Undergraduate Research Fellows Symposium 2023

WELCOME!

The College of the Environmental and Life Sciences (CELS), the College of Engineering (COE), and the Cooperative Extension at the University of Rhode Island are pleased to invite you to this year’s Annual Undergraduate Research Fellows Symposium, on Wednesday, December 13th, from 10:00am-4:30pm.

This event will be a fantastic opportunity for the Agriculture and Food Systems, Coastal and Environmental, Energy, and Science and Engineering Fellows to showcase their work, and the work of the university community, to their family, peers, faculty, and staff.
Within the information provided, you will find the following:

Registration Link: Please register to attend the event
Event Agenda
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Complete list of all student presenters, topics, time, and location of presentation.

Thank you for your interest in attending this event and we hope to see you there. If you have any questions prior to the event, please feel free to contact Sarah Puckett at: sarah_puckett@uri.edu.

AGENDA:

Location: College of Biological and Life Sciences (CBLS), 120 Flagg Road, Kingston, RI 02881

10:00-3:30pm: Energy Fellows Oral Presentations, CBLS #010

1:00-3:30pm: Agriculture and Food Systems Fellows Oral Presentation, CBLS #152

2:00-3:30pm: Coastal & Environmental and Science & Engineering Fellows Poster Viewing Session, CBLS First Floor

3:30-4:30pm: Certificate and Award Presentations, CBLS #100

STUDENT PRESENTER’S AND TOPICS: Listed by Fellowship Program

energy fellows’ presentation schedule: cbls #010, 10:00-3:30pm

Time	Presenter Name	Major	Presentation Title	Mentor Placement
10:12 AM	Serena Russell	Environmental and Natural Resource Economics	Reshaping Audubon’s Mission: Clean Energy & Conservation	Audubon Society of RI
10:24 AM	Augustina Munter	Environmental and Natural Resource Economics	Integrating Advocacy and Education at the Audubon Society of RI	Audubon Society of RI
10:36 AM	Rafeed Hussain	Marine Affairs	Electrifying Bill: How RI’s New Solar Siting Legislation Will Benefit People and the Planet	The Nature Conservancy
10:48 AM	Kyla Foley	Environmental and Natural Resource Economics	Achieving Greater Energy Efficiency: Strategic Energy Management Partnerships	RI Energy
11:00 AM	Matt Maini	Astrophysics	Learning How to be an Energy Advocate	RI Energy
11:12 AM	Patrick Feliz	Electrical Engineering	Increasing Comfort and Efficiency While Lowering Energy Bills: The Power of Heat Pumps	RISE Engineering
11:24 AM	Adelmo Intrieri	Electrical Engineering	Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions	City of PVD Sustainability Office
11:36 AM	Aislinn Hanley	Master of Environmental Science and Management	Meeting RI’s Act on Climate Goals: The Electric Sector	Climate Jobs RI
11:48 AM	Isabelle Gingold	Marine Biology	Electrifying the Path to Emissions Reductions in Rhode Island’s Transportation Sector	RI Dept of Environmental Management
12:00 PM	Alexandra Szabo	Environmental and Natural Resource Economics	Utilizing the Extension Model to Inspire Energy Efficiency Champions in RI	URI Cooperative Extension
12:12 PM	Jeivet Kenelak	Mechanical Engineering	Energy Savings through Building Energy Modeling	Creative Environment Corp
1:15 PM	Paul Barlow	Civil Engineering	Workforce Development for RI’s Transition to Clean Transportation	RI Office of Energy Resources
1:27 PM	Samuel Carnevalla	Environmental and Natural Resource Economics	Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Their Impact on the Community	Energy Source
1:39 PM	Juliana Cerullo	Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Business Management	Carbon Emissions Avoided Through Renewable Energy Fund Funded Projects	RI Commerce Corporation
1:51 PM	Lindsay Brubecker	Marine Affairs	Assessing Effects of Offshore Wind on the Marine Environment via Biological Assessments	CSA Ocean Sciences
2:03 PM	Jacqueline Osmanski	Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Business	Cogeneration for a Cooperative Environment: Biochar	Green Development, LLC
2:15 PM	Jacob Curren	Environmental and Natural Resource Economics	Leveraging State and Federal Incentive Opportunities for RI Agribusinesses	RI Office of Energy Resources
2:27 PM	Jordan Galuzzo	Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Marine Affairs	Science Communication in Energy Efficiency Policy	Optimal Energy, an NV5 Company
2:39 PM	Kayla Michaud	Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Transforming the RI Thermal Sector: RI’s Mission Towards Clean Heat	RI Office of Energy Resources
2:51 PM	Stephanie Scymcyk	Master of Business Administration	Effectiveness of Social Media Data Analytics	RI Office of Energy Resources
3:03 PM	Joshua Shaughnessey	Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Rhode Island’s Plan to Diversify Green Space	RI Office of Energy Resources

