deep sea vents

Guest post from Female Seaside Scientist, for the Diversity in Science Carnival! Dr. Cindy Lee Van Dover is a Professor of Marine Biology, Director of the Duke University Marine Lab, and Chair of the Marine Science and Conservation Division at the Nicholas School. Her research combines biogeochemistry, biodiversity, ecology of chemosynthetic deep-sea vent organisms, marine technology, and astrobiology. Faculty page here; research page here; cv here. More after the jump Professor Van Dover had an early fascination with Jules Verne's Captain Nemo character from the "20,000 Leagues under…