Alumni

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 Postdoctoral Associate

1. Silvia Newell, Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, Wright State University 
2. Priya Roy Chowdhury, Assistant Professor, Keene State College

Graduate Students

1. Sarah Foster, (MS: 2010-2010; Ph.D.: 2010-2019). Currently: Assistant Professor at Babson University
2. Joanna Carey, Ph.D. (2009-2013). Currently: Associate Professor, Babson College
3. Amanda Vieillard, MS (2011-2013). Currently: Postdoc in lab working on Coastal Ocean.
4. Lindsey Fields, Ph.D., co-advised w/ C. Oviatt at GSO/URI for her last year (2012-2013). Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Georgia. 
5. Elise Heiss, Ph.D. (2009-2014). Currently: Associate Professor of Chemistry at King’s College.
6. Timothy Maguire, Ph.D. (2013-2017) Currently: Head of the Environmental Biogeochemistry Section in the Patrick Center at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.
   
7. Hollie E. Emery, Ph.D. (2010-2018) Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.
8. Nick E. Ray, Ph.D. (2015-2020) Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher at Cornell University in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
9. Alia Al-Haj, Ph.D. (2017-2021) Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
   
   

 Undergraduate Students
Directed Study, UROP, and/or Senior Thesis 

1. Mary Kate Rogener, Ph.D at UGA; Currently: Coastal Ecology Program Analyst at NOAA
2. Courtney Zambory, MS at Iowa State University; Currently: Natural Resources Specialist II : Spatial Information Analyst, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
3. Julia Luthringer, MS at Yale University; Currently: Program Officer at National Geographic
4. Maria Henning 
5. Kristin Yoshimura; Ph.D. at University of Delaware. Currently: Postdoc at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
6. Maya Babu; Currently: MS student at University of Maryland
7. Halina Malinowski, Currently: Volunteer Supervisor, Game Rangers International, Zambia
8. Sam Gifford
9. Mollie Yacano; Currently: Ph.D. student University of North Carolina
10. Christopher Payne; Currently: Vet school at Cornell 
11. Katie Pritchard
12. Emma Chamberlain; Currently: Ph.D. student at Scripps
13. Jennifer Soukup; Currently: MS student at URI
14. Robert Lauto; Currently: Associate Data Analyst at Digital Remedy and part time student in the CUNY SPS Master of Science in Data Science.
15. Emma Schectman; Currently: Teacher at Nature’s Classroom
16. Carly Langan; Currently: studying neuroscience at BU
17. Gabriel Hillyer; MS at University of Maine, Currently: Ph.D. at University of Maine
18. Spencer Showalter; MS from University of Washington 
19. Julie Mastermann; Currently: Science Education & Outreach Coordinator at CUASHI
20. Gretchen McCarthy; Currently: Ph.D. student in the Department of Marine Science, University of Otago
    
21. Victoria Momyer; Currently: Research Associate III on the Stem Cells team at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    
22. Tony Pham; Currently: Microbiome Research Associate at The George Washington University
    
23. Ryan Shipley
    
24. Tyler Chidsey
    

Interns

1. Ben Suehler
2. Kate
3. Christine Anderson
4. Kristin Raub
5. Mark Zemel
6. Michelle Janaszek
7. Hedee Kim
8. Maggie Notopoulous
9. Zoe Yu
10. Sam Gwizd
11. Sarah Sargent
12. Suzanne Duan
13. Rachel Schweiker
14. Ashley Banks
15. Devon McGhee
16. Taylor O’Leary
17. Bennett Paradis
18. Melissa Lorella
19. Dylan Lewellyn
20. Elise Greenberg
21. Michelle Chen
22. Sarah Donovan
23. Abby Greenwood
24. Caroline Vokas
25. Zachary Bengston
26. Katie Sidell
27. Abby Greenwood

High school Students

1. Ariel Bobbett
2. Akaash Tawade 
3. Emily Miao

Research Technicians

1. Eric Morgan (2010-2011). Currently: Postdoctoral Scholar at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
2. Ken Czapla (2010-2014). Currently: Ph.D. student at Virginia Institute of Marine Science
3. Alia Al-Haj (2014-2018). Currently: Ph.D. student in my lab
4. Isabel Sánchez-Viruet (2016-2017). Currently: Laboratory Assistant Chesapeake Bay Laboratory
5. Seth Berger (2018)
6. Brendan Kelly (2018-2020). Currently: Environmental Scientist at Coneco Engineers and Scientists

 
Senior or BA/MA Thesis Titles:
Luthringer, Julia (2013) Matching the Call to the Whale: Identifying Unknown Call Types to Improve Marine Mammal Management and Conservation. 

Yoshimura, Kristin (2013) Investigating the Presence of Methane and Nitrous Oxide Producing Microbes within the Intestinal Tract of the Salt Marsh Fiddler Crab Uca pugnax.

Rogener, Mary Kate (2013) Manganese Cycling in a Temperate Estuary – Temporal Variations and Response to High Nitrogen Inputs.  

Malinowski, Halina (2016) Exploring the Impact of Elephants on the Silica Cycle: A Case Study with the Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) of the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, MA. 

Showalter, Spencer (2017)  Prevalence and impact of toxic Pseudo-nitzschia blooms in the California Current System in 2016. 

Yacano, Mollie (2017) Assessing the Role of Macroalgae in Silicon Cycling in Two Temperature Estuaries. 

Chamberlain, Emelia (2018) Ice-block lakes amplify paleoclimate signals: exploring late Holocene hydrologic and biogeochemical variability of Antarctic Lake Eggers. 

Soukup, Jennifer (2018) The Role of Invasive Phragmites australis in Altering Salt Marsh Silica Cycling.

Mastermann, Julia (2019): The Role of Avian Grazers in Altering Silica Availability for an Urban River (This was both her Kilachand Honors Project and her Earth Science Honors Project)

Elizondo, Elani (2020): The Role of Mangroves in Tropical Estuarine Silica Cycling.

McCarthy, Gretchen (2020): Oyster Controls on Sediment Nutrient Recycling and Water Column Phytoplankton Composition. 

Momyer, Victoria (2020): Methane Concentrations and Microbial Community Structure in Boston Groundwater Wells. (BA/MA)

Pham, Tony (2020): Black Carbon as a Nitrogen Transporter to Marine Systems. (BA/MA)