agriculture and food systems fellows’ presentation schedule: cbls #152, 1:00-3:30pm

Time	Presenter Name	Major	Presentation Title	Mentor Placement
1:45 pm	Liv Massotti	Animal Science	Got Worms? Educating the Farming Community about Parasite Management in Small Ruminants	URI Dept. of Animal and Veterinary Science
1:57 pm	Westin Palumbo	Environmental Science and Management, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems	Environmental Education and Developing a Sustainable Culture	ERICD AgInnovation Farm
2:09 pm	Amy Voigt	Biological Sciences, Psychology	Relish Rhody: Collaboration across the Food System	RI Commerce Corporation
2:21 pm	Abbie Jammah	Biological Sciences, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems	Nutrition Outreach : Serving My Community	URI SNAP-Ed Program
2:33 pm	Grace Chasanoff	Animal Science	Sustainable Agriculture in an Urban Setting	Aquidneck Community Table
2:45 pm	Jenna Salem	Biological Sciences	How to Become a Science Communicator: Breaking Down Barriers	URI Dept. of Plant Sciences and Entomology
2:57 pm	Orla Peck	Landscape Architecture	Revitalizing Landscapes: Connecting Land, Ocean and People through Functional Design	Ocean Hour Farm
3:09 pm	Ella Zalewsky	Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems	Universal Healthy School Meals for All	City of PVD Healthy Communities Office

coastal & environmental and science & engineering fellows poster symposium: cbls first floor, 2:00-3:30pm

