Photos from Salt Lake City, the tropical Pacific, the Red Sea, and elsewhere
Graduate students in winter storm. From left: Mohamed Donia, James Sims, Brian Hathaway, Jaeheon Lee.
Dr. Schmidt behind a sea fan in Palau
Graduate student James Sims underwater in Papua New Guinea
Our group prepares to dive in the Red Sea
Diving from the desert in the Red Sea. The reef starts right from the sand
Graduate student James Sims seeks cyanobacteria on the Great Salt Lake
Graduate students Mohamed Donia (left) and Sebastian Sudek (from SIO, right) lunch after hiking to the top of the Pfeifferhorn (~11,400') in the Wasatch range adjacent to Salt Lake City
View from the Pfeifferhorn. Salt Lake City is in the background 7000' below
Collaborator Dr. Diaa Youssef (Chair of Pharmacognosy, Suez Canal University, Egypt) with Dr. Schmidt (right) at the top of Snowbird ski resort in mid-September
A pika from the high-alpine zone in the Wasatch near Broads Fork Twin Peaks
