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My research focuses on understanding the physiological effect of water quality on Eastern oysters.

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.

Roman Volpe is a nutrition: health and wellness major with a dual major in ecogastronomy. He has received the Trustees Scholarship, the Non-Resident Tuition Grant and the Wildcat Family Award and has been on the Dean’s List for highest honors. COLSA: Why did you choose UNH? Roman Volpe: I chose…

Matthew Gough is a zoology major from Wrentham, Massachusetts. He is also a member of COLSA’s student ambassador team. COLSA: Why did you choose UNH? Matthew Gough: I chose UNH for the research opportunities and the perfect college atmosphere. I felt as though it was the perfect size with the…

Braden Foulks is a biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology major and an agriculture and food systems minor from Durham, New Hampshire. He has received the Trustee Scholarship. COLSA: Why did you choose UNH? Braden Foulks: UNH offered the best education and the most money, and everyone in…

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.

This study will provide baseline data as well as an experiment on ambient levels of MP in estuarine waters and representative living resources of Great Bay and Casco Bay Estuaries.

Selina's research will collaborate with local shellfish farmers to use DIY technologies to measure oyster behavioral responses and improve aquaculture outcomes.

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

Madison's research focuses on a geographically extensive and dense, weeks-long bloom of the dinoflagellate, Tripos muelleri that occurred throughout the GoME in summer 2023.