Poster No.	Presenter Name	Major	Fellowship Program	Poster Title	Mentor(s)
1	Garrett Acuna	Marine Biology	Science and Engineering Fellow	Monitoring the Aggregation of Stingray City, Hypanus americanus	Dr. Bradley Wetherbee
2	Nittaunis Anoquese Baker	Marine Affairs	Science and Engineering Fellow	Augmenting Manissean public memory, sense of place, and belonging on Block Island	Dr. Amelia Moore, Dr. Madison Jones
3	Hailey Balmforth	Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Assessing Stream Gauge Hydrographs for Correlations with Seismological Activity	Dr. Soni Pradhanang
4	Catherine Bergan	Biological Sciences	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Survival and size in Southern New England oysters	Dr. Marta Gomez-Chiarri
5	Juliana Bucci	Medical Laboratory Science	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Understanding which coastal stressors have the greatest impact on the survivorship of Crassostrea virginica (eastern oyster) larvae	Dr. Jonathan Puritz
6	Alisha Cabner	Biological Sciences and French	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Developing an Approach to Target Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae) as Enzootic Measures for the Prevention of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV)	Dr. Janelle Couret
7	Virtue Chike-Okeke	Biomedical Engineering	Science and Engineering Fellow	Testing the compatibility of TCREs with openBCI cyton board	Dr. Walter Besio
8	Beatrix Chiuz	Chemical Engineering	Science and Engineering Fellow	Synthesis of Gold Nanoshells for Reactive Oxygen Species Detection	Dr. Geoffrey Bothun, Dr. Animesh Pan
9	Ila Collette	Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	The observed biodiversity of amphibians and reptiles in the North Woods	Dr. Michelle Peach, Dr. Brett Still
10	Laura Colon	Civil Engineering	Science and Engineering Fellow	Microplastics characterization using novel techniques	Dr. Vinka Craver
11	Nathan Conde-Haney	Marine Biology	Science and Engineering Fellow	COVID-19's Effect on The World's Most Famous Ecotourism Spot- Stingray City, Cayman Islands	Dr. Bradley Wetherbee
12	Kelsie Dakessian	Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Monitoring sulfidic materials in subaqueous soils in Long Island Sound	Dr. Mark Stolt, Kelly Addy Lowder
13	Grace Dandeneau	Marine Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Identifying pregnancy in New England Cottontails, Sylvilagus transitionalis, using non-invasive hormone analysis	Dr. Justin Richard
14	Sofia DaSilva	Geology and Geological Oceanography	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Assessing the correlation between chloride concentrations and harmful algal blooms in Rhode Island water bodies	Elizabeth Herron
15	Julie De Alencar	Biotechnology	Science and Engineering Fellow	Site Suitability Assessment and Composition Analysis of Culiseta melanura Habitats in Wetlands: A key approach to effective EEEV control	Dr. Janelle Couret, Domingo Medina Lora
16	Yaceiry De La Cruz Calderon	Biological Science	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	How has the pH and alkalinity of Lower Kickemuit Reservoir and Upper Kickemuit Impoundment changed since 2021 and what this tells us	Elizabeth Herron
17	Corinne DeAngelis	Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Is Artifical Intelligence accurate in identifying New England Cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis, on trail camera footage?	Dr. T.J. McGreevy, Andrea Petrullo
18	Megan DeLaurier	Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Evaluating Particle Size Distribution for Carbon Storage	Dr. Mark Stolt, Kelly Addy Lowder
19	Nicholas Durinzi	Biological Sciences	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Survey of parasitoids of native planthoppers in Rhode Island: Is there a potential for future management of Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)?	Dr. Lisa Tewksbury
20	Grace First	Marine Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Relationships between Morphology and Ecology of Three Atlantic Shark Species	Dr. Bradley Wetherbee
21	James Gbaba	Cell and Molecular Biology	Science and Engineering Fellow	Investigating the role of the FANCD2 gene within Neuronal Differentiation	Dr. Niall Howlett
22	Abigail Gill	Biological Sciences, Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Monitoring beech leaf disease (BLD) in South Kingstown, RI	Beth Dickson, Julia Landstreet
23	Jezell Green	Cell and Molecular Biology-BioChemistry	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Developing an Innovative Ecological Management Strategy to Control EEE Virus by Targeting Resting Behavior of Culiseta Melanura (Diptera:Culicidae)	Dr. Janelle Couret
24	Charlotte Hall	Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	American burying beetle population management and monitoring on Block Island, RI	Scott B. Comings
25	Brittany Hanley	Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	The genetics of New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) conservation	Dr. T.J. McGreevy, Diana Beltrán
26	El Hartshorn	Marine Biology, Gender and Women's Studies	Science and Engineering Fellow	Population fluctuations of Lacuna vincta snails on algae in Narragansett Bay, RI	Dr. Niels-Viggo S. Hobbs
27	Hannah Horace	PharmD	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Growing Daucus Carota subsp. sativus (carrot) in fabric mulches	Dr. Rebecca Brown
28	Kayla Kleinbauer	Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Assessing occupancy and abundance of Sacramento Mountain salamanders (Aneides hardii) in relation to tree height and cover in Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico	Dr. Nancy Karraker, Marissa Ardovino, Dr. Rachel Loehman
29	Meghan Leddy	Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Assessing nest microhabitat preferences among Common Terns (Sterna hirundo)	Dr. Peter Paton
30	Elise LePage	PharmD	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Nanoparticle Warfare: Bacteria Membrane Vesicles Influence Biofilm Formation of Competitors	Dr. David Rowley
