Jack Darcy, Drones and a Trip to Antarctica

Written By Zoë Rom

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Jack Darcy, a doctoral candidate at CU Boulder is preparing for his  first Antarctic expedition to study cryoconite holes in the dry valleys of the coldest place on earth. 

Jack Darcy, a doctoral candidate at CU Boulder is preparing for his  first Antarctic expedition to study cryoconite holes in the dry valleys of the coldest place on earth. 

Jack Darcy is a doctoral candidate at CU Boulder specializing in Computational Biology, a burgeoning field of study that combines statistics and life science to answer some of biology's most pressing questions. Jack is currently preparing for an expedition to Antarctica, where he will study cryoconite holes, or ice holes in the glaciers of Antarctica's dry valleys. In this interview, Jack voices his excitement and his anxieties of what this voyage to the bottom of the world will bring, and what it means for him as an early career scientist. 

Zoë Rom

Zoë Rom is a science and environmental journalist with bylines in The New York Times, Outside, and High Country News. She co-hosts Your Diet Sucks, an evidence-based nutrition and wellness podcast, with registered dietitian Kylee Van Horn, RDN, where they investigate how wellness culture distorts science and how athletes can do better. A Colorado-based ultrarunner, she finished second at the Leadville Trail 100 and top five at Run Rabbit Run 100. Her reporting and commentary focus on the intersection of sport, science, and the wellness industry's long history of selling women their own anxieties.

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