27/08/2026
From foram wrangling to microplastics โ the Educational Cruise continues! ๐ฌ
With the foram part wrapped up, weโre moving on to microplastics. This time we had a familiar face joining us from Italy: former MGM Lab member Dr. Akos Kalman, currently working on Pompeiian colorful pigments to identify their geological origin.
Akos beamed into the lab to share his microplastics experience with our students and get them started on the next part of the course.
And for Beverly, a particularly proud full-circle moment:
โItโs hard to describe the pride one feels when your former student beams in to guide your current graduate students in microplastics processing. Building the next generation of scientists, climate heroes, foram wranglers, sea explorers, and coastal guardians brings such joy!!โ
From forams to microplastics, with a little Pompeiian geology somewhere in between. Just another morning at MGM Lab. ๐๐ฌ
Beverly Goodman
Akos Kalman
Mimi Anagnostoudi
ืืื ืืืจืกืืืช ืืืคื - University of Haifa
ืื"ืก ืืืืขื ืืื ืข"ืฉ ืฆ'ืจื ื, ืืื ืืืจืกืืืช ืืืคื Charney School of Marine Sciences