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Joint Program student Jill McDermott working in the field.

Joint Program student Jill McDermott working in the field.
Joint Program student Jill McDermott working in the field.
Joint Program student Jill McDermott working in the field.
Joint Program student Jill McDermott working in the field.
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Joint Program student Jill McDermott working in the field.
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10/29/2010
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MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Jill McDermott processes samples from hydrothermal vents on the Mid-Cayman Rise on the Caribbean seafloor during an expedition in 2012. Discovered in 2009, some of these vents are the deepest known, nearly 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) deep, and they spew fluids reaching almost 400?C (750?F). Other nearby Mid-Cayman vents circulate through rocks not typically found in seafloor crust. Their unusual mineral composition alters the vent fluids' chemistry, which is the focus of McDermotts research. McDermott also recently participated in a different sort of project called Synergy, in which she collaborated with an artist to create artwork based on her research.
Bio image used on the cover of the issue.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 49, No. 1. December 2011:
Jill McDermott grew up in Madawaska, Maine, the northernmost town in the Eastern United States. She got hooked on science early, attending high school at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics and obtaining a bachelors degree from Dartmouth College, where she alternated between the chemistry lab and the art studio. Pursuing her master's degree at the University of New Hampshire, she found her true vocation studying the water chemistry of deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Working in Prof. Karen Von Damms lab, she spent many days at sea at the East Pacific Rise, one of the fastestspreading mid-ocean ridges in the world. Next she came to the MIT/WHOI Joint Program to continue doing hydrothermal research. When shes not in the lab, she may be found hula hooping, home brewing, or collecting souvenir water samples during backpacking trips. Her mentor for this article was Carolyn Gramling, Web editor and reporter at EARTH magazine (and MIT/WHOI Joint Program graduate).
Photo courtesy of Jill McDermott
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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