Research fellow: Olivia Sherman Hometown: Cumberland, RI School: Salve Regina University Major: Biology As a junior last year, Olivia Sherman took a genetics course with Associate Professor J.D. Swanson, learned that he had an open spot in his lab, and scored a RI EPSCoR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. This summer, Sherman is back at full-time […]
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Research fellow: Evelyn Siler Hometown: Hopkinton, RI School: University of Rhode Island Major: Cell and Molecular Biology; Biochemistry concentration On a recent cold and overcast morning, Evelyn Siler, a rising senior in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS), stretched out on a Snug Harbor dock and hung over the side to collect […]
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Research fellow: Gabrielle Kuba Hometown: West Haven, Conn. School: Salve Regina University Major: Biology Those large, stinky mats of green algae that cover the beaches and smother the water in the heat of summer? Gabrielle Kuba, a rising senior, has spent the past three years helping investigate the source of the harmful algal blooms in […]
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Research fellow: Danielle Jordan Hometown: Cumberland, RI School: University of Rhode Island Major: Marine Biology A rising senior in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS), Danielle Jordan confidently works her way around the tanks in the Blount aquaculture lab at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. She empties the tanks of water […]
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“It’s a privilege for me to have gotten into this program.” Research fellow: Jeremy Hecker Hometown: Warwick, RI School: Community College of Rhode Island Fellowship: at University of Rhode Island Major: Associates degree, Science Mentors: Dawn Cardace, Abigail Johnson Project: Impacts of increased CO2 on carbon mineralization at microbe-mineral interfaces On paper, the acronym RI […]
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Research fellow: Courtney Conklin Hometown: Warwick, RI School: Salve Regina University Major: Biology, with environmental science concentration Research fellow: Katarzyna Kos Hometown: Braintree, MA School: Salve Regina University Major: Biology, with environmental science concentration Mentor: Jameson Chace Project: Response of near shore marine macroinvertebrate and small fish populations to climate driven sea level rise and […]
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“I don’t want to leave the lab. This has given me more clarity of what I want to do and what I want to accomplish.” Research fellow: Matthew Gabrielle Hometown: Bellingham, MA School: Roger Williams University Majors: Biology, Chemistry Mentor: Avelina Espinosa Project: Entamoeba spp. as models to explore the effects of environmental stress due […]
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Research fellow: Marguerite Kinsella Hometown: Basking Ridge, NJ School: University of Rhode Island Major: Marine biology; minor, Wildlife Conservation Biology Mentors: Lindsay Green, Carol Thornber, Stephen Licht Project: Monitoring harmful algal blooms in Narragansett Bay via ecological and aerial technology approaches and determining the impacts of climate change on the physiology of bloom-forming macroalgae The […]
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Research fellow: Lauren Dansereau Hometown: North Smithfield, RI School: University of Rhode Island Major: Biology Mentors: Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Lindsay Green, David Rowley Project: Allelopathic effects of macroalgae on shellfish larvae in RI under current and projected sea surface temperatures Heading toward her senior year, Lauren Dansereau found herself thinking about research as a possible direction, […]
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“In engineering, you mostly learn from textbooks, classes and labs. You don’t get to go out and do fieldwork. But this, it’s not just the whole math of the ocean. You get to see the whole ecosystem working together.” Research fellow: Hannah Madison Hometown: Latham, NY School: University of Rhode Island Major: Ocean Engineering Mentors: Lindsay […]
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