This is an alphabetical listing of our graduate students. If you are a UNH graduate student in any of the marine subjects and are not listed on this page, please contact Linda Wade - linda.wade@unh.edu - or 2-2987. You can add your name and information by filling out this form.
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Irit Altman
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: Jeb Byers
Contact: irit.altman@unh.edu
Research Interests: Trematode parasites and ecosystem function in salt marsh communities.
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Linda Auker
Degree: Ph.D., Zoology
Advisor: Larry Harris
Contact: lac46@cisunix.unh.edu
Research Interests: Invasive species, Didemnum sp. (a colonial tunicate) distribution & ecology
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Daniel Badger
Degree: MS, Natural Resources
Advisor: Andy Cooper
Contact: daniel.badger@unh.edu
Thesis: Developing a kalman filter approach to home range estimation: applied to the Atlantic bluefin tuna
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Meredith Bailey
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: Michael Lesser
Contact: mab26@unh.edu
Research Interests: Antioxidant gene expression in coral zooxanthellae; phylogeography of New England blue mussels
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Heather Ballestero
Degree: MS, Natural Resources
Advisor: Nancy Kinner
Contact: heather.ballestero@unh.edu
Research Interest: Human dimensions of oil spills
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Nora Beem
Degree: MS, Natural Resources
Advisor: Fred Short
Contact: ntm6@unh.edu
Research Interest: Eelgrass conservation and community outreach
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Whitney Blanchard
Degree: MS, Civil Engineering
Advisor: Nancy Kinner
Contact: whitney.blanchard@unh.edu
Research Interest: Oil spill remediation
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Tim Breton
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: David Berlinsky
Contact: tss3@unh.edu
Thesis: Spawning stock identification of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) using microsatellite loci
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Stephen Brodovicz
Degree: MS, Earth Sciences
Advisor: James Pringle
Contact: scb4@cisunix.unh.edu
Thesis: Controls on variability in onset of spring stratification in the Gulf of Maine
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Daniel Brogan
Degree:
Advisor: Christian deMoustier
Contact: dbrogan@cisunix.unh.edu
Thesis: Narrow-beam monopulse technique for bathymetry and seafloor acoustic backscatter imagery with a volume search sonar
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Walter Bubley
Degree: Ph.D, Animal Sciences
Advisor: Paul Tsang
Contact: walter.bubley@unh.edu
Thesis: Spiny Dogfish in the Gulf of Maine including age/growth, reproduction, and population structure
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Carrie Burdick
Degree: MS, Natural Resources
Advisor: Fred Short
Contact: clburd@yahoo.com
Thesis: The effects of water depth on transplanted eelgrass plant using mesocosm and field experiments
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Mark Capone
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: Ray Grizzle
Contact: m.capone@unh.edu
Thesis: Oyster reef restoration
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Tom Cawthern
Degree: Ph.D., Geology
Advisor: Joel Johnson
Contact: tom.cawthern@unh.edu
Thesis: Geochemical Constraints on the Evolution of the Sumatran-Andaman Arc During the Last ~10 Ma
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Michael Chambers
Degree: Ph.D., Zoology
Advisor: Hunt Howell
Contact: mdc6@cisunix.unh.edu
Thesis:
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Stefan Claesson
Degree: Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Advisor: Andy Rosenberg
Contact: stefan.claesson@unh.edu
Thesis: Sustainable development and cultural heritage: A study of maritime archaeological resources in the Gulf of Maine
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Jamie Cournane
Degree: Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Advisor: Andy Rosenberg
Contact:
Thesis: Spatial management of groundfish resources in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank
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Tyler Crowe
Degree: MS, CRRC
Advisor: Nancy Kinner
Contact: tcrowe@unh.edu
Research Interest: Dispersed oil's toxicity and its impact to coastal and estuarine environments
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Lina Maria Saavedra Diaz
Degree: Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Advisor: Andy Rosenberg
Contact: lina.saavedra@unh.edu
Research Interests: Columbian Marine Fisheries Management
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Kara Dodge
Degree: Ph.D. in Zoology
Advisor: Molly Lutcavage
Contact: kara.dodge@unh.edu
Thesis: Determination and characterization of leatherback turtle movements and behavior in northwest A tlantic waters
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Alyson Eberhardt
Degree: PHD, NRESS
Advisor: David Burdick and Michele Dionne
Contact: alysone@cisunix.unh.edu
Thesis: Salt marsh habitat connectivity and use by the American eel, Anguilla rostrata
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Celeste Eno
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: Charles Walker
Contact: ceno@unh.edu
Thesis: Karyotyping and localization of genes on the chromosomes of the green sea urchin, Stronglyocentrotus droebachiensis
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Carol Fairfield-Walsh
Degree: Ph.D., Natural Resources & Environmental Studies
Advisor: Janet Campbell
Contact: carol.fairfield@noaa.gov
Research Interest: Marine mammal habitat modelling
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Janice Felzenberg
Degree: MS, Earth Sciences
Advisor: Larry Mayer and Larry Ward
Contact: janice@ccom.unh.edu
Research Interest: Sediment Mobility in Portsmouth Harbor
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Cara Fiore
Degree: Ph.D. Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Michael Lesser
Contact: clfiore@gmail.com
Research Interest: Bacterial symbionts in sponges particularly nitrogen-fixing bacteria, physiologoical ecology, invertebrate ecology
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Lindsey Fong
Degree: MS, Natural Resources
Advisor: Andy Rosenberg
Contact: lpd6@unh.edu
Research Interest: Seafood choices, eco-labeling, aquaculture
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Travis Ford
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: Hunt Howell
Contact: travis.ford@unh.edu
Research Interests: Discards in marine commercial fisheries, elasmobranchs, marine life history
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Heidi Fournier
Degree: MS in Zoology
Advisor: David Berlinsky
Contact: hrn5@cisunix.unh.edu
Thesis: The role of aromatase in sex differentiation and sex changes in fish
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Andrea Frey
Degree: MS in Natural Resources
Advisor: Marian Litvaitis
Contact: ayb2@unh.edu
Research Interests: Invasive tunicates
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Brett Fullerton
Degree: MS in Ocean Engineering
Advisor: Rob Swift
Contact: brett.fullerton@unh.edu
Research Interests: Aquaculture feeding systems
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Yvette Garner
Degree: MS in Zoology
Advisor: Marian Litvaitis
Contact: yvette.garner@unh.edu
Research Interests: Biomechanics of marine organisms
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Jason Goldstein
Degree: Ph.D. in Zoology
Advisor: Win Watson
Contact: j.goldstein@unh.edu
Thesis: Life history strategies of ovigerous American lobsters
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Walter Golet
Degree: Ph.D. in Zoology
Advisor: Molly Lutcavage
Contact: wgolet@cisunix.unh.edu
Research Interests: Feeding, digestive physiology and small scale movements of the bluefin tuna within the Gulf of Maine
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Deb Goodwin
Degree: Ph.D. in Natural Resources
Advisor: Ru Morrison
Contact: deb.goodwin@unh.edu
Research Interests: Seasonal variation in phytoplankton production of mycosporine-like amino acids
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Erin Gordon
Degree: MS Zoology
Advisor: Jeff Runge
Contact: eb13@cisunix.unh.edu
Research Interests: Feeding behaviors of the larval shrimp Pandalis Borealis in the Gulf of Maine
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Christopher Gurshin
Degree: Ph.D. in Zoology
Advisor: Hunt Howell
Contact: christopher.gurshin@unh.edu
Research Interests: Marine fisheries biology, fisheries acoustics
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Megan Heidenreich
Degree: MS, Natural Resources
Advisor: Jonathan Pennock
Contact: catpa98@yahoo.com
Research Interests: Phytoplankton and nutrients in comparison to phytoplankton community identifed in the 1970's in Great Bay
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Gilad Heinisch
Degree: PhD, Zoology
Advisor: Molly Lutcavage
Contact: gilad.heinisch@unh.edu
Research Interests: Atlantic bluefin tuna reproductive physiology
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Jessica Jarett
Degree: PhD, Microbiology
Advisor: Michael Lesser
Contact: jjarett@gmail.com
Research Interests: Nitrogen-fixing cyanbacterial symbionts in Montastrea cavernosa and other reef-building corals, ecological physiology, coral reef biology
