Marine Biology (Ph.D.) Spotlight

Kaitlin focuses on the role that a marine snail plays in their community, and how this may change with warming temperatures.

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.

Kelsey's research focuses on integrating social aspects from the NH oyster industry to identify challenges farmers face in relation to green crabs, and how to mitigate and better understand these challenges.

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.

Nathan uses federal databases on the stomach contents of major fish predators throughout the eastern U.S. and meta-analyses on prey quality and growth patterns to identify changes in trophic interactions and potential consequences of change.

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.

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.