Award-Winning Ocean Research Raises Questions About Global Carbon EstimatesEmily Friden earns second-place honors at the 2026 Norma Slepecky Symposium for research showing that open-ocean carbon cycling may be far less predictable than previously believed.11/03/2026Emily Friden, a doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), earned a second-place trophy at the 2026 Norma Slepecky Symposium for research that challenges long-held assumptions about how sunlight drives carbon cycling across the world's oceans. imageA person stands in front of a scientific research poster displayed on an easel while holding a trophy. The poster contains charts, graphs and text about photochemical processes in ocean and estuary environments, and is displayed in an indoor conference or presentation setting.Emily Friden