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Dr. Carrie Gill has over a decade of experience in energy and environmental fields, including academic, government, and industry experience. As Administrator, Grid Modernization and Systems Integration for Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, Dr. Gill primarily focuses on statewide systems-level integration in order to advance state policy goals. She works closely with all electric […]
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Maeve Story is a Graduate Research Assistant for the Department of Ocean Engineering studying towards her M.S. in Ocean Engineering. She earned her B.S. in Ocean Engineering and B.A. in German from URI. Her research projects have included coastal resilience studies in Rhode Island, an ocean instrumentation analysis at MARUM with the University of Bremen, […]
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Caitlin O’Mara works in Marine Affairs and Permitting at Orsted Offshore North America. Orsted is a Danish offshore wind developer that is currently ranked the most sustainable company in the world by Corporate Knights’ Global 100 sustainability index. As a Marine Affairs Coordinator, she consults with maritime stakeholders to further promote the development of offshore […]
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Dr. Talya ten Brink is the GIS Coordinator for the Greater Atlantic Region of NOAA Fisheries and head of the Greater Atlantic Region GIS Lab. She creates, monitors, and communicates NOAA Fisheries data and research, and performs analyses and conducts marine geospatial research. She is a social scientist and geospatial specialist who is currently publishing […]
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Tyson Bottenus is a writer, sailor, and cyclist based in Providence, Rhode Island. For seven years, he worked for Sailors for the Sea Powered by Oceana, an ocean conservation organization based in Newport, Rhode Island that works towards increasing biodiversity and abundance within the oceans winning policy victories in the countries that govern much of […]
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Jennifer Amaral is studying towards her PhD in Ocean Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. Her doctoral research focuses on the characterization of pile driving sounds during the construction of offshore wind turbines. Jennifer holds a B.S. and M.S. in Ocean Engineering from URI. She is a lead scientist and engineer with Marine Acoustics, […]
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Mary Ellen Hawkins is an Environmentalist & Artist with a B.S. in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. Through the 2020 Energy Fellows, she has been working at the Coastal Resources Center since January 2020. She stood as the Environmental and Natural Resource Economic Student Association (ENRESA) Social Chair. Features
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Aaron Bradshaw is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Rhode Island (URI), and has been at URI since 2011. He also holds a limited joint appointment in the Department of Ocean Engineering. Dr. Bradshaw earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering (Magna Cum Laude) in 1996 from […]
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Dr. Zoë L Hutchison, a previous postdoctoral research fellow in the Graduate School of Oceanography, was a collaborator with URI since 2015 and gained employment at URI in August 2018. She earned her B.Sc. in Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth in 2008, and her M.Sc. in Aquatic Resource Management at King’s College London […]
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Kate Venturini is a Program Administrator for URI Cooperative Extension at the Mallon Outreach Center, home of a number of URI Cooperative Extension programs that disseminate science-based information to a variety of stakeholders through train-the-trainer programs, public workshops and events, youth field trips and in-school programs. In 2016, Kate worked with a team of Energy […]
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