Kenzie Cooke

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Research Highlights

Research Interests

Benthic habitat-forming species, biogeochemical cycles, and how these systems are affected by climate change.

Kenzie M. Cooke

PhD Candidate , NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory 

 

Email Address: Kenzie.Cooke@Noaa.gov

Address: 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 33149

About

Kenzie is a Ph.D. student at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Sciences under the advisement of Dr. Ian Enochs and Dr. Diego Lirman. Before starting her Ph.D., she worked with the AOML Coral Program as an undergraduate student for two and a half years. Her thesis explored alkalinity supplementation to stimulate the propagation of coral fragments for restoration efforts. She continues to research innovative coral restoration technologies and how to adapt these strategies for a changing ocean.

Current Work

Current Work

Water chemistry analysis using a spectrophotometer. Assists with experiment set-up, operation, and data collection such as buoyant weights, water sampling and processing with mercury chloride, incubation processing, and total alkalinity measurements. Laser printer and 3D nylon printer operation.

Coral husbandry and aquaria maintenance. Lab equipment maintenance, including:

  • SODASORB handling
  • filter changes
  • Honeywell Durafet probe refurb
  • SeaFET
  • ECOpar calibration

 Download Kenzie Cooke Resume_CV 2024

Education

  • 2022 – 2024 – Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami – B.S. Marine Biology and Ecology. (Fall 2024 graduation).
  • 2020 – 2022 – Baton Rouge Community College — Associate of Science: General Science. Member of the BRCC Science Research Program. 2022.
  • 2016 – 2018 – Delgado Community College— C.T.S. Electrical: Residential, C.T.S. Electrical: Commercial

Publications

Webb, AE, Palacio‐Castro, AM, Cooke, K, Eaton, KR, Chomitz, B, Soderberg, N, Chakraborty, M, Zagon, Z, Boyd, A, Kiel, PM, DeMerlis, A, Perry, CT, & Enochs, IC. (2024). Rubble persistence under ocean acidification threatened by accelerated bioerosion and lower‐density coral skeletons. Global Change Biology, 30(6), e17371. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17371

Awards

OAR Team Members of the Year – Outreach and Education 2023

For exemplary response to the unexpected and unprecedented 2023 coral bleaching event in South Florida and their efforts to communicate the event to the American public.