Graduate Student Profiles

Sadi's research focuses on understanding the top-dying disease of Heritiera fomes in the Sundarbans (Bangladesh), the world's largest single tract mangrove forest.

Alexandria's research aims to enhance techniques used to monitor coastal restoration efforts in both temperate salt marshes and tropical mangrove forests.

Aubrey Dissinger's current research focuses on the effects of soybean meal based diets on the intestinal health of fish and methods of mitigating diet-induced inflammation.

Using acoustic telemetry, stomach contents analyses, and metrics of marine biodiversity, my research investigates what the diets and movements of two iconic top consumers—Atlantic cod and striped bass—might tell us about ecosystem dynamics in coastal New England.

Gabrielle's research focuses on microplastics in estuarine sediments, specifically how microplastic abundance and type vary between multiple estuarine habitats.

Marley's research aims to determine the variability of the phytoplankton community in Great Bay and to understand how this variation can impact the food web. 

Hannah' is examining on how changes in climate will alter interactions between commercially valuable shellfish and phytoplankton that cause harmful algal blooms.

Marjorie Mednikova is a wetland ecologist researching salt marsh restoration throughout New England.

Sandesh Lamichhane's research focuses the effect of acoustic and structural forest habitat quality on moose occupancy in New Hampshire.

Sasha is working with the Penobscot Nation to use acoustic telemetry as a method of tracking Rainbow smelt movements in the Penobscot River, ME.

Callyan's research focuses on monitoring terrestrial gray seal vocalizations, behaviors, and the impact of anthropogenic noise on these populations in Cape Cod and the Isle of Shoals.

Jess examines the anthropogenic impacts on seals in the Gulf of Maine, using survey data and acoustic recordings to better understand these impacts.