August 7, 2024

10: 15 AM 
Didi Colon Maldonado, Aurora University
“Effects of Nutrients on Mixotrophs in Narragansett Bay”

10:30 AM
Nate Nowel, Washington University in St. Louis
“Understanding the Role of the Gulf Stream in Surface Wind Convergence Using Saildrones” 

10:45 AM
Paola Roman Morales, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
“Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Analysis in Plankton Samples from the Gulf of Maine”

11:00 AM
Alex Sinno, University of Rhode Island
“Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Marine Heterotrophic Bacteria Along the Northeast Shelf”

11:15 AM
Ryleigh Emmert, Williams College
“The Dynamics of Ocean Currents Around Mesophotic and Deep-sea Coral Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico”

11: 30 AM
Jacob Krance, Mississippi State University 
“Using Geochemistry to Resolve Changes in Mid-Ocean Ridge Melting Processes as Seafloor Spreading Ends”

11:45 AM
Nina Storozhynska, Cornell University
“Altered Nitrogen Cycle in the Mozambique Channel during Super-Interglacial Marine Isotope Stage 31 Inferred from Foraminifera-bound Organic Nitrogen”

Lunch Break

1:00 PM
Manavi Panjnani, Stevens Institute of Technology
“Underwater Target Inspection using AUVs and Sensor Fusion”

1:15 PM
Eli Bohlander, Purdue University
“Kinematic Modeling and Performance Testing of the Sailing Spar Buoy”

1:30 PM
Ilana Jacobs, Boston University
“Assessing the Impact of Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Aquaculture on Local Carbonate Chemistry in Narragansett Bay

1:45 PM
Sam Kratman, The Pennsylvania State University
“Distribution of Alvinella species across the Eastern Pacific”

2:00 PM
Alan Whelan, University of Maryland
“Investigating the So-Called Good Hope Jet and its Role in the Agulhas Leakage System ”

2:15 PM
Hector G. Torres-DeJesús, University of Puerto Rico, Humacao
“Characterization of Fatty Acids in Symbiotic and Aposymbiotic Astrangia poculata: Insights into Energy Acquisitions and Environmental Adaptations