Emelia J. Chamberlain

Presentation Abstracts

Anticipated 2026

  • Balmonte JP, Jagtap A, Kumar S, Schollmeyer N, Chamberlain EJ, Duran J, Jain A, Williams Z. 2026. Oral: Microbial succession and degradation of organic carbon subsidies during polar night and polar day. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Glasgow UK, Scotland
  • Chamberlain EJ, Connors E, Schollmeyer N, Balmonte JP, Kim HH. 2026. Oral: Machine learning enhanced ecological model representation of polar marine microbes. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Pirtle G, Harding K, Tucker S, Balmonte JP, Chamberlain EJ. 2026. Poster: Geographic partitioning of microbial communities and carbon cycling in the Subarctic Pacific-Bering system. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Glasgow UK, Scotland
  • Schollmeyer N, Jain A, Hoppe CJM, Chamberlain EJ, Singh A, Puthiya Veettil V, Jagtap A, Korbobo A, Stapelfedt H, Balmonte JP. 2026. Oral: Year-Round, Weekly-Resolved Microbial and Biogeochemical Processes in an Arctic Fjord. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Glasgow UK, Scotland

2025

  • Yoshimura M, Nomura D, Creamean J, Eggers L, Heitmann L, Ulfsbo A, Hoppe CJM, Gardner J, Chamberlain EJ, Droste ES, Fong A, Fransson A, Chierici M, Hoppema M, Bakker D, Inoue J, Delille B. 2025. Impacts of sea-ice age on carbonate chemical dynamics in the Central Arctic Ocean. Eighth International Symposium on Arctic Research, Tokyo Japan
  • Chamberlain EJ. 2025. Invited Oral: Fine-scale biogeochemical implications of rapid Arctic sea ice melt. Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry Workshop, Woods Hole, MA 
  • Chamberlain EJ, Calianos T, Connors E, Kim HH. 2025. Poster: Applying community structure data and machine learning to improve microbial diversity in polar ecosystem models. Association for Limnology and Oceanography, Charlotte, NC
  • Chamberlain EJ, Webb AL, Smith M, Droste E, Müller O, Hoppe CJM, Fong AA, Nomura D, D’Angelo A, Kraberg A, Varner R, Rokitta S, Rost B, Schäfer H, Loose B, Bowman J. 2025. Poster: Summer meltwater alters surface Arctic Ocean microbial community structure and metabolism. Polar Marine Science Gordon Research Conference, Lucca, Italy

2024

  • Nomura D, Angelopoulos M, Stephens M, Zhan L, D’Angelo A, Chamberlain E, Yoshimura M, Delille B. 2024. Oral: Seasonal variation of the air−sea ice CO2 flux during MOSAiC expedition in the Central Arctic Ocean. Surface Ocean–Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Meeting, Goa, India
  • Chamberlain EJ, Tomason, R, Kim HH. 2024. Poster: Leveraging genomics and machine learning to improve microbial diversity in a 1-D Arctic Ocean model. Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry Workshop, Woods Hole, MA 
  • Chamberlain EJ, Kim HH. 2024. Oral: Data driven improvements to microbial diversity in Arctic models. Arctic Science Summit Week, Edinburgh, UK
  • Chamberlain EJ, Rokitta S, Rost , D’Angelo A, Creamean JM, Loose B, Ulfsbo A, Fong AA, Hoppe CJM, Droste ES, Nomura D, Schulz K, Bowman J. 2024. Oral: Microbial predictors of net heterotrophic conditions. 3rd MOSAiC International Science Conference, Potsdam, Germany
  • Chamberlain EJ, Kim HH. 2024. Poster: Leveraging community structure data and machine learning to improve microbial diversity in a 1-D Arctic Ocean ecosystem model. 3rd MOSAiC International Science Conference, Potsdam, Germany
  • Mavis C, Vazquez M, Bekemeier C, Barry K, Chamberlain E, Schmale J, Joiknen T, Lauila T, Hoppe C, Fong A, Oggier M, Ulfsbo A, Balmonte JP, Bowman J, Hill T, DeMott P, Kreidenweis S, Creamean J. 2023. Oral: Investigating Arctic melt water for production of biological ice nucleating particles. 3rd MOSAiC International Science Conference, Potsdam, Germany
  • Kraberg A, Assmy P, Chamberlain E, Hoppe C, Peeken I, Tatare AK, Torres-Valdes S. 2024. Oral: Microscopy-based phytoplankton community analyses during the MOSAiC campaign. 3rd MOSAiC International Science Conference, Potsdam, Germany

