Funded Students Theses
2008
Student Research Awards
Erin Bertrand (MC&G)
A protein purification system to develop proteomic markers of vitamin B12 stress in coastal phytoplankton populations
Michael Holcomb (G&G)
Identifying calcium carbonate phases in coral skeletons
Rachel Horwitz (PO)
Sediment dynamics on the inner shelf
Andrew McDonnell (MC&G)
Sinking particle fluxes and subsurface particle processes
Abigail Noble (MC&G)
Efficient measurement of dissolved cobalt and other trace metals via ICP-MS
Colleen Petrik (BIO)
Modeling studies focused on larval fish
Louie Wurch (BIO)
Research Year 2: Characterization of the Emiliania and Aureococcus transcriptomes and how they respond to nutrient stress
2007
Student Research Awards
Jonathan Blythe (BIO)
Biomechanics of Cyprid Adhesion
Michael Brosnahan (BIO)
Laser Catapult Isolation of Alexandrium Cyst Samples for Molecular Analyses
James Sáenz (MC&G)
Developing a Molecular Proxy for Marine Cyanobacteria in Coastal Environments
Ratsirin Supcharoen (MC&G)
Vertical and horizontal Exchanges in the eastern Bering Sea
Louie Wurch (BIO)
Characterization of the Emiliania and Aureococcus transcriptomes and how they respond to nutrient stress
Student Fellow Support
Dan Rogers
Research interests are microbe-mineral interactions; ocean crust alteration; molecular methods for exploring microbial ecosystems; biogeochemistry of deep-sea and hydrothermal microorganisms; novel techniques for accessing in situ chemical and biological parameters of microbial ecosystems; biogeochemistry of iron in basalt and submarine volcanic glass
2006
Student Research Awards
Jonathan Blythe (BIO)
Topographic influences on barnacle recruitment
Matt Jackson (MC&G)
Long-term slip-rate measurement on an ocean island fault scarp by 3He surface exposure dating: Implications for coastal erosion due to island flank failure and resulting tsunamis
Christine Mingione (BIO)
Analysis of species-specific bivalve larval growth and condition in Waquoit Bay , MA
Mark Rapo (AOP&E)
Hydrodynamic signal perception in predator-prey interactions using CFD methods
James Saenz (MC&G)
An international collaboration aimed at investigating the presence and significance of anammox in coastal aquifers that are characterized by seawater-freshwater exchange
Jonathan Woodruff (G&G)
Typhoon and Asian monsoon reconstructions from southern Japan
2005
Student
Fellow Support -J. Woodruff
Research interests are
coastal systems and geomorphology, sediment transport and disposition
during extreme coastal flooding, paleotempestology
2004
Student
Fellow Support -C. Moffat
Research on understanding
the circulation of the coastal ocean of the shelf west of the Antarctic
Peninsula
2003
Student
Fellow Support -F. Hoefel
Coastal processes and
sediment transport on beaches
Student
Fellow Support -J. Ruzicka
2002
Student Fellow Support -A. Draut
Undergradate
Students Support
COI Funded Project: Submarine Groundwater
Discharge: Identification and Quantification via Remote Sensing,
Hydrologic Sampling, and Geochemical Tracers
A. Mulligan and M. Charette
2001
L.
Kalnejais
Studies the mechanisms which lead to the release of metal contaminants
from coastal sediments
COI Funded Project: Investigating the Effect of Sediment Resuspension on Anthropogenic
Metal Transport in Massachusetts Bay
W. R. Martin
H.
Handley
Transcriptional regulation
by ligand-activited receptors, evolution of the cytochrome P450
gene superfamily, and mechanisms of developmental and reproductive
toxicity
COI Funded Project: Genomic Approaches to
Assessing the Global Impact of Marine Pollution
J. J. Stegeman and M. E. Hahn
J. Tolli
Identity and dynamics
of the microbial community responsible for carbon monoxide oxidation
in the Marine Environments
COI Funded Project: Dynamics and Microbiology of Coastal Marine Carbon Monoxide Bio-Oxidation
C. D. Taylor and J. D. Tolli
1999
H.
Hunt
Spatial variation in bibalve recruitment: the roles of postlarval
transport and predation
1998
Marine
Chemistry & Geochemistry Student Support
The aqueous chemistry and bioaccumulation of trace metals by phytoplankton
in heavily impacted harbors and their relationship of the ecological
assessment of water quality
1997
D. Nowacek
Study of foraging behavior of wild cetaceans, bottlenose dolphins,
Tursiops truncatus
Proposal Title: The Role of Echolocation and Passive Listening
in Foraging Free-Ranging Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus
1995
D. Fong
Travel to Liege, Belgium for 27th International Liege Colloquium
on Ocean
Hydrodynamics: Processes in Regions of Freshwater Influence
Biology Student Support
MFO Reactions in Marine Mammals in Massachusetts-Cape Cod Bays
P. Miller
Vocalizations of Marine Mammals Using Multi-hydrophone Arrays
G. Sancho
Travel to Perform Experiments on Diel Vertical Migrations of Larval
Fish
1994
M. Allison
A Planning Visit Concerning Collaborative Research on Sedimentation
and Subsidence in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta Plain
D. Redish
Development of signature whistles of bottlenose dolphin calves born
in captivity
1993
Chemistry Student Travel Support
Rapid Response Funds For Sampling The Mississippi River During Flooding