Jackson Page-Roth
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
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Name: Jackson Page-Roth
Position: UTK Microbiology PhD student
Born: May 2002, Portland, Maine
Email: jrproth@vols.utk.edu
Research: Polar ocean & glacial microbiology
Affiliated Groups
Affiliated Groups
June 2025-Present: UTK Microbiology PhD student
August 2025-October 2025: Talmy Lab rotation
March 2023-March 2025: UW Deming Lab undergraduate researcher & lab technician
December 2022-July 2024: UW Student Seaglider Center science lead
May 2022-September 2022: NOAA, PMEL, Hydrothermal Venting Research Group intern
Juneau Icefield, BC, Photo Credit: Jay Ach.
Fieldwork (*** = upcoming)
Fieldwork (*** = upcoming)
June 2025: Juneau Icefield, Alaska/British Columbia (ORCAA, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of Tennessee) – melt probe borehole sampling, microbial analysis
March-April 2025: Iringa, Tanzania – WASH and water access projects at rural schools
January-February 2025: Lake Akan/Saroma-ko Lagoon, Hokkaido, Japan (SLOPE25, Morse Scholar Program) – freshwater frost flower collection, sea ice collection methods with Dr. Daiki Nomura, led multi-day expedition to Lake Akan, lecture on frost flower formation and microbiological impacts
December 2023-January 2024: Pago Pago, American Samoa (UW Oceanography undergraduate senior thesis) - shipboard continuous incubation experiments, bacterial analysis, 16S rRNA gene sequencing
2022, 2023, 2024: Salish Sea, Washington (UW Oceanography, UW Student Seaglider Center, Washington Ocean Acidification Center) – multiple cruises, Seaglider deployment, eDNA sampling, methane seep analysis, bacterial analysis
June-August 2023: Juneau Icefield, Alaska/British Columbia (Juneau Icefield Research Program) – GPS, GIS, mass balance, ApRES
July 2025: Axial Seamount, Pacific Ocean (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) – sulfide analysis of hydrothermal vent fluids
March-June 2022: Friday Harbor Labs, Washington (Friday Harbor Laboratories) – Spring Marine Studies, marine mammal advocacy, field surveys
2017-2022: Loveland Ski Area, Colorado (Loveland Ski Patrol)
September 2020: Grand Canyon, Arizona (personal) – whitewater rafting
May 2019: Yunguilla, Ecuador (Golden High School) – homestay, community service
July 2018, July 2019: Flat Top Mountain Range, Colorado (American Mountaineering Center) – backpacking
Education
Education
2025-Present: PhD student, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
2020-2024: B.S., School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
2016-2020: Golden High School, Golden, Colorado, USA
Fellowships & Awards
Fellowships & Awards
2025-29: UTK Microbiology Recruitment Fund, $8,000
2025: Morse Scholar Program Travel Grant, $4,000
2023: UW School of Oceanography Johnson-Porath Scholarship, $2,000
2023: UW Leo Maddox Foundation Term Scholarship in Oceanography, $5,000
2020-24: UW Purple and Gold Scholarship, $16,800
2020: National Ski Patrol Rocky Mountain Division Scholarship, $1,000
Publications & Conferences
Publications & Conferences
Page-Roth, J. (2024). Pioreactors at Sea: Assessing Microbial Community Response to Added Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients [Senior Thesis]. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/items/22714f94-ab50-41b9-b6c7-e8caf477456d
Page-Roth, J., Boyle, C., & Riverman, K. L. (2023, December 11). Long-term mass loss from the accumulation zone of the Llewellyn Glacier, SE Alaska [Poster Presentation]. AGU23. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1435891
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