Current Students
Fieldwork in Hawaii
Ann Marie Hulver (PhD candidate)
Shannon Dixon (PhD student)
Graduated PhD Students and current positions
Rowan McLachlan (PhD 2021) – Postdoc at Oregon State University (June 2021)
Kerri Dobson (PhD 2021) – Teaching Fellow in Marine Biology, University of Southampton
Jamie Price (PhD 2020) – Program Officer for Gulf Research Program’s Offshore Energy Safety Board
Geoff Dipre (PhD 2020) – John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow
Verena Schoepf (PhD 2013) – Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam
Stephen Levas (PhD 2012) – Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
Branwen Williams (PhD 2009) – Professor at Claremont McKenna College
Ryan Moyer (PhD 2008) – Senior Manager, Blue Carbon, Terra Carbon LLC
Kathryn Matthews (PhD 2007) – Deputy Chief scientist at Oceana
Lisa Rodrigues (PhD 2006) – Associate Professor at Villanova University
Graduated MS Students
Scott Kelsey (MS 2016) – Laboratory Technician at Ohio State University
Justin Baumann (MS 2013) – Visiting Assistant Professor at Bowdoin College
Abbey Crystal (MS 2008)
Ruth Adler (Jacob) (MS 2008) – PhD (2017) at Case Western University
Henry Wu (MS 2004) – Research Scientist and Working Group Leader, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Germany
Past Postdoctoral Researchers and Visiting Scientists
Leila Chapron (2022) – currently a Research Engineer at Plastic@Sea
Stephen Levas (2013) – currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
Yasuaki Tanaka (2013) – currently a Faculty member at the University of Brunei Darussalam
Marji Puotinen (2013) – currently a Research Scientist at the University of Wollagong
Branwen Williams (2009) – currently an Associate Professor at Claremont McKenna College
Adam Hughes (2008) – currently a Research Scientist at the Scottish Association for Marine Sciences Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
Graduated Undergraduate Senior Thesis Students
| Christopher Malachowski (BA 2004) | Lillian Bloch (BA 2004) | James Palardy (BA 2004) |
| Chris Paver (BS 2007) | Justin Baumann (BS 2011) | Teresa Huey (BS 2011) |
| Dana Borg (Gava) (BS 2011) | Maximillian Ringwald (BS 2012) | Sarah Starkey (BS 2012) |
| Colin Gearing (BS 2013) | Michael McBride (BS 2014) | Casey Saup (BS 2015) |
| Annce Kadri (BS 2016) | Katherine Giesy (BS 2017) | Alec Moore (BS 2017) |
| Sarah Solomon (BS 2018) | Chloe Criswell (BEng 2018) | John Armstrong (BS 2018) |
| Claire Juracka (BS Honors 2019) | Andrea Wertz (BS 2019) | Alexandra Smith (BS 2019) |
| Margaret Otto (BEng 2019) | Elton Nguyen (BS 2020) | Hailey Hayes (BS 2020) |
| Shannon Dixon (BS, BEng 2021) | Corbin Lanker (BS 2022) | Sam Nortz (BS 2022) |
| Zoe Watson (BS 2022) | ||
Past Undergraduate Student Work-Study, Volunteers, and Interns
| Carlos Juarez (1999 – 2000) | James Palardy (2001 – 2004) | Lillian Bloch (2002 – 2003) |
| Lauren Tang (2002 – 2003) | Shayna Higa (2002 – 2003) | Leigh Seeleman (2003 – 2004) |
| Emily Young (2003) | Chris Malachowski (2003 – 2004) | Haley Wolfgruber (2004) |
| Lindsey Swiacki (2004 – 2005) | Chris Paver (2005 – 2007) | Patrick Bills (2007) |
| Rachel Michelli (2007) | Zachary Rosenbloom (2007) | Christine Andrews (2007) |
| Louis Boucher (2007) | Frances Lugo (2007-2008) | Scott Himes (2007 – 2008) |
| Brad Hull (2007 – 2008) | Pat Burns (2007-2008) | Lei-Wei Hung (2008-2009) |
| Julie Ditkof (2009) | Jane Marino (2009-2010) | Lindy Rauchenstein (2009-2010) |
| Shaun Bartels (2010) | Teresa Huey (2008 – 2011) | Justin Bauman (2009- 2011) |
| Mikelis Berzins (2011) | Mohammed Munster (2011) | Mark Ferrito (2010 – 2011) |
| Max Ringwald (2011 – 2012) | Chrissy Zerda (2011 – 2012) | Alex Singer (high school) (2011 – 2012) |
| Jordan Scheuerman (SURE – 2012) | Elizabeth Zebrowski (2011 – 2012) | Megan Shortridge (2012 – 2013) |
| Michael McBride (2012 – 2014) | Samantha Blackhurst (2012 – 2014) | Tyler Liston (2013 – 2014) |
| Colin Gearing (2013 – 2014) | Megan Dudte (2014) | Spencer Palombit (2014) |
| Malloree Hagerty (2014 – 2015) | Casey Saup (2013 – 2015) | Annce Kadri (2014 – 2016) |
| Maddie Rokosh (2015) | Andrew Huber (2016) | Katiri Snyder (2015 – 2016) |
| Emily Sambuco (2015 – 2017) | Alec Moore (2015 – 2017) | Francesca Hawkes (2017) |
| Mathias Wagner (2016 – 2017) | Lydia Mullins (2017) | Chloe Criswell (2016 – 2018) |
| Katherine Giesy (2016 – 2018) | John Armstrong (2016 – 2018) | Colin Mortemore (2017 – 2018) |
| Jordan Walters (2017 – 2018) | Jackie Altschuler (2017 – 2018) | Sarah Solomon (2015 – 2018) |
| Alexandra Smith (2017 – 2019) | Margaret Otto (2016 – 2019) | Andrea Wertz (2017 – 2019) |
| Emma Kline (2018 – 2019) | Ester Kang (2018 – 2019) | Elliot O’Flynn (2019) |
| Ryan Kaleb (2019) | Samantha Lannon (2019) | Luke Baily (2019) |
| Barbara Nainiger (2019) | Adrianna Arribas (2018 – 2020) | Monica Locatis (2018 – 2019) |
| Haley Hayes (2017 – 2020) | Adrianna Arribas (2018 – 2020) | Kristen Rockwell (2018 – 2020) |
| Claire Juracka (2017 – 2020) | Elton Nguyen (2018 – 2020) | Marissa Moran (2019-2020 |
| Ysabela Noggle (2019-2020) | Shannon Dixon (2019 – 2022) | Sam Nortz (2021-2022) |
| Zoe Watson (2021-2023) | Corbin Lanker (2020 – 2022) | Lain Weaver (2022 – 2023) |
| Austin Krupar (2022-2023) | Jacob Welter (2022 – present) | Carly Schafer (2023 – present) |