Angelicque E. White is an American oceanographer. She is an associate professor at the

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The University of Hawaii at Mānoa (University of Hawaii—Mānoa, UH Mānoa, Hawai'i, or simply UH) is a public land-grant research university in Mānoa, a neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the flagship campus of the University of Haw ...

School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology and director of the

Hawaii Ocean Time-series The Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) program is a long-term oceanographic study based at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In 2015, the American Society for Microbiology designated the HOT Program's field site Station ALOHA (A Long-Term Oligotrophi ...

(HOT) program.

Early life and education

White earned her

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and

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degree from the

University of Alabama in Huntsville The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is a public research university in Huntsville, Alabama. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and comprises nine colleges: arts, humanities & social scienc ...

before enrolling at

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering c ...

for her PhD in Biological Oceanography. She conducted her postdoctoral research with

David Karl David Michael Karl (May 9, 1950) is an American microbial biologist and oceanographer. He is the Victor and Peggy Brandstrom Pavel Professor of Microbial Oceanography at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the Director of the University Cente ...

on the

(HOT) program.

Career

Upon completing her PhD, White became an

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at Oregon State University. Her research focus remained on "understanding how specific organisms acquire the elements necessary for growth and how different nutrient sources impact primary productivity and particle export." During her tenure at Oregon State, she participated in various expeditions, including to the Great Pacific garbage patch, and received a 2012

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. White also took pictures while studying marine phytoplankton which were then displayed at the

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in an exhibition titled ''The Art of Plankton: Form Follows Function.'' In 2015, she received the Yentsch‐Schindler Early Career Award in recognition of her contributions to research, science training, and broader societal issues. She was also promoted to the role of associate professor from 2015 until 2018 when she left to join the faculty at the

. Upon joining the faculty at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, White replaced Karl as leader of the HOT program. She also received funding from the

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to continue the program for five more years. In 2020, White'
2019 TED talk
about ocean microbes and the changing climate made the list of the most watched TED talks

Research

Trichodesmium colonies sorted into the morphological classes

White's Ph.D. research examined the factors controlling the bloom forming marine phytoplankton ''

Trichodesmium ''Trichodesmium'', also called sea sawdust, is a genus of Filamentation, filamentous cyanobacteria. They are found in nutrient poor tropical and subtropical ocean waters (particularly around Australia and in the Red Sea, where they were first des ...

.'' White's past research includes harmful algal blooms and

microplastics Microplastics are fragments of any type of plastic less than in length, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the European Chemicals Agency. They cause pollution by entering natural ecosystems from a v ...

Personal life

White was engaged in a long-term partnership with Jennifer DeVries from 2002 until her death in 2012.

Selected publications

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Honors and awards

* ASLO Yentsch-Schindler Early Career Award (2016) * AGU Early Career Award (2016) * Oregon State University Inspirational Woman Award (2015) * Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2012) * National Academy of Science Kavli Fellow (2010)

References

External links

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