Virginia Sea Grant is pleased to announce six students will receive 2014-2016 Virginia Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowships. The fellowship is open to graduate students at any Virginia academic institution who are engaged in coastal and marine research relevant to Virginia and the Virginia Sea Grant Strategic Plan. The fellowship supports promising graduate students who are engaged in research that furthers the goals of Virginia Sea Grant and provides fellows with hands-on experience in translating research results to coastal and marine stakeholders.
The 2014-2016 Graduate Research Fellows are:
Emily Egginton Skeehan, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
“Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on the Sustainability of Proposed Restoration Activities in the Chesapeake Bay”
Abby Lunstrum, University of Virginia
“Impacts of Off-bottom Oyster Aquaculture on Benthic Nitrogen Fluxes”
Sarah Pease, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
“Assessing the health impacts of the emerging harmful algal bloom species, Alexandrium monilatum”
Stephanie Smallegan, Virginia Tech
“Barrier island response to Hurricane Sandy’s impacts”
Joshua Stone, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
“Jellyfish population dynamics in the Chesapeake Bay”
Megan Wood , Virginia Institute of Marine Science
“A Habitat-specific Model of Juvenile Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Populatoin Dynamics
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