Spotlight

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.

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. 

Ryan Adams is trying to understand the degree of upstream passage through historical dam sites and other barriers to migration.

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.

Mikaela Skelley is a wildlife and conservation biology major from Andover, Massachusetts.

Malone Revis graduated from UNH in 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in zoology and now works with sea lions at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut.

Jason Alme earned his bachelor’s degree in Nutrition: Dietetics in 2022 and his master’s degree in Nutritional Sciences [now called Nutrition] in 2024.