2023

  • Chamberlain EJ, D’Angelo A, Rokitta S, Webb A, Schäfer H, Rost B, Loose B, Fong AA, Droste E, Nomura D, Kraberg A, Müller O, Hoppe CJM, Varner R, Smith MM, Bowman J. 2023. Poster: Low salinity summer meltwater impacts surface Arctic Ocean microbial community structure and net community production. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA
  • Mavis C, Vazquez M, Bekemeier C, Barry K, Chamberlain E, Schmale J, Joiknen T, Lauila T, Hoppe C, Fong A, Oggier M, Ulfsbo A, Balmonte JP, Bowman J, Hill T, DeMott P, Kreidenweis S, Creamean J. 2023. Poster: Investigation of Arctic melt ponds for production of biological INP aerosol. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA
  • Chamberlain EJ, Balmonte JP, Torstensson A, Fong AA, Snoeijs-Leijonmalm P, and Bowman J. 2023. Poster: Impacts of sea ice melting procedure on measurements of microbial community structure. Biogeochemical Exchange Processes Across Sea Ice Interfaces (BEPSII) Meeting, La Jolla, CA            
  • Chamberlain EJ, Rokitta S, Rost B, D’Angelo A, Creamean J, B Loose, A Ulfsbo, AA Fong, CJM Hoppe, J Bowman. 2023. Poster: Microbial predictors of Arctic Ocean net productivity; a data driven machine learning approach. Polar Marine Science Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA      
  • Smith M, Webb A, Chamberlain EJ, Droste E, Angot H, Karam S, Muilwijk M & MOSAiC Science Team (39 others). 2023. Poster: Thin meltwater layers in the Arctic sea ice pack: Insights from the MOSAiC Expedition. Polar Marine Science Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA     
  • Chamberlain EJ, D’Angelo A, Rokitta S, Webb A, Schäfer H, Rost B, Loose B, Fong AA, Droste E, Nomura E, Bowman J. 2023. Oral: Metabolic activity across summer salinity gradients: a first look into community structure. 2nd MOSAiC International Science Conference, Boulder, CO
  • Chamberlain EJ, D’Angelo A, Oldenburg E, Creamean J, Metfies K, Popa O, Fong AA, Hoppe CJM, Schäfer H, Stefels J, Wischnewski L, Shoemaker K, Loose B, Bowman J. 2023. Poster: Patterns in taxonomic and functional prokaryotic community structure over the MOSAiC Drift. 2nd MOSAiC International Science Conference, Boulder, CO
  • Chamberlain EJ, Gangrade S, Stajner A, Narayanan A, Adams HM. 2023. Poster: Broadening the SCOPE of MOSAiC outreach through the Scripps Community Outreach for Public Education Program. 2nd MOSAiC International Science Conference, Boulder, CO
  • Mavis C, Barry K, Chamberlain EJ, Hill T, DeMott P, Kreidenweis S, Bowman J, Creamean J. 2023.  Oral: Evaluating central Arctic marine biological sources of ice nucleating particles (INPs). 2nd MOSAiC International Science Conference, Boulder, CO
  • Webb A, Nomura D, Hoppe CJM, Chamberlain EJ, Droste E, Angot H, Stefels J, Bowman J, Chen Y, Todd J, van Leeuwe MA, Bozzato D, Schäfer H. 2023. Oral: Summertime biogeochemical dynamics of Arctic meltponds. 2ndMOSAiC International Science Conference, Boulder, CO
  • Droste E, Nomura D, Tazowa M, Roden N, Ulfsbo A, Hoppem M, Bakker DCE, Chamberlain EJ, Fong AA, Lee G. 2023. Oral: Drivers of surface inorganic carbon content in the Central Arctic Ocean at the onset of freeze up. 2nd MOSAiC International Science Conference, Boulder, CO
  • D’Angelo A, Chamberlain EJ, Bowman J, Creamean J, Loose B. 2023. Oral: The role of microbial controls on the methane cycle in the Arctic Ocean. 2nd MOSAiC International Science Conference, Boulder, CO
  • Creamean JM, Barry KR, Mavis C, Hill TCJ, Hume C, DeMott PJ, Mirrielees J, Pratt K, Beck IF, Bergner N, Heutte B, Schmale J, Hoppe CJM, Fong AA, Chamberlain EJ, Bowman J, Shupe MDD, Dahlke S, Webster M. 2023. Oral: Snowcaps, lids, and lenses: The hurdles Arctic INPs must overcome to become airborne. 2nd MOSAiC International Science Conference, Boulder, CO

