The Graduate School of Oceanography congratulates its newest graduates.

Blue MBA (MBA with a Master of Oceanography Degree):
Dan Albani
Brian Amaral
Zac Anglin
Anupa Asokan
Correna Blewett
Josh Haggarty
Tony Leone
Gabe Matthais

M.S. in Oceanography:

Cristin Ashmankas, “A History of Sea Ice in the Cenozoic Arctic Ocean” (Major Professor: Kate Moran)

Jenn Bailey “Pseudocalanus Copepods in the Bering Sea: Species Identification, Intraspecific Diversity and Biogeography” (Major Professors: Ted Durbin & Tatiana Rynearson)

Josh Kelly “1891 AD Submarine Eruptive Processes and Geochemical Studies of Floating Scoria at Foerstner Volcano, Pantelleria, Italy” (Major Professor: Steven Carey)

Melissa Kaufman “Evaluating Ocean Model Resolution and Initialization under Hurricane Conditions” (Major Professor: Isaac Ginis)

Nicole Lengyel “Characterizing the Spread and Impacts of the Invasive Colonial Tunicate Didemnum vexillum on Georges Bank” (Major Professor: Jeremy Collie)

Conor McManus “Coastal Current Effects on Primary Production Rates and Implications for Ecosystem Dynamics in Massachusetts Bay” (Major Professor: Candace Oviatt)

Justine Sauvage “Determination of in-situ Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Concentration and Alkalinity in Marine Sedimentary Interstitial Water” (Major Professor: Steven D’Hondt)

Hyewon Kim “Future-pCO2 Conditions alter the Movement Behaviors of the Toxic Raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo: Implications for Harmful Algal Bloom Formation in an Acidifying Ocean” (Major Professor: Susanne Menden-Deuer)

Kelly Knorr “Distribution, Variability, and Trends in Wind Characteristics in New England Coastal Areas” (Major Professor: John Merrill)

Dane Sheldon “Stratigraphy of a Proposed Wind Farm Site Southeast of Block Island: Utilization of Borehole Samples, Downhole Logging, and Seismic Profiles”  (Major Professor: John King)

Shifra Yonis “Vertical profiles of PAH concentrations in Narragansett Bay using passive samplers” (Major Professor: Rainer Lohmann)

PhD in Oceanography:

Stu Bishop “The Role of Eddy Fluxes in the Kuroshio Extension at 143-149 °E” (Major Professor: Randy Watts)

Christian Buckingham “Ubiquitous Zonal Bands in Subtropical Oceans Observed from Space” (Major Professor: Peter Cornillon)

Lindsey Fields “Benthic-Pelagic Coupling as a Function of Changing Organic Inputs in Coastal Ecosystems” (Major Professors: Candace Oviatt & Wally Fulweiler)

Liz Harvey “The Impact of Predator-Prey Relationships on the Formation of Harmful Algal Blooms in Heterosigma akashiwo” (Major Professor: Susanne Menden-Deuer)

Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert “Larval Transport in an Estuarine-Shelf System: Interaction of Circulation Patterns and Larval Behavior” (Major Professor: Chris Kincaid)

Lin Zhang “Transport and Fate of Organochlorine Pollutants among Air, Water, Sediments, and Biota in Remote Oceans” (Major Professor: Rainer Lohmann)