31	Joseph LoPresti	Marine Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Understanding Deep Sea Ecology: Community composition within Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vent communities within the Lau Basin	Kristofer Gomes, Dr. Andy Davies
32	Levi Louis	Geology and Geological Oceanography	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	The Rhode Island Coastal Hazard, Analysis, Modeling, and Prediction System (RI-CHAMP)	Dr. Austin Becker, Dr. Isaac Ginis, and Noah Hallisey
33	Susanna Majkut	Ocean Engineering	Science and Engineering Fellow	Evaluating the use of an autonomous surface vehicle for conducting bay scallop surveys in the Pt. Judith Salt pond	Dr. Christopher Roman
34	Olivia Mazzone	Marine Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Habitat preferences of the Threespot Damselfish: Evaluating the quality of different corals from the perspective of a habitat generalist	Dr. Graham Forrester
35	Brooklyn Mitchell	Marine Biology, Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	How location within a tank affects microplastic accumulation in the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica	Dr. Coleen Suckling
36	Christina Monk	Plant Sciences- Sustainable Crop Production	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Increasing fruit quality and yield for husk cherries (Physalis pruinosa) in New England	Dr. Rebecca Brown
37	John Mota	Wildlife & Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Biosurveillance of the invasive Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) using a nesting ground wasp Cerceris fumipennis	Dr. Lisa Tewksbury
38	Nikita Noyes-Martel	Biological Sciences	Science and Engineering Fellow	Chemotactic Responses of C. elegans Worms with fcd-2 Mutation	Dr. Niall Howlett
39	Oluwatosin Okele	Civil Engineering, Industrial & Systems Engineering	Science and Engineering Fellow	Integrating diverse perspectives: The impact of URI College of Engineering’s partnership within the Northeast Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation	Dr. Charles A. Watson
40	Lizzy Omotoye	Biology and Gender Women Studies	Science and Engineering Fellow	Augmenting Manissean Public Memory, Sense of Place, and Belonging on Block Island	Dr. Amelia Moore and Dr. Madison Jones
41	Alberto Paz	Cell Molecular Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Responses of calcareous foraminifera in Rhode Island salt marshes to ocean acidification	Dr. Zhang, Christopher Power
42	Kate Perzanowski	Biological Sciences	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Bumble and honey bee selective visitation to four clover species and common selfheal	Dr. Steven Alm , Julia Vieira
43	Joey Pintado	Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Effect of Dusky Arion (Arion subfuscus) mucus on growth and defense of black mustard (Brassica nigra)	Dr. Evan Preisser
44	Madison Reagan	Environmental Science and Management, Environmental Economics	Engineering and Environmental Compliance Intern	Impacts of glycol on water quality surrounding the Burlington Internatinal Airport	Larry Lackey, Catie Calabrese, Dr. Soni Pradhanang
45	Lindsey Reimels	Marine Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	An Exploratory Study on the Interactions Between Baleen and Microplastics	Dr. Andrew Davies, Sarah Davis
46	Hector Santiago Alvarez	Biotechnology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Exploring Genetic Diversity and Population Differentiation of Horseshoe Crabs in Southern New England through ddRAD Sequencing	Dr. Jonathan Puritz
47	Talia Scott	Wldlife and Conservation Biology, Africana Studies minor: Sustainability	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Augmenting Manissean Public Memory, Sense of Place, and Belonging on Block Island	Dr. Amelia Moore and Dr. Madison Jones
48	Maricarmen Serna	Environmental Economics, Marine Biology	Hollings Scholar	Winter Killer Whale Distribution: Two Decades of Coastal Surveys Reveal Survey Efficiency	Brad Hanson, Candice Emmons
49	Madison Stetson	Geology and Geological Oceanography	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Investigation of Trace Gases in Rhode Island's coastal groundwater wells	Dr. Serena Moseman-Valtierra, Dr. Dawn Cardace, PhD Candidate Cybele Collins
50	Michael Tavares	Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Aboveground hardwood carbon weight and tree species density in the North Woods	Dr. Brett Still, Dr. Michelle Peach
51	Emily Thiboutot	Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	A simple ecological index for guiding residential tick control decision-making	Dr. Thomas Mather
52	Kelsey Tichenor	Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	What is causing the harmful algal blooms in Tiogue Lake?	Elizabeth Herron
53	Alyson Torino	Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Monitoring of lily leaf beetle (Lilioceris Lilii) parasitoids in New England	Dr. Lisa Tewksbury
54	Elise VanLuinen	Biotechnology, Cell and Molecular Biology (Biochemistry)	Science and Engineering Fellow	Synthesizing a Reference Genome for Centropogon Cornutus	Dr. Rachel Schwartz
55	Sinna Vaughan	Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Surveying Rhode Island’s Native Forbs for Roadside Adaptation and Pollinator Benefits	Dr. Rebecca Brown
56	Noah Waite	Biotechnology	Science and Engineering Fellow	Long-read data reveals gene copies confounding species relationships in plant family Campanulaceae	Dr. Rachel Schwartz
57	Cierra Westbrook	Marine Biology	Science and Engineering Fellow	What are the effects of sewage effluent on the Eastern Oyster during early life stages?	Dr. Jonathan Puritz
58	Kaitlyn White	Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Impact of Soil Moisture on Snout Vent Length (SVL) of the Sacramento Mountain Salamander (Aneides hardii) in Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico	Dr. Karraker, Marissa Ardovino, Dr. Rachel Loehman
59	Erin Wildes	Marine Affairs, Marine Biology	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Understanding how Coastal Stressors affect selectively bred Eastern Oysters (Crassostrae virginica)	Dr. Jonanthan Puritz
60	Katherine Zmich	Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental Fellow	Heat Treatment for the management of Honeybee's greatest threat, Varroa destructor	Dr. Steven Alm, Casey Johnson