2022

  • Chamberlain EJ, Rokitta s, Rost B, D’Angelo A, Creamean J, Loose B, Ulfsbo A, Fong AA, Hoppe CJM, Bowman JS. 2022. Microbial predictors of Arctic Ocean net productivity; a data driven machine learning approach. Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry Workshop, Woods Hole, MA
  • Chamberlain EJ, Rokitta S, Rost B, D’Angelo A, Creamean J, Loose B, Ulfsbo A, Fong AA, Hoppe CJM, Droste E, Nomura D, Bowman JS. 2022 Oral: Exploring the microbial context of 𝜟O2/Ar measurements during MOSAiC: Community predictors of metabolic balance. 1st MOSAiC International Science Conference, Potsdam, Germany
  • Chamberlain EJ, Mullane K, Saberski E, Gangrade S, Adams H, Wolfe W, Nesbit K. 2022. Oral: Enhancing the SCOPE of polar outreach at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 1st MOSAiC International Science Conference, Potsdam, Germany
  • Rokitta SD, Fong AA, Chamberlain EJ, D’Angelo A, Ulfsbo A, Hoppe CJM, Bowman JS, Loose B, Rost B. 2022. Oral: Continuous 𝜟O2/Ar measurements as a proxy for net community production during the MOSAiC campaign in the central Arctic Ocean. 1st MOSAiC International Science Conference, Potsdam, Germany
  • Shoemaker K, Chamberlain EJ, Gelfman C, Ashjian C, Bowman J, Campbell R. 2022. Oral: Seasonal progression of food availability and diet preference in central Arctic copepods. 1st MOSAiC International Science Conference, Potsdam, Germany
  • Droste E, Nomura D, Hoppeman M, Roden N, Chamberlain EJ, Fong AA, Lee GA, Bakker  DCE. 2022. Poster: Drivers of variability in the carbonate chemistry in the upper 100 m of the Arctic Ocean at the onset of freeze-up. 1st MOSAiC International Science Conference, Potsdam, Germany
  • Chamberlain EJ, Rokitta S, Rost B, D’Angelo A, Creamean J, Loose B, Ulfsbo A, Fong AA, Hoppe CJM, Droste E, Nomura D, Bowman J. 2022. Oral: Identifying microbial drivers of biological oxygen production and uptake in the central Arctic Ocean. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Online          
  • Webb A, Stefels J, Schaefer H, Chen Y, Bozzato D, Todd J, MOSAIC BGC Team, van Leeuwe M, MOSAIC ECO Team,Chamberlain E, Nomura D. 2022. Oral: Summertime physical and biological dynamics of Arctic Meltponds. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Online
  • Shoemaker K, Chamberlain E, Gelfman C, Ashjian C, Bowman J, Sakinan S, Campbell R. 2022. Oral: Seasonal progression of food availability and diet preference in central Arctic copepods. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Online
  • Müller O, Gardner J, Lange B, Salganik E, Olsen L, Divine D, Fong AA, Balmonte JP, Shoemaker K,  Gelfman C, Bozzato D, Chamberlain E, Larsen A, Bratbak G, HAVOC Consortium, Granskog M. 2022. Oral: Arctic sea ice ridges – dynamic hotspots for microbial life. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Online

