Affiliation

University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Assistant Professor
Ocean and Resources Engineering Department

Education

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    Ph.D. in Oceanography, 2017
    Dissertation: “Expanding marine biogeochemical observations utilizing ISFET pH sensing technology and autonomous platforms”
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    M.S. in Earth Science, 2014
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    B.S. in Chemistry, 2011

Courses Taught

ORE 203L: Surf Science and Culture Lab

Awards

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) fellowship        July 2014–July 2017
  • National Defense Science and Engineering (NDSEG) Fellowship awarded 2014 but declined
  • Triton Innovation Challenge
    semifinalist Oct 2016
  • Illinois Promise Scholar
    Aug 2009–Dec 2011     

Seagoing Experience

BROKE – Krill Survey on Kaiyo-maru Japanese Vessel
SOCCOM Representative, Dec 2018 – Jan 2019

S04P GO-SHIP Cruise
Co-Chief Scientist, March 2018 – May 2018

NBP 1701 Research Cruise (Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modelling, SOCCOM, project)
Analytical Chemist, Dec 2016 – Jan 2017

I09N GO-SHIP Cruise
Analytical Chemist, April 2016 – May 2016

P16S GO-SHIP Cruise
Analytical Chemist, March 2014 – May 2014  

San Diego Coastal Expedition: Student Led Cruise
Analytical Chemist, December 2012

Publications

Briggs, E. M., E. Heinen De Carlo, C. L. Sabine, N. Howins, and T. R. Martz (2020), Autonomous, Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistor-based Total Alkalinity and pH measurements on a barrier reef of Kāne‘ohe Bay, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 4 (3), 355-362 DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00274.

Briggs, E. M., T. R. Martz, L. D. Talley, M. R. Mazloff, and K. S. Johnson (2018), Physical and Biological Drivers of Biogeochemical Tracers Within the Seasonal Sea Ice Zone of the Southern Ocean From Profiling Floats, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 746-758, doi:10.1002/2017JC012846.

Briggs, E. M., S. Sandoval, A. Erten, Y. Takeshita, A. C. Kummel, and T. R. Martz (2017), Solid State Sensor for Simultaneous Measurement of Total Alkalinity and pH of Seawater, ACS Sensors, 2(9), 1302-1309, doi:10.1021/acssensors.7b00305.

Takeshita, Y., W. McGillis, E. M. Briggs, A. L. Carter, E. M. Donham, T. R. Martz, N. N. Price, and J. E. Smith (2016), Assessment of net community production and calcification of a coral reef using a boundary layer approach, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(8), 5655-5671, doi:10.1002/2016JC011886.

Anderson, C. A., A. R. Jones, E. M. Briggs, E. J. Novitsky, D. W. Kuykendall, N. R. Sottos, and S. C. Zimmerman, (2013). High-affinity DNA base analogs as supramolecular, nanoscale promoters of macroscopic adhesion, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(19), 7288-7295.

Presentations

Ellen M. Briggs, Eric Heinen De Carlo, Noah Howins, Christopher Sabine, and Todd R. Martz, “Autonomous Total Alkalinity and pH measurements on a barrier reef of Kāne‘ohe Bay”, Ocean Sciences, February 2020, San Diego, CA, poster

Ellen M. Briggs, “Expanding marine biogeochemical observations utilizing ISFET pH sensing technology and autonomous platforms”, Dissertations Symposium in Chemical Oceanography (DISCO) XXVI, October 2018, Kailua Kona, HI, invited speaker

Ellen M. Briggs, Todd R. Martz, Christopher Sabine, and Eric De Carlo, “A Solid State Sensor for Simultaneous Measurement of Total Alkalinity and pH of Seawater”, OCB Biogeochemical Profiling Float Workshop, University of Washington, WA, July 2018, invited speaker

Ellen M. Briggs, Todd R. Martz, Steven V. Smith, “The Role of CaCO3 on the Carbon Cycle in the Southern Ocean from Profiling Floats”, Ocean Sciences, February 2018, Portland, OR, poster

Ellen M. Briggs, Todd R. Martz, Steven V. Smith, “The Role of CaCO3 on the Carbon Cycle in the Southern Ocean from Profiling Floats”, Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modelling project annual meeting, May 2017, Princeton, NJ, oral presentation

Ellen M. Briggs, Todd R. Martz, Andrew Kummel, Sergio Sandoval, Ahmet Erten, “Development of a dual solid-state pH-AT sensor”, Student Symposium, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA, September 2016, oral presentation

Ellen M. Briggs, Todd R. Martz, Andrew Kummel, Sergio Sandoval, Ahmet Erten, “Development of a dual solid-state pH-AT sensor”, Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modelling project annual meeting, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA,  May 2016, oral presentation

Ellen M. Briggs, Todd R. Martz, Lynne D. Talley, and Matthew R. Mazloff, Kenneth S. Johnson, “Physical and biological drivers of biogeochemical tracers within the seasonal ice zone of the Southern Ocean from profiling floats”, Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modelling project annual meeting, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA, May 2016, oral presentation

Ellen M. Briggs, Todd R. Martz, Andrew Kummel, Sergio Sandoval and Ahmet Erten, “Development of a Dual Solid-State pH-AT Sensor”, Ocean Sciences 2016, New Orleans, LA, oral presentation

Ellen M. Briggs, Todd R. Martz, Lynne D. Talley and Matthew R. Mazloff, “Observing Physical and Biological Drivers of pH and O2 in a Seasonal Ice Zone in the Ross Sea Using Profiling Float Data”, AGU Fall Meeting December 2015, San Fransisco, CA, oral presentation

Ellen M. Briggs, Matt R. Mazloff, Ariane Verdy, Lynne D. Talley, Todd R. Martz, “Oxygen Under Sea Ice in the Southern Ocean”, Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces 7th, May 2015, Seattle, WA, poster

Ellen M. Briggs, Matt R. Mazloff, Ariane Verdy, Lynne D. Talley, Todd R. Martz, “Oxygen Under Sea Ice in the Southern Ocean”, SOCCOM annual meeting, May 2015, Princeton, NJ, poster

Ellen M. Briggs, Martz, T. R. Takeshita, Y. Price, N. N. Smith, J. E., “Exploring Diel Variations in Production and Calcification on a Pristine Coral Reef Using SAMI-pCO2 and SeapHOx Data”, Ocean Sciences 2014, Honolulu, HI, poster