Hi! My name is Mary Kane. I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies (IMEDEA) in Esporles, Mallorca, Spain as part of a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship. I study biological oceanography, which involves researching, studying and analyzing the organisms in the ocean and how these organisms influence and are influenced by the conditions in which they live.

My current research interests include:

• Development of novel methods to observe individual phytoplankton and zooplankton in situ and in the laboratory
• Individual phytoplankton and zooplankton behaviors and physiology
• Changes in zooplankton and phytoplankton populations, community compositions, and predator-prey interactions under various environmental conditions
• Distributions and abundances of phytoplankton and zooplankton populations in different regions
• Micro- to macro-scale biological, biogeochemical, and biophysical interactions
• Long-term ecological trends