Graduate Student Profiles 2020-2021
| Student | Thesis Topic | Major Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Evan Ashe | Age, Growth, and Reproduction Biology of the White Grunt (Haemulon plumierii) off the U.S. Southeast Atlantic Coast | Marcel Reichert |
| Courtney Bayles | Assessment of Strand Feeding Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Waters surrounding Captain Sam's Inlet, South Carolina: are Anthropogenic Impacts Influencing This Specialized Foraging Strategy? | Brian Balmer |
| Shannon Bley | Investigation of Microplastics in Stormwater Ponds and Chronic Exposure to Grass Shrimp (Palaemon pugio) with a Focus on Tire Wear Particles | John Weinstein |
| Brooke Blosser | Microplastics in Eastern Oysters, Crassostrea virginica, from South Carolina, USA | John Weinstein |
| Elizabeth Bullard | ||
| Jacob Cashour | The Physiological Stress Response and Post-Release Mortality of the Bonnethead, Sphyrna tiburo | Jody Beers |
| Jessica Daly | Physiological costs of muscle parasite load in the Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus | Jody Beers |
| Delaney Drake | U.S. Caribbean Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) Conservation and Management: Filling Critical Life History Gaps | Virginia Shervette |
| Jeffrey Good | Investigation of the Life History and Trophic Ecology of the Atlantic Brief Squid, Lolliguncula brevis | Peter Kingsley-Smith |
| Hunt Jones | ||
| Jenna Klingsick | Providing Baseline Data to Link Extreme Precipitation and Runoff to Trace Metals in North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) and Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Tissues | Ed Wirth |
| Clayr Kroenke | Application of eDNA, Metabarcoding, and PCR Techniques to Survey Community Variability and Pathogen Prevalence in Two South Salt Marsh Systems: A Pilot Study | Thomas Greig |
| Gabrielle Kuba | Identifying the Microbial Diversity of Macroalgal Species Across Phyla from the Hawaiian Islands | Heather Fullerton |
| Julie Loewenstein | Characterization of the Coral Metabolome Under Different pH and Temperature Regimes via 1H NMR | Tracey Schock |
| Rebecca Lucia | ||
| Edwina Mathis | Imposex Induction in the Eastern Mud Snail: Investigation of Organotins and Other RXR Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Charleston Harbor | Demetri Spyropoulos |
| Robin Minch | Do Environmental Conditions, Ontogeny, and Sexual Maturity Drive Changes in Ray Abundance and Distribution? | Tracey Smart |
| Alexander Parry | Assessing Heterotrophic Feeding in Ecologically Dominant Caribbean Sponge Species | Christopher Freeman |
| Emily Parsons | Roadmaps to Restoration: the Effects of Genetic Relatedness on Fertilization Success of Threatened Stony Corals in the Florida Keys | Cheryl Woodley |
| Nicole Principe | Using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to Understand the Habitat Use and Distribution Patterns of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Cooper River and Surrounding Waters of Charleston, South Carolina | Norman Levine |
| Rachel Prostko | Predator and Refuge Density Effects on Movement and Mating Behavior of Snapping Shrimp Alpheus angulosus | Melissa Hughes |
| Jessica Ramirez | Determining the Effects of No. 6 Fuel on Salt Marsh Plants and Comparing Replanting Techniques as an Oil Spill Response Tactic in Salt Marsh Ecosystems | Paul Pennington |
| Josh Ratay | ||
| Brandon Reding | ||
| Ellen Reiber | Population Genetic and Stock Enhancement Tools for Conservation of the Overfished White Seabass, Atractoscion nobilis | Tanya Darden |
| Courtney Saldana | ||
| Augustus Snyder | Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Increased Swimming Performance in the Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, Due to Infection by the Myxozoan Parasite, Kudoa inornata | Jody Beers |
| Jonathan Stewart | The Impact of Select Fluorine Free Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) on the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica | Ed Wirth |
| Carly Lynn Strange | ||
| Mary Ann Taylor | Age, Growth, and Reproductive Life History of the Gobiid Fish Gobiosoma bosc in the Charleston Harbor Estuary | Tony Harold |
| Michael Thienes | Variability in Size at Maturity of Femail Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) in Coastal South Carolina | Michael Kendrick |
| Conor Torris | ||
| Lindsey Transue | Understanding Baseline Rhythms of Biological Sounds and Correlations to Traditional Biodiversity Measurements in Estuaries of South Carolina | Eric Montie |
| Caroline Tribble | Assessing the Influence of Anthropogenic Noise on Atlantic Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Vocalizations Using Long-Term Passive Acoustic Monitoring in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina | Eric Montie |
| Lukas Troha | ||
| Juliana Ventresca | Cold Temperature Tolerance of the Green Porcelain Crab's Egg Production and Development in its Non-Native Range |
Dara Wilber & Bob Podolsky |
| Josiah Waters | Examining Temporal Patterns of Benthic Microalgal Community Structures in a South Carolina Salt Marsh | Craig Plante |
| Jessica Wenclawiak | ||
| Morgan Will | ||
| Taylor Williams | Heather Spalding | |
| Matthew Young | Utilizing Trace Elements and Stable Isotope Analysis to Reconstruct Distribution of Scalloped (Sphyrna lewini) and Carolina (Sphyrna gilberti) Hammerheads | Gorka Sancho |