2021

  • Mullane KK, Nesbit KT, Wolfe WH, Chamberlain EJ, Saberski E, Gangrade S, Adams H. 2021. Poster: Scripps Community Outreach for Public Education (SCOPE): A Volunteer STEM Outreach Program Connecting Communities to Research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. American Geophysical Union Meeting, New Orleans, LA
  • Creamean J, Barry K, Hill T, Hume C, DeMott P, Shupe M, Dahlke S, Willmes S, Schmale J, Beck I,  Hoppe C, Fong A, Chamberlain E, Bowman J, Scharien R, Persson O, MOSAiC field team. 2021. Oral: The seasonal contrast of aerosols that can seed ice formation in central Arctic clouds. American Geophysical Union Meeting, New Orleans, LA
  • Chamberlain EJ, Rokitta S, Rost B, D’Angelo A, Loose B, Ulfsbo A, Fong AA, Hoppe CJM, Droste E, Nomura D, Bowman JS. 2021. Oral: Fine-scale variability in water column microbial community structure and net productivity during early autumn freeze up in the central Arctic Ocean. Scripps Student Symposium, Online
  • Chamberlain EJ, Rokitta S, Rost B, D’Angelo A, Loose B, Ulfsbo A, Fong AA, Hoppe CJM, Droste E, Nomura D, Bowman JS. 2021. Oral: Exploring the microbial context of dicrete O2/Ar measurements during fall freeze processes on MOSAiC. Biogeochemical Exchange Processes Across Sea Ice Interfaces (BEPSII) Meeting, Online
  • Chamberlain EJ, Rokitta S, Rost B, D’Angelo A, Loose B, Ulfsbo A, Fong A, Hoppe C, Bowman JS. 2021. Oral: Exploring the Microbial Context of Discrete O2/Ar Measurements and Net Community Production Estimates During Spring and Summer in the Central Arctic Ocean. Association of Limnology and Oceanography Meeting, Online
  • Nomura D, Webb A, Li Y, Dall’osto M, Schmidt K, Droste E, Chamberlain E, Kawaguchi Y, Inoue J, Damm E, Delille B. 2021. Oral: Effects of lead width variation, re-freezing and mixing events on lead water structure in the central Arctic. European Geophysical Union Meeting, Online
  • Gardner J, Assmy P, Balmonte JP, Bozzato D, Chamberlain E, D’Angelo A, Divine DV, Fong A, Gelfman C, Gradinger R, Granskog M, Katlein C, Krampe D, Lange B, Matero I, Müller O, Nicolaus M, Olsen LM, Regnery J, Reigstad M, Salganik E, Schiller M, Shoemaker K. 2021. Oral: First results on the zooplankton faecal pellet carbon flux under sea ice pressure ridges versus level ice in the central Arctic Ocean winter. Arctic Frontiers, Online
  • D’Angelo A, Chamberlain E, Bowman J, Creamean J, Loose B. 2021. Poster: The role of the microbial controls on the methane cycle in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO). Arctic Frontiers, Online
  • Nomura D, Abrahamsson K, Ango H, Archer S, Angelopoulos M, Bariteau L, Blomquist B, Bowman J, Chamberlain E, Damm E, D’Angelo A, Dimitrescu A, Jacobi H, Loose B, Howard D, Marsay C, Simons Pereira P, Posman K, Rinke A, Stephens M, Sachs T, Stefels J, Wang L, Zhan L, Delille B. 2021. Oral: Air-ice CO2 fluxes in the central Arctic: First insights from MOSAiC campaign. Arctic Frontiers, Online

2020

  • Chamberlain EJ, Wilson J, Kim H, Doney S, Bowman JS. 2020. Oral: Leveraging microbial community structure data to inform ecosystem modeling, an approach based on microbial community segmentation. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA          
  • Wilson J, Chamberlain EJ, Bowman JS. 2020. Poster: Microbial responses to physical variation in coastal Southern California: Changes in community structure assessed via an 18 month twice-weekly time series at the Scripps Ecological Observatory. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA          
  • Rasina B, Wolfe WH, Mullane KK, Chamberlain EJ, Saberski E, Nesbit KT. 2020. Poster: Scripps Community Outreach for Public Education (SCOPE): A Volunteer STEM Outreach Program Connecting Communities to Research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA

2019

  • Chamberlain EJ, Bowman JS. 2019. Poster: Sea Ice Melt Method and Impacts on the in situ Microbial Community. 2019 Scripps Student Symposium, La Jolla, CA
  • Chamberlain EJ, Kim H, Doney S, Bowman JS. 2019. Poster: Leveraging microbial structure data to inform traits-based modeling, an approach based on microbial community segmentation. Fourth Workshop on Trait-Based Approaches to Ocean Life, Buckinghamshire, UK           

2018

  • Chamberlain EJ, Tedesco L, Bowman JS. 2019. Poster: A diversity informed approach to modeling ecosystem function. MOSAiC Implementation Workshop, Potsdam, Germany
  • Chamberlain EJ, Christ AJ, Fulweiler RW. 2018. Poster: Exploring the hydrologic and biogeochemical controls on the ecology of Lake Eggers, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. 82nd American Society for Microbiology Southern California Branch Meeting, La Jolla, CA

2017

  • Chamberlain EJ, Marchant DR, Fulweiler RW. 2017. Poster: Lake Eggers: The history of an Antarctic ice block lake. 20th Annual Boston University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Boston, MA

Select Poster PDFs

Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry Workshop, June 2024, Woods Hole MA | EJ Chamberlain, R Thomason, HH Kim
Biogeochemical Exchange Processes across Sea Ice Interfaces (BEPSII) Workshop, March 2023, La Jolla CA | EJ Chamberlain, JP Balmonte, A Torstensson, AA Fong, P Snoeijs-Leijonmalm, JS Bowman
Gordon Research Conference: Polar Marine Sciences, March 2023, Ventura CA | EJ Chamberlain, S Rokitta, B Rost, A D’Angelo, J Creamean, B Loose, A Ulfsbo, AA Fong, CJM Hoppe, J Bowman
2nd MOSAiC Science Conference, February 2023, Boulder CO | EJ Chamberlain, S Gangrade, A Stajner, A Narayanan, HM Adams