Projects
2025 Summer Student Fellow Research Projects
Unayza Anika, Kalamazoo College
Black Sea in Your Backyard: Trace Metal Cycling in a Salt-Stratified Pond
Advisor: Tristan Horner, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Kendall Arnold, University of Miami
Flood Insurance Across Cape Cod: Risk, Uptake, and Willingness to Pay
Advisor: Michael Weir, Marine Policy Center
Alexa Comess, Bowdoin College
Metaproteomic Insights into Microbial Phosphorus Utilization in the Sargasso Sea
Advisor: Mak Saito, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Emily Cruikshank, UMass Boston
Tracing Oxygen Variability in the Northeast Pacific Over the Last 20,000 Years
Advisor: Kassandra Costa, Geology and Geophysics
Cecilia Dapino, Case Western Reserve University
In Sickness and in Health: Exploring the Co-evolutionary Relationships Between Gephyrocapsa huxleyi and Giant Viruses
Advisors: James Wainaina and Harriet Alexander, Biology
Olga Dernova, Tufts University
Identification of Fluorescent Microfibers Using Impedance Spectroscopy and Visual Detection Methods
Advisors: Anna Michel and Beckett Colson, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering
Sean Engelsen, University of Maine
Measuring Heat-Tolerance in Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima)
Advisor: Scott Lindell, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering
Kathryn Farabaugh, University of Washington
Modulation of Chlorophyll by Eddies in the Benguela Coastal Upwelling Front
Advisors: Roger Wu and Amala Mahadevan, Physical Oceanography
Brennan Fravert, University of Georgia
Assessing the Impacts of Offshore Wind Development on Fishing: A Quantitative Method Accounting for Climate Change
Advisor: Yaqin Liu, Marine Policy Center
Jasper Ha, University of California San Diego
Visual Fish Detection and Tracking
Advisor: Yogesh Girdhar, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering
Ed Hulme, University of Cambridge
Understanding pH Variability on Coral Reefs
Advisor: Weifu Guo, Geology and Geophysics
Chelone Laws, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Effect of Upper Ocean Freshwater on the Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Lee
Advisors: Alex Gonzalez, Lisan Yu and Yanxu Chen, Physical Oceanography and Richard Neale, NSF NCAR
Emma Mazlish, Bowdoin College
Carbon to chlorophyll ratios in phytoplankton on the Northeast U.S. Shelf
Advisor: Heidi Sosik, Biology
Mare McGrory, University of Pittsburgh
Understanding immediate impacts of Major Baltic Inflow Events on Manganese cycling
Advisor: Colleen Hansel, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Brayden Mikulski, The Ohio State University
Exploring a Shelf-Break Front: Glider Velocity Data Analysis
Advisors: Al Plueddemann and Andrew Reed, Physical Oceanography
Baran Moore, Louisiana State University
Automatic Marsupial AUV Capture via ASV
Advisor: Seth McCammon, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering
Kyle Nelson, University of California Berkeley
SCALUP: Solar-powered Customizable And Low-cost Universal Probe
Advisor: Matt Long, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Erica Ro, University of California Los Angeles
Hot on the Trail: Temperature-Driven Genetic Variation in Invasive Green Crab Populations
Advisor: Carolyn Tepolt, Biology
Lisa Schulz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Plankton Population Predictions
Advisor: Michael Neubert, Biology
Daniel Zhang, Brown University
New Seismic Imaging of the Hawaiian Mantle Plume from Scattered and Surface Waves
Advisors: Catherine Rychert and Nicholas Harmon, Geology and Geophysics