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student presenter’s and their research topics

Energy Fellows Oral Presentation Schedule: 12:00-3:15 PM

Time	Student Name & Major	Presentation Title	Placement
12:10:00	Noah Cloutier, Environmental & Natural Resource Economics	Facilitating Behavior Change: The Green Thinker Program	Audubon Society of RI
12:22:00	Connor Allamby, Computer Science	Implementing an Intrusion Detection System for a Smart Grid	URI Smart Grid Security Research Group
12:34:00	Emily Ferrara, Environmental & Natural Resource Economics	Rhode Island Solar Siting and Town Code	Green Development LLC
12:46:00	Erik Carlson, PhD Astrophysics	Distribution Network Defense - Protecting Tomorrow's Smart Homes Today	URI Smart Grid Security Research Group
12:58:00	John Biller, Environmental & Natural Resource Economics	Setting an Energy Efficiency Standard: The First Step to Meeting Providence's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions Goals	Providence Sustainability Office
01:10:00	Gage Blanchflower, Mechanical Engineering	Incentivizing Change: A look at the power of cash rebates to reach energy reduction goals	RISE Engineering
01:22:00	Katie Hampston, Mechanical Engineering	How Smart Grids Can Keep Us Safe	URI Smart Grid Security Research Group
01:34:00	Kurta Beyan, Environmental & Natural Resource Economics	Increasing Energy Literacy in Rhode Island through Research and outreach	URI Cooperative Extension
01:55:00	Serena Russell, Environmental & Natural Resource Economics	Renewable Energy Fund: Support and Growth of Clean Energy in RI	RI Commerce Corp. - Renewable Energy Fund
02:05:00	Caitlyn Rodriguez, Business / Environmental & Natural Resource Economics	Incentives for Change: Energy Efficiency for Municipalities	Rhode Island Energy
02:20:00	Alyssa Bailey, Biology	RIAgEP: Agricultural Programs and Support for Farmers in RI	RI Office of Energy Resources
02:30:00	Josh Fishbein, Industrial & Systems Engineering	100% Renewable Energy in Rhode Island by 2033: What's the plan?	RI Office of Energy Resources
02:45:00	Pumee Rojchanaborworn, MS Ocean Engineering	A Path to Overcoming Energy Efficiency Challenges in Rhode Island	Rhode Island Energy
02:55:00	Natalie Bishop, Marine Affairs / Environmental & Natural Resource Economics	The Importance of Communications on Energy Policy Implementation	RI Office of Energy Resources
03:05:00	Andrew Masciotti, Finance	Supply Chain Analysis: The Future of Offshore Wind	Xodus Consulting

Coastal & Environmental and Science & Engineering Fellows Poster Presentations: 2:00 – 3:30 PM

