Fabian Batista

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Fabian Batista

• MS, Marine Atmospheric Sciences
• BS, Chemistry

• Cohort V, Phase III
• Washington, DC
• March 14-20

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Activities Since Phase I

• Mar 08 Accepted offer to PhD program at UCSC
• May 08 Phase II Activity
• Aug 08 Moved West, NY to CA
• Nov 08 Completed experimental work for MS on
  election day, thesis in progress
• Jan 09 Matriculated into PhD program

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Phase II SSEP Meeting

• Attended the Science Steering Evaluation Panel
  Meeting for the International Ocean Drilling
  Program (IODP) in Busan, South Korea
• Observed scientific coordination and camaraderie
  at the international level
• Networked and developed working relationships
  with several SSEP board members

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Goin Back to Cali!

• Drove cross country from NY back to CA in late
  August
• Temporary return to NY to complete experimental
  work for MS thesis, then flew home to CA on an
  historic election day.

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Since January 2009

• Matriculated into PhD program at
• Developing paleo-proxy for N utilization based on
  d15N of amino acids from deep sea bamboo corals
  and marine sediments
• Working on instrumentation to measure d13C of
  amino acids via LC/irm-MS. Theoretically, less
  laborious than GC/irm-MS.
• Establishing method to measure D/L ratios of
  amino acids with intent to use D/L ratios as a
  cheaper means than 14C to date samples.