Jessica Whiteside (Organic Geochemist, Brown University, USA) celebrates her birthday with other members of the scientific party. From the back, left to right are: Zhonghui Liu (Organic Geochemist, University of Hong Kong, P.R. China), Claudia Agnini (Paleontologist, Stockholm University, Sweden), Christopher Junium (Sedimentologist, Syracuse University, USA), Hiroki Matsui (Sedimentologist, Tohoku University, Japan), Slah Boulila (Sedimentologist, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France), Pincelli Hull (Sedimentologist, Yale University, USA), Philip Sexton (Paleontologist, The Open University, UK), Haruka Takagi (Sedimentologist, Waseda University, Japan), Yuhji Yamamoto (Palomagnetist, Marine and Core Research Center, Kochi University, Japan), Tatsuhiko Yamaguchi (Physical Properties Specialist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA), Howie Scher (Inorganic Geochemist, University of South Carolina, USA), Jessica, and Hiroki Matsui (Sedimentologist, Tohoku University, Japan). (Credit: John Beck, IODP/TAMU) [Photo ID: exp342_040] Back to expedition photos.