Welcome to the MOGEL website! We are located at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, part of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Under the direction of Professor Rodger Harvey, our group focuses on organic geochemistry and biogeochemistry of aquatic environments. We have a diverse group of projects ranging from Chesapeake Bay to the Arctic Ocean.
MOGEL NEWS:
MOGEL in the Bering Sea! Karen, Rachel and Charlie are off to the north. Read Charlie's blog HERE.
Check out conditions at the North Pole with NOAA's "Live From the North Pole" Web Cam.
MOGEL Outreach: Rachel and Laura spoke with Calverton High School students about what it's like to be polar scientists.

Last Updated July 8, 2008
During the month of July, MOGEL members Karen Taylor, Rachel Pleuthner, and Charlie Morgan will be on an oceanographic research cruise in the Bering Sea aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy. They will be collecting krill samples in support of an NSF-sponsored project to understand the effects of climate change on Bering Sea Ecosystems.

Charlie is an undergraduate student at Lyon College in Arkansas, visiting MOGEL for the summer as part of the Maryland Sea Grant REU program. He will be blogging about his experiences on the high seas--Read about Charlie's adventures here.
Karen Taylor, Charlie Morgan, and Rachel Pleuthner sail out of Dutch Harbor aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy.