Ever wonder what a scientist’s life is like?

Prof. Amina Schartup is a Marine Geochemist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. She studies how trace metals affect our planet and our health in the marine ecosystem. 

“Mercury has been mined and used by humans for thousands of years, but since the Industrial Revolution, our usage has accelerated through a variety of processes because mercury has very interesting physical characteristics that humans exploit. “

Learn more 

https://aschartup.scrippsprofiles.ucsd.edu/