Dianne Greenfield (PhD, 2002)

Dianne Greenfield was very happy with my decision to come to SoMAS at Stony Brook for my Ph.D., and would highly recommend SoMAS to future students. She says that one of the biggest assets of the department is its open and friendly atmosphere.

Not only is it relatively easy to collaborate with other laboratories on site, but the majority of students socialize together creating a warm, welcoming environment, which is so important considering how much time one spends on campus and interacting with colleagues.

To her, students who decide to attend SoMAS are rewarded with a wonderful opportunity to develop their own research interests with excellent faculty, and, when one has spare time, students can easily drive or take the train into New York City or hang out at the many nearby beaches.

Dianne is currently a Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Queens College. There, she and her laboratory study the complex environmental feedbacks between global change stressors (such as urbanization, nutrients, and climate) and coastal phytoplankton ecology, physiology, and biogeochemistry. In 2018, Dr. Greenfield was elected to the position of Secretary for the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), and serves as CUNY’s representative for the Long Island Sound Study (LISS), Science and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC).