1. Summer Students and Interns 2019

Summer Students and Interns 2019

REUs - Research Experiences for Undergraduates

 

Hannah Aycock
University of North Carolina
Major - Marine Science

Summer REU Student Hannah Aycock working on her rockfish research project. Photo by Sandra Bohn.

DEVELOPMENT OF SEX MARKERS FOR ROCKFISHES, SEBASTES, INHABITING THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC OCEAN
Felix Vaux and Kathleen O'Malley, Mentors

 

Amanda Komasinski
Purdue University West Lafayette
Major - Ecology Evolution and Environmental Biology

REU Student Amanda Komasinski following her presentation on Pacific oyster resistance to Ostreid herpesvirus-I.

AN IN-VITRO ASSAY TO DETERMINE PACIFIC OYSTER (CRASSOSTREA GIGAS) RESISTANCE TO OSTREID HERPESVIRUS-1
Konstantin Divilov and Michael Banks, Mentors

 

Alexander Antonio Marino
Florida International University
Major - Marine Biology

Summer REU Student Alexander Antonio Marino presenting his research

QUALIFYING MATING PRACTICES IN OREGON SALMON HATCHERIES
Heather Auld and Michael Banks, Mentors

 

Sarah Schmidt
Carthage College
Major - Biology

Summer REU Student Sarah Schmidt presents her research on the efficacy of bacteriophages on larval survival in oysters.

IMPACT OF PROPHYLACTIC BACTERIOPHAGE ADDITION ON SURVIVAL OF CRASSOSTREA GIGAS LARVAE
David Madison and Chris Langdon, Mentors

 

Katie Spencer
Oregon State University
Major - Fisheries and Wildlife

Summer REU Student Katie Spencer presenting her research on juvenile oyster diets.

JUVENILE OYSTERS RAISED ON NON-LIVING MICROPARTICULATE DIETS
Matt Hawkyard and Chris Langdon, Mentors

 

Mark Yamane
Eckerd College
Majors - Marine Science and Computer Science

Summer REU Student Mark Yamane presents his research on marine reserves in the Santa Barbara Channel Islands.

ESTIMATING HARVEST RATES TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY OF MARINE RESERVES IN THE SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL ISLANDS
Will White, Mentor

 

OSU College of Agricultural Sciences Branch Experiment Station Students

 

Henry Fleener
Oregon State University
Major - Fisheries and Wildlife

Summer BES student Henry Fleener conducting vaccine research on Sablefish and Steelhead. Photo by Matt Hawkyard.

EVALUATION OF COMPLEX PARTICLES FOR DELIVERY OF VACCINES TO SABLEFISH (ANOPLOPOMA FIMBRIA) AND STEELEAD TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS)
Matt Hawkyard and Chris Langdon, Mentors

 

 

Zoe Sallada
Oregon State University
Major - Fisheries and Wildlife

Summer BES student Zoe Sallada holds up a vertical panel for growing Dulse seaweed. Photo by Ford Evans.

INTENSIFIED AQUACULTRE OF RED MACROALGAE ON PANELS DEPOLYED IN LAND-BASED RACEWAYS AND MARINE WATERS
Ford Evans and Chris Langdon, Mentors

NOAA Hollings Undergraduate Scholars

 

Mark DeSimone
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
Major - Bioengineering
 

PROFILING SPATIAL & TEMPORAL GENE EXPRESSION RESPONSES OF COPEPOD (CALANUS PACIFICUS) FROM THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CURRENT USING A NOVEL RNA-SEQ PROCEDURE
Kym Jacobson, Dave P. Jacobson, and Michael Banks, Mentors

 

 

Nikhil Brocchini
Brown University
Majors - Geology and Biology
 

DECRYPTING THE CRYPTIC: ELUCIDATING PSEUDOCALANUS DIVERSITY OFF THE OREGON COAST
Kym Jacobson, Dave P. Jacobson, and Michael Banks, Mentors

 

Oregon Sea Grant Summer Scholar

 

Naomi Scott
University of Tampa
Sea Grant Summer Scholar Naomi Scott conducts research on Ghost Shrimp. Photo Credit Brooke McIntyre.

NEMATODE PARASITES IN GHOST SHRIMP
Brett Dumbauld, Mentor