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Scott Kavanaugh
Degree: PhD Biochemistry
Advisor: Stacia Sower
Contact: sik@unh.edu
Thesis: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone in agnathans
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Emily Klein
Degree: MS, Natural Resources
Advisor: Andy Rosenberg
Contact: emily.klein@unh.edu
Research Interests: Long-term ecosystem change in the Gulf of Maine, regarding Atlantic herring and their interaction with bluefin tuna
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Jesse Knapp
Degree: Ph.D., Zoology
Advisor: Molly Lutcavage
Contact: jessie.knapp@unh.edu
Research Interests: Atlantic bluefin tuna reproductive ecology and physiology; life history modelling
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Aaron Kornbluth
Degree: MS, Natural Resources
Advisor: Mimi Becker
Contact: abk2@unh.edu
Research Interests: Fisheries management in the Gulf of Maine: calling all ecosystem-based managers
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Katherine Korotky
Degree: MS, Earth Sciences
Advisor: Joel Johnson
Contact: k.korotky@unh.edu
Research Interests: Marine Geology
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Thomas Langley
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: Win Watson
Contact: tom.langley@unh.edu
Research Interests: The Effects of Seasonal Temperature and Salinity Changes on Annual Movement Patterns of the American Lobster
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Wan-Jean Lee
Degree: Ph.D., Zoology
Advisor: Jeb Byers
Contact: wanjean.lee@unh.edu
Research Interests: Intertidal/coastal ecology, recruitment dynamics
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Jillian Lennartz
Degree: Ph.D., NRESS
Advisor: Linda Kalnejais
Contact: jillian.lennartz@unh.edu
Research Interests: Coastal chemistry - heavy metal pollutants
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Michael Leo
Degree: Ph.D.
Advisor: Lloyd Huff
Contact: meleo@cisunix.unh.edu
Thesis: The feasibility and optimization of multi-sensor fusion for enhanced ferrous target detection on the seafloor using multibeam sonar and magnetic gradiometers research
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John Logan
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: Molly Lutcavage
Contact: jmlogan@cisunix.unh.edu
Thesis:
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Mashkoor Malik
Degree: Ph.D.
Advisor:
Contact: mamalik@cisunix.unh.edu
Thesis: Bathymetric data acquisition and processing for sea floor classification
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Zachary Magdol
Degree: MS, CRRC
Advisor: Nancy Kinner
Contact: zes2@unh.edu
Research Interest: Climate change and effects on Waste Water Treatment Plants and environmental response management applications
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Peter Mitchell
Degree: MS, Computer Science
Advisor: Colin Ware
Contact: pwm2@cisunix.unh.edu
Thesis: Flow Visualization
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Marc Moser
Degree: MS, Earth Science/Ocean Mapping
Advisor: Andy Armstrong
Contact: mmoser@ccom.unh.edu
Research Interests: Improved Uncertainty Modeling for Interferometric Sonars
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Gopala Mulukutla
Degree: Ph.D., Ocean Engineering
Advisor: Ken Baldwin and Jeff Melton
Contact: gopalam@cisunix.unh.edu
Research Interests: Engineering properties of sediments
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Alyssa Novak
Degree: Ph.D., Natural Resources & Environmental Studies
Advisor: Fred Short
Contact: alyssa_novak@yahoo.edu
Research Interest: Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Ecology
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Philip Nuss
Degree: Ph.D., Natural Resources & Environmental Studies
Advisor: Linda Kalnejais
Contact: philip.nuss@unh.edu
Research Interest: Carbon Cycling in the Coastal Zone; Trace Metal Sediment Geochemistry; Environmental Policy and Governance
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Caroline Erftemeijer-Ochieng
Degree: Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Advisor: Fred Short
Contact: cochieng@cisunix.unh.edu
Research Interest: Eelgrass (Zostera marina) ecology
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Nathan Olson
Degree: Ph.D., Microbiology
Advisor: Michael Lesser
Contact: ndt5@unh.edu
Research Interests: Nitrogen fixing coral symbionts
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Christopher Peter
Degree: MS, Natural Resources
Advisor: David Burdick
Contact: christopher1477@yahoo.com
Thesis: Can greater biodiversity reduce the success and health of invasive phragmites australis in New England salt marshes
