Previously she was an Institutional Research Associate Postdoc at College of Oceanographic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University and a National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow housed at Center for Archaeology, Materials, and Applied Spectroscopy (CAMAS), Idaho State University for two years. She has conducted archaeological, ecological, geological and limnological workin coastal and interior Alaska for 16 years. She is a specialist in marine ecosystems, stable isotopes and elemental analysis. Misarti is currently involved in coastal and marine research in southern Alaska and southern most Patagonia (Chile and Argentina). Her web page, with current project information can be found at: http://ine.uaf.edu/werc/people/faculty/nicole-misarti/