2019-11-12}} She grew up in Colorado.
Career
Roesler is a Professor of Earth and Oceanographic Science at Bowdoin College.{{Cite web|url=http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2015/04/five-faculty-promoted-to-full-professor/|title=Five Faculty Promoted to Full Professor {{!}} Bowdoin News Archive|last=Goldfine|first=Rebecca|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-12}} She has varied research interests, with her main focus on optical oceanography techniques, like remote sensing.{{Citation|last=College|first=Bowdoin|title=The lab of Collin Roesler, professor of earth and oceanographic science|date=2016-08-15|url=https://vimeo.com/178898781|access-date=2019-11-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2019/10/luke-carberry-18-and-prof-roesler-publish-breakthrough-findings-on.html|title=Luke Carberry '18 and Professor Collin Roesler Publish Breakthrough Oceanography Finding {{!}} Bowdoin College|website=www.bowdoin.edu|access-date=2019-11-12}} As part of that work, she has investigated harmful algal blooms, icebergs, and carbon cycling.{{Cite web|url=https://news.agu.org/press-release/mystery-of-green-icebergs-may-soon-be-solved/|title=Mystery of green icebergs may soon be solved|website=AGU Newsroom|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2014/07/coastal-studies-fathoming-the-science-behind-paralytic-shellfish-poisoning-tbt/|title=Fathoming the Science Behind Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning #tbt {{!}} Bowdoin News Archive|last=Bowdoin|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/july-27-2019-shopping-for-souvenirs-on-an-asteroid-new-cambrian-explosion-fossils-and-more-1.5065927/mysterious-green-icebergs-from-antarctica-might-be-fertilizing-the-southern-ocean-1.5065946|title=Mysterious green icebergs from Antarctica might be fertilizing the southern ocean|last=CBC Radio|date=2019|website=CBC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726214753/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/july-27-2019-shopping-for-souvenirs-on-an-asteroid-new-cambrian-explosion-fossils-and-more-1.5065927/mysterious-green-icebergs-from-antarctica-might-be-fertilizing-the-southern-ocean-1.5065946 |archive-date=2019-07-26 |access-date=}} Her 2019 research on green icebergs, published in Journal of Geophysical Research, was of particular interest in the popular media.{{Cite web|url=https://earther.gizmodo.com/scientists-might-finally-know-why-some-icebergs-are-bri-1833075368|title=Scientists Might Finally Know Why Some Icebergs Are Bright Green|website=Earther|language=en-us|access-date=2019-11-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/03/04/mystery-of-green-icebergs-may-soon-be-solved/|title=Mystery of green icebergs may soon be solved|website=UW News|language=en|access-date=2019-11-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-are-icebergs-green|title=Icebergs Can Be Surprisingly Colorful|last=Hester|first=Jessica Leigh|date=2019-03-11|website=Atlas Obscura|language=en|access-date=2019-11-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a26754222/green-icebergs/|title=The Curious Reason Some Icebergs Are Green|last=Grossman|first=David|date=2019-03-07|website=Popular Mechanics|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-12}}
She collaborates with McLane Research Laboratories, researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and works on several NASA projects.{{Cite web|url=http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2016/06/woods-hole-oceanographic-institution-and-bowdoin-collaborate-to-monitor-red-tide-phytoplankton/|title=Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Bowdoin collaborate to monitor 'red tide' phytoplankton {{!}} Bowdoin News Archive|last=Armstrong|first=Rosemary|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-12}} As of 2019, she is working on NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite mission, which will measure the color of the ocean to advance biogeochemistry and carbon cycle research.{{Cite web|url=https://pace.oceansciences.org/people.htm?id=26|title=Collin Roesler|last=|first=|date=|website=PACE|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-12}} PACE is scheduled to launch in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://pace.oceansciences.org/news_more.htm?id=25|title=Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Ocean-Atmosphere Understanding|last=|first=|date=|website=pace.oceansciences.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927165711/https://pace.oceansciences.org/news_more.htm?id=25 |archive-date=2020-09-27 |access-date=2019-11-12}}
Roesler has spent more than 300 days at sea on research cruises.
= Liberal arts =
Roesler is passionate about climate science and environmental justice, telling The Bowdoin Orient, "I think we need to be thinking really seriously about how we are going to care for our communities that are going to be more impacted than others.” With support from NASA, Roesler helped create Ocean Optics Web Book, a community resource for optical oceanography and remote sensing communities.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oceanopticsbook.info/|title=Ocean Optics Web Book • A collaborative web-based book on optical oceanography|website=www.oceanopticsbook.info|access-date=2019-11-12}} She also credits art with making her a better scientific observer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2019/01/field-note-friday-in-the-museum.html|title=The Interplay of Science and Art: Field Note Friday in the Museum {{!}} Bowdoin College|website=www.bowdoin.edu|access-date=2019-11-12}}
References
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