Poster Number	Student Name & Major	Fellowship Program	Poster Title	Mentor
1	Molly Ahern, Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental	Mapping young forest in Rhode Island: Using GIS to assess change in early successional habitat since 2011	Dr. Jason Parent
2	Oliver Allamby, Geology and Geological Oceanography	Coastal and Environmental	Understanding distribution of blue carbon in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts tidal marsh soils	Dr. Mark Stolt, Joseph Manetta
3	Aren Antranik, Biology	Science and Engineering	Determining phosphate levels in the septic tank	Dr. Alissa Cox, Owen Placido
4	Sarah Barry, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics	Coastal and Environmental	Assessing water quality in Southern New England	Elizabeth Herron
5	Jacqueline Brabants, Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental	Assessing the spatial relationship between onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) and nitrogen pollution of southern Rhode Island’s coastal ponds	Dr. Alissa Cox, Owen Placido
6	Jacob Bross, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering	Coastal and Environmental	New England Cottontail Conservation: A sequencing and genetics approach	Dr. T.J. McGreevy, Diana Beltran
7	Isabella Caldwell, Animal Science and Technology	Coastal and Environmental	Anthelmintic Activity of Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal Protein X Against Haemonchus contortus in Lambs	Dr. Katherine Petersson
8	Hailee Carlson, Biological Sciences	Coastal and Environmental	Testing the survival rates of Crassostrea virginica when exposed to coastal stressors	Dr. Jonathan Puritz, Dr. Alexandra Hooks
9	Sydney Charette, Animal Science & Technology, Pre-Vet	Coastal and Environmental	Exploring the importance of Tropodithietic acid (TDA) production in marine probiotic Phaeobacter inhibens S4 when in competition with pathogenic bacteria Vibrio coralliilyticus RE22	Dr. Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Jessica Coppersmith
10	Taya Clements, Marine Biology	Coastal and Environmental	The impact of temperature and land-use on the distribution of Brook trout in Rhode Island streams	Dr. Graham Forrester
11	Lillian Collyer, Wildlife Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental	Analyzing macrohabitat to assess abundance of threatened Sacramento Mountain salamander	Dr. Nancy Karraker
12	Ryan Corvese, Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental	Mapping plant communities and rare plants on South Kingstown Land Trust properties	Tyler Maikath
13	Lydia Cross, Marine Biology	Science and Engineering	Testing larval oyster survival in natural and artificial seawater	Dr. Jonathan Puritz, Dr. Alexandra Hooks
14	Eva Davet, Civil Engineering	Science and Engineering	Optimizing street sweeping to reduce water runoff pollution in urban areas	Andrew Sheerin
15	Jessica Devlin, Biological Sciences	Science and Engineering	Investigation of potential protein biomarkers for Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy in different disease stages of rTg-DI Rat Model	Dr. William Van Nostrand Dr. Joseph Schrader
16	Justin DiGennaro, Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental	Mapping Cyanobacteria in Rhode Island lakes and ponds	Elizabeth Herron
17	Emily Drappeau, Marine Biology and Marine Affairs	Hollings Scholar	Anthropogenic Sound Sources in Expanded Southern Resident Killer Whale Critical Habitat: Understanding and identifying potential threats to Southern Resident Killer Whales	Candice Emmons, M. Bradley Hanson
18	Willow Dunster, Marine Biology and Marine Affairs	Coastal and Environmental	Morphometric adaptations to different life histories in three Atlantic Shark species	Dr. Bradley Wetherbee
19	Hana-lei Evans, Marine Biology	Coastal and Environmental	How light availability affects Coral Calice morphology	Dr. Carlos Prada, Taylor Lindsay
20	Noah Goldthwait, Wildlife Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental	Assessing the relationship between Sacramento Mountain Salamander (Aneides hardii) snout-vent length and microhabitat conditions	Dr. Nancy Karraker
21	Megan Graff, Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental	Effect of site quality on home range size of American Woodcock (Scoloplax minor) and Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus)	Dr. Scott McWilliams, Liam Corcoran
22	Sara Hamada Mohamed, Biomedical Engineering	Science and Engineering	Development of NeoTex an Advanced Neonatal Monitoring System for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)	Dr. Kunal Mankodiya, Dr. Dhaval Solanki
23	Maris Harty, Plant Science	Coastal and Environmental	Does fertilizer type matter?	Dr. Rebecca Brown
24	Brett Holden, Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental	Comparison of Nesting Phenology of Eastern Towhees at sites managed for American Woodcock	Dr. Scott McWilliams, Megan Grey
