- About
- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, the Batten School & VIMS are equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- Batten School
- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Engage
- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- News & Events
- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- Giving
- As an expression of parental pride in their daughter, Taylor Spencer ‘83 and Martha Spencer recently established an undergraduate field research endowment at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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Lab Alumni

Brian Kim — Brian Kim

Ph.D. student, through 2024{br}Conservation Science Fellow, Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, Virginia

Sarah Douglas — Sarah Douglas

Ph.D. student, through 2022{br}Postdoctoral Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory, East Boothbay, Maine

Xin Xu — Xin Xu

Ph.D. student, through 2020

Hengchen Wei — Hengchen Wei

Ph.D. student, through 2020{br}Assistant Professor, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China

Nick Reyna — Nick Reyna

M.S. student, through 2016{br}Project Manager, JOA Surveys LLC, Anchorage, Alaska

Nathan Mctigue — Nathan McTigue

Postdoctoral researcher, 2013–2014{br}Project Manager, Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (BLE-LTER)

Delaney Kirr — Delaney Kirr

Undergraduate researcher, 2023

cypher — Sarah Gianturco

Undergraduate researcher, 2023

Lizzy Schattle — Lizzy Schattle

Semester by the Sea researcher, 2018

Spyder Julian — Spyder Julian

Semester by the Sea researcher, 2017

Ana Salamanca & Grayson Barker — Ana Salamanca & Grayson Barker

REU researchers, 2016

Kylie Holt — Kylie Holt

Semester by the Sea researcher, 2016

Tricia Light — Tricia Light

REU researcher, 2015

Sierra Melton — Sierra Melton

REU researcher, 2015

Audrey Wohlrab — Audrey Wohlrab

Semester by the Sea researcher, 2014

Veronica Aguilar — Veronica Aguilar

Semester by the Sea researcher, 2014

Shelby Dobbs — Shelby Dobbs

Semester by the Sea researcher, 2013