Summer Students and Interns 2023

REUs - Research Experiences for Undergraduates

 

 Alisha Andrews
Oregon State University
Major: Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences

PROJECT: EFFECT OF PURPLE SEA URCHIN STOCKING DENSITY
ON SURVIVAL AND GONAD DEVELOPMENT
Ford Evans, Advisor

 

Samuel Arriola
Oregon State University
Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry

PROJECT: ASSESSING THE TOXICITY OF TIRE PARTICLES ON MENIDIA BERYLLINA:
AN INVESTIGATION INTO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS

Susanne Brander, Advisor

 

 

Josie Bacholl
Oregon Coast Community College
Major: Aquarium Science
 

PROJECT: EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (EMF) ON THE BEHAVIOR OF CRABS
Kyle Newton, Advisor

Aden Ho
Bowdoin College
Majors: Economics and Biology

PROJECT: PURPLE SEA URCHIN ROE ENHANCEMENT USING VARIOUS FEEDS
Ford Evans and Tom Calvanese, Advisors

 

Ryan Meshanko
University of California, Los Angeles
Major: Marine Biology

PROJECT: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE PARSLEY - CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL STRAIN OF PACIFIC DULSE DEVALERAEA MOLLIS
Ford Evans, Advisor

 

OSU College of Agricultural Sciences Branch Experiment Station Interns

 

Zachary Kowash
Oregon State University
Major: Bioresource Research

PROJECT: THE EFFECT OF INCLUDING NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA WITHIN MIXED ALGAL DIET GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF PACIFIC OYSTER CRASSOSTREA GIGAS LARVAE
Neil Thompson, USDA-ARS, Advisor

 

 

 

 

Marine Studies Initiative (MSI) Intern

 

Angelina Lopez Peinado
Oregon State University
Major: Oceanography

PROJECT: ENHANCING ACCURACY IN CHLOROPHYLL FLUOROMETRY:
RECALIBRATING THE SEA-BIRD SCIENTIFIC FLOUROMETER

Chris Langdon and Darren Di Silva, Advisors

 

 

 

Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences Intern

 

Jimmy Nguyen
Oregon State University
Major: Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences

PROJECT: OTOLITH COLLECTION AND PREPARATION FOR ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS
David Taylor and Jessica Miller, Advisors