25	Piper Hunt, Geosciences	Coastal and Environmental	Paleoenvironment Reconstruction Post Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) Mass Extinction	Dr. David Fastovsky, Rebecca Naprstek
26	Sloan Keller, Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental	The effects of land use change over time on wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) occurrence in Rhode Island	Dr. Nancy Karraker, Chloe Johnson
27	Maureen Kennedy, Biological Sciences	Coastal and Environmental	Plastic shore litter as a source of microplastic pollution in bodies of freshwater	Dr. Andrew Davies, Dr. Coleen Suckling, Sarah Davis
28	Emma Lokey, Biomedical Engineering	Science and Engineering	Rehabilitation Bike for Motor-Impaired Patients	Dr. Kunal Mankodiya, Dr. Dhaval Solanki
29	Latsany Lopez, Biotechnology	Science and Engineering	Artisanal fishers and food security in Rhode Island	Dr. Melva Treviño Peña, Jami Miller
30	Ellie Madigan, Marine Biology and Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental	The impact of Hurricane Irma on the mortality and morphology of restored and wild Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) in the British Virgin Islands	Dr. Graham Forrester
31	Jayden R. Messier, Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental	The effects of landscape composition on wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) occurrence in Rhode Island	Dr. Nancy Karraker, Chloe Johnson
32	Sophia Motta, Geological Oceanography	Coastal and Environmental	Is saltwater in your drinking water? Seasonal impacts on electrical conductivity	Dr. Thomas Boving, Jeeban Panthi
33	Alexandra Moura, Marine Affairs	Coastal and Environmental	Growth and survival of wild and selectively bred oysters in Rhode Island	Dr. Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Rob Hudson
34	Angela Nolan, Biotechnology	Coastal and Environmental	Monitoring the genetic distribution of the Eastearn Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)	Dr. Thomas McGreevy, Dr. Diana Beltrán
35	Arianne Parvaresh-Rizi, Biomedical Engineering	Science and Engineering	Enhanced Macrophage Uptake via DPPS-Loaded Spray Dried Microparticles	Dr. Samantha Meenach
36	Alberto Paz, Cell and Molecular Biology	Science and Engineering	Simulating cryopreservation strategies for increasing the rate of genetic gain in aquaculture selective breeding programs	Dr. Thomas Delomas
37	Halle Peterlin, Geological Oceanography	Coastal and Environmental	Oysters, not just a delicacy: Understanding the reproductive biology of oysters	Dr. Jonathan Puritz, Dr. Alexandra Hooks
38	Benjamin Poepsel, Marine Biology	Coastal and Environmental	The effects of sewage effluent on oyster larval populations	Dr. Jonathan Puritz
39	Hazelynn Rios, Animal Science and Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Science and Engineering	Evaluation of sampling methods for Hypena opulenta, a biocontrol agent released for management of invasive swallow-worts	Dr. Lisa Tewksbury, Alexandra Johnson
40	Naomy Robalo Moreno, Wildlife and Conservation Biology	Science and Engineering	Field surveys and rearing of native hoppers to be used in host range testing for biological control of spotted lanternfly	Dr. Lisa Tewksbury
41	Hector Santiago, Biotechnology	Science and Engineering	Comparing extracted DNA/RNA concentrations from oyster gill and mantle tissues utilized in EecSeq For exome surveying	Dr. Jonathan Puritz, Jacob Green
42	Maricarmen Serna, Marine Biology and Environmental Economics	Science and Engineering	Temporal trends in the composition and social network of Southern Stingrays at Stingray City, Cayman Islands	Dr. Bradley Wetherbee
43	Zoe Scipioni, Marine Biology and Wildlife Conservation Biology	Coastal and Environmental	The effects of abiotic and biotic factors on the New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis)	Dr. Thomas McGreevy, Andrea Petrullo
44	Vivian Stansell, Wildlife Biology and Marine Biology	Coastal and Environmental	Breeding behavior of the New England cottontail rabbit	Dr. Justin Richard
45	Deanna Torres, Marine Biology	Science and Engineering	COVID-19 Pandemic forces Southern Stingrays (Hypanus americanus) to social distance	Dr. Bradley Wetherbee, Colby Kresge
46	Kali Vanderlaan, Ocean Engineering	Science and Engineering	Investigation of the vertical stress thresholds of helical anchors	Dr. Christopher Baxter, Dr. Aaron Bradshaw, Hannah Miller
47	Ashley Velzis, Marine Biology	Coastal and Environmental	Ingestion and accumulation of microplastics by the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)	Dr. Andrew Davies, Dr. Coleen Suckling, Sarah Davis
48	Ashley Volk, Environmental Science and Management	Coastal and Environmental	Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping of long-term well data in Rhode Island	Dr. Soni M. Pradhanang, Mamoon Ismail, Jeeban Panthi

Coastal and Environmental Fellowship Program

College of the Environment and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island