Summer Intern Program

Faculty Mentors

Iris Anderson, Department of Biological Sciences; microbial ecology with an emphasis on the study of biogeochemical processing of nitrogen and carbon James Bauer, Department of Physical Sciences; the connections, feedbacks and interplay between marine microorganisms and the cycling of organic carbon,organic nitrogen and organic phosphorus

Deborah Bronk, Department of Physical Sciences; biogeochemistry, nitrogen cycling processes in estuarine and marine environments

Elizabeth Canuel, Department of Physical Sciences; organic geochemistry; processes that control the cycling of organic carbon in marine and estuarine environments 

Fu Lin Chu, Department of Environmental Sciences; nutrition, energy reserves, metabolism and host/parasite interaction in shellfish and fish 

Rebecca Dickhut, Department of Physical Sciences; environmental chemistry; biogeochemical processes governing the transport and fate of contaminants in the environment

Emmett Duffy, Department of Biological Sciences; ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that generate and maintain diversity in natural communities

Carl Friedrichs, Department of Physical Sciences; physical oceanography of tidal estuaries and the inner continental shelf; the impact of hydrodynamics on geomorphology, benthic biology and particle transport

John Graves, Department of Fisheries Science; processes of molecular evolution in the marine environment; population structure of marine organisms, with an emphasis on pelagic fishes; application of techniques in molecular biology to help resolve problems in fishery science

Courtney Harris, Department of Physical Sciences; marine geology and physical processes; sediment transport processes; numerical modelling 

Carl Hershner, Resource Management and Policy; wetland structure and function; coastal watershed modelling and analysis; and remote sensing/GIS applications

James Kirkley, Resource Management and Policy; marine resource and environmental economics, resource management, gear conservation, by-catch, International trade, economic development, population dynamics, economics of recreational fishing, and economic impact analysis 

Jesse McNinch, Department of Physical Sciences; marine geology; shoreline behavior (erosional hotspots) and its relationship to underlying geology

Rom Lipcius, Department of Fisheries Science; factors affecting the population dynamics of decapod crustacea and finfish; recruitment processes, habitat requirements, predator-prey dynamics, reproductive ecology, the application of ecological relationships to fishery management policy 

Steve Kuehl, Department of Physical Sciences; processes governing sediment dispersal and the accumulation of fine-grained sediments in continental margin environments

John Milliman, Department of Physical Sciences; the flux and fate of sediment in the ocean; the study of both river-derived sediment (the single greatest source of sediment in the oceans) and calcium carbonate

Robert Orth, Department of Biological Sciences; the biology and ecology of seagrasses; habitat restoration and conservation

Mark Patterson, Department of Biological Sciences; biofluid mechanics, especially processes involving lower invertebrates and algae; the importance of boundary layer formation in limiting photosynthesis and aerobic respiration

James Perry, Department of Coastal and Ocean Policy; coastal resource management and policy; wetland/dune ecology and restoration

William Reay, National Estuarine Research Reserve; groundwater processes in the coastal landscape

Kimberley Reece, Department of Fisheries Science; molecular genetic analysis of marine organisms including shellfish and shellfish disease agents, tunas and billfish

Linda Schaffner, Department of Biological Sciences; benthic community ecology, especially effects of disturbances due to natural or anthropogenic processes; population dynamics and bioenergetics of estuarine species; organism-sediment-flow interactions

Rochelle Seitz, Department of Biological Sciences; benthic community ecology, predator-prey interactions

Jeff Shields, Department of Environmental Sciences; parasitology, invertebrate zoology and ecology

Walker Smith, Department of Biological Sciences; Ecology of phytoplankton; nutrient and carbon cycling in the marine environment

Deborah Steinberg, Department of Biological Sciences; Ecology of zooplankton; nutrient and carbon cycling in the marine environment

Kam Tang, Department of Biological Sciences; Ecology of zooplankton; food web processes; nutrient and sulfur cycling in the marine environment