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2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kea Anderson
Home Institution: McGill University
Project: Public Perceptions of Microplastic Pollution in Narragansett Bay: Everyday Relevance, Information Sources, and Consumer Behavior<\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Emily Diamond<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isabelle Burns
Home Institution: University of Texas at Arlington
Project: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Spectral Fingerprinting for Detecting Microplastics in Solution<\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel Roxbury<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yala Feikin
Home Institution: Yale University
Project: The Role of Particle-Particle Collisions in the Generation of Secondary Microplastics<\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Irene Andreu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paige Georgeou
Home Institution: Virginia Tech
Project: Developing an Optical Microscopy Method to Detect Microplastics in Environmental Samples<\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ryan Poling-Skutvik\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Heller
Home Institution: University of Florida
Project: Standardizing Small-Scale Bioplastic Composting<\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vinka Craver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sienna Hepworth
Home Institution: University of Redlands
Project: Assessing Microplastic Ingestion in Arctic Zooplankton<\/a>
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Alessandra D’Angelo and Dr. Brice Loose<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Korryn Narvaez
Home Institution: Utah Valley University
Project: Characterizing Particles Emitted During a Plastic Paver Recycling Process<\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vinka Craver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whitley Olson
Home Institution: Texas Tech University
Project: Role of Secondary Microplastics in S. epidermidis<\/em> Viability and Growth <\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Irene Andreu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandra Perez
Home Institution: Arizona State University
Project: AI-Driven Spectroscopy of Microplastic Aging<\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yang Lin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corinne Ruddy
Home Institution: University of Rhode Island
Project: Microplastics in Narragansett Bay Food Webs: From Mussels to Bufflehead Ducks<\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Coleen Suckling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/span><\/strong>
Rowan Bixler
Home Institution: Amherst College
Project: Developing an Optical Microscopy Method for Identifying Microplastics in Environmental Samples<\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ryan Poling-Skutvik\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chloe DelSignore
Home Institution: Frostburg State University 
Project: Degradation of Bioplastic Using Bacteria Isolated from Wastewater<\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vinka Craver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elle DesMarteau
Home Institution: Scripps College 
Project: The Role of Particle-Particle Collisions and Photoweathering in the Fragmentation of Glitter Microplastics <\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Irene Andreu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen Ly
Home Institution: University of Rhode Island
Project: Unraveling the Degradation of Plastics: Towards Accurate Identification of Microplastics <\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yang Lin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ella Niemeyer
Home Institution: University of Vermont 
Project: Application of Manganese Oxide-Coated Media for BPA Removal <\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joe Goodwill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joalys Rivera Castro
Home Institution: Inter-American University Aguadilla
Project: Reviewing Recycled Marine Fishing Gear Plastic-Sand Construction Blocks with Fused Sea Calcification<\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vinka Craver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carlynn Rychener
Home Institution: University of South Carolina
Project: Investigating the Inflammatory Effects of Microplastics Using 3D Liver Models <\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jyothi Menon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandra Shore
Home Institution: University of New Hampshire
Project: Retention Time of Microplastics in the Purple Sea Urchin Arbacia punctulata<\/em> <\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Coleen Suckling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annalise Wabler
Home Institution: Ohio State University
Project:  Information Nudges and Consumer Willingness to Invest in Microplastic-Free Water <\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Emi Uchida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob Waugh
Home Institution: Indiana University Bloomington
Project: The Impact of Nudging on Consumer Willingness-to-Pay for Laundry Microfiber Filters <\/a>
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Emi Uchida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2026 Kea AndersonHome Institution: McGill UniversityProject: Public Perceptions of Microplastic Pollution in Narragansett Bay: Everyday Relevance, Information Sources, and Consumer BehaviorFaculty Mentor: Dr. Emily Diamond Isabelle BurnsHome Institution: University of Texas at Arlington Project: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Spectral Fingerprinting for Detecting Microplastics in SolutionFaculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel Roxbury Yala FeikinHome Institution: Yale UniversityProject: The Role […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5039,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-274","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/plastics-reu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/plastics-reu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/plastics-reu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/plastics-reu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/plastics-reu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/plastics-reu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/plastics-reu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/plastics-reu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}