DRILLING FOR SUCCESS The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

DRILLING FOR SUCCESS The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program as an Opportunity for Young Scientists Mark Nielsen, Clare Reimers, Holly Given

IODP and the Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Reinforces value of interdisciplinary research Develops international collaborations Encourages “Big Picture” thinking Proposal preparation

Expedition 301, Hydrogeology of the Juan de Fuca Ridge Formation-scale hydrogeology Petrology, stratigraphy, geochemistry and microbiology Basement coring and sediment coring CORKs 24 -member shipboard science party

Reinforcement of Interdisciplinary Research Challenge: Interdisciplinary research at the student level feels like it dilutes one’s expertise

Reinforcement of Interdisciplinary Research Defined responsibilities + personal sample requests On Exp. 301 being interdisciplinary paid dividends Worked with physical properties group, CORK scientists and microbiologists There’s a first time for everything

Six countries: U. S. , Japan, International Collaborations Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden Lab groups and living quarters are integrated Scientists at all career levels Equality of sample requests Collaborations continue after the cruise e. g. Isotopic analysis of acetate samples from incubation experiments

The Scientific Community DSDP/ODP/IODP produce widely used data sets Samples are extremely valuable Student involvement in post-cruise meetings and report writing

Post-cruise proposals USSP encourages post-cruise proposal Process Design research program Develop budget Deal with reviews Low-risk, high reward

Summary An IODP expedition pays dividends to the “interdisciplinarian” Opportunity to develop strong international relationships Develop some PI-type skills early in your career

Acknowledgements Expedition 301 Scientific Party Bill Crawford and Jonathan Rice Martin Fisk NSF IGERT Program