Dr. Marsh at the South Pole Even Delaware's coldest winter could
hardly rival the frigid environments in which Dr. Adam Marsh
works. The marine biochemist regularly travels to Antarctica to
learn more about the sea life that dwells in its icy waters. The
lowest temperature on the planet has been recorded in Antarctica
-- at 128.6°F below zero. Marsh recently joined the faculty at
the University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies.
As an assistant professor in the college's Marine Biology-
Biochemistry Program, he will teach graduate courses in marine
biochemistry with special emphasis on the structure an d
function of proteins essential to marine life. He also will
conduct research on the early life stages of shellfish and
finfish in waters ranging from the Antarctic ocean to Delaware
Bay. "In general, I'm working to find out how marine organisms
develop in 'extreme,' or harsh, environments, including polar
oceans with their freezing temperatures, deep-sea basins with
their crushing pressure, and ev