Biography

Victoria Fulfer is a Ph.D. student at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography (URI-GSO). She is currently working alongside CRC Director J.P. Walsh as a Ph.D. Research Assistant. She studies the sources and distribution of marine plastic pollution in coastal ecosystems, including Narragansett Bay, RI and coastal Vietnam. Victoria has an interest in communicating her research to policymakers, and through the AGU Voices for Science policy fellowship program, she hopes to inform state and national lawmakers on the effects of marine plastic pollution, and facilitate the formation of teams to produce sustainable solutions. Victoria has a M.S. in oceanography and a B.S. in cell and molecular biology.