About
The Lehigh Oceans Research Center at Lehigh University is a interdisciplinary consortium of researchers studying the ocean and the life within it. Our research combines fieldwork, laboratory, and computational approaches. Current areas of expertise include deep-sea ecology (Herrera and Balmonte) and geochemistry (McDermott and Abell), and cnidarian biology (Herrera and Layden).
News
Scientists discover unusual new bacteria in deep-sea coral
Washington Post​
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5 Hydrothermal Vents Have Appeared in the Dark Heart of the Ocean
Popular Mechanics​​
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Lehigh Oceans Research Center Holds Inaugural Symposium
Lehigh News​
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The McDermott lab co-leads cruise to Eastern Galapagos Spreading Center onboard the RV Falkor (too)
Schmidt Ocean Institute
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The Herrera lab participates in the PULSE cruise in Puerto Rico onboard the RV Falkor (too)
Schmidt Ocean Institute
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PhD Student Jada Siverand Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
NSF
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Jill McDermott is Elected to the Deep Submergence Science Committee (DeSSC)
University - National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS)​
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Santiago Herrera Receives Early-Career Fellowship from the National Academies of Sciences
National Academies​
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Off-Axis High-Temperature Hydrothermal Field Discovered at the East Pacific Rise
NSF News​
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PhD Student Nicole Pittoors Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Lehigh Acumen