Postdoctoral fellow

University affiliation

• International Arctic Research Center
• Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System
• University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks)

Contact information

• Email: lmwhitmore@alaska.edu

Media contact

Heather McFarland

• Phone: (907) 474-6286
• Email: hrmcfarland@alaska.edu

Areas of expertise

• Chemistry
• Earth science
• Fisheries and ocean science

Research interests/biography

Laura Whitmore is a chemical oceanographer – her work traces elements through the marine system to better understand water movement. She investigates elemental cycles to understand how biological communities, turbulence, erosion and currents influence nutrients and other elements. Her work is closely tied to climate and is largely in the Bering-Chukchi Seas and Arctic Ocean.