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My research studies the effects of early exposure to high-temperature exposure on fish phenotypic plasticity.

Lina Deaza-Roed is a nutrition: nutritional sciences major from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She is also enrolled in the accelerated master’s program in nutrition, which she began during her senior year. 

Nia Lessard is a nutrition: dietetics major and ecogastronomy dual major from Hudson, New Hampshire.

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.