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Amanda Plagg
Degree: Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Advisor: Doug Vandemark
Contact: amanda.plagge@unh.edu
Research Interests: Remote sensing of winds in the Gulf of Maine; ocean-atmosphere dynamics in the Earth system
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Inga Potter
Degree: Ph.D., Zoology
Advisor: Hunt Howell
Contact: ifredland@aol.com
Research Interests: Fisheries biology
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Heidi Pye
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: Win Watson
Contact: hjpye@unh.edu
Thesis: American lobster acounstics
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Shivanesh Rao
Degree: PHD, Physical Oceanography
Advisor: James Pringle
Contact: sai27@unh.edu
Thesis: The interaction of estuarine circulation and wind-driven shelf circulation
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Alesia Read
Degree: PHD, Resource Economics and Development
Advisor: Troy Hartley
Contact: a.read@unh.edu
Research Interests: Cooperative Fisheries Research and Management
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Chris Rillahan
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: Win Watson
Contact: chris_rillahan@hotmail.com
Research Interests: Using biotelemetry to understand behavior and physiology of aquacultured cod in a submerged net system
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David Rivers
Degree: MS, Natural Resources
Advisor: Fred Short
Contact: dor@cisunix.unh.edu
Research Interests: Examining the use of eelgrass (Zostera marina) as an indicator of water quality in the Great Bay estuary
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Laughlin Siceloff
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: Hunt Howell
Contact: laughlin.siceloff@unh.edu
Thesis: Fine-scale habitat utilization and reproductive behavior of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Ipswich Bay spawning ground
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Paul Sokoloff
Degree: MS, Natural Resources
Advisor: Fred Short
Contact: pdsokoloff@yahoo.com
Research Interests: Eelgrass (Zostera marina) restoration ecology
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Chris Skoglund
Degree: MS, Natural Resources
Advisor: Jonathan Pennock
Contact: cjskoglund@yahoo.com
Research Interests: Factors which influence the dynamics within an estuarine ecosystem under pressure from human systems
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Jennifer St. Louis
Degree: MS, Oceanography
Advisor: Francis Birch and Joe Salisbury
Contact: jow3@cisunix.unh.edu
Research Interests: Chemical oceanography/climate change
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Ed Sweeney
Degree: MS, Ocean Mapping
Advisor: Jim Gardner
Contact: esweeney@ccom.unh.edu
Thesis: Geological Interpretations of a Low-Backscatter Anomaly Found in 12-kHz Multibeam Data on the New Jersey Continental Margin
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Michelle "Mick" Walsh
Degree: Ph.D., Zoology
Advisor: Hunt Howell
Contact: michelle.walsh@unh.edu
Research Interests: Winter flounder - spawning, life history and recruitment
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Daniel Ward
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: Win Watson
Contact: daniel.ward@unh.edu
Research Interests: Offshore Atlantic Cod aquaculture, the use of sound for stock management, trout aquaculture, fish biotelemetry.
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Erika Washburn
Degree: Ph.D., NRESS
Advisor: Andy Rosenberg
Contact: erika.washburn@unh.edu
Thesis: Watershed Based Land Use Decision-Making: A Social Landscape Analysis For A Watershed of Great Bay
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Erica Westerman
Degree: MS, Zoology
Advisor: Larry Harris
Contact: erica.westerman@unh.edu
Research Interests: Affects of temperature on the reproduction of Botryllus Schlosseri and Botrylloides Violaceus
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James Wright
Degree: M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Barbaros Celikkol
Contact: james.wright@unh.edu
Research Interests: Open Ocean Aquaculture and Renewable Energy
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Lauren Wyatt
Degree: M.S., Zoology
Advisor: David Berlinsky
Contact: lho3@unh.edu
Research Interests: The effect biotic factors have on the concentration of oxygen surrounding embryos and their resulting hatch; aquaculture in general
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Erika Zollett
Degree: Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Advisor: Andy Rosenberg
Contact: eco2@unh.edu
Research Interests: Marine mammal bycatch
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