Holly Morin, manager of education and outreach for the Inner Space Center was the marine mammal lead and expedition coordinator on the 2019 Northwest Passage Project. “By tracking those species and seeing which animals were where in certain numbers, it’s nice to put all those different puzzle pieces together and get an overall picture of the environment.”
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Rich Hittinger (M.S. 1975) is retired from his business, Alliance Environmental Group, located in Warwick. He has always been an avid fisherman and is presently the acting president of the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association. He believes that “Recreational fishing is very important. It will have a huge impact on the economy,”
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On the MOSAiC Project, Bob Campbell (Ph.D.1993) was responsible for collecting zooplankton samples and conducting experiments on them. An exciting part of the research was returning to an Arctic ice camp where he repeated measurements he had made 20 years ago.
Continue reading "Robert Campbell (alum and marine research scientist)"Plankton ecologist Patricia (Tricia) Thibodeau was curious as to why microscopic animals were migrating up to near the surface each night, even in places where the sunlight didn’t vary.
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As GSO’s Business Manager, Jane Miner cheerfully reminds us to submit our time card, but did you also know she was brought up as an environmentalist, is a native Rhode Islander, and has been at GSO for over 4 decades?
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Ever since he was a toddler, Chris Armanetti wanted to work on ships. And ever since his time at Massachusetts Maritime Academy he has done just that. After spending several years as a mate, now he is the Master (captain) of the R/V Endeavor and enjoys working with scientists and marine technicians. He makes sure they can carry our their research safely and securely.
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“Having that MBA was really handy because I can now have elevated conversations with my teammates and work out actual business strategy related to equipment and service.” Colleen Peters (M.O. & M.B.A. 2019), who now works at Saildrone, earned her “Blue MBA” which enhanced her existing science background while also giving her the financial and economic know-how to advance her career in a growing commercial industry.
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“Our research has shown that the biggest threat to eelgrass is the excess nitrogen coming from human sources—mainly wastewater treatment plants.” Fred Short (M.S. 1976) founded SeagrassNet, the Global Seagrass Monitoring Network which is now used at 139 sites on every continent except Antarctica (where seagrass has yet to be found).
Continue reading "Fred Short (alum)"Kathy Beck has worked at GSO for 23 years. During her time at GSO she has worked for 4 Deans and 3 Interim Deans as the GSO Dean’s Executive Assistant and also worked with 3 Associate Deans. She worked in the Fish Building, helped move the Dean’s office to OSEC and continued on. Read her reflections about her work and the Bay Campus community and learn about her retirement plans.
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Lora Harris (Ph.D. 2006) did research to use chemicals of human origin, like artificial sweeteners and soaps as “fingerprints” to help determine if discharge from septic tank systems are polluting nearby watersheds. “In combination with isotopic tracers, this could help differentiate wastewater from agricultural sources, which would be useful” said Harris.
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