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Class of 2011

Michelle Chirby, University of Michigan
Mentor: Dr. Ed Chesney
Project: "Larval feeding strategies: effects on growth and survival"

Lucas Curry, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor: Dr. Paul Sammarco
Project: "Deep Water Petroleum Hydrocarbon Testing Using a Continuous Flow Water Sampler"

Savannah Duby, Grinnell College
Mentor: Dr. Nancy Rabalais
Project: "Temporal and spatial variation in pH-dissolved oxygen relationships on the Louisiana shelf"

Nerissa Fisher, University of South Carolina
Mentor: Dr. Geoff Sinclair
Project: "Phytoplankton Responses to Changing Environmental Conditions"

Shannon Hennessey, University of Washington
Mentor: Dr. Paul Sammarco
Project: "Comparing competitive abilities of two invasive Indo-Pacific coral species: Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea micranthus"

Julia Luthringer, Boston University
Mentor: Dr. Brian Roberts
Project: "The 2011 Atchafalaya River flood and benthic metabolism and nutrient cycling responses in the Atchafalaya River Delta Estuary"

Gray Redding, University of North Carolina
Mentor: Dr. Ed Chesney
Project: "Acute Toxicity and Sublethal Effects of South Louisiana Sweet Crude oil on Speckled Trout (Cynoscion nebulosus) Larvae"

Dakota Smith, Pennsylvania State University
Mentor: Dr. Alex Kolker
Project: "Drivers of Seasonal Sea Level Cycles along the US Gulf and East Coasts"

Tiffany Warner, University of New Orleans
Mentor: Dr. Brian Roberts
Project: "Nitrogen fertilization effects on N2O fluxes and denitrification rates in baldcypress swamps in Texas and Louisiana"

*Project abstracts are available by clicking on the project titles.

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