What did Marine Biology Majors Do in Summer 2019?

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – Development of a hyperspectral radiometer in an effort to understand ocean color – Ellie Felderman

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – Geographic variation in life history characteristics of the sandbar shark – Haley Kenyon

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – The experience of a URI Watershed Watch Volunteer – Gianna Lourenco

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – Trophic competition between black sea bass and Atlantic cod in Southern New England in the face of climate change – Christopher Mayer

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – DNA barcoding clarifies species identities in a Caribbean host-parasite interaction and verifies real-time identification of host species in the field – Malachy McCaffrey

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – Toxic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia and nutrient dynamics in Narragansett Bay – Ana McMenamin

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – Evaluating salt marsh adaptive management in Rhode Island’s coastal lagoons – Margaret Rodrigue

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – Understanding the effects of multiple stressors on Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) larvae – Melati Tarrant

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – The symbiotic and genetic relationship of corals and their symbiont – Myles Wagner

What did Marine Biology Majors Do in Summer 2020 (virtually)?  

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – Evolution of the coral-algal symbiosis- Myles Wagner

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – The impacts of climate change on local fish species – Kelsey Mudry

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – Microplastics in the waters of Narragansett Bay – Jacqui Roush

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – 3D Printed Underwater Technology – Tyler Simonenko

Coastal and Environmental Fellow – Big Data Methods to Develop Habitat Suitability Models for Highly Migratory Sharks in the Western North Atlantic – Bailey Jenkins

What did Marine Biology Majors Do in Summer 2021?

Science & Engineering Fellow – Monitoring a Treasured Ecotourism Animal, the Southern Stingray at Stingray City, Grand Cayman Based on 10 years of Tag and Recapture Data – Dario Castillo

Science & Engineering Fellow – The exploration of photo identification for Southern Stingrays, Hypanus americanus – Jahnae Drummond

Coastal & Environmental Fellow – Three-Dimensional Habitat Use of Shortfin Mako Sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) – Katie Gheysen

Coastal & Environmental Fellow – Histology of intra- and trans-generational acclimatization of a temperate coral (Astrangia poculata) – Chloe Gilligan

Coastal & Environmental Fellow – EecSeq: an alternative capture sequencing method for non-model species – Finn Harty

Coastal & Environmental Fellow – Utilizing Science Communication Tools to Educate and Understand Community Experiences Towards Aquaculture Farms in Southern New England – Gianna Lourenco

Coastal & Environmental Fellow – The impact of habitat and temperature on the relative abundance of the Eastern Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) throughout Rhode Island’s watersheds – Ellie Madigan

Coastal & Environmental Fellow – The Effect of Spawning and Overwintering on the Mortality Rate of Various Populations of Eastern Oysters – Joseph Maiorano

Coastal & Environmental Fellow – Plastic particle concentration in Westport River with comparison to Narragansett Bay – Janelle Mercer

Coastal & Environmental Fellow – Response of Benthic Fauna to a Changing Environment in Narragansett Bay – Gwenevier Riendeau

What did Marine Biology Majors Do in Summer 2022?

Intern, NY/NJ nonprofit organization “Stop the Chop”- studying noise pollution caused by non-commercial and private owned helicopters (Gabriella McCalpin)

Intern, RI DEM – studyingTrout fisheries/hatcheries throughout RI (Brandon Chapman)

Field Research Intern – New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance – South Coast Terrapin Project (Sierra Richardson)

Aquarist and Education Intern, Save the Bay’s Exploration Center, Newport and Research Assistant in Gomez-Chiarri Lab studying larval oyster microbiota and shellfish disease virology. (Katrina Kulesh)

Support Staff, New Logic Marine Science Camp in NJ (Gus Bienenfeld)

NOAA Hollings Intern – creating outreach and education content about climate change issues in Hawaii and along the Pacific Islands (Rosie Bailey)

Student Researcher/Intern, RIDEM Division of Marine Fisheries – juvenile bay seine survey, searching for oyster habitat, etc. Working with the Salt Ponds Coalition on jellyfish project. (Emma Gerike)

Naturalist and Main Collector, Beavertail State Park; Field collector for Save the Bay’s Aquarium (Cameron Chadronet)

Engineering Lab Assistant, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution – Scibotics Lab, working on LRAUVs (long-range autonomous underwater vehicles) (Madison Conn)

Camp Counselor, Paramus Recreation Center, NJ  (Chris Patti)

Educator/Outreach, Loggerhead Marine Life Center, Juno FL – Taught kids ages 6-17 (Kalyn Markuns)