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Graduate Students

Photo	Person	Contact Information	Specialty Area
	Kirsty Ballard Graduate Student	Contact person by email	I am working in Dr. James Sulikowski's Big Fish Lab studying reproductive physiology and ecology of elasmobranchs. Ph.D., Fisheries Science Major Professor: James Sulikowski
	Madison Bargas Graduate Student	Contact person by email	I am studying the biogeographic variations in age, growth, and maturity of black rockfish (Sebastesmelanops) in the California Current and Gulf of Alaska. The goals of this project are to better understand stock structure for this species and fill data gaps in our current knowledge. Thesis: Spatial variation in life history traits of Black Rockfish from CA to AK M.S., Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Science Major Professor: Cheryl Barnes
	Olivia Boisen	Contact person by email	Olivia is a current PhD student in Fisheries Science, studying the effectiveness of seagrass restorations in Oregon from the perspective of fish and invertebrate communities. Faces of AgSci Feature -> https://agsci.... PhD, Fisheries Science Major Professor: Scott Heppell
	Reilly Boyt Graduate Student	Contact person by email	M.S., Fisheries Science Major Professor: Taylor Chapple
	Savannah Clax Graduate Fellow		Major Professor: Jessica Miller
	Maddie English Graduate Student	Contact person by email	As a PhD student in Dr. Taylor Chapple's ... M.S., Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Science Major Professor: Taylor Chapple
	Jennifer Fisher	Contact person by email	PhD, Fisheries, PhD Major Professor: Will White
	Peri Gerson Graduate Student	Contact person by email	Thesis: Predators as samplers: using food habits data to inform climate- and community-driven shifts in marine species distributions M.S., Fisheries Science Major Professor: Cheryl Barnes
	MacKenna Hainey	Contact person by email	I am a Ph.D. student in Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine. I study marine invertebrate disease, particularly the role microplastics may have in disease development and larvae growth. Biomedical Sciences
	Lauren Horstmyer Graduate Fellow	Contact person by email	My research involves studying the effects of climate change and associated events on reproductive traits in shark species. Reproduction is the key to species-wide survival, and recent climate anomalies suggest that this... Ph.D., Fisheries Science Major Professor: James Sulikowski
	Lauren Kashiwabara Graduate Student	Contact person by email	I am researching plastic pollution in Oregon gray whales and their prey, mysid shrimp, in the Brander Lab. Ph.D. in Wildlife Sciences Major Professor: Susanne Brander
	Alexander Langley Graduate Student	Contact person by email	Alexander is pursuing a M.S. in Fisheries Science, and is investigating the physiological effects of algal toxins on juvenile Pacific oysters in Dr. Bernarda Calla's lab. His prior collaborative work with OSU includes investigating various cellular mechanisms involved in OsHV-1 infection. M.S., Fisheries Science Major Professor: James Sulikowski
	Scott Lewis	Contact person by email	I am conducting research on coastal steelhead and rainbow trout in the Ventura River of Southern California. The focus of my research is genetic population structure, landscape genetics, smoltification patterns, and migration of juvenile O. mykiss. PhD, Fisheries Science
	Ethan Personius Graduate Student	Contact person by email	M.S., Fisheries Science Major Professor: Taylor Chapple
	Victoria Quennessen Graduate Fellow	541-737-4531 Contact person by email	Using quantitative models to assess marine protected areas off the Oregon coast and inform conservation management and policy for black rockfish. PhD, Fisheries Science Major Professor: Will White
	Grace Roa Graduate Student	Contact person by email	I am working with Will White and Brett Dumbauld (USDA-ARS) studying the host-parasitic energetics relationship between native mud shrimp and non-native isopod. MS Fisheries Science Major Professor: Will White
	Jessica Schulte	Contact person by email	As part of Dr. Taylor Chapple's Big Fish Lab, I am researching the movement and foraging ecology of a top coastal predator - the Broadnose Sevengill Shark - within the Northern California Coastal Current to eventually... Despite their often significant roles in local ecosystems though, large sharks have been conspicuously absent from management efforts in the Northern California Current System. Using techniques such as bio-logging, stable isotopes, and stomach content analysis, Jess’s research will provide... PhD, Fisheries Science Major Professor: Taylor Chapple
	Hillary Thalmann	Contact person by email	Effects of thermal variability on Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) foraging, growth, and metabolism in the Gulf of Alaska. PhD, Fisheries Science Major Professor: Jessica Miller