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YEAR 5 ∙ 2003-2004 |
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Tara Casazza E-mail: Undergraduate institution:
UNCW Undergraduate degree:
BS – Marine Biology Advisor: Dr. Ross Thesis:
Comparison of Habitats, Community
Structure and Food Chains in Open Gulf Stream
Water versus Sargassum
Seaweed Patches Future plans: continue to work in fisheries. I want to make a difference when it comes to our oceans. I want my children and my grandchildren to be able to see and appreciate fishes in our oceans |
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YEAR 6 ∙ 2004-2005 |
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Kim Duernberger Email: Undergraduate Institution: College of Charleston Undergraduate Major: Biology, minor in Environmental Studies Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mike Mallin and Dr. Craig Tobias Committee Member: Dr. Larry Cahoon Research Area: Aquatic ecology
Future plans or goals:
Save the planet. Yes, I have high
ambitions |
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Rebecca Gerhart Email: Undergraduate Institution: SUNY - Buffalo Undergraduate Major: Environmental Sciences Faculty Advisor: Dr. Larry Cahoon Research Area: Benthic Microalgal production Future plans or goals: Research and education (teacher or professor) |
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Amanda Maness Email: Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Maritime Academy Undergraduate Major: Safety and Environmental Protection Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joanne Halls Research Area: GIS - Oyster reef habitats Future plans or goals: Find a job I don't mind waking up for! |
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Mary Rena Spivey Email: Undergraduate Institution: NCSU Undergraduate Major: Biological sciences Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mike Mallin Research Area: Water quality, aquatic ecology Future plans or goals: undecided |
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YEAR 7 ∙ 2005-2006 |
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Robert Lomax Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: B.S. Biology Faculty Advisor: Dr. Courtney Hackney Research Area: Estuarine Processes Future plans or goals: Work in some way with private or public organizations on research related to rivers or oceans. Serve as a research vessel captain and scientist
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Sarah Manley Email: Undergraduate Institution: Westfield State College (MA) Undergraduate Major: B.S. General Science, Minor in Chemistry, Concentration in Education (grades 5-8) Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joan Willey Research Area: Water quality analysis - maybe involving mercury levels Future plans or goals: Perhaps working for fisheries or some nice government job! Honors: 2006 recipient of CMS Scholastic Achievement Award |
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Amanda Williams Email: Undergraduate Institution: James Madison University Undergraduate Major: Geographic Sciences Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joanne Halls Research Area: Geographic Information Systems
Future plans or goals: Marine
conservation and education for NOAA or a
non-profit organization, with lots of world
travel! |
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YEAR 8 ∙ 2006-2007 |
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Jennifer Bagwell Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology Faculty Advisor: Dr. B.K. Song Research Area: Future plans or goals: Obtain a Ph.D.
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Sarah Katharine Braly Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology Faculty Advisor: Dr. Steven Brewer Research Area: Sea oat ecology and reproduction, using a combination of field work and germination experiments
Future plans or goals: Coastal
management/biological planning of developments |
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Holly Gabries Email: Undergraduate Institution: Juniata College Undergraduate Major: Environmental Science Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joanne Halls Research Area:
Future plans or goals: To obtain a
Ph.D. in geography and work for a government
agency such as NOAA doing remote sensing
research of coastal areas.
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Taylor Graham
Email:
Undergraduate Major: Marine Science/Chemistry Faculty Advisor: Dr. Craig Tobias Research Area: Nitrogen cycling in the Cape Fear River Estuary
Future plans or goals: To secure a
well paying job.
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Danelle Lekan Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: B.S. Marine Biology, minor in chemistry Faculty Advisor: Dr. Carmelo Tomas Research Area: Effects of varying salinity and nutrition on the growth and toxicity of the red tide, Karenia brevis.
Future plans or goals: Earn my Ph.D.,
teach and research in a field where I have the
opportunity to be outside.
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Jennie McClain Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: B.S. Marine Biology, minor in chemistry Faculty Advisor: Dr. Steve Ross Research Area: Trophodynamic study of mesopelagic fishes over hydrocarbon cold seeps
Future plans or goals: I'm not
entirely sure where I want to end up yet, but I
hope to obtain a job involving research,
particularly deep-sea. Of course, life's a
journey, so I'll see where the next few years
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Tim Metevelis Email: Undergraduate Institution: Undergraduate Major: Geography Faculty Advisor: Dr. Doug Gamble Research Area: Future plans or goals: To develop and prove my skills as a successful researcher in environmental studies
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Amber Morris Email: amber.morris@noaa.gov Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology Faculty Advisor: Dr. Fred Scharf and Dr. Mark Imperial Currently: A NOAA-Graduate Sciences Program Scholar pursuing a thesis in collaboration with the National Marine Fisheries Service- Southwest Region Sustainable Fisheries Division and UNCW's Marine Biology and Political Science Departments. Degree Seeking: A Masters in Marine Science and a Masters in Public Administration Research Research Area: Resource allocation issues involved in the implementation and monitoring of Marine Protected Areas with respect to the development of adaptive fisheries management Future plans or goals: To encourage society's understanding and enjoyment of the oceans while keeping fish and fisherpeople in and on the water and omega-3 on our plates |
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John Rose Email: Undergraduate Institution: UVA Undergraduate Major: Environmental Science Faculty Advisor: Dr. William Cleary Research Area: Impact of Natural and Artificial Ebb Channel Position Realignment on Oceanfront Shoreline Change
Future plans or goals: Work in
coastline consulting
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Katherine Sullivan Email: Undergraduate Institution: Wake Forest University Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisor: Dr. Wade Watanabe Research Area:
Future plans or goals: Uncertain at
this time, but I am interested in work in
aquaculture, environmental consulting and
environmental education.
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Andrew Sumerel Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNC Charlotte Undergraduate Major: Physics and Math Faculty Advisor: Research Area: Undecided
Future plans or goals:
My hope is to eventually work
through a PhD program in Planetary Sciences
and/or Astronomy
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Michael Taylor
Email:
Undergraduate Major: Physics Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Morrison Research Area: Connectivity and Upwelling Dynamics in the Galapagos Marine Reserve
Future plans or goals: Either continue
on to a Ph.D. program or obtain a job in marine
ecosystem management.
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Laura Truxal
Email:
Undergraduate Major: Marine Science Faculty Advisor: Dr. Daniel Baden Research Area: Exploration and determination of polar compounds found in Karenia brevis cultures.
Future plans or goals: To continue
doing research work at an institution such as
NOAA.
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James Wilde Email: Undergraduate Institution: NC State University Undergraduate Major: B.S. Microbiology Faculty Advisors: Drs. Wade Watanabe and Chris Dumas Research Area: Black Sea Bass Mariculture and Market Economics Future plans or goals: Private mariculture industry, maximizing profits and eco-friendly techniques
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Josephine Yavari Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Chemistry Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joan Willey Research Area: Future plans or goals: To attend medical school |
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Dustin Allen Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNC Chapel Hill Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Wade Watanabe Research Area: Future plans or goals: To gain a greater understanding of recirculating aquaculture system and ideally open my own facility after graduation
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Jennifer Dickson Brown Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Environmental Science and a minor in Chemistry Faculty Advisors: Dr. Brooks Avery Research Area:
Future plans or goals: To become an
efficient research scientist and to learn as
much as possible
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Matt Hirsch Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Bongkeun Song Research Area: Future plans or goals: To teach and learn
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Joann Kelly Email: Undergraduate Institution: University of Virginia Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Carmelo Tomas Research Area: Future plans or goals: Earn my master's degree in marine science, maybe go on to earn a Ph.D.
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Melody Knowles Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Larry Cahoon Research Area: Future plans or goals: I would like to continue teaching at a community college and perhaps continue on to obtain a Ph.D. My goal is to educate our community in how to care for the Lockwood Folly River system
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Ebenezer Nyadjro Email: Undergraduate Institution: University of Ghana Undergraduate Major: Oceanography and Fisheries Faculty Advisors: Drs. Fred Bingham and John Morrison Research Area: Future plans or goals: To be a physical oceanographer
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Andy Ostrowski Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology and Environmental Studies Faculty Advisors: Dr. Wade Watanabe Research Area: Future plans or goals: To pursue a successful research career either in a state or federal agency
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Yossi Shirazi Email: Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology, Environmental Restoration Faculty Advisors: Dr. Michael Mallin Research Area: Future plans or goals: To earn a Ph.D. and promote more sustainable land use policies and practices
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Kelly Jo Stull Email: Undergraduate Institution: James Cook University, Australia Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Larry Cahoon Research Area: Future plans or goals: Continue on to a Ph.D. program dealing with climate change and health of the oceans
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Avery Tatters Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Carmelo Tomas Research Area: Future plans or goals: To conduct independent research at an academic institution
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Jan Vicente Email: Undergraduate Institution: University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Jeffrey Wright Research Area: Future plans or goals: To earn a Ph.D. in marine biology focusing on marine invertebrate ecology, teach at a University, and travel the world in my future sail boat
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