
To understand changes in the carbon cycle on both
human and geological timescales, we need to understand how carbon, sulfur, oxygen, nutrients, and metals interact in the environment.
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In NOISE Lab at UCSB, we develop and use a variety of cutting-edge analytical tools to study these interactions at the interface between geobiology and geochemistry.

How does sulfur biogeochemistry affect organic matter cycling?
NOISE Lab News
Post-docs on fire: Talia Evans has accepted a tenure-track faculty position in Chemical Oceanography at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia! And, Alex Phillips (postdoc '22–23) has just arrived to start her tenure-track teaching faculty position in the Bren School at UCSB! :)
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Prof. Raven at NY Climate Week: Puro.earth CO2 removal summit (Sept. 24, 2024)
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TENURE! Neato (July 1, 2024)
Congrats, Molly: Molly passed her qualifying exam and is officially a PhD candidate (June 2024)
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CO2 removal research featured in Science news: To combat climate change, companies bury plant waste at sea
(January 5, 2024)
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The 19th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium (and 5th annual SoCal Geomorphology Symposium) will be held at UCSB on April 29, 2023! Abstracts are due April 3. Register here!
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Introducing CRAGI: the Carbon Removal and Geobiology Initiative (November 2022)
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Prof. Raven on PBS News Hour: The ocean helps absorb our carbon emissions. We may be pushing it too far
(March 25, 2022)
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NSF CAREER Grant awarded: CAREER: Cryptic sulfur cycling and organic matter preservation in marine oxygen deficient zones 'Cryptic carbon sequestration,' UCSB Current (April 25, 2022)
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New paper featured in Science: https://www.geol.ucsb.edu/news/announcement/1076
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Research expedition to the Santa Barbara Channel: 'Oceans without oxygen,' UCSB Current (December 2020)
Yes, we are recruiting PhD students for Fall 2025!
Interested in undergraduate research?

Science team for the Ocean Carbon Retention under Anoxia (OCRA-4)
expedition to Orca Basin on the R/V Pelican in May 2024.
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If you're interested in collaborating
on a project related to any of our research areas,
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please reach out! I'